I'm needing some one-piece drainable ostomy bags with convexity if anyone has any that they don't need. I've been wearing a convexity drainable pouch for years and now Arkansas Medicaid tells me that they will not pay for it anymore, well actually all of the companies around here have stopped taking Arkansas Medicaid because they won't pay enough for them to make money, which I understand, but what am I supposed to do? Arkansas Medicaid is all that I have and I won't qualify for Medicare until I'm 62 years old. I've got awhile to go, I'm only 41 at the time. From what I hear though, Medicare isn't much better about paying for ostomy supplies either, but I'll worry about that later. I've had my ileostomy since 9/11/2001 because I had ulcerative colitis they thought turned out to be Crohn's also, and now I've developed a condition called gastroparesis where my stomach is paralyzed and can't digest food, so I'm on tube feedings 24/7 and nauseated 24/7 just like being pregnant. I'm so tired of fighting with these companies and getting nowhere fast. I asked one today if I got a letter stating why I needed the convexity pouch, if they would provide it, and I was told no, so I'm desperately looking for somewhere to get some pouches that I can wear. Because I have Medicaid, I don't think Ostogroup will help me, but I'm going to contact them anyway. If you've read this far, thanks for listening. I just needed to come to a place where I knew I would be understood.
Tina aka carebear422001
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