Re: Need a doctor in California or nearby state...

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My daughter, who was just explanted on May 21st, and I checked out 2 doctors in So. Calif. We first checked out Dr. Chun in Corona del Mar, as he was closest to our home. We came away from his office feeling very down. He was not at all sympathetic to my daughter's problems. He said that it was very unlikely she would improve after an explant and she would be very depressed and unhappy because the results would not be very pleasing esthetically. When we handed him a sheet of my daughter's problems since implant, he quickly scanned it without any comments. He also said that he knew he was on "some internet list," and the way he said it was like he wished he weren't. He said he could do en bloc and would do whatever we wanted. This was not the doctor we were looking for.

We then went to Dr. Lee in San Diego. What a difference! Everyone was so caring. He said that he could not guarantee that my daughter's symptons would improve, but he wasn't the least bit negative and said that everyone's body was different and one could never tell what would happen. When I gave him the list of symptons, he made a copy for his files. I also mentioned, as I had to Dr. Chun, that my daughter had done some intensive acupuncture and detoxing. Dr. Chung ignored it, but Dr. Lee mentioned he had an acupunturist on staff and many patients swore by her. He has had extensive experience with en bloc removals, especially with silicone. We felt very comfortable with him. At her post op appointment, his first comment was to ask how she was feeling and if any of her symptons had diminished. When my daughter told him that she was feeling so much better and that most of her symptons were gone or better, he patted her on the leg and said, "I'm so glad." He was wonderful and we would definitely recommend that you see him before deciding upon a surgeon.

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Yes, he is definitely on our list.

Lynda

At 07:24 PM 5/3/2004, you wrote:

>My daughter, who was just explanted on May 21st, and I checked out 2

>doctors in So. Calif. We first checked out Dr. Chun in Corona del Mar, as

>he was closest to our home. We came away from his office feeling very

>down. He was not at all sympathetic to my daughter's problems. He said

>that it was very unlikely she would improve after an explant and she would

>be very depressed and unhappy because the results would not be very

>pleasing esthetically. When we handed him a sheet of my daughter's

>problems since implant, he quickly scanned it without any comments. He

>also said that he knew he was on " some internet list, " and the way he said

>it was like he wished he weren't. He said he could do en bloc and would

>do whatever we wanted. This was not the doctor we were looking for.

>

>We then went to Dr. Lee in San Diego. What a difference! Everyone was so

>caring. He said that he could not guarantee that my daughter's symptons

>would improve, but he wasn't the least bit negative and said that

>everyone's body was different and one could never tell what would happen.

>When I gave him the list of symptons, he made a copy for his files. I

>also mentioned, as I had to Dr. Chun, that my daughter had done some

>intensive acupuncture and detoxing. Dr. Chung ignored it, but Dr. Lee

>mentioned he had an acupunturist on staff and many patients swore by

>her. He has had extensive experience with en bloc removals, especially

>with silicone. We felt very comfortable with him. At her post op

>appointment, his first comment was to ask how she was feeling and if any

>of her symptons had diminished. When my daughter told him that she was

>feeling so much better and that most of her symptons were gone or better,

>he patted her on the leg and said, " I'm so glad. " He was wonderful and we

>would definitely recommend that you see him before deciding upon a surgeon.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you for that info...That is very good to know!

> >My daughter, who was just explanted on May 21st, and I checked

out 2

> >doctors in So. Calif. We first checked out Dr. Chun in Corona

del Mar, as

> >he was closest to our home. We came away from his office feeling

very

> >down. He was not at all sympathetic to my daughter's problems.

He said

> >that it was very unlikely she would improve after an explant and

she would

> >be very depressed and unhappy because the results would not be

very

> >pleasing esthetically. When we handed him a sheet of my

daughter's

> >problems since implant, he quickly scanned it without any

comments. He

> >also said that he knew he was on " some internet list, " and the

way he said

> >it was like he wished he weren't. He said he could do en bloc

and would

> >do whatever we wanted. This was not the doctor we were looking

for.

> >

> >We then went to Dr. Lee in San Diego. What a difference!

Everyone was so

> >caring. He said that he could not guarantee that my daughter's

symptons

> >would improve, but he wasn't the least bit negative and said that

> >everyone's body was different and one could never tell what would

happen.

> >When I gave him the list of symptons, he made a copy for his

files. I

> >also mentioned, as I had to Dr. Chun, that my daughter had done

some

> >intensive acupuncture and detoxing. Dr. Chung ignored it, but

Dr. Lee

> >mentioned he had an acupunturist on staff and many patients swore

by

> >her. He has had extensive experience with en bloc removals,

especially

> >with silicone. We felt very comfortable with him. At her post

op

> >appointment, his first comment was to ask how she was feeling and

if any

> >of her symptons had diminished. When my daughter told him that

she was

> >feeling so much better and that most of her symptons were gone or

better,

> >he patted her on the leg and said, " I'm so glad. " He was

wonderful and we

> >would definitely recommend that you see him before deciding upon

a surgeon.

> >

> >

> >