BR August 17, 2012 - Walterboro, SC

I went to my PS wanting a tummy tuck 2 years ago. He said what about your breasts? I had never really thought about doing anything with my breasts. He said without directly coming out and saying it that if we could get the breast reduction paid for thru my insurance that they could pay the anesthesia portion of the bill and all i would have to pay for would be his tummy tuck fee. I started thinking about all of the problems that i had had over the years because of my boobs. I filled out a questionnaire for my insurance co. About my bothersome boobs. I had no idea that alot of my problems were being caused by hauling around these boobs. I have always had a problem with boils underneath my breasts, they were painful to touch and when they would bust it would ruin the bra i was wearing with puss and blood. I cant count how many of these boils i have had over the years. I have the strap marks on my shoulders which i have learned has been causing the tingling in my fingers because the weight of my boobs is damaging the nerves in my shoulders. When i lift up on my boobs i feel a big sense of pain relief in the top center of my back and the burning sensation in my neck.

Anyway i left my PS's office that day thinking i'll never be able to afford 12000. Tummy tuck, breast reduction, and 2500. worth of liposuction is what he said i needed. I left and didnt look back.

Over a year later i receive a letter from my Ins. Co. Stating that i had been approved for surgery. I called the Ins. Co. To find out what surgery i had been approved for. They said Breast reduction surgery. I immediately called my PS and his insurances girl told me it had been difficult to get the surgery approved and that she had been persistently writing them back and forth for over a year trying to answer all of their questions and concerns to get me approved and she was pleased to hear that it had finally gone thru.
Next i go in to talk to the PS. He informs me that according to the ins. Co. The procedure would have to be done in the hospital operating room not inside his clinic which, his clinic is located inside the hospital, but the ins. Co. was being specific as to how this was going to happen. He recommended that i have the breast reduction in the hospital and come back when i can afford the tummy tuck. The tummy tuck cannot be done in the hospital operating room because the anesthesia and room charges would be astronomical. But there was another problem that he was seeing....the Ins.Co. wants at least 700mg removed from each breast. I can tell he is concerned thats too much because he showed me a jar of lotion that was equal to 500 mg and he would be taking more than that. He is concerned if i lose weight after the surgery i would have this little flop of a boob left. I hope that i will be happy after surgery because despite all of this i scheduled the surgery for August 17, 2012.