Lounge of Tomorrow - View Single Post - USC medical center, here I come...(maybe)

scaeagles · 12-21-2005, 04:38 PM

Well, looks like I'll be having more surgery. My problem keeps progressing, and the doc at the Mayo clinic (nice to have one of only 3 in the US 15 miles from my house) says, based on some recent (and unpleasant) tests, that I will require more surgery. Problem is that it's a bit more complex than the first, and there are only 3 surgeons west of the Mississippi that have any experience doing it whatsoever. Two are at the Mayo here in Phoenix, which has a hospital here in the metro Phoenix area only 2 miles from my home, but my insurance doesn't cover, and one is at USC medical center, which does take my insurance.

I'm in process of trying to get approved for the consultation at the Mayo. If they tell me I've got to go to USC, that would suck. No offense, but 2 miles away vs. 400 miles away....well, the choice is clear.

So....who knows....maybe I'll be in your neighborhood in the next couple of months.

12-21-2005, 04:38 PM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	USC medical center, here I come...(maybe) Well, looks like I'll be having more surgery. My problem keeps progressing, and the doc at the Mayo clinic (nice to have one of only 3 in the US 15 miles from my house) says, based on some recent (and unpleasant) tests, that I will require more surgery. Problem is that it's a bit more complex than the first, and there are only 3 surgeons west of the Mississippi that have any experience doing it whatsoever. Two are at the Mayo here in Phoenix, which has a hospital here in the metro Phoenix area only 2 miles from my home, but my insurance doesn't cover, and one is at USC medical center, which does take my insurance. I'm in process of trying to get approved for the consultation at the Mayo. If they tell me I've got to go to USC, that would suck. No offense, but 2 miles away vs. 400 miles away....well, the choice is clear. So....who knows....maybe I'll be in your neighborhood in the next couple of months.
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