Re: Outraged!!!!!!Simple procedure(decompression surgery)

April 27, 2000

Sandy, get your lawyer and fight!! I had one of those " local " doctors do my

surgery and I am more messed up now than before, my life has fallen apart,

and am in the middle of a divorce cause hubby cant handle it, so please make

sure someone capable does your surgery. Just my 2 cents. Laurie in Illinois

Outraged!!!!!!Simple procedure(decompression surgery)

> My neurologist called my pcp about my upcoming decompression surgery and

said

> it was a simple procedure and there is no reason why it can't be done here

> locally. I live in VA, near va beach, he said there was no need for me to

go

> to new york and have Milhorat do my surgery when this simple procedure

could

> be done by any neurosurgeon. I am red as a wagon and ready to blow a

gasket.

> I called my lawyer and he is going to send both docs some kind of

> authorization form to get approval from my hmo insurance for me to go to

ny.

> he said if they refuse to sign it he will send me to a neurologist that

will

> sign it, not to worry, he will get me to ny for my june surgery.I don't

mean

> to ramble but the nerve of that man to say this is a simple procedure

which

> any neurosurgeon can do just popped my plug. I told him if someone was

gonna

> cut off the back of my head and monkey inside, it was going to be someone

who

> had done it many times not just read about it in some medical book. Any

> imput out there???

> Hugs,

> Sandy, VA acm1,scoliosis....

>

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