Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Hi, , The reason I don't want to go back to my own surgeon is actually many-fold. I felt he did a good job, my incision is amazing - all along the crease behind my ear - no large backwards C or shaved head. Following surgery he called my husband from the operating room, but never spoke to him personnally and I didn't see him until my office visit to have the stitches out. When I went to get my stitches out he breezed into the room and told me how great it looked. He hadn't looked at it! His nurse was having a tough time cutting the stitches out one by one, as my skin was healing over them! Most of this stuff is minor, I know. Almost two years after my surgery, his office began to send us bills for things that had been covered by insurance already. We wrote and called and tried to explain, to no avail. Finally one day a new person in his business office answered the phone and said, gee, I've been handling lots of calls like yours; people getting bills years afterwards. It was unsettling to say the least. Jeff told them he was NOT paying until they could prove we owed the money, which, of course, we didn't. If I go there, I can just imagine the bills starting again. I guess MOST of all, if I do need repositioning or reimplantation, I surely do NOT want the same doctor to do the work when things became untied! All excuses, I know, , but it's my story and I'm sticking to it! LOL Now watch, with all of this " hullabaloo " , there will be absolutely nothing wrong and Debra will be proved right in saying, " yes, honey, you ARE paranoid! " LOL ) Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Jackie, I just can't keep my mouth shut on this. I have to wonder if all the difficulty you've experienced with the sound doesn't have something to do with a problem that you didn't know existed. One would think that that was not possible but then experience is a great teacher. Alice -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 (hugs Jackie!) LOL You made a good case for not going back to your surgeon. I'd be a bit upset if I started getting bills years later too. Can you get to another CI surgeon? If only to know the person would know exactly whats up. Now if you are paranoid, go ahead and accapt that because until then, you wont know for sure. (am I loopy on the first day of the new year? good lordy save us all!) *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* My mechanic told me, " I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. " -- & Gimlet (Guide Dawggie) Portland, Oregon N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup rlclark77@... http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 , What was your beverage of choice last night? Perhaps *that* explains your current state of mind? <grinning> Implanted: 12/22/04 Activation date: 1/18/05 (17 days and counting!) Deafblind/Postlingual BTE hearing aid user 19 years Severe-profound hearing loss 9 1/2 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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