Re: I need everyone's advice!!

From: Dee (Dee_Galbreath@yahoo.com)
Thu Mar 8 12:44:32 2001


Hi Jim,

You are IN NO WAY BEING SCAMMED!!! Please read my post to Regina and please do me a favor. When you see Dr. Redan on March 12th have your wife give him a hug for me!!!

At Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Jim wrote: >
>I read with great dismay last night the post by "Regina" about her
>experiences with Dr. Redan's/Reich's office. To say I am upset is to
>put it mildly.
>
>It seems from reading Regina's post that she is basically accusing R&R
>of running a scam on its patients. She states that they are using "bait
>and switch" in the business practices, which really is disconcerting. I
>guess the reason that I am so upset is that in my dealings with their
>office I had been literally shocked at how well I was treated and kept
>saying to myself that this can't be true. It seemed from my encounters
>with the "surgical experts" that Regina was so fond of referring to,
>that these doctors at "teaching hospitals" view patients with very
>little respect and NEVER listen to the patient! And by the way, I was
>operated on TWICE in a "major teaching hospital in Philadelphia" by the
>"best surgeon". And look where it has gotten me. Even now I am still
>considering legal action against this surgeon as well this "leading"
>teaching hospital. So I take what she says about her chats with her
>fellow health care professionals with MORE than a grain of salt. Regina,
>if you are attending the medical school that I think you are, you will
>definitely fit right into their culture.
>
>Indeed Regina, as I waited to be admitted into this hospital I had to
>wait in this doctor's office for over FIVE hours with no medical
>attention! As I sat there, I overheard every conversation that his staff
>had on the phone. You would be happy to know that one of the
>conversations was of the "insurance girl" telling one of this "great
>surgeon's" patients that they had to have a certified check for $10,000
>to his office within 48 hours or they were cancelling his procedure. I
>wonder why you think that this is such an "uncommon" practice?
>
>Anyway, I now have extreme doubt about having my surgery done. I am
>calling Dr. Redan's office this AM to try get the low down straight
>from the source regarding payment by outside insurers. In the meantime,
>what once seemd like a situation where help was finally on my way now
>seems to be in serious doubt. I am heartbroken and have not slept in
>over 24 hours now worrying about this.
>
>My question is to everyone out there, especially anyone that R&R has
>operated on, am I still making the right choice with surgery? I have
>looked high and low for two years and found NO surgeons in this "huge"
>country that offered this specialized service (sorry Regina). My wife
>and I are still going to see Dr. Redan on 3/12, but I am also sending
>him an email to check out Regina's post as it seems to be very
>defamatory. I would like to get his thoughts on the serious doubts that
>Regina has painted on their practice.
>
>Am I being scammed?


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