Holy crap. All I can say is: I'm sorry. You have my sympathy. I too have had problems with lazy, blinkered, doctors and "recurring" multi-faceted infections, b

Holy crap. All I can say is: I'm sorry. You have my sympathy. I too have had problems with lazy, blinkered, doctors and "recurring" multi-faceted infections, but my experience is a cakewalk compared to yours. I wish you the best, and applaud your strength (and your wife's), and thank you for sharing your story. Oh, and one potential tip... have you checked out the public plan in states like Maryland? AFAIK, Maryland is one of the few states with good public plans. They aren't cheap (the best one costs almost $300/mo for an individual), but from my experience, they cover EVERYTHING. A broke friend of mine got on the plan for 2 mos to get his hernia fixed (he was 25! nobody would cover him, even if he had the money), and they fixed it. No pre-existing condition BS. The only thing you have to have to qualify is being denied coverage in the past 6 mos. You may qualify, based on what your insurance co. is doing to you. Certainly if you applied for other coverage, they would deny you. I hope you are able to continue recovering and that you don't have to deal with too much more bureacratic bullshit.