The Mayo clinic is not an option because they don't accept my Humana Insurance. My surgeon is literally the best in the state of Kentucky for I have investigated him before and during all that is going on. I have spoken with U of L, U of C and Vanderbilt and pretty much they will all take me as a patient but they also said that the care that I will recieve is very comparable to UK. The difference in what I have seen is my surgeon has been published over and over again in several medical journals plus his reputation proceeds him. The problem I am having with the Cleveland Clinic is there is no way I can go there for long term care. It is just too far from Frankfort and we absolutely don't have the money for that. Another problem I am having with any other care at all is that my insides are not like any of yours. My organs have been buried below my intestines so that it is easier to get to them for all the Hernias that I continue to get. I had a surgery called "Organization of Compartments" a couple of years ago and so you can't just look into a medical journal and see how my insides are organized. I scare the best of doctors to death based on my medical history. It is not a good feeling when you see a these 1st, 2nd or 3rd year residents or interns and give your medical history to them and you can see the wheels turning in their head that they want no part of me and my problems. When you have 7 different attending physicians, these are doctors that have practised for over 9 years each, hold meeting just about you to discuss options and potential cures. We talked about referrals and I truly believe him in if there was anyone in Lexington or the surrounding areas that he felt could offer any opinion on me, he would not hesitate to send me there. He welcomed the opportunity of the Cleveland Clinic to look at me and even said that they can usually do an entire workup in 3-5 days. Said they don't send many there but the ones they do around half of them come back with nothing more to add than what UK is already doing. The most of the other half are sent there for surgeries that UK just does not perform and feel Cleveland is the best option. I just think I am screwed up and can't be fixed by anyone. If I can bend over and pick up a 10 ounce bottle of saline and rip a muscle in half, or sneeze 5 different times and bust hernias, my insides are in bad shape.
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