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some of you may recall that i used to quote my friend anne fairly often. she developed foot and hand exercises was redioagnosed as having dopoa responsive dystonia and of late experienced a severe exposure to pesticides with seriously debilitating results. well, the latest is as follows: the pesticides have set up an auto immune response originally triggered by her exposure to pesticides in 1994 but severely irritated by the recent exposure. This has caused a rapidly spreading neuropathy which is destroying the axons this deterioration is quite noticeable and if and when it reaches the diaphragm, she will be confined to ICU and a respirator to keep her lungs functioning. yes, steroids might do the trick 0- but anne cant take steroids. there is a treatment - IgG - in a 5 day infusion. The cost of this treatment is $12000 and it needs to be done soon. Every day counts. it is a recognized treatment [passed by the fda] but beaurocratic delays by the hmo have already caused a week's delay, which shows no sign of being solved how does my friend anne persuade the insurance of the urgency - this is a life thbreate4ning situation and get them to authorize the tereatment she so desperately needs? hilary