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Sherryg683 · 11-05-2007, 09:26 PM

I have an appointment with my plastic surgeon for next week. His nurse said that she believed that insurance would only pay for corrections on the breast that had the lumpectomy and not reduction of the other. But also said that if they had to do any work at all on the effected breast that they then could reduce the other one and it be covered. She was not positive about this. I have great insurance who has never denied me anything, so we will see. I definately do not want an implant, just a little litle liposuction to the other one. Maybe they might have to do some scar revision or something to make the insurance thing work. ...sherryg

11-05-2007, 09:26 PM	#10
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	I have an appointment with my plastic surgeon for next week. His nurse said that she believed that insurance would only pay for corrections on the breast that had the lumpectomy and not reduction of the other. But also said that if they had to do any work at all on the effected breast that they then could reduce the other one and it be covered. She was not positive about this. I have great insurance who has never denied me anything, so we will see. I definately do not want an implant, just a little litle liposuction to the other one. Maybe they might have to do some scar revision or something to make the insurance thing work. ...sherryg __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!