Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group HOT TUB PLEASE!

Please -- Can you give information on any company - anywhere -that has a one-person hot tub for sale?

Stacie,

Peeved or not, your "Get a job!" comment was completely out of line and just as offensive, if not more so, than the comment you were complaining about. Many, many KA members would absolutely LOVE to get a job, but you know what? They can't because their AS is simply too painful and/or deforming to allow them to do any kind of work. How do you think those people feel when you cavalierly tell another member to "GET A JOB"? I think you can guess.

Karen's question was a valid one that has been asked here many times before,. It's been established for a long time that warm water aquatherapy is one of the best treatments for AS, so why shouldn't we expect our insurance companies to pay for a hot tup or similar device? As other posters here have pointed out, a one-time expense for a home hot tub is infinitely cheaper that repeatedly paying for physical therapy year after yaer, but the insurance companies remain shortsighted and fail to see that.

Do I think that Karen's post could have done without that last line about wheelchairs? Sure I do, as it was poorly worded and came off sounding kind of whiny; at the very least, it incorrectly distracted from a completely valid post and changed the tone of what Karen was asking. As she has since posted, she's very sorry that she said it the way she did, and that she definitely meant no harm. I do undedrstand how you, and others, could have been offended by what she said, but please try not to let that one line distract from the validity of the rest of her post--just as I'll try not to let your comment distract from the value of what you were saying in the rest of your post.

I guess the bottom line is that the old adage "two wrongs don't make a right" is, as always, dead on the mark here, and that answering what you perceive to be a bad comment with a bad comment of your own doesn't really help further the mission of Kick AS, so I hope you would think before making such comments in the future.

Thanks,

Brad

I think rusty worms are coming outta this can.
2004

I too would like any info on hottubs through insurance or discounted because of a medical condition.

Karen,
I think you will have a hard fight on your hands to get a hot tub paid for by an insurnace company. I tried every angle I could and even talk with a CPA about writing the total cost of the tub off on my taxes. The best I could do was the same as "Oldtimer" my doctor writes me a prescription each year for hydro-therapy and I write the costs of keeping my hot tub and pool running. The chemicals, repairs, etc. It isn't a free ride but it sure helps.

Good Luck
Keep Kickin'AS
Chris

Note as pointed out prior that this post is originally from 2004 and many of the replies are from 2004, so quite a bit of time has transpired since originally posted.

Tim

RE: 2004 date on original post.

D'OH!!! Thanks for pointing that out folks! How in the heck did I miss that? Oh wait, I know, it was nearly 7 am and I hadn't been to bed yet...now it all comes back to me. Nothing like me chastising someone two years after the fact! Oh well, telling someone with AS to get a job makes me mad no matter what year it was said! How in the heck did this gem get dragged back to the top?

Brad

hi
hey i would love a hot tub for 1! (dont know where i would put it tho lol)
here we can ger prescriptions for the gym and water therapy at physio units, and quit smoking aids, y not a hot tub too, surely in the longterm it must b cheaper than repeated prescriptions for the physio, water therapy and gyms for this condition! like i have said in another post sadly here in the uk there is a desperate lack of funds, and i cant see it happening for us in the foreseeable future, but good luck to u's go for it! ( i would if i could!)
i have a job which just supports my family, as living on benefits left me very much poverty stricken, i dont believe i am fit for work with this excruitating pain and 37 tablets aday just to function, but i still live in the hope of getting proper treatment on the nhs without havin to put myselve back on the poverty lines by goin private.
i dont wish to offend with this last statement, or for people to feel sorry for me, and i know i should have let it go, re the job thing, i am hoping that by offering some insight on my predicament that we can ease some misunderstanding on the subject for the future.
take care
heather