Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis

My husband Bill is in the late stages of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease with no known cure. This is our story of our journey through the disease and how it has affected one family's life.

Monday, October 31, 2005

Medicare is the Problem
I talked with Dr. D's nurse today about the lack of physical therapy and the need for oxygen or some help with Bill's breathing. She said that Medicare will not allow him to have oxygen until his resting blood oxygen level is 88%. She says she can do nothing to obtain oxygen for him at this point. We may be too far past the broken back to qualify for physical therapy, so we still seek answers.

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