Just a quick update to say that two wonderful things happened this month: both Brandon and I got new jobs!! Yippee! So our income has increased a bit, we’re both much happier and in fields we want to be in long-term, and my insurance has changed, which might mean coverage for surgery! We’re both really excited for this new development, and praise God for providing us both with newer, happier times in our professional lives.

Now that I have some more time to fight insurance, I’m starting to work on an appeal against the exclusion. I’d love to get some feedback from any readers who have an idea of how to fight insurance for orthagnastic surgery. So far, insurance has denied everything: the braces, the surgery, the hospital stay, everything. This type of surgery is an “exclusion” in my policy. Is there any hope at all for fighting an exclusion? Without any insurance coverage, I’m looking at something like $50,000 out of pocket. If my pockets belonged to, say Bill Gates, then this wouldn’t be a problem.  But my pockets are owned by a newlywed…