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I am so thankful I looked into this before i had it done. I had the consultation appt, I did get to speak with the doctor b/c i told them I wasn't signing up for anything until I spoke to him. Like I said earlier, they said they had to put me down as a "medical exclusion" b/c of my recent heart problems & medications I am on for RA which lowers my immune system, i get infections very easy. In January I went to my primary care doctor, & he had a fit when i told him I even considered this & told me under NO circumstances could I have this done. He of course know what a wimp I am with pain & said that I would not survive the first shot (lol). He said if I ever did want to do something like this, he would send me to a reputable surgeon who he knew, b/c he said with my history he would advise the doctor to keep me at least overnight. I figured I was done with them, but they actually called me last Friday & claimed they had talked with "their heart specialist" who claimed that since it was not "major" surgery so the "company" had cleared me so i could do the surgery. I told them no thanks, I really did not want to have any surgery where they was no oxygen, no back up in case i started bleeding or went into cardiac arrest, and no hospital close enough to suit me. They really laid on the "everything would be fine", but i asked them to please take me off their list as i would just age gracefully, or if I ever got up the money would go to Dr Ray, lol. And I did notice that when I went in for the first consultation there was a separate entrance for "post Op' patients, they didn't get to come into the nice waiting room, they had to go down the hall. didn't register with me until I started reading the posts about not being allowed into the same room as the people who were there for a consultation. My prayers are with all who have had this done and are suffering. Morgan I hope you are doing better, and also Crystal, hope you are feeling better also. Hope that 2010 will be the year that you will get some relief from your pain and discomfort. Krista

Has anyone had experience with Dr Diaz in the Huntersville,NC office. he seemed very nice, i had to ask though to speak with him b/c i had medical questions that the "assistant" could not answer such as should this be done if you are on Plavix, and also what type of complicatiions could arise from my other medicines that I am on such as Remicade which lowers my immune system so I am at a high risk of infection? they have put me on a medical exclusion list for the "company" and told me to check back with them in a year to see if my cardio doc would let me stop taking plavix for 4 weeks? If anyone has any info as to if this would be a safe procedure I would welcome your input.

as a nurse, do you think they should have known what remicade was? I called the 800 number from a TV commercial, I told the guy on the phone that I had just had stints put in my heart in August, & have several other health problems including arthritis so I didn't know if i would be a good candidate. I wanted them to just send me info bc i didn't want to waster their time or mine, he assured me i could probably still do it. when i was talking to the "medical asst" I explained to her about the Plavix and remicade, then told her i would have to see the doc, he did come in and he was very nice, then said they would tell "the company" that i was a medical exclsion due to heart problems, but i am so glad now that i didn't set a date b/c i didn't think about infection or the fact they weren't going to put me to sleep, no IV's or anything, that was another deal breaker. I am glad that yours turned out well,i guess it depends on the doctor some people seem to get really good docs and others seem to get quacks. yo must have gotten a good doctor

but will you have to pay again when you go in to correct the lumps? I had my consultation on Dec 28, then I started doing my research and have decided to not to go through with it. I had told them i would have to wait at least a year, bc i just had two stints put in my heart and my doc said I can't go off Plavix for at least a year. They said they would tell "the company" that i was a medical exclusion for 1 year, so evidently they have to have some sort of reason if you do not sign the day you go in for your consultation. this was in Huntersville, NC. I did meet with the doc, he was very nice seem well informed about the meds i was on, remicade for arthritis, but the "nurse" or whatever she was did not have a clue about remicade and it basically leaves you with no immune system, then I started reading about infections so i called them yesterday and told them i would not be interested even in a year. Plus i asked could they not put me to sleep, as i do not do well with surgery in which i am awake. they explained to me i would be in a twilight state, and i informed them that due to the fact i have had so many surgeries, that what they told me they would put me in a twilight sleep, i told them with that cocktail i would still be able to drive. I am so glad that i found this website before I did something i would regret. hope all goes well and that you will be pleased with the end result

have you heard anything else about Morgan? Is she OK. that was my other concern b/c i am on remicade so i am high risk for infections which i told them, they said infections were rare. I explained to the in Aug after I had two stints put in my heart, i got an infection from the folio cath they had put in, wound back up at the same hospital for the next 18 days on Iv antibotics and had to come home on them. they seemed to me to just make light of the ill effects you may encounter, but so glad i reveiwed all this. they have called me like 3 times since my consultation to see if i have talked to my doc yet to see if he would let me, but now i know for sure i am not going to do it.