ENDO Messages for August, 2006: Re: Has anyone had excision surgery? I forgot to ask a few more questions?

Re: Has anyone had excision surgery? I forgot to ask a few more questions?

From: Dawn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Aug 28 12:18:33 2006

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At Sun, 27 Aug 2006, PAMELA wrote: >
>1) How long did your surgery last?

Around 2 hr. >
>2) Were you bedridden afterwards?

No >
>3) If you work, when were you able to return to work after your surgery?
> (Basically how much work did you miss)

I only missed 1 week. >

Yes >4) Did you have insurance?
>
> If so, did you have PPO or HMO?

PPO >If you had PPO, did you have to pay anything up front (such as a
>deductible
>& coinsurance if it had not been met) whether your insurance was
>in-network
> or out-of-network?

Yes, the out-of-network difference, which for me was 35 % >
>If you had HMO, did you have problems getting the surgery covered if
>your
> insurance was out-of-network?
>If so, did the doctor & his staff help you with your insurance to try to
> get your surgery covered?
> If so, did they still make you pay money up front?
>Pamela

Pamela, I think they say these things out of total ignorance. It is worth explaining your situation to the office where you want to have the excision done, and see how they can work with you. They might set up a payment plan, or something. I spoke to my insurance people where I work, and they did actually research the gyns in our state, and found one who did do excision, who would have been "in network". But, I opted to go with the CEC because they have such a great success rate. So, I had to pay more.

You never know till you ask! Good luck! >

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