I think I am screwed for a good surgeon in San Diego

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goose1235
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Re: I think I am screwed for a good surgeon in San Diego

Postby goose1235 » Sun Nov 12, 2023 4:19 am

jwitten567 wrote:I would not go with anyone at Sharp - they don't have any high volume implanters!! At your age, you really need someone with a lot of implant experience to get you the best result, don't gamble.


This is exactly what I feared. No high volume implanters. I might have to take out a loan unfortunately. I think Im fucked for the foreseeable future

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Happy Toy
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Re: I think I am screwed for a good surgeon in San Diego

Postby Happy Toy » Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:04 am

KAISER! I've had Kaiser for years, very, very happy. Dr. Rhee did my implant 5 yrs. ago, and I have been VERY happy. Please PM me if you want more information. Dr. Rhee is one of the Dr.s recommended by Coloplast.
Implanted 6/26/2018, Coloplast Titan 20cm, no RTE'S, infra pubic, Dr. Rhee, Kaiser :o 8-) 80 yrs., married 57 yrs. ED for over 20 yrs.

jwitten567
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Re: I think I am screwed for a good surgeon in San Diego

Postby jwitten567 » Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:02 pm

Randalltx wrote:
goose1235 wrote:Hi, I’ve been going through urologists at UCSD, but mediCal doesn’t cover implants so I had to switch to my employers insurance which is with Sharp Healthcare. I’m now finding out that UCSD is not in network, so the surgeon I wanted wont be able to do my surgery…Does anyone know if there is even a good surgeon with Sharp?

My last doppler was also incorrectly done so it showed negative for venous leak. I was about to have it redone, but I’m afraid Sharp might get it wrong again. Then Ill be stuck in this process all over again for months.

I’m only 25 so my life has been on halt. Im tired of jumping through this snail-paced medical machine. I’m stuck with whatever surgeon they give me, and if they fuck up (reduced size, infection, and so on) I’m finished and will become a buddhist monk. Please let me know if there is a surgeon in the Sharp system.

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Your employer might have more than one plan available for 2024 and this is the time of year you can switch plans for 2024 (open enrollment). You might want to check and see what will be offered in 2024 andalso ask that UCSD be added as a provider to your Insurance Network. Many times for special situations you can force the insurance carrier to treat an out of network provider as a network provider and get benefits paid by insurance.
Good Luck


i think there might be some merit here as I've had colleagues go to an "out of network" surgeon because they don't have an "in-network" specialist. It may require you to see a Urologist at Sharp that's in network and have them recommend you to UC San Diego
Radical Prostatectomy in 2015; failed pills, straight to Coloplast Titan in 2019 by Dr. Valenzuela in NYC, Replaced with AMS 700 CX in 2022 by Dr. Darshan Patel in San Diego, CA. Wish I jumped to an implant even before prostate cancer!

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Re: I think I am screwed for a good surgeon in San Diego

Postby Rufian » Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:34 pm

fuck the american system

just travel to India and get the malleable done


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