Re: Where do I start? You all are helping!!!!

[Guest guest]

-Patty,

I have the worst insurance but at least it's insurance. Champus

Standard ( division of Tri-care) is what it's called. I am a

Military Widow, so the benefits are reduced to that of a retired

persons. I dont pay for it, since it's a benefit I get unless I get

re-married someday . Does Martha know anything about this company?

I'm probably out of luck with them.

I watched a show about how microbes attack areas of foreign matter

introduced in the body. These microbes cause pain & sometimes

swelling/redness in the area. The pain I have on the side of one

breast near the armpit seems to fit that something may be going on in

there.

I remember the month after my augmentation I called the Mentor

hotline to talk to their PR type nurse rep. I was frantic because

during my recovery I was online reading all kinds of documents ( WHY

didnt i find this information BEFORE, i dont know ) Mentor had a

recall on the series manufactured before the ones I got put in me.

Those had faulty valves and there are class action suits filed

against them because of it. Anyway -- To know this made me realize

immediately that NONE were safe . Not even " new " ones made in 1997-

1998 when supposedly the industry had super strict safetly guidelines

( that was the speel I heard from the PS, he even told me the ones I

got are the same as what his wife has in her!) Gosh, I feel like I

have STUPID written on my forehead or something.

I will check out Dr. Kolbs site. Appreciate the link!

Have a nice evening all

R

-- In egroups, " Patty " <faussettdp@m...> wrote:

> Hi Roma,

> I want to address the money situation with explant, if I can. I

know this

> is one of the hardest obstacles to overcome in the healing process,

because

> if the money isn't there, it becomes a trap and you feel hopeless.

You need

> to have hope.

>

> I am not well versed in insurance matters, but I know Martha on

this list

> is.....she had a career in insurance, and maybe she can offer some

hope. She

> is Director of the National Silicone Implant Foundation.

>

> Do you have any insurance?

>

> Most insurances won't cover it, but you have to try to cover all

your

> angles. I did not think that my insurance would cover it, but I

had a

> wonderful plastic surgeon in Mesa, Arizona who wrote the insurance

request

> letter in such a way that it was not revealed 1) when I got my

implants and

> 2) that they were saline filled. They didn't ask, either. It was

also

> noted that I had Baker IV contractures (very hard capsules), which

I don't

> know if that was true or not, but those facts got my insurance

approval in a

> matter of about two weeks. I felt God was watching over me!

>

> Another option for you may be to set up a payment schedule if you

can find a

> very understanding explant surgeon. I know that there are some out

there

> who are very tough when it comes to the money part, but I do think

that

> there are some that we have worked with who try to help when a

woman is in

> dire need.

>

> I am not sure where you are, but I will send you in a private post

a list of

> the recommended plastic surgeons that I have. You may want to

check out

> this list to find one in your area, and explain your situation and

see if

> you can work something out.

>

> This is just absolutely criminal that this is happening, and I hear

it over

> and over again. Plastic surgeons today should make sure they

discuss what

> patients will do financially if they have to get the implants out.

Everyone

> is always so giddy about getting them, and I blame the doctors who

put them

> in for not bringing up this very important point.

>

> I hope we can come up with some more suggestions for you, Roma, and

please

> keep writing to us. For now, the best thing you can do for

yourself is to

> take care of your body with proper internal cleansing and eating

good foods.

> Check out Dr. Kolb's silicone treatment protocol on

www.plastikos.com

> for a starting point. Start calling around and see if there is

anyone who is

> willing to work out payment arrangements, but who will do the

explant

> correctly. I'll send you the list.

>

> Patty

>

>

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: RMA <rommie31@a...>

> < egroups>

> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:00 AM

> Subject: Re: new member. Where do I start?

>

>

> > ,

> >

> > I am so glad to hear I am not alone about the body image thing.

Gosh,

> > I just wish I would have realized I didnt want to be saggy and not

> > bigger , as I was natuarally before children. I could have had the

> > mastopexy for the 5-6,000 that I spent on the augmentation. Small

> > bust would have been fine, I just didnt like how deformed I was.

I

> > realize now that i will have that worse than before when i am

> > explanted.

> >

> > Unfortuanately, I dont have any family. My mom & dad are deceased

many

> > years now. I am 37. If my credit cards get any higher I will go

> > bankrupt, and I cant do that to my little kids. We're hanging by

a

> > thread. It wasnt that way a few years ago . My how it can

change.

> > I appreciate you sharing with me. It helps so much . Will keep

you

> > posted on how things go.

> >

> > I am so glad to hear you are post -op ! Just the relief from

mental

> > anguish must be wonderful . I know you're going to get better 100%

> > -- Hang in there !!

> > Blessings , R

> >

> >

> >