S8E18: The Silent War

S8E18: The Silent War

The Silent War | Fighting Insurance, VBT, and the Invisible Battles We Carry 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. #BetterMoody #TheWayForward #SilentWar #VertebralBodyTethering #VBT #Scoliosis #TRICARE #InsuranceAppeal #Healthcare #MilitaryFamily #Parenting #Burnout #MentalHealth #HealthcareAdvocacy #SpinalFusion

S8E17: Too Moody to Breathe

After watching the Michael Jackson movie, we wind down before bed and talk about everything from growing up before cable TV to strange history facts, family stories, school field trips, and being “too lazy to breathe.” Just another late-night conversation with the Moody family. Good Moody Night.

S8E16: While We Wait for the Yes…

While we wait for a decision on Savannah’s appeal, bedtime turns into a conversation about Epic, mythology, candles, dirty socks, and the chaos of everyday family life.

S8E15: 66 Pages - The Fight for Savannah’s VBT

Better Moody returns to The Way Forward with an update on Savannah’s fight for vertebral body tethering surgery after an insurance denial. Between 66 pages of appeals, medical research, work, parenting, and trying to hold life together, this episode is about what happens when a parent refuses to stop fighting for their child’s future.

S8E14: Circling the Light

This episode includes burnout, respiratory insufficiency, five baskets of laundry, a failed sleep test, and one woman slowly realizing her soul may be unionizing. more to follow