I am definitely feeling more optimist about my jaw situation than I was during my last post. I've had the weekend to process everything and this morning I talked to both my insurance companies, the office in Seattle and my orthodontist about changing my surgeon back to the surgeon (Dr. Bloomquist) in Seattle instead of the inconsiderate butt-head at UCSF. I just went to Google Maps to see the exact distance from my house to my surgeon's office in Seattle and it is 604 miles, 10 hours 54 mins. Definitely not ideal, but doable.
The first people I called where my insurance companies, Blue Shield of CA and Delta Healthy Systems, to make sure that Dr. Bloomquist did indeed submit and got approved to do both jaws and that was a YES!!!! A huge weight off my shoulders. I talked with the surgeon's office in Seattle, they were extremely helpful, understanding and empathetic to my situation which made me feel at ease. I talked to my orthodontist and to my surprise he wasn't surprise by the surgeon's behavior. My orthodontist thought he had told me that he was like that, but I never knew. I did sense that he wasn't completely comfortable with me going to UCSF, but he never said why.
Like I said earlier I am feeling way better about changing my surgeon after all that drama with the UCSF surgeon. I am planning on having a conversation over the phone with Dr. Bloomquist to talk about my surgery more in depth. I did an update video on YouTube about my appointment and will put it below.
All in all I'm feeling good about where things are. My jaw surgery probably won't be until Mid-January to February, which is ok because I might me be transiting to a new job with my agency and it will give me more time to be comfortable with my job and the families that I'll work with before my surgery and coming back with a split to work. :)
Just got caught up on your ups and downs and now I feel better saying this. I'm glad you're not going to UCSF! I've actually dealt with them before for something else and they are TERRIBLE. Seriously, the worst doctors to deal with. Unfortunately, they have the reputation as having the "best" doctors/surgeons and because of that, they are busy and treat everyone like garbage. This is probably the best thing that could have happened honestly. I know traveling farther is hard but when you look back, those extra travel hours will seem like nothing when you actually have the results you SHOULD have, not what some rude lazy surgeon feels like doing. It's your life, girl. And your money. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad, but not glad to hear that I'm the only one that had that experience with UCSF. I agree with you that this was the best thing that could happen even if I didn't know it at the time. I wouldn't want to go through with the surgery if I won't be getting the results that I wanted. Thanks for the support Jennifer!! :-)
DeleteYou're welcome! And I have my first ortho consultation next Wednesday. Wish me luck! I'm hoping they don't refer me to UCSF. :-( If they do, I'm going to get other referrals even if they're farther away.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!! I can't to hear how it goes. They must have so many more options in the SF area, I think you'll be okay. :)
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