berttumbleweed
I also live in WA. Just got legal authorization a few weeks ago for intractable pain. Here is what I did.
= went to family doctor about knee pain.
= he prescribed pain meds, ordered an x-ray, set up an appointment with orthopedics
= went to ortho docs 3 times, they tried injections into the knee
= got copys of medical records
= mailed records to two different groups in WA (thcf and sentry medical)
= got preapproved at thcf
= went to appointment ----- legal
good luck
mustang