Re: Hey to fellow hippies!

[Guest guest]

At 05:35 AM 4/28/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Have many questions - one is, what's the price range typically?

>What's up w/ insurance not covering it (bast#(*$ds!) I think we all

>get what we pay for...but just curious.

Mine were both paid for by my insurance. I had a bit of a fight, but they

have covered others since mine.

>How 'bout that Titanium? A

>bit apprehensive about havin' a bunch of metal in my body -

>especially seeing's that I have been wanting to get metal fillings

>removed!

You are getting fillings removed because of the mercury. No mercury in

these hips that I know of... As for the metal ion issue, I don't worry

about it. I am no longer in pain, and more active than I've been in years,

and who's to say that I wouldn't have gotten cancer anyway?

Cindy

C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

Dr. Boyd Salem OR

[Guest guest]

At 05:35 AM 4/28/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Have many questions - one is, what's the price range typically?

>What's up w/ insurance not covering it (bast#(*$ds!) I think we all

>get what we pay for...but just curious.

Mine were both paid for by my insurance. I had a bit of a fight, but they

have covered others since mine.

>How 'bout that Titanium? A

>bit apprehensive about havin' a bunch of metal in my body -

>especially seeing's that I have been wanting to get metal fillings

>removed!

You are getting fillings removed because of the mercury. No mercury in

these hips that I know of... As for the metal ion issue, I don't worry

about it. I am no longer in pain, and more active than I've been in years,

and who's to say that I wouldn't have gotten cancer anyway?

Cindy

C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

Dr. Boyd Salem OR

[Guest guest]

At 05:35 AM 4/28/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Have many questions - one is, what's the price range typically?

>What's up w/ insurance not covering it (bast#(*$ds!) I think we all

>get what we pay for...but just curious.

Mine were both paid for by my insurance. I had a bit of a fight, but they

have covered others since mine.

>How 'bout that Titanium? A

>bit apprehensive about havin' a bunch of metal in my body -

>especially seeing's that I have been wanting to get metal fillings

>removed!

You are getting fillings removed because of the mercury. No mercury in

these hips that I know of... As for the metal ion issue, I don't worry

about it. I am no longer in pain, and more active than I've been in years,

and who's to say that I wouldn't have gotten cancer anyway?

Cindy

C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

Dr. Boyd Salem OR

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the feedback..and yeh, you're right about the mercury.

Duh. I will ask my ins, but have been told B/C of CA used to cover

but no longer does. But it's worth the ask, and perhaps an appeal or

two. Why not?

Can I ask...new guy that I am...what's C+?

>

> >Have many questions - one is, what's the price range typically?

> >What's up w/ insurance not covering it (bast#(*$ds!) I think we

all

> >get what we pay for...but just curious.

>

> Mine were both paid for by my insurance. I had a bit of a fight,

but they

> have covered others since mine.

>

> >How 'bout that Titanium? A

> >bit apprehensive about havin' a bunch of metal in my body -

> >especially seeing's that I have been wanting to get metal fillings

> >removed!

>

> You are getting fillings removed because of the mercury. No

mercury in

> these hips that I know of... As for the metal ion issue, I don't

worry

> about it. I am no longer in pain, and more active than I've been

in years,

> and who's to say that I wouldn't have gotten cancer anyway?

>

> Cindy

> C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

> Dr. Boyd Salem OR

[Guest guest]

Thanks Cindy! I figured out the dates...what device is best? Any

difference? I've been surfing through emails, haven't come across it

yet - OR perhaps I did and didn't get the alphabet soup part!

There's acronyms up the whazoo in my job...and now here!? Sheesh...

)

>

> >Can I ask...new guy that I am...what's C+?

> Conserve Plus-one of the two metal/metal devices being used in the

> states. C2K is shorthand for the Cormet 2000 and BHR stands for

Birmingham

> Hip Resurfacing, which is used in Europe, Canada, Australia, India,

and

> probably elsewhere. You will find quite the alphabet soup here-

lol. The

> dates are my surgery dates.

>

> Cindy

> C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

[Guest guest]

One last question then I need to turn in...

Did you have two resurfs a year apart?

> >

> > >Can I ask...new guy that I am...what's C+?

> > Conserve Plus-one of the two metal/metal devices being used in

the

> > states. C2K is shorthand for the Cormet 2000 and BHR stands for

> Birmingham

> > Hip Resurfacing, which is used in Europe, Canada, Australia,

India,

> and

> > probably elsewhere. You will find quite the alphabet soup here-

> lol. The

> > dates are my surgery dates.

> >

> > Cindy

> > C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01