[colorado babe]

Originally Posted by Cynlite

Dang, I have gone through the Member List here and didn't find a single person who has had ADR surgery in Arizona. It definitely feels like the wild, wild west! I guess that is what I have to expect since we don't have any top notch medical schools in Arizona. Fusion, fusion, fusion that's all they seem to know ....Sigh.....

I went to the Mobi-C site Surgeon Finder and looked through all the surgeons that are local. I didn't find any surgeon that was truly remarkable. There are three listed at the Barrow Institute (best we have here) and I have a referral to one of them. I'm STILL trying to get the appointment! I wonder why the Mayo in Phoenix never shows up in my searches? Sigh again ....

Well, on a good note, my neck hurts but, the migraine has sort of gone hiding in the distance of my head waiting to rear it's ugly pain. I hope it stays hiding today. I can deal with this low grade headache. The last week has been pretty brutal. I had to spend too much time on the computer and it couldn't be avoided since the IRS waits for no one. I just have to remember to not look down. All hell breaks loose when I do that!

One of our members here is from Arizona and he said there are no surgeons in Arizona to do ADR. He was going to come here to Colorado but by the time he received estimates, a surgery date, he had already paid for his flight to Spain and was already scheduled with Dr. Clavel. You are better off trying to figure out if you can go out of state. I believe the poster I am referring to had Blue Cross. If they don't cover out of state, then I suggest you go to Europe. However, if you can wait a few months, you could always appeal and hope they will allow you to go to an out of state surgeon.