it is on the left under resources in Indiana. you just put in your username and click on the box to the right and you will be on for live chat. When I just went in I was the only one in there

I am so glad that you are having a good week. I am pre-op and have read many many times BASICS work. Keep it up.

Congratulations!!!!! I am so happy for you. Was it your first time applying or did you have to jump through some hoops to get it approved? I to am hoping to get approval soon. I think I have jumped through the last of the hoops by getting more paperwork and cardiac evaluations done. I will look forward to hearing your surgery date.

I know I was telling a lady at work today (BTW she is a little older than I am) that when we were kids we were snowed in for days on end several times a year and we didn't have to run to the store to get bread and milk. What was wrong with making your own biscuits!!!!! And also we had our own supply of powdered mlk in case we ran out of the regular cow kind. She said " I think I could be snowed in for a couple of days and still not have to go to the store except for cat food because she has 3 felines and she said they would drive her crazy with the meowing because they didn't like what she was feeding them!!! People are just nuts. And you know there are some out there that will just HAVE to go someplace and then call a police agency to find out how the roads are, not realizing the police dispatchers are busy talking to policemen/women that are helping someone else that just had to go someplace and then got into trouble sliding off the road or running out of gas or breaking down while the person answering the phone is sitting behind a desk inside. Either don't go or take your chances!!!!

My primary care physician told me to ask for Dr. Jones when I called St. V's because he had heard she had the best results. I did and then I asked the 2nd question does she take my kind of insurance and low and behold she DIDN'T. I then asked who took my kind of insurance and Dr. Huse did so I attended his seminar. I then did some research and found out he actually started the Center of Excellence with another doctor. The seminars as I understand it are free, it is only if you decide to stay and consult one on one with the surgeon is when it costs money that your insurnace may or may not pay for. My initial consult with Dr. Huse cost $225 and thus far my insurance has paid it.

Sherri my thoughts are with you. I know someone that had testicular cancer and he is okay now. Just know that cancer treatment has improved so much in the last few years and there are many more successes than there used to be. My granddaughter just got a clean bill of health. She is 15 and had Hodgkins lymphoma which is cancer of the lymph nodes. She had 4 rounds of chemo, lost her hair and was sick on week one of each treatment. That did not kill all the cancer cells so she did 14 days of radiation which did not affect much except her voice was raspy and had a sore throat. but now she is cancer free!!!! Good luck to your son.

Congratulations on your authorization. I know you will find the inner strength get through the pre-testing.