Today I had a consult with a plastic surgeon about getting a breast reduction. It went much better than I anticipated. Because of a history of blood clots, I was worried that it would be an automatic no-go. But after talking to me about the circumstances surrounding my clots, the doctor felt like I was still a candidate for surgery. Right now we have to convince my insurance to pay for it. She said that my particular insurance company can be a pain in the butt, which I believe because of how they are about so many things, including labs. They want to see a long history of back problems, which I actually have had. The doctor wants me to get a letter written from my chiropractor, and I offered to also get one from my PCP since he prescribed physical therapy for my back twice when I was a teenager. I'm kinda worried about the chiropractor though, because he's very holistic and anti-surgery and he might be afraid of losing my business. I'm pretty friendly with him though, I've been going to him for years, so hopefully he will do me this favor. Now it's just a waiting game. If I get these letters to her office ASAP, it could be 5 weeks before we hear of an approval and according to her, we could possibly be scheduling this surgery for before xmas. I wouldn't want to do it then because I'll be flying overseas in December, but would love to do it when I come back.
Anyway that's that, I just wanted to share because I am excited to have this first step done :)
