My Growth Hormone/Humatrope Treatment Has Been Approved!!!!!! Yeah!!!! Yeah!!!!

Okay, I just received a letter from Aetna that my Humatrope treatment for my Growth Hormone Deficiency has been approved!  Yeah!! Finally!!!  They have approved me for one year.  so I will probably have to go through this again next year.    Now I can really start to feel better physically and emotionally.  This drug is so important for my well being.  The main problem now, is coming up with the money for my co-pay.  I have to pay about $300.00 a month for my treatments.  So who should I thank for helping me?  Aetna??  Eli Lilly??  The Humatrope Reimbursement Center??   Ha ha I think not!!! 

Absolutely no thanks is due to the HRC.  They just made the process longer, added unnecessary paperwork, gave wrong information to the insurance company, badgered my doctor’s office for unnecessary forms and information, and were the reason for the denial I first received!  Once I received the denial, they closed my case early and told me that they could not help me.  My advice to anyone with Growth Hormone Deficiency, is to NOT WORK with the HRC!!!!

I really do want to thank my doctors office!  They worked with me, the insurance company, and the HRC.    Dr. Miklius’s nurse sent the information again and again to the HRC and insurance company.  They sent the letters and requests.  They spent the time to help me straighten this mess out.    Dr. Miklius tolerated my emotional outburst when I broke into tears at her office about the whole mess.  She is truly a great doctor.  At their office, you do have to wait a long time, they often run late, but it is worth it!  She listens to her patients.  She understands her patients!  If you need an Endocrinologist, and you live in the Dallas area, I recommend Dr. Audrey Miklius!  She is the doctor that finally helped me find out what was wrong with me.