ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS DR. HUSTED DOING MY SURGERY AT A COE HOSPITAL

I HAVE MEDICARE WHICH MEANS I WILL HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE I CAN GET DR. HUSTED 'S SREVISION FROM RNY TO DS.  i AM SCARED BECAUSE I WILL BE 57 SOON AND WAITING ANOHTER YEAR PUTS ME AT 58.  i AM READY TO HAVE IT NOW, BUT HOW CAN I TALK DR. HUSTED INTO GOING TO THE NEAREST COE HOSPITAL TO PERFORM A COUPLE OF US LEFT-BEHIND MEDICARE PATIENTS.  iF YOU ARE LISTEINING, DR, HUSTED, WHAT A GIFT THAT WOULD BE TO HELP THE MEDICARE PATIENTS THAT HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO HAVE THEIR SURGERY WITH YUO.  IT IS SOOOO DIFFICULT.  AT LEAST THINK ABOUT FOR MAYBE ONE DAY AWEEK TO HELP US LESS FORTUNATE?  PLEEEEEASE...PAT IN KENTUCKY.....WANTING TO START A NEW LIFE THIS YEAR AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT  YEAR.

WOW Pat that really stinks having to wait a year - maybe you should send this post or a link to it via email directly to him.  Best wishes that your holiday requests are fulfilled.  Hugs, Vicki

Pat...I asked Santa last night to give you your wish...let's see what happens! He got to Salem last night ...riding in on the fire truck and did our tree lighting! He said if you have been a very good girl, then you may just get that wish!  Oh...here is your candy cane to go with it!

Thanks for all the well-wishes!  I know that the hospital in which Dr. Husted performs surgery at in Somerset, KY has to be COE certified before Medicare patients qualifies.  It will take 10 months for that hospital to get its certification.  At least 10 months before any Medicare patient can have weight loss surgery.  Such a shame.  I have heard so many wonderful things about Dr. Husted which is why I wanted my rny revision to DS with him.  I know there are other surgeons who do the same procedure, such as Dr. Elariney in VA and also Dr. Greenbaum in NJ, but I have not heard ANYTHING about them one way or the other.  Their hospital is COE certified, which means I COULD have the surgery right away with either of them, BUT, it is scarey taking a chance on a surgeon you know nothing about good or bad.  Dr. Husted is famous and I am in the dilemma of having to wait until his hospital gets the COE certification which will take 10 months...plus, think about the number of medicare patients who will be on his waiting list for those ten months waiting.  I know Medicaid patients can go ahead and qualify... for some reason it is just Medicare.  Don't know why.  But I will be 58 by the time I am qualified to have surgery with Dr. Husted which is WHY I am so conerned because of my age.  YET, at my age I am scared to have surgery with an unknown surgeon (unknown to me) such as Dr. Elariney in VA and Dr. Greenbaum in NJ.  I wish so much a miracle would happen and Dr. husted could operate on me now.  Pat in Kentucky  (a sad sack)

I had surgery with Dr. Inman in Indianapolis at St. Vincents, and have heard wonderful things about both Greenbaum and Elariney - go onto the DS board and start a post asking about them, you'll get some rave reviews about both!