I was also right on stem-cell usage in medical procedures!!
I predicted that it would go forward and sooner than you think.
The Vision is again validated. From now on you will lay palm leaves at my feet; before addressing me, you must seek permission to approach my throne of wisdom:
In today' s paper:
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NEW CASTLE, Pa. "” He doesn' t know why it happened, but Sam Swartz said his insurance company has now informed him that it will cover the cost of his blood stem cell transplant in his fight against leukemia.
Swartz, 44, of Neshannock Township, was told Aug. 1 that HealthAmerica-HealthAssurance wouldn' t pay for the procedure, which could cost more than $500,000.
That word came after the insurance company had already paid for donor testing and Swartz' s preparatory tests for the procedure, he said.
Swartz' s cousin, Lori Bible of Hermitage, was found to be a match in five of six key categories, and his transplant surgeon said the match was good, Swartz said.
He had been undergoing tests in Pittsburgh on Aug. 1 and found out when he got home that night that the insurance company had denied funding for the procedure, telling him that the match with Bible wasn' t close enough.
Swartz said he immediately filed an appeal with the insurance company. He told The Vindicator on Friday that the ruling had been reversed.
HealthAmerica-HealthAsssurance has agreed to pay for the procedure, he said, adding that he will go to the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh on Thursday to begin getting chemotherapy in preparation for the transplant.
The procedure is set for Aug. 21, he said.
Recovery
His leukemia is in the " accelerated" stage, and he stands a 75 percent to 80 percent chance of survival with the transplant. Without it, he has less than two years to live, he said.
The insurance company is covering the transplant, but there are other expenses it won' t cover, such as a month-long stay in a hospital-owned apartment in Pittsburgh to continue undergoing daily treatments after the procedure.
Carol Swartz of Sharon, Bible' s mother, said the family is planning fund-raising events to help cover those costs.
The first will be a spaghetti dinner, but no time or location has been set, she said Friday.
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The Sword of Logic is infallible...a constant of the known and unknown universe.
Hey Spot, if you' re so smart why didn' t your graphic or picture post
I believe you have been blessed greatly since you have had several visits from by the Man from the Meeting of the Waters.
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Now you have to picture a combination of PeeWEE Herman and Wally Cox but with less muscle tone, trying to be intimidating None of this is funny! Message edited by Cougar Mag -- 1/7/2005 1:16:42 AM >/b]
Isn' t that what you wore last year???
Nice picture of an X in a box. Did you do that with special effects or just a great letter photographer.
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Now you have to picture a combination of PeeWEE Herman and Wally Cox but with less muscle tone, trying to be intimidating None of this is funny! Message edited by Cougar Mag -- 1/7/2005 1:16:42 AM >/b]
vc, I' ve been able to see your sig picture all day. I' ve wondered what logs what talking about. Thought maybe it was some private joke. Maybe he' s just trying to mess with that superior mind of yours![]
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I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. You know one time I secretly wanted to be a writer.---C.K. Dexter Haven
We will officially log your name in the HN archives as The Single Smartest Woman We' ve Ever Encountered. It will go right next to mine of course.
*(vc sends a worker order to the Southern Forum to have a crew begin etching huntngirl' s name on the twin stone tablets that guard the cyberspace gates of HN)*
Zelazny, you may approach the throne.
The procedure is outlined by my intellectual contemporary, huntngirl. Please bring yourself up to speed before again requesting permission to approach the Throne of The Sword.
Another SLAM-DUNK for vc1111
vc, I' ve been able to see your sig picture all day. I' ve wondered what logs what talking about. Thought maybe it was some private joke. Maybe he' s just trying to mess with that superior mind of yours
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