Hello all….Adrian here. Well…..its the 9th hour…..the 11th hour will be tomorrow night…lol
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Well…..we have to be in Tampa tomorrow at 11am for pre-ops. Then as you all know, surgery is on Thursday the 6th.
I cannot begin to say Thank you to everyone. Those words are just not enough. You ALL have been so supportive and an amazing source for comfort and education. A huge lesson that I learned from this is you have a choice of surgeons. For all the newbies…..DO YOUR HOMEWORK! There is not better feeling than trusting your surgeons. I am certain that money cannot buy better surgeons than the ones I have. Last Wednesday Dr. Schwartz from House Ear Clinic called me to check on me. I was ashamed that I haven’t contacted them through all of the hoopla lately. I apologized to him and told him that because of insurance and logistics I decided to have my op in Tampa. He quickly asked me if it will be Dr. van Loveren, to which I replied yes. He told me that I will be fine. He asked me who the head and neck Dr. is and I said Dr. Bartels. He told me that I was in great hands and that I had a great team. There are only a few docs in Florida that he would recommend. That happened on Wednesday evening which was the icing on the cake when I found out my insurance approved my surgery. I only have great things to say about HEC, they were very attentive to me without the sales pitch. Dr. Luxford even called my Sam on a Saturday morning at 9am (6am California time) and called back at noon when I told him that she decided to sleep in. Very honorable!
There have been so many posts and personal messages that I have not replied to. I want EVERYONE to know how much I appreciate them. I have had too much going on and am very ashamed that I haven’t replied. My sincere apologies.
This forum is amazing. You ALL have restored my faith in people; faith I lost a long time ago. I truly am speechless.
I look forward to starting a new post…..a “postie� post….HA…say that 10 times fast. I truly cannot wait to be on the other side of this and want to start helping newbies.
Take care all, and I will post next as a postie. Thank you ALL once again.
Adrian