Insurance/etc. for incontinence

[NovaSurf]

I live in Canada and I'm covered under the national Medicare, have to file all the recipeits and stuff, but it does not cost me anything.

[BabyKat]

Originally Posted by Darkfinn

Kat... I believe your first step should be getting a medical incontinence diagnosis from your doctor... then go from there.

I'm already scheduled. That's actually just what made me think of this in the first place.

Originally Posted by NovaSurf

I live in Canada and I'm covered under the national Medicare, have to file all the recipeits and stuff, but it does not cost me anything.

Oh, is that like income tax or what?

[Mr Alex]

How does one declare that you are? Would he just ask if you were and then declare it?

[Pojo]

Originally Posted by Mr Alex

How does one declare that you are? Would he just ask if you were and then declare it?

There are tests they do

[Darkfinn]

Originally Posted by Mr Alex

How does one declare that you are? Would he just ask if you were and then declare it?

They do tests... lots and lots of (painful) tests. X-rays... capacity tests where they fill your bladder up with fluid through a catheter... etc. Kat is not in for a plesant time... but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Edit: I found a rather lengthy description of medical incontinence testing on WebMD. I'll provide the link b/c it is a lot of text.

http://www.webmd.com/urinary-inconti...xams-and-tests

Note that these procedures are for males but I imagine that tests for females would be much the same.

[BabyKat]

Originally Posted by Darkfinn

They do tests... lots and lots of (painful) tests. X-rays... capacity tests where they fill your bladder up with fluid through a catheter... etc. Kat is not in for a plesant time... but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Edit: I found a rather lengthy description of medical incontinence testing on WebMD. I'll provide the link b/c it is a lot of text.

Urinary Incontinence in Men: Testing - WebMD

Note that these procedures are for males but I imagine that tests for females would be much the same.

... ...Wow. I remember some tests from when I was 9 when they took me to the doctor to see why I was going so frequently, so I knew they wouldn't be fun. It's going to bring back bad memories.

[sociologygeek]

Kat..im in the same boat..i have to get urodynamicks testing on the 14th of aug..

[Mr Alex]

Post us what happens in case we get incon'ed.

[BabyKat]

Originally Posted by Mr Alex

Post us what happens in case we get incon'ed.

Yeah, I will. It won't be until September though...So you have a good wait for now...If I don't update for a while, that's why. The first doctor took the info. - the second will actually do the tests etc.

And I would only consider myself moderately incontinent...As I've said before, I'm not completely incontinent...I just don't feel when I have to go a lot of the time...and it ends up "leaking" because of it...

[bebe huey]

Aside from Insurance, i wonder if i can at least write them off as a medical expense, considering i spend about $2K a year on them