I'm quite excited. I got my referral today from the GP and I've booked in to see Dr Bowden (Brisbane) on 13 Feb. Well, his nurse actually, but its a start and I'm on my way. Just have to wait til October for the waiting period for health insurance to be up.

That's great news. My appointment with Blair is next Wednesday so I can't wait to meet him.

Good luck Sunwyse I have heard he is a great surgeon time will fly for you hun

Yeah, I found out recently that 2 of my friends are being done by him at the end of March as well. Wish I could win the money on lotto, the waiting is driving me crazy!!

Sunwyse

I saw Blair yesterday. He's very quite spoken. Very informative and encourages you to ask lots of questions.

Unfortunately I'm self pay so the bill he handed me was for over $20 000. I've heard he's one of the most expensive but he's close to me and I've heard good things about him. 4 weeks til op date.

Yeah, they gave me a piece of paper with costs on it and it comes to $10,500 after health insurance and medicare. There's no way I can save that kind of money by October. I would have to look at taking out a part loan, which is not necessarily a no-no. I'm going to look around at other doctors in the time being and see if I can get it cheaper else where. I do believe in paying for quality, but I don't believe on selling my soul for it.