Jeanne: insurance coverage for explantation

[Guest guest]

Have you tried talking to Dr Kolb (MD,plastic surgeon) She

understands neurological illness from the implants. You can reach

her at drkolb@... She could probably refer you to a

neuro. if needed.

hugs,

Beth

> Doctors in my network did not have the experience necessary for a

complete

> and thorough explantation. Those with whom I spoke handed me

the " party line "

> about no connection between physical symptoms and saline

implants. One

> doctor's nurse gasped and said (since I am a biilateral mastectomy

patient), " Do

> you know how ugly you wil be? " So, I decided to " go out of

network " , will be

> explanted by a surgeon recommended by Pierre Blais on Jan. 19. I

wrote a

> letter of appeal to my insurance co. to ask for reimbursement for

the surgery.

> They have denied it. But they have added that if I could find a

doctor who

> would say there is a connection between nerological symptoms and

implants,

> they would reconsider. Any idea about what I can do or to whom I

should speak?

> If I can find a doctor who will stick his head out and say there

seems to

> be a connection between saline implants and other illnesses, it

might be

> helpful in this appeal.

> Jeanne

[Guest guest]

absolutely, Dr. Kolb will help you. Dr. Feng may write some thing down for you and a Dr. Melmed perhaps as well. bethlakey <bethlakey@...> wrote:

Have you tried talking to Dr Kolb (MD,plastic surgeon) She understands neurological illness from the implants. You can reach her at drkolb@... She could probably refer you to a neuro. if needed.hugs,Beth> Doctors in my network did not have the experience necessary for a complete > and thorough explantation. Those with whom I spoke handed me the "party line" > about no connection between physical symptoms and saline implants. One > doctor's nurse gasped and said (since I am a biilateral mastectomy patient), "Do > you know how ugly you wil be?" So, I decided to "go out of network", will be > explanted by a surgeon recommended by Pierre Blais

on Jan. 19. I wrote a > letter of appeal to my insurance co. to ask for reimbursement for the surgery. > They have denied it. But they have added that if I could find a doctor who > would say there is a connection between nerological symptoms and implants, > they would reconsider. Any idea about what I can do or to whom I should speak? > If I can find a doctor who will stick his head out and say there seems to > be a connection between saline implants and other illnesses, it might be > helpful in this appeal.> Jeanne