In this episode of Better Moody: The Way Forward, I talk about the exhausting reality of fighting for my daughter’s Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) surgery through TRICARE East and the military healthcare system. What started as a medical decision became a crash course in insurance appeals, prior authorizations, congressional outreach, and learning how to keep going when you’re running on fumes.

This episode is about scoliosis, VBT, spinal fusion, TRICARE, healthcare advocacy, and the emotional toll of navigating insurance bureaucracy. But it’s also about something bigger: the invisible battles people fight every day. The silent wars no one sees until it’s their turn.

I share the fear of running out of time, the frustration of conflicting information, the strange feeling of becoming an insurance expert overnight, and the guilt of wondering why it still feels impossible even when you’re doing everything right. I talk about being a military parent, serving for more than two decades, and finding myself fighting for a benefit I always believed would be there when my family needed it.

If you’ve ever appealed an insurance denial, fought for a loved one, navigated the healthcare system, or wondered how people keep going when they’re exhausted, this episode is for you.

This is my silent war.

Maybe you have one too.

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