piggy-back on the advice for newbie.......

[Guest guest]

hi...i was reading the advice about having a PS with skill and the

caring to do an explant correctly...and i need to tell the story of

what is going on with me, and ask, again, if anyone has specific

information, or can direct me.....my PCP finally agress, since i have

neuropathy and pain 24/7, which is increasing, that yes, the implants

from my reconstruction, not augmentation, should come out....i have

called 25 PSs listed on my aetna plan.....half no longer take

insurance, one quarter won't see me as they don't do explants, and

the from others, i have not received return calls.....given this

reality, i am just totally discouraged....yesterday, i asked the PA @

my PCPs office to make calls, hoping that one doctor will respond to

another perhaps...........i get confused about the specifics you all

talk about, if i should ever find a PS to do this surgery.....there

was NO flesh left after the mastectomy....from what i can determine,

the implants are being held up by almost nothing, as i am extremely

thin...they are migrating, which is why i believe my symtoms are

increasing....so, is there still a capsule? will i still need

drains? and who can i complain to if NO doctor will take me on as a

patient? my insurance is supposed to cover this, as it is cancer

related....at least, that is the opinion of my PCP, and most of the

individuals at Aetna.......i am really depressed....even using the

mouse/keyboard this long to write this post has set off even more

numbness and tingling....and i can no longer wash my own

hair...raising my arms at all also increases all my pain...and the

one implant feels as though it is under my arm, in the way when i

drive, and i swear it is swollen.....although my doctor's office is

helping, i also feel that they treat me like i am still slightly

nuts, and imagining all this........thanks for anyone who read this

far......i need so much to have someone listen...i have isolated the

last couple of years, as my health has deteriorated......thanks again

kathie