cherie, and everyone..............

[Guest guest]

thanks so much for your prayers...i am in phoenix, and have been on

this quest for weeks....women in this support group have given me

good advice, and i have tried the naturalpathic clinic, the ARE

clinic, etc.....and now that it seems, because of the cancer piece of

the puzzle, that my insurance should pay, i am going through the list

of PSs on my plan....no luck so far, and so ALL prayers are

appreciated! my surgery needs to happen soon, as symptoms are

getting worse each day....thanks to everyone once again.......

kathie

> >

> > 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

> >

>