Going to UCLA for Surgery
Oct 23rd, 2012 | By Jane Akre | Category: Your Turn
from UCLA website
October 23, 2012 ~ Linda K., a patient advocate and blogger writes about what you need to know in advance of seeking mesh removal surgery from UCLA.
Insurance- some companies may require tests be done in advance of surgery. This not only drives up the cost of medicine and it could require that you make three visits to UCLA. Linda suggests raise this problem with your insurance company.
Remember what Lisa did? She held a protest outside of her Northern California healthcare provider’s hospital and was almost immediately offered a referral outside of the system. See her story here.
Linda swears by marshmallow root to keep her urinary tract infection at bay, either tea or a capsule she gets from a health food store since she has a problem taking antibiotics. See her post on the herb here:
http://teapapers.com/bladdersling/2012/05/bladder-slings-uti-infections
She goes on to explain the urodynamics test which determines how well your bladder empties. You can watch how well your bladder empties on a screen she says here:
http://urology.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=478&ref=12&action=detail
Ultimately it’s the translabial ultrasound, offered at UCLA that will show mesh. Linda has more about that on her blog.
Thank you Linda!!
