how much verification for hep C?

I have a friend who is poor but wants medical marijuana. She says she has hepatitis c from a blood transfusion when she was young. Short of making a drs appointment (with no insurance) how would she go about proving she has it? and is thats all thats required to be able to get certification? I know with severe and chronic pain there are all these requirements of seeing your dr multiple times to document it over a period of time etc, but it seems like one of the listed diseases should be totally cut and dry. You have hep c, therefor you qualify.

Is there more to it? Or will she automatically qualify? Will records from the red cross (they have documented it and she is not allowed to donate blood) suffice? or do they have to be from a md?

If she has or can get medical records that show she has hep. c that is all she needs. she can either try her doctor to see if they will sign the recomendation form and if not contact the thcf clinic in southfield they will help you from there. good luck to her.

where does she live, I can get her a referral and certified if she's in the Detroit area. Does she need a caregiver, free oz every 3 months or a qp a yr

she is going to need some kind of records to show she has hep c...after that it should be easy. i have crohns and when the doc saw my records he said yup, you qualify, i'll go sign the application. its nice and easy when you have a clear diagnosis already.

Higher Learning on Vernor in SW Detroit, make an appt, you'll be in and out no problems or issues. I recently built a website for them, here is a link to the temp site

http://peilo.com/higherlearning/

http://michiganmedicalmarijuanacenter.com/

No dice. She had medical records from her last hospital visit faxed over to show the blood tests that verify the hep c. The thcf clinic said the records are too old, and the reason for the initial dr visit has to specifically be for hep C. She has no insurance so doesn't go to the dr; she has records from 4 years ago when she was admitted to the hospital for meningitis. These records clearly indicate a positive status for hep c.

I don't understand how the records can be too old for a disease that, as far as my understanding goes, is uncurable and she will have until she dies. Nor do I see why the reason for the visit should have any bearing on wether she qualifies or not. I thought the whole point of having to have previous medical records was simply to verify you do in fact have a qualifying condition, and then the mm dr makes the evaluation of whether you can get benefit from marijuana.

At any rate I think the THCF clinic is on her shit list and she wont go through them now. So now she has to either call another clinic, or go to a dr for hep C. I'm not sure how that visit would even go...

"So, what brings you in today?"
"I need a test to verify I have hep c"
"oh, you think youve contracted it?"
"no. I have it. I have medical records here showing I do. I just need to visit a dr specifically for hep C so I can get a recent copy of records proving I have it"
"Oh, ok. Lets draw some blood and run the tests to verify what these old records are already telling me"

How much does higher learning charge for certification, and do you think she would qualify as of now without additional dr visits/medical records? At this point I think crunching the numbers to figure out the cheapest way to get from point A (now) to point B (certification in hand) is her best bet.

I know they require records within 3 years. But totally agree with you about the hep c and once its written should stand. May want to try an emergency room visit of some sort, just a thought good luck...

She still has had no luck getting new free blood work. I told her that she can probably just find another clinic that won't be as stringent and will accept the old hospital records. I can't imagine just a walk-in and walk-out clinic with no medical records though. What would stop anyone from just saying they have hepatitis and getting certified?

I will call higher learning tomorrow and see what they say about the situation. Anyone have any other clinics she should try given the circumstances?

guy incognito said:

She still has had no luck getting new free blood work. I told her that she can probably just find another clinic that won't be as stringent and will accept the old hospital records. I can't imagine just a walk-in and walk-out clinic with no medical records though. What would stop anyone from just saying they have hepatitis and getting certified?

I will call higher learning tomorrow and see what they say about the situation. Anyone have any other clinics she should try given the circumstances?

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The doctors office will be open Tuesday,Thursday and Friday. Please have her get in touch with me so we can set up an appointment asap. No insurance is needed, just a one time doctors fee.

If she goes to Liberty Clinic in Ann Arbor, the Dr will sign the referal based on her old records. The guy in line ahead of me had nothing at all in writing..only his word of chronic pain. It's $200, plus $12 for a membership. It's on Main St upstairs over Mongolian Grill.