Re: Help re: Dr Blais Shari

[Guest guest]

Shari,

I see, now that makes sense...I am sure if they give me $1200 I will

have to sign like you did. I did not think of this before, thank you

very much.

What do you think of sending to the pathologist like normal and then

to Blais? I appreciate your help.

Ann

> Ann. well - I hope this isn't a duplicate as I lost the message i

was typing to you before... Anyways what I was telling you is that

the main benefit you will get from using Dr. Blais is that you will

actually receive the truth. The PS's, and implant companies are into

covering their butts BIGTIME now. Sure they are offering $1200 which

looks great. It is a lot of money especially to me right now but

think of it this way: If you use their testing people you will not

receive the truth and therefore will not be sure of your proper

future medical care as you really won't know what was in them.

That " implant warranty " with the manufacturers cost me the

possibility of a lawsuit. in 99 I had a rupture - I was scared

crapless, recently married and broke, and my Ps offered to replace it

for free. I asked to get it for testing and they said that it had to

go back to Mentor and they would test it. Sure they did... the

doctor wouldn't even let me see if after it was replaced in the OR -

I asked to see what it looked like and was turned down. That should

have been a sign but I was clueless back then and so happy to have it

replaced at no charge. A week after the repl a nurse came in with

a " oh yeah, by the way, you need to sign this - it is a letter for

your warranty from Mentor " . Me, of course being on post op narcotics

and assuming that she wouldn't lie to me signed the darn thing. It

turned out to be a letter stating that they replaced it for free and

the fine print below said that I was agreeing to not ever tke legal

action against them due to the defect in lieu of them paying for it.

I ended up with a total of three separate leaking implants (saline)

and 4 operations. Since then I have spent well more than that

implant replacement would have ever cost me in doctors, testing,

medications, value of life, etc. If you let them test them and give

you money towards replacement I will bet that they will have you in

the palms of their hands - never able to sue them if it were to be

necessary. Please think about those consequences as I do it everyday.

>

> shari

[Guest guest]

ann- I forgot to mention that it was dr Blais' report that won my appeal to my insurance company - it took several months but his report and findings of leakage and contamination/mold helped me get my money back from them for the explant

I paid him around $350 I think for the report which more than paid for itself when I received the insurance check! I am not sure about using another firm to analyze them - I am sure that they will do a good job but he just happens to be so very experienced with these that he may have info that the others will not. just my 2 cents...

good luck!

shari

[Guest guest]

ann

I don't know but I had no problems getting my implants and paid nothing for getting them release from the hospital - i still think he may be feeding you a line of bull. I would check with the hospital on their normal way on handling this - it is up to them - not the doctor I would think

[Guest guest]

Shari,

Thanks for the info, I may have already asked this, but the PS is

insisting that the implants go to pathology before I get them. Do

you think this will affect/effect the outcome? Plus, I have to pay

them 250.00 for nothing it sounds like!

I did remember reading your post about the insurance. In fact, I

told my PS that the reason I was sending to Blais was because he

helps girls get insurance reimbursement. He was very curious as to

why I wanted my implants...

Ann

> ann- I forgot to mention that it was dr Blais' report that won my

appeal to

> my insurance company - it took several months but his report and

findings of

> leakage and contamination/mold helped me get my money back from

them for the

> explant

> I paid him around $350 I think for the report which more than paid

for itself

> when I received the insurance check! I am not sure about using

another firm

> to analyze them - I am sure that they will do a good job but he

just happens

> to be so very experienced with these that he may have info that

the others

> will not. just my 2 cents...

> good luck!

> shari