10/26/2026
Let's be honest, health insurance sucks. Im not talking about a specific plan, or the American health system or anything like that, it's very much more straightforward. Health insurance sucks. A lot of times when you need something, it's not covered because someone without a medical degree, just sitting behind a computer, needs to decide if you actually need it. On top of that, 75% of the population has never experienced chronic pain, and only 8.5% of the population is currently experiencing chronic pain so bad that it impacts their daily lives. So explaining why a nerve ablation would be the most beneficial solution to about 30% of my pain is so frustrating because not only does someone who has most likely never experienced this level of pain in their life need to understand that burning my nerves is my best long term option, but the pain specialists that are covered by my insurance have treated me with such little respect that I can only describe them as heartless as****es, the most recent one I saw interrupted EVERY SINGLE sentence I started.
Luckily one of my doctors has me trying a medication that has helped me tremendously for my nerve pain, helping me excel quicker in my muscle rebuilding journey, Journavx. Unfortunately it's only labeled for acute nerve pain so theyre only allowed to prescribe it for 30 days. But I'm seizing the opportunity! I stand for about 45% of my day with a close assist nearby, walking with crutches carefully as to not dislocate my hip, and even though I am BEAT every single day, I see great progress without the excruciating level of pain.
There's a sad caveat to these meds and their stipulations though, and I can't help but think about it often. These meds were just supposed to get me through till my surgery (and through a nerve ablation that will never happen), they were supposed to be the start of the finish line of my "incurable" pain. My PAO surgery was supposed to be scheduled in two stages on the 2nd and 4th of November, but even though my surgeon is 1 of only 2 in the state of Wisconsin that can do this surgery, my insurance refuses to cover the surgery. So there will come the time when I take my last pill and the pain returns and I have to readjust to it's severity.
We even tried to have their office talk to the insurance to have an out of network agreement, to no avail. So now I'm waiting to change my plan in hopes that we can get it covered for April. Additionally, I can't schedule the surgery, have the surgery, and then figure out the rest or put in a claim because it's technically an elective surgery, despite the issue highly impacting my ability to be a functional human being.
All this to say, there's no real solution to health insurance, everything has its issue, and look at my fu***ng smile ♥️
