Terribly disappointed. Sorry for the long rant... but it's really been building up in me!!
I like to take the approach that not every service is for everyone... you decide.
I was SO excited, thrilled, ecstatic when I found out there were two doctors in Missouri that were on the Polypvac. Hey it's better than none.
But than no one would tell me the cost of this procedure without going to an appointment.
FYI...It's a newish procedure where they vac out your polyps by the root. A clinical study was done in 2015 Canada.
I wanted this to work out so badly I made an appointment and asked if they accepted my insurance, they said they did. Bad on me for not following up on that one. Because in the end they are NOT on my insurance (and my insurance does not cover "out of network") and I've been billed $250 for a fifteen minute consultation. Guess I'll lose the farm )-;
I almost starting crying in her office when she started with the polypvac is not 100% and we will need to do allergy testing. Wait a minute I just told you I went to several allergist in the last few months, thank you. And I'm still paying off the bills for the allergy testing. "No, no I do a more in depth allergy testing, it's concentrated not watered down like the others" she said.
Unfortunately allergies, asthma and nasal polyps have become an unsolicited nightmare for me for years. And I've just dealt with it, coughing, gasping, losing sleep.
This year was going to be different I really wanted to tackle these issues, resolve them and start anew. Yet doctor after doctor and I'm still with the same chronic sinusitis, severe asthma (using my inhaler at least 8x a day).
Yeah...now I'm knee deep in debt that I will be paying off for the next three years and nope not better.
Well after that visit and a somber ride home I went back to the polypvac website. Suspiciously her name was taken off the polypvac website, wait WHAT?
I guess I was yammering on too much about that particular procedure.
p.s. my husband took a day off of work to drive me two hours to her office and two hours back from St. Louis, MO. So four hours out of my day, my husband doesn't get paid for the day and a fifteen minute appointment. read more