Manual lymph drainage therapy?

[Guest guest]

has been highly promoting this, so I am interested in US

experience - anyone went through it postop? How? Opinions of your

surgeons and personal results? And last but not least - your

insurance reaction to it?

Val

[Guest guest]

Hi Val,

I did a quick search and found a lot of old posts that might help.

It seems a few of us have tried this therapy post-op in the past

year. These posts can be starters for searching around if you want

to read more. And, I'm sure more could be found, I just did a quicky

search to help out.

username, city (if known) and post #

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Joanneb444 (London) #75767

Eptak1 #74300

unjaniyebo (Britt) #73920

hillary10010 (NY) #60918

harrison0801 (Toronto) #73933

alix #73340

spncalif #72819 (this one is about a mechanical form of MLD)

r_h_marshall (Seattle) #61229, 62822, 64450, 65607

> has been highly promoting this, so I am interested in US

> experience - anyone went through it postop? How? Opinions of your

> surgeons and personal results? And last but not least - your

> insurance reaction to it?

>

>

> Val

[Guest guest]

Thank you, , I appreciate it. Just called my OS office -

they say I do not need anything... he recommends NO physical therapy

after...bummer as my insurance covers it at 100%! But I need a referal

from him.

Val

> > has been highly promoting this, so I am interested in US

> > experience - anyone went through it postop? How? Opinions of your

> > surgeons and personal results? And last but not least - your

> > insurance reaction to it?

> >

> >

> > Val

[Guest guest]

Hi Val,

My company insurance policy stated that I needed a referral from a

doc too (what about your family doc?), but I submitted it without,

and they paid it. Guess I got lucky.

I wouldn't call it physical therapy, though, even though it is often

performed by physiotherapists trained in MLD therapy. I wonder if

they even knew what it was you were talking about?

> > > has been highly promoting this, so I am interested in US

> > > experience - anyone went through it postop? How? Opinions of

your

> > > surgeons and personal results? And last but not least - your

> > > insurance reaction to it?

> > >

> > >

> > > Val

[Guest guest]

Yes, I checked with my insurance - it is listed as a covered

benefit by name under physical therapy. I have a very expensive

insurance which does not require precertification or referal

in most cases (MRI, for example). But doctor's referal is required to

make it medically necessary - hey, this is America - this is how

they play - " you may but we may not pay " . Medicine in Canada seems

less restrictive. But my OS is too famous and as stated does surgery

so well that nothing extra is required to heal quick and easy - so I

was told by his office. Annoying.

Val

> > > > has been highly promoting this, so I am interested in

US

> > > > experience - anyone went through it postop? How? Opinions of

> your

> > > > surgeons and personal results? And last but not least - your

> > > > insurance reaction to it?

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Val

[Guest guest]

I paid $85 for 1 hour of MLD the night before my surgery. In my

opinion it was a waste of my time & money. My insurance did not

cover it.