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How much does is cost for back surgery? A friend of mine has a herniated disk and needs back surgery, but I have no idea how much it cost. Does anyone know?

How much does back surgery cost, and how long off of work? My doc said anywhere up to 100,000.00 and 8-12 weeks off work? Is this correct?

Cost of Surgery in the spinal canal in the lower back? Can any one tell me how much it will cost me to do a surgery in the lower back area to remove a lesion from the spinal canal.(Dont joke I am serious)

How much does nose surgery cost if I just need it broken back into place?

how much money does it cost in denver colorado to go through surgery to get your ears put back? okay my ears is not like normal people ears would come out i ears is not back like others instead its up sticking out...how long and how much money will it cost to get them put back in the state of colorado?

How do I find a plastic surgeon who is willing to do pro bono or reduced cost surgery? I had a gastric bypass 7 years ago. I lost over 150 lbs. and kept it off! I feel great with the exception of a lot of extra skin around my abd., breasts, arms and rear. My ins. refuses to cover the surgery stating that it is "cosmetic" rather than "reconstructive". They obviously did not look at the pictures of my disfigured mid section. I am looking for a Dr. or teachin hosp., who will be interested in doing pro bono, or reduced cost surgery. In exchange I would be willing to be photographed or video taped, before, during, and after. I am a designer at a printing co. and would put together promotional piece(s), printed and mailed to a list of bariatric patients in the area or accross the country, to showcase the work. I have encountered many people who NEED these surgeries to resume normal lives, patients who are interested in having their bodies refined as well. It could probably even be written of as an advertising expense. Please advise.

how much does cherry eye corrective surgery cost? my sisters dog, a chihuahua about 4 months old has cherry eye, it barely appeared a few weeks ago. i've noticed that it comes and goes depending on her level of stress, when she gets really mad it pops out, it shes calm it goes back in. i was wondering how much does surgery cost, in az, to put it back in place?

How much does it cost to have surgery for an undescended testicle? My boyfriend is almost 21 and he wants to have surgery for his undescended testicle. The main problem is, however, he doesn't have health insurance because he is self-employed. How much does this kind of surgery cost? What kind of options are there for patients without insurance. We are planning on getting married so he wants to do whatever he can not to incur any debt.

How much would a quadruple bypass surgery cost for someone without health insurance? A man in our community had to have quadruple bypass surgery and he has no health insurance. We are thinking of trying to help him out some financially. How much would this cost?

How much does this kind of aesthetic surgery cost in Korea ? I intend to travel to Korea to have my nose and my cheekbones fixed. I want my cheekbones to be lowered (I heard that the doctor will cut small parts of the bones to make the cheekbones lower) and a plastic surgery for my nose. How much do these things cost in Korea (in US dollard) ?

Does anyone know of a low-cost vetranarian that does de-claw surgery for cats around the Grand Rapids area? I have a 3-4 lb cat that is about ready to be de-clawed. I'm just wondering if there are any places around the Grand Rapids, MI area that provide owners with low-cost surgery. Everything I hear of is around $150.Help?

How much does breast implant replacement surgery cost in Malaysia? Is it cheaper in Singapore? I'm thinking of travelling to malaysia in nov for a wedding, and was thinking about getting my surgery done over there. Can't find any info anywhere about the cost of replacement implant surgery in malaysia/singapore though

How much does plastic surgery cost on arms? I have lose skin under my arms. I'm trying to tone them up a bit and see what happens before I get surgery. Plus, I have to wait on money! But how much does surgery on the arms generally cost??

How much does a Penis enlargement surgery cost on average ? Looking to get a penis enlargement surgery but i dont know what the cost is !

How much does laser surgery cost on small scars? i have small scars and am planning on getting rid of them with laser surgery how much do you think laser surgery cost?

How much does a Gynecomastia surgery cost? Please could anyone tell me how much does a surgery for Gynecomastia cost? I've had it since three years and its not going away at all. Also, do you know any other treatment without surgery? Thanks

How much would the double eye lid surgery cost normally? How much is the double eyelid surgery normally cost in an estimate? And how drastic is the actual transformation from asain eyes to normal ones post surgery?

How much does Gynecomastia surgery cost in Malaysia ? Hi, i've had gynecomastia since the age 10 and 14 years later, i've finally decided to go ahead with surgery. As the cost could be a huge hindrance, would appreciate if anyone has any idea how much such an operation would cost in Malaysia ? Thanks folks

How much does a nose surgery cost in UK ? Hi, i am unhappy with my nose and i want to know where is a good doctor to make a surgery and how much will cost.Also i am 15 years old, is it ok ?

How much would Hernia surgery cost me in Canada? My father-in-law needs hernia surgery and has no insurance. He was wondering about having it done in Canada. He wants to the know the cost and how long it would be before he can get it done.

How much does plastic surgery to "sew my ears back" cost? Both my ears stick out but one sticks out farther than the other and I want to get it fixed. I was wondering if anyone has done it and how much it cost and if they are happy with. i cant grow my hair out i am in the military

How much does laproscopic gallbladder surgery cost? After pregnancy and weight loss I have stones and need it out. Surgery,one night hospital stay, what is going to be the total cost roundabout? Interested to know from people who have had this surgery how much it cost them I am insured but I have a $5000 deductible......

How much will my dogs surgery cost? My dog has to be neutered, but since he is a cryptorchid (meaning his testicles haven't dropped) he has to have a special surgery. He is a 5lb chihuahua. Has anyone had this done to their dog and how much did it cost? Also how big was your dog.

How much does thyroid surgery cost? I have to have a non-cancerous mass removed from my thyroid. The dr will keep in 24 hours. What is the ball park cost of this procedure? I don't have medical insurance and will have to pay out of pocket or get the hospital to extend financial assistance. Will this decrease my quality of care? For lack of better words, will this cause the doctor to do a sloppy job and put my life at risk during surgery?

How much would surgery to help relieve a 'trapped nerve' in the lower back cost in the UK? My sciatica is making me feel about 20 years older than I am. I'm considering surgery as a last resort. Any information would be appreciated.

How much does impacted upper cuspid (canine) correction surgery cost? I have an impacted upper cusped tooth. I have already had my braces on to create space for the cuspid tooth. How much does it usually cost for an oral surgeon to do the surgery to uncover the tooth? $500, $1,000, $1,500,...? I know what the procedure is and everything. I would just like to know what the cost is. I live in Tennessee. I have tried to research this online but I couldn't find anything. Thanks.

Roughly how much should Canine Total Ear Ablation surgery cost? My German Shepherd has constant ear infections. She has been to the vet many times, and we even switched vets to get a second opinion. They say that this surgery is probably now the best option. I am just wondering what the general cost is, to compare it with whatever he tells me later today.

How much did your knee surgery cost? I realize that every surgery is going to cost a different amount, I'm just looking for very rough ball park figures to determine whether I will be able to afford it or not. Thanks for any info you can provide, especially how long your hospital stay was an dyour specific injury. Thanks!

how much will knee surgery cost in north texas, my deductable is 5k, would it be cheaper to work a cash deal? Arthroscopic knee surgery, the doctor and MRI facility are willing to work on the cost for a cash basis.

how much would it cost to get laser surgery for severe skin conditions? i have very severe acne, and scaring on my shoulders, chest, and my back, theres alot of nasty bumps from old scars, how much would something like laser surgery cost to remove, the acne and scars

How much does a heart surgery cost? How much do heart surgeries cost, preferably I would like to know how much an ASD correctional surgery would cost.

What is the average cost of cat cataract surgery? My cat has cataracts in both eyes. I was wondering the average cost for surgery in both eyes. She's a female tortoiseshell shorthair, about 17 years old.

How much did your cosmetic surgery cost? Specifically, how much did your breast augmentation and/or tummy tuck cost? Where (city/state) was it performed? How long was your healing time? Are you happy with the results? I've been doing research of my own, but I do not know of anyone personally who has had cosmetic surgery. Any input you have is greatly appreciated. Why do people feel like they need to leave an answer when they know nothing about the question??

How much does a tummy tuck surgery cost in India? I have heard that cost of tummy tuck surgery is very low in India.Can someone let me know of some information if they have.

I have been told my #31 tooth (back molar) is fractured and needs oral surgery. What does this cost? I have dental insurance but it covers $2000 a year and I have a feeling this could be more expensive. Is it worth having an implant put in? How much does that cost? I live in California. One of the reasons I would consider implant surgery would be for eating. What would that cost?

Are there any countries that offer low-cost cosmetic surgery and legal remedies if the Dr. makes a mistake? I know that the cost of cosmetic surgery is much cheaper in many countries, such as Brazil. My big question is, if an American goes to one of these countries and the Dr. makes a mistake, does the patient have any legal remedies? Thank you for your assistance.

How much does it cost to have plastic surgery after losing weight? Wondering about how much it costs to remove the flab from my arms and abdomen....after losing 200 lbs? Will the plastic surgery costs too much? Are we talking 1000s and 1000s of dollars here?

How much does it cost (a good guesstimate) for colon endometriosis surgery? I am getting ready to sign up for flexible spending at work. I need to know about how much surgery would cost. I am pretty positive I have colon endo. I am going to go back to the doc to discuss this once I get insurance. I told a former doc that I have always bled rectally when I have my period (for about 18 years now) and she looked at me like that was the strangest thing she had ever heard of and recommended a colonoscopy (which I am about to have done.). Also, I have a very physical job (I walk 8 hours a night and lift heavy boxes). How long do you think I would need to miss work? Thanks for any help. Before anyone asks. I didn't seek help for this before because I have bled like this since I first started my period. I never thought it was abnormal (I know duh!). When I told the doc that I was having pelvic pains I had an ultra sound and laproscopy and they discovered I have PCOS.

How much does inguinal hernia surgery cost? I am going to be needing surgery for a inguinal hernia, my doctor said he wont do it laproscopaly but just the old fashion way. I do not have insurance, does anyone know a rough estimate on how much it will cost? like for example 4500-5000$ or something? PLEASE HELP i need to know about how much this will cost.

How much does nasal polyp surgery cost? ive had polyps for around a year now, and i have not gotten them removed because i do not have insurance. I have tried nasonex, it did nothing. i am fed up with not being able to breathe through my nose and it constantly running. about how much does surgery cost?

What is the Average cost for getting your ears pinned back via surgery I want them pinned back so bad! They've stuck out all my life, and I've been made fun of countless times, both behind my back, and to my face. I hate how I look when my hair is up even a little. I want to be comfortable with my hair in a ponytail, etc. What might that cost?

How Much Does Knee Surgery Cost? I am getting surgery on Thursday to get my pattella (knee cap) put back in place, get a mussle rebuilt and realight (through cutting and then drilling back in place) the bone that runs up my leg. I have insurance, but if I didn't, how much would it cost?

Does having a high cost surgery increase my companies insurance premiums the next year? My coworker's wife is getting a Cochlear Implant surgery which runs about 60k. Im happy the insurance company has decided to cover it, I was just wondering if that will end up costing us more money the other employees with next years premiums.

about How much does Ear Hemotoma Surgery Cost for cats? Hi, my cat ,Sammy ,has ear hemotoma , the vet said he probably needs surgery ....how much do u think the surgery costs?

what is a roundabout figure on what back surgery cost with no insurance?

How much does it cost for surgery to correct "cherry-eye"? My English Bulldog puppy is only 12 weeks old and has developed cherry eye in both eyes. His health guarantee does not cover cherry eye because the breeder feels repairing it is "only cosmetic" and "doesn't put the dog's life in jeopardy." Does anyone know how much this surgery costs, or what methods of surgery are preferred? (reconnecting the gland vs. removing it) PLEASE HELP.

What is the average cost for surgery for tendonitis? Options and cost of tendonitis surgery, also known as tennis elbow.

How much does surgery really cost and where can I find set prices? It seems like hospitals all have different prices for the same type of surgery, but what does all the material really cost, because so much is wasted when they open a surgical pack. So how much does it cost?

Please help!! How much does impacted upper cuspid (canine) correction surgery cost? I have an impacted upper cusped tooth. I have already had my braces on to create space for the cuspid tooth. How much does it usually cost for an oral surgeon to do the surgery to uncover the tooth? $500, $1,000, $1,500,...? I know what the procedure is and everything. I would just like to know what the cost is. I live in Tennessee. I have tried to research this online but I couldn't find anything. Thanks.

How much would breast reduction surgery cost without the use of insurance?

How much does bow leg surgery cost? Anyone know how much it costs in the Los Angeles County area to fix bow legs and which hospitals perform the surgery? Any websites with the info in LA County area would be great!

how much does an eye removal surgery cost for a rabbit? i have my rabbit Charlie for 9 years and he has some kinda lump in his left eye that pushing his eyeball out. my local vet said he will need an eye removal surgery soon but she doesnt perform surgery on rabbits so she doesnt know the price. does anyone have any idea how much will it cost for an eye removal? i love him so much but at the same time im a college student who obviously has small budget....... is there any program that will do for a lower cost? thanks

I have dumbo ears, about how much does a surgery cost? My ears look like jerry's from tom and jerry cartoons. Ive been told they look sexy believe it or not but I'd like to have surgery and have them like normal people. How much might this procedure cost? any ideas/suggestions will be appreciated.

How much does breast reduction surgery cost? I was wondering if anyone could quote a price for breast reduction surgery in Australia. I am 5'1 and a 32E and they give me the worst back ache. Thanks.

How much does it cost to have a dog get cataract surgery? My dog has cataract and I want to get surgery for her. I don't know how much the surgery will cost.

How much does it cost to have distichia surgery on my puppy? I just got a weimaraner puppy and he has distichia. My veterinarian says surgery can cost 1000 dollars, but the breeder who i got him from said the surgery can be performed for 75 dollars and she would only refund us 75 dollars. I am pretty sure that is not right. If anyone has had to do this surgery with their dog or knows someone who has done it can they please let me know a price? thanks in advance

How painful is Genital Wart Surgery and how much does it cost for professions to get rid of it? I have internal genital warts in my anus and I'm afraid to do the surgery. What the doctor told me when he looked inside, he saw multiple small bumps. It's not big warts but the small kinds. I heard genital warts surgery can cost a lot. How much can it possibly be? I have insurance, but I'm afraid it'll come out to be extremely expensive. Please help!

8 mo boston terrier with heart murmur, what will the surgery cost? I am thinking of adopting a 8 mo boston, but he has a grade 4+ heart murmur, the adoption agency says he might possibly need surgery, but they need to run tests first. They have him on medicine now to reduce the fluid in his lungs. I am very interested in adopting him, and was trying to find out how much the tests cost and/or how much the surgery would cost? Also what are the test for? and what kind of surgery would be needed? Also is it possible that once the surgery is done he could live a happy, fairly normal life? Does anyone know the cost of the surgery or the cost of the possible tests? Or explain what they are so i could look them up

How much does cancer surgery cost for ferrets and is it worth it? hi. i have two adorable pet ferrets, a girl named nickie and a boy named snowball. they're very young, both about two years. but recently ive noticed that snowball can barely walk...he slips on his two back legs and gets up and tries again. he's lost a lot of weight, too. nickie has been losing hair at the base of her tail since january. i took them to the vet, and she said they might have cancer and if they do (she'll check again), they'll need surgery. i heard that surgery is really risky, and sometimes it's just not worth it. but as more time passes, i'm afraid if i dont get them the surgery they need they'll die young and ill be devastated. wat should i do???

how much does it cost for laser surgery to remove scar on lower back and butt?

how much money does it cost in denver colorado to go through surgery to get your ears put back? okay my ears is not like normal people ears would come out i ears is not back like others instead its up sticking out...how long and how much money will it cost to get them put back in the state of colorado?

Cost of Surgery? My friend and I both have dog's with luxating patellas in both back knees. Her dog's knees are a higher grade than my dog's, and her's has already begun to show pain and she was referred to an orthopedic surgeon. We also go to the same vet, who we both trust greatly. Our vet is the one who referred her to the orthopedic surgeon, which is supposed to be one of the best in the area. After a 5 minute, $130 consultation, she was informed that, for both knees, the cost of the surgery would be between $4,000 and $4,400. Now, I know that costs depend on location, but I was under the impression that this surgery for both knees would top out at around $2,500. Has anyone's dog or a dog they knew undergone this procedure? What was the cost? I just want to make sure that this is around the norm so I can start saving for when my dog will need it.

Cost of cosmetic foot surgery? About how much would cosmetic foot surgery cost? Not on all toes, but just on one toe. To be more detailed, it's the big toe. Hoe much would it cost to get corrective surgery on the big toe? P.S. insurance doesn't cover cosmetic surgery.

How much does plastic surgery cost? #1 I'm thinking of doing a double eyelid surgery in Singapore but how much does it cost? And is there a risk of like the doctor might not do it well and my eye will suffer as a result? #2 Then how about doing plastic surgery on the nose? How much will it cost? #3 What about removing the fats in your stomach? How much will it cost? #4 Is there a risk in doing any of the above surgery? Give a roughly estimated possiblity. Where can i get assured surgery? #5 Where can i get the above services? You can answer any of the above questions, thank you!

Surgery cost? In most cases, if the surgery you're getting is mostly for medical reasons and is covered by insurance, but say it's something like a rhinoplasty, so they also want something else done to it, for a cosmetic reason.. does it cost more or is it still mostly covered by insurance?

Help with required surgery cost in Chicago.? My gf was diagnosed with gallstones about 2 months ago. We happened to be near a nice hospital in Chicago at the time (Swedish Covenant Hospital) of the first attack. She is uninsured and was told to schedule an appointment to see one of their specialist to have the surgery. About a month later we go in for a consultation and was told the surgery would cost about 14k which includes his fees and the hospital fee. Since this is needed ASAP I'm thinking we might as well take a hit and just have it done there but I'm still wondering if the cost would be lower outside of Cook County, IL. How do we go about getting this done elsewhere without having the new hospital and Doctors run all the test on her again to diagnose the stones again? We tried going to Cook County and they wouldn't even talk to us without us waiting our turn in the general medical center to see their Doctors. Could I call up random hospital and ask what they charge show them paperwork from Swedish Covenant or will they need to go through the procedures and charges us with extra money again? I'm thinking Lake County might be cheaper. Also would it be possible to the ER during the next attack and ask for an emergency surgery? We just want someone to do it and pretty much let us set up a payment plan.

cryptorchid dog surgery cost?????????? how much does it cost to neuter a cryptorchid dog. I lived in mountain view, california area will the vet. give me pain medication for my dog after the surgery? how long will it take for my dog to heal? can you tell me what to expect after the surgery.? only detailed answer. i will read all your answer and give you best and thumbs up. can you suggest any good vet. my dog is a dachshund. he weight about 12.6 lbs.

Polyps surgery cost.....? My brother in law has polyps in his colon and needs to undergo surgery for its removal. Approx how much will it cost him? Thanks in advance.

periodontal surgery cost? how much does periodontal/gum surgery cost.

debarking chihuahua surgery cost la area? does anyone know how much a debarking surgery will cost for my chihuahua. She has the most ear splitting bark and loves the sound of her own voice, unfortunately my neighbors do not!! I dont want to get rid of her, but I dont want to pay a fortune either. I live in Los angeles This is somewhat controversial , but it is widely practiced by reputable breeders. I acknowledge the opinions of others, but I would appreciate serious answers supplied by someone with knowledge in this area

lasic eye surgery cost? im 17 right now and i think when im around 25 im going to get lasic eye surgery on both eyes, so 1. what do i need to know about it 2. what is the average cost at a reputable place (does it depend on your current prescription) i am near sighted (i can see well at close ranges)

lazer eye surgery cost? Looking to find what lazer eye surgery avg. cost is.

CHIN REDUCTION SURGERY COST IN THE Philippines? Do you have any idea how much is the Chine Reduction Surgery Cost in the Philippines? Thank you very much for your answer.

How much did laser surgery cost? Heya all. Im having laser surgery done on my scar which is on my face.Its not a big scar or anything its about 1cm,i got the scar from a burn.Which was a year ago.Ive had my first laser surgery. Im just wondering as any one had it done on a scar and how much did it cost you. Thanks in advance Thanks. Im paying £270 For it.I think i got a bargin :P

how much does foot surgery cost if u dont have insurance? ya im pretty much screwed cuz i hurt my foot and broke one bone in it, and my cousin said it happened to her and she had to had surgery. but she had insurance, we dont. and we have no cash cuz my mom doesnt work, and dad is on disability, and we're barley passing by. how much will it cost for that kind of surgery you suppose... :(

How much does arch surgery cost? How much would a surgery cost to fix flat feet? I have flat feet and am wondering how much it would cost to "fix" them. It's not so much a medical reason as it is "cosmetic"

how much does surgery cost..? how much does scar removing surgery cost??

about how much does this flat foot correction surgery cost without insurance? I don't really know the name of the surgery, but they will sorta insert a little titanium bullet between two bones that have very weak ligaments in order to restrain my foot from goint to the wrong direction. My parents have given me no clue of how much it will cost (all of us live outside the US and we don't have US insurance) so I need to know about how much it will cost in order to make the decition. The surgery will be performed (If performed) in El Paso, Texas just so you get the idea

how much laser vision correction surgery cost in dollar??? i'm suffering from near sighted vision since a year so i'm wondering about the cost of making laser surgery in dollars and if someone from arabic conutry like jordan or lebenon can tell me the cost of doing the operation in their place???that will be more help ..thanks

how much does lasic surgery cost and stories about it?? has anyone gotten lasic surgery done?? good/bad results and about how much does it cost?

how much does underbite surgery cost? i want to quit my job but i've been sticking it out because they give me med and dental insurance but i've just about had enough but first i want to know the range of the cost for the surgery to see if i could take the financial burden.

how much does dental surgery cost for closing a gap? i have lots of gaps in between my teeth but other than that they are straight. i also have an overbite and a crossbite. how much does cosmetic dental surgery to close up the gap and make my teeth look good cost [on average]

How much does craniofacial surgery cost? I need protruding bones removed from behind both my ears!? I would like a real estimate or an educated guess. This is a very serious problem for me. I am a average normal looking guy, but people make fun of me because of this disfigurement. I don't think anyone else on Earth has this problem, people are really insensitive and they make everyday even more of a challenge than it should be. I feel that surgery is my only option, but I need a price to consider. A consultation alone would cost me $150. I wanna see if I can get a rough estimate here for free.

Who much does laser surgery cost to remove sun spots?? Hello everyone, I have these anoying sun spots on my face that resemble frekles. Its very anoying and I have heard that you can get them removed with laser surgery. How much does it cost and does it really work??

How much does nose surgery cost in Australia (estimate)? Hey, i have a retarded nose and i really want to get plastic surgery on it. It's not crooked just the front cartilage of the nose is fat and nostrils are a bit crooked. So I just wanna know how much does it cost to get my nose fixed as an estimate. And how old do you have to be, i hope 18 is old enough!!

How much does lasik surgery cost per eye? How does it feel? How long does it last? how long after the surgery will you be able to see? Does this operation have any guarante such as you being able to see 20 20 for up to whatever years? what do you recomend? What if you have insurance do you think it will cover some of the cost(blueshield insurance by the way) any other info would help

Who can find out how much this surgery will cost? I wanna get ear surgery. I don't even know the name of the procedure. Its where they take your ears and make them not stick out. Its not just for like vain people, I read somewhere its an actual abnormality that causes some peoples ears to protrude. I personally find it quite embarrassing, I cant wear my hair in many styles (because if I wear it long my ears protrude through my hair, and it looks retarded) So I want someone to find out what the surgery costs, what its called, and also show me a LINK to the website page with the info so i can be sure its accurate. Remember, surgery to make my ears not stick straight out, to lay back more, I really don't know how to describe it in better details, thanks. 10 points to whoever finds what I'm looking for.

who knows how much a surgery cost? for a bigger bottom?lol? i don't have the apple bottoms that i wish i had. i was thinking of surgery. hmmmmm (maybe) but i need an idea of how much it would cost. does anyone have a clue? i know it's alot.... but around how much?

how much will a small cosmetic surgery cost? i have a small wood splinter in my face that has been there for years and now since the skin had healed, you could still see the wood inside the skin on my nose between the eyes. It is about the size of the black tip of a sharpen pencil (like 1-2cm) . And i wanted to get it removed. how much do you think it will cost me to get it removed? I have health insurance, but i don't think it will cover for any personal surgery. thanks

how much will an acl reconstruction surgery cost me? my acls completely torn and i wonder how much will the surgery cost me if u say i have no insurance, just so i can have a raw idea about it... thanks guys

Does anyone know how much a keloid removal surgery cost (preferably in Canada and the US)? I've been trying to get quotations from plastic surgeons, but they only told me the consultation fees, which is about $115. I think it is very expensive to spend that much money just to have a rough idea about the cost of the surgery. Thanks!

how much will an acl reconstruction surgery cost me? my acls completely torn and i wonder how much will the surgery cost me if u say i have no insurance, just so i can have a raw idea about it... thanks guys

approximately how much does a nose surgery cost?? I hate my nose and want to have a surgery but I dont know if I can afford it how much would it cost me??

Can I deduct the cost of lasik surgery as a medical expense? I had lasik surgery this year and I started wondering if I itemize can I deduct lasik as a medical expense or since it is a cosmetic or unnecessary procedure would it be disqualified as a deduction?

im on workers comp and just had back surgery should i get a lawyer? would getting a lawyer get me more money in the final settlement or would the cost of the lawyer not make it worth it? does anyone know what i should expect dollar wise for the settlement, ive been off work since last july and finally had back surgery,they had to fuse 2 vert. in a procedure where they went in from the back and the front.i drive a truck and may not be able to drive again. i just dont know what to expect when they offer a dollar amount

bariatric Surgery costs? As many of you know most insurances will no longer cover the cost of the bariatrics surgery. For me I have tried everything to take weight off nothing has worked I just gain back eveything I lost and then some. I am at a point now its the surgery or suffer some very bad physical problems I have been turned down for a loan for the surgery. Does anyone know of any Gov. grants or organizations that help in this area... im finding the Lapband runs about $7-8 thousand and the bariatric about $23,000 ....Thanks bgaroo

Is post-operative care included in the cost of the surgery?? I had surgery on my finger in 04/06 and went back for the final follow-up in 08/06. I am now receiving a bill for that last visit. I have never had to pay anything after surgerys because it has always been included in the procedure cost. Is there a standard rule about this or is the doctor trying to get more money?

Why is the herniated disc surgery costing $70,000? My friend had a herniated/slipped disc. She twice received steroid injections to fix the pain. Months later, the pain came back again, and the doctor told her she couldn't get another injection, so they had to perform surgery on her to get rid of the pain. She just had the surgery, and got hit with a $70,000 bill in the mail today! Her insurance provider is stating that the surgery was elective, so they won't cover it. I'm hoping that she can have the doctor fight this out with the insurance company to get her off the hook... but, if not, I just wanted to see if anyone here could help! Has anyone had this surgery and do you remember if it was considered elective, and if it was covered by your insurance company? Any ideas on how to get this resolved? Thanks!

how much does laser birthmark surgery cost? i have a birthmark on my lower back on the left side, right before where my jeans and underwear start. it's about as big as my fist, and it looks like cloud with a little lightning bolt coming out of it. i think it would be considered a "port-wine-stain" because it is red. i'm 14 years old, and i think i'm pretty cute. but this birthmark makes me so so so self conscious. and i love the beach, but i never wear a bikini because i'm afraid people will make fun of my birthmark. i love bikinis though. i go to a private school and i don't think my parents will put out the money to remove it. it makes me really unhappy. how much is it, and is there anything else i can do to remove it?

Need to have surgery for Scoliosis. Any organization helping out with costs? My aunt has degenerative scoliosis. She already has a rod on her upper back which was placed when she was 16yrs old and about a year or so ago, had screws attached to her lower back. She is experiencing lots of pain, is taking prescription pain medicine and cannot walk long, always needs to lie down. She is on a Tourist Visa and can stay here for 6 months in order for her to have surgery. Doctors are saying it will cost $100,000. ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY ORGANIZATION WILLING TO HELP FINANCE THE SURGERY? Please help!!!!

How Much Does it cost for the Phenolization Surgery of an ingrown toenail? Phenolization-The Surgery of removing the side of the toenail digging into the toe then using some sort of chemical to stop the nail matrix to grow back

Should I have augmentation surgery on my but? Not to go into a whole lot of detail, but my tailor mentioned that I was going to need altering on ALL my suits and tuxedos. He said they were getting a "little loose" in the back. It would probably cost less to have the surgery then alter all my clothes. Plus I could kind of "lift and seperate" my cheeks (so to speak). Has anybody else had this done. And how long before I can sit down again? Is that how you spell a**? It is a rather base word, so I am not sure. OK. OK. BUTT are you happy now?

My Great Dane got hit by a car last week,He broke his jaw, any advice? My Great Dane ran out the doggy door and strait into the path of an oncoming jeep.(The jerk offs didnt evevn stop) Well he got hurt really bad, it broke his jaw in half. Its hard to explian but it broke between his front bottom teeth down the middle. It was sooo bad I have never been that scared. He was bleeding EVERYWHERE! well the vet told us to keep an eye on what he puts in his mouth because the wires could break. Guess what..This morning we went back to surgery, rewired his jaw, put in a pin and they had to pull his canine tooth b/c it was broken up in the gum. Im so scared he's going to do this again. I feel so bad for him. he's pitiful. Im mashing all his food and took his toys away, but I don't know what else to do. The first surgery cost $550. Today was another $450 He' beginning to get expensive! Any body got any advice?

i want to contact armed police hospital in china for urgent surgery of liver transplant??please help?? this is the final input from egyption dr. doing transplant in china"I do operate on my patients in the armed police hospital, for the last three years is less the 2% and our pos operative complication is less than 10%. The waiting time varies from 1 day up to three weeks. Usually patients do well starting from week two pot operative and start to eat and drink, usually they travel back home after 3-4 weeks if there is no complication. The cost of this surgery now $65000.00 (as there is still possibility for the price to go up by $5000-10000, as the government putting new rules and regulation fr liver transplant for non Chinese patients). The cost will cover all the pre operative investigations which will need to repeat most of it here, medication, the surgery itself, the doctors fees, treatment after the operation up to 4 weeks after the surgery, and also hospital accommodation for the patient and one of his relative up to four weeks after the operation.

i want to contact armed police hospital in china for urgent surgery of liver transplant??please help?? this is the final input from egyption dr. doing transplant in china"I do operate on my patients in the armed police hospital, for the last three years is less the 2% and our pos operative complication is less than 10%. The waiting time varies from 1 day up to three weeks. Usually patients do well starting from week two pot operative and start to eat and drink, usually they travel back home after 3-4 weeks if there is no complication. The cost of this surgery now $65000.00 (as there is still possibility for the price to go up by $5000-10000, as the government putting new rules and regulation fr liver transplant for non Chinese patients). The cost will cover all the pre operative investigations which will need to repeat most of it here, medication, the surgery itself, the doctors fees, treatment after the operation up to 4 weeks after the surgery, and also hospital accommodation for the patient and one of his relative up to four weeks after the operation.

Will some medical insurance companies cover the cost of a tummy tuck in special cases? I have recently gone through menopause, and with in a two year period I have gained almost 80 pounds. Most of it in my waist area. My body went from Angelina Jolle to the Pengiun on batman movie.....I have always had a very small rib cage now it sticks our further than my breast and people are always asking if I am pregnant. My back is always hurting because my posture has not adjusted to this tremendious amount of weight. This is a horrible experience, but I don't have the money to cover the cost of the surgery. Does anyone know if medical insurance will cover some of the cost? Please, Help, Help, Help... Lyn Will

periodontist gum surgery?? i have small teeth and am considering gum surgery to cut some of my gums back to make my teeth appear larger. i also have a lot of gaps between my teeth and am going to get braces/invisalign. anyone out there every had the gum surgery done and can tell me how much the procedure cost and if i should get the gum surgery before my braces or after? thanks in a dvance. i do not smoke, but i was thinking if i get the surgery before braces the braces can close any extra gap that might accure with gums being pushed up. but if i get braces first and my teeth is straight and have the surgery done there might be extra gaps that are still there.

Financial Assistance for DOGS? I work in a vet clinic and we recently had a dog come in with a slipped disc in his back. The surgery is going to cost 3000.00 so we opted to adopt him because his parents were going to put him to sleep. Do you know any foundations that will donate money towards this type of cause? We're trying to raise as much as possible to ensure the dog gets the surgery he needs!

what do i do about lower back problems? Okay well i have 36D breasts and i have a military anual inspection in 4 days and today at the prictice(so new cadets would know what to do) i was standing for about 3 or so hours and my lower back was hurting and i have herd that breasts are a cause of lower back pain. So what am i suposed to do? and even after the inspection i cant have surgery because 1 it cost to much and 2 im to young and my breast are still growing

Cancer Treatment Costs: Human vs. Canine? After discovering a lump on my dog's leg, I took him to the vet, who took a tissue sample to be sent away for further testing. The examination and cytology cost $45. The results were back in two days; it was malignant. He was quickly scheduled for surgery, the tumor was removed, incision stapled, and he was given pills to take. This cost only $75, and the tumor is not expected to return. If the EXACT same services were performed in a human (not even taking into consideration possible radiation/chemo), would they likely not cost upwards of a few thousand dollars? I understand that a dog is not a person, but, why can a vet charge a fraction of the cost? They're a DOCTOR of Veterinary Medicine... do they not often have to undergo 8+ years of schooling as well? Is their quality of work normally not as high as an MD's would be? I mean, I've had appointments where I just SPOKE with a doctor, and was charged more than that. What, exactly, is the difference?

Is sleeping on the floor or on a mat like the Japanese do/did really helpful for your back?? If not, what is? I've got a bad back currently. I've got a herniated disc in the lumbar (lower back) region and I'm awaiting to hear from my insurance company if they'll cover the cost of the majorly expensive surgery or not. But meanwhile and especially afterwards, I want to improve my posture, build up my back muscles, and sleep on a mattress or no mattress at all if it means it will improve the quality of my back or the amount of strain. Please help.

How can you get rid of moles without surgery and expense? I used to go to the tanning bed a lot and as a result have developed quite a few flat brown moles all over my stomach and back. My dermatologist said to remove them, it would cost $150 per mole and scarring may occur. I wonder if there is any other way to get rid of these without surgery. Possibly creams, freezing, or laser?

What and how to work from home? Im not sure how to get started.. I dont know what is real or not... I just had back surgery so i am unable to work for about a year... I need the money so i figured why not try working form home... If any one knows of a business that is real and doesnt cost a lot to get into let me know... Please!!!

Penile enlargement surgery in India? Sometime back, I read in Times of India Delhi, that Penile enlargement surgeries are taking place in India. At a cost of some 80,000 and three days in bed, it is done. Is there anybody out there, who can provide me the contact numbers of hospitals that do these surgeries?

Upcoming surgery...? Well, I've been given the news yesterday that I'll have to have a tonsillectomy. Though I'm scared shitless (excuse the French), it's something that I know I NEED, and hopefully will cut back on the times that I've gotten strep throat (4 times since January.) I've been told that the surgery is totally different for children as it is for older teens and adults. I'm 22, so I guess I fall into the category of the surgery being more stressful and complicated. So, I'm looking for advice from other people that have had the surgery as an "older teen" or an adult, and to let me know what I can expect. How long were you out for? Anything that helped ease the pain more? What in the heck did you do for the amount of days you were out? When did you start feeling better? HOW MUCH DID IT COST?!? lol Any advice or little tid-bits will help. THANKS!!!!!!

Can anyone help answers about plastic surgery? I am looking for information on having an abdominoplasty, and breast lift. I have researched info and am undecided about wether to get implants. All the pics I've seen look funny without them, and I have seen two ways they cut you for the tummy tuck, hip to hip and all the way around. Do you think I would be able to fo back to work in two weeks? I work as a receptionist in a doctors office, so I sit down. I also wonder how much of a different that I will look,and what the cost will be in Alabama. I have my first consultation next Friday and would like to have as much info as I can when I go into the office. If I schedule around the first of May i wonder if I will be well enough to go on vacation at the end of the month. If I have the surgery and lose weight will it look ok or will I have to go back and have more lipo. I would really like to talk with someone that has had this done and would'nt mind sharing pictures. Thanks for anyone that can help.

BACK OF CALF TURNED YELLOW, very painful...HELP? My husband had done his morning streatch last week, leaning forward stretching out his left leg. Next day, he noticed back of his leg from knee down felt hard and painful. He since then has been limping, and the pain has not subsided and gotten worse. I noticed a bruise the size of a quarter behind the knee a couple days ago, and since then, the whole back calf has turned yellow. We were trying to treat it as a pulled muscle putting heat and wraps on it at home. I am in transition of jobs and our insurance has lapsed on my part, so we were right in the middle of getting back on my husbands insurance. NOW, this has happened, and we are fearing the worse....does anyone have any clue what might be wrong?? I am ready to take him to the E.R., and without our insurance in place, that will cost us big bucks, let alone what treatment / surgery he might need,, . HELP?????

Mother in law hates me and my husband (her son)? How would someone tell their mother in law to take a long walk off a short pier? Should I call her with my husband and tell her everything that she's ever done that has hurt us or made us pissed? Or should we just stop going over there and avoid her at all costs. I'm wondering if we'll be better off without her in our lives to make us crazy, or if we should think of our kids and their relationship with her. (Granted they are 3 and 3months old, so they don't really HAVE a relationship yet.) She called us tonight and was her usual horrible self, and asked us to trudge over to her house to put up her Christmas lights and tree. (Father in law had back surgery last week, or he'd do it.) My husband works two jobs, and is just getting over the flu. They have a 18 year old boy living at home now, but he's pretty useless. He doesn't help at all, except he gets all the perks of living with the rich parents. We're poor as dirt, but anyway, I digress... What to do... What to do... A lot of people are telling me to have my husband deal with her, but he isn't too willing. He says the only way she will respect him is if he makes tons of money and has nicer stuff than she does. I agree with him, but what about the meantime. And when she said the comment about him being a failure I was so shocked I couldn't respond. And by the time I got my wits back she was on the phone with someone for the next 30 minutes.

i'm lost!help? i've ask many times for a support group or any one to share stories about how gastric bypass surgery cost them there marriage or effected in in a bad way.i'm still trying to get my ex back to wake up.i'm lost without her and our kids.i'm very depressed and have had thoughts of suicide.

Why do dentists jack their costs so high? Before you flame, lets be reasonable here. We live in a society where you can get contacts and/or glasses cut in an hour or less. Where your eyes can be lasik'd for $750. Bones can be put into a sling and cast for $250. I recently had a surgery to fuse a disc in my neck which, after insurance, I paid a total of $75. $75! These are teeth. Crowns, root canals, fillings, plates... ceramic and plastic. This is not a complicated process, folks. Yet since the pain can be worse than having a vertebrae fused, dentists know you will pay whatever it costs. It truly is ridiculous what they charge. And dental "insurance"...isnt. It sometimes can cost less to fix your car than to get a root canal. Cheaper to fly to Las Vegas from NY than to get a crown put on. And forget serious dental issues. I can get an XRay of my back for damn near nothing, but $80 for XRays of my teeth?? Comeon...Yeah. They "care". Maybe I should train as a dentist? So if I wanted to pay less at the gas pump, maybe I should just start my own oil company... geez.. Cost of equipment and staff should not have any bearing on the cost of procedure since other medical procedures have to pay often times MORE employees and equipment. Its costs far more to run a hosptial than a dental office. As an aside - hospitals will BILL you, but dentists wont even touch you unless you pay up. All the while knowing good and well that you are hurting terribly. At this point, Im convinced that socialized healthcare is the answer. Odd that we care enough to socialize our education system, but not enough to provide medical care to everyone. In November Im voting for any democrat that will talk serious healthcare reform.

antibiotics won't cure my miniture pinchers cough what could it be? Crackly cough went away and now is back? Has been on two rounds of antibiotics. Plus hydrocordone for coughing. Vet says he wants to do exploratory surgery. This will cost 1500.00 dollars to see if she has a foxtail in her lung. In this day and age you mean to tell me there is no machine that will show a foriegn object in a dogs lung? Also what else could it be like congestive heart failure. She is nine years old. I had a friend who had to have there dog on lasix when it got older. She is 2lbs overweight and I have her on diet food. DO you think this could be the cause too? She still is eating fine and running around. What about steroids like prednisone? Thank you in advance for anyone who might be of help/ Jenaette Thank You for all the insight and opinions. I am so glad I trusted my gut instinct and I have an appointment with a new vet on Mon. I will giver her robitussin dm childrens dose until, keep her calm. She is still running around and happy so I think I will be able to get her through the weekend no problem. I actually had read about the vitamin c too and I will ask the vet about it. When I told the VA today about the exploratory surgery they wanted to do already she gasped and was like "WHAT!" No offense but the VCA animal hospitals are cut happy in my opinion. They always want to do surgery I have friends that have had there little guys misdiagnosed several times. I think they are so busy all the time too. I will take to my dog there for shots but other than that I think this small vet is the way to go. They have a new xray state of the art digital I was reading on their website. The tech told me they should be able to see the foxtail and that surgery was a little extreme. Thanks all

antibiotics won't cure my miniture pinchers cough what could it be? Crackly cough went away and now is back? Has been on two rounds of antibiotics. Plus hydrocordone for coughing. Vet says he wants to do exploratory surgery. This will cost 1500.00 dollars to see if she has a foxtail in her lung. In this day and age you mean to tell me there is no machine that will show a foriegn object in a dogs lung? Also what else could it be like congestive heart failure. She is nine years old. I had a friend who had to have there dog on lasix when it got older. She is 2lbs overweight and I have her on diet food. DO you think this could be the cause too? She still is eating fine and running around. What about steroids like prednisone? Thank you in advance for anyone who might be of help/ Jenaette

BAD BREEDER WARNING!!! www.yorkiebabiedolls.com? I purchased what I thought was a 3 pound at most, stud quality male. From WWW.YORKIEBABIEDOLLS.COM from Don Montgomery. What I received at the air port was a 3 pound starved pup, ridden with coccidia, a second row of teeth, and definitely not of breeding quality. He is now a 6 pounder with a terrible coat and huge ears. But it gets worse, 2 months later he starts limping on his back leg. He was diagnosed with leg-calf Perthes disease and required a $1500 dollar surgery. This disease is inherited from this parents or someone in his parents line, I told Don about this yet he still breeds both the parents EVERY SINGLE HEAT!!! He has way to many females and I know now that he is running a puppymill. Don offers a health guarantee but he does not stand by it at all. I am just devastated that I did not do my research on THE BREEDER before I purchased. Don does all his business through the internet, so please spread the word on his horrible puppymill and hopefully we can put him out of business. P.S. Fabio had his surgery and is recovering great! Now Don is trying to call me a liar and say I am the only one to complain about his horrendous breeding practices ( BREEDING A FEMALE EVERY HEAT ) I have medical receipts proving how much the surgery was. But I will now purse a case for the price of the dog and the surgery costs. I wish I didnâ??t have to go through this, but I truly know in my heart that he is BAD NEWS. STAY WAY!!!!!

How Long Till America Is Communist? i believe we are heading to a communist country for these reasons: in communist countries, the money and earnings are split within the people and thus, many do not want to work because they will make the same amount of money as a worker TODAY: many people {illegal aliens} and liars, they get welfare, FREE health care, FREE perscription drugs, and some got gas cards when gas was very expensive. i know someone on welfare who did work on houses under the table, and messed up his back, and had surgery and plates put in his back {how many thousands did that cost taxpayers} and for the regular working man: wages are not going up much {.3%}, healthcare has gone through the roof, state and local taxes are rediculous. and the SS and Medicare is imminent to go bankrupt. and the government is cracking down on free speech. {my dad, who is on strike is not allowed to picket, and the army moniters their troop's blogs and websites} all characteristics of communism jesus, i don't need all this negative backlash, i am just saying my opinion. this is america. DON'T ASSUME. Some People really need those services but, some don't: i find it odd that i know someone who can work on houses in the summer and still be classes as legally disabled and for the record, you need to get off my back, because you dont agree with me don't mean you hate to be hateful!! that's pretty immature that you call people "idiot" and don't explain why.

Does anyone have any good advice? I have a friend in the military and he has been trying to divorce his wife for almost a year now. When he and his ex decided to get a dicorce she told him to go file and he did. But she had lied and had already filed on him behind his back. Which cost him $170. Then he paid this lawyer in Dallas $1500 to process his divorce. His ex kept coming back with rediculous claims and demands. Then last month almost 10 months after the original filing he got a letter saying the divorce was thrown out saying it exceeded the time limit. He is supposed to leave for Iraq in October. And what's even worse is now his son is sick with some kind of growth-hormone deffinciency and will probably need surgery. But she just keeps lying saying everything is fine. He found out the information about his son through his own mother. Does anyone have any advice to help him with this obviously derranged woman. He just wants a divorce so he can move on with his life and stop being controlled by her.

How expensive is plastic surgery? Ok, I totally hate the shape of my nose, and I wish my pants fit better because I have a gut. I don't know if I'm being shallow, but I want to know how much liposuction and rhinoplasty might cost. Also, is it worth doing them? Does the fat just come back after it's taken out? Yes, I'm sure I might get the answer that I'm shallow and lazy, but I feel that they are the only answers left..

How do you get rid of a keliod? I know that there is a slight chance of it comming back after the surgery, but do you have any good doctors (preferably in the Cleveland area) where you can get it removed? Also, how much do you think it would cost? Is there a way that you can, like, remove it yourself? And for the last question, after you remove it, would you be able to, like but this tight thing around it so then another keloid won't be created and swell.

My wife and I are childless after 15 years of marriage. My wife had to have surgery which removed her tubes.? Unfortunately, we cannot afford $10,000 - 15,000 that it cost to adopt a child. We have looked into foster care, but there is always the chance that the child will be given back to the birth parent (sometimes that's good sometimes it puts the child right back in harms way) and we cannot accept the heartbreak which come with that entire scenario. Do you know (or have you heard of) an affordable adoption program out there? Any advice or direction you could give is greatly appreciated. Thank-you.

i want my money back!!!? i saw an add on the train it was for a skin dermatologist.. i took the number and decided to call,,they told me that whatever i payed for the consultation was goin to go towards whatever treatment i got done!! well i gave the receptionist 100 dollard upfront..i forgot to ask for a reciept. well teh doctor called me into his office and told that to help me tahtverything was goi to cost me $3,500 i said whoa thats too much i thought i was goin to spend atleats 1000, i told him thati wasnt gettin ne surgery !! and he was like well the best i can do is 1,500 blahh blahh!! i said fine . he said do u hav any money to give upfront. isaid yeah i hav 400 on me.. he said ok next week when u come bring the rest i said ok.. i felt hipnotized.. he took the money and put it on his pocket!! i was crying inside bcuz i new that me giving him my money was srong..he said well i c u next weekend whenu bring the rest of the money we start ur treatmen. i left confused.. what shoul i do,, i feel robbeBB he asked me if i had a credit card.. i said no..i told him the amout of cash i had on me , he said well give that to me and when u return with the rest of the money we will start with the procedures..i dont hav badd acne i just wanted something that would make my skin look healthy,,i gave him the 400 dollars i had.. this was today,, i told my mother she said to go bak tomorrow to get atleast half of my money back!!

34C Help Me Please!? Im 24, with a bra size of 34C. Im looking into a brest reduction and want to know which surgery is most cost effective. people think im nuts because they would love to be a 34C but i hate it! im 5'4, size 2-4, you know, pretty slim. BUT, im just sick of this size! Id love to be back to a 34B or 32B. HELP! and, i work out every pretty much every day for 1.30 hours. It seems to hep but not helping enough.

Anyone know of anything that actually works to regrow hair on a balding male? Rogaine didn't work. So please give me some suggestions that won't cost me tons of money like the surgeries which leave the back of the head looking funny.

I have a keliod on my ear....? and ppl make fun of me. I was in kindergarden and got my ears peirced. then, the earring back got stuck in my ear. The doctors had to do surgery on my ear, and now I have a keliod. I heard that if you cut if off, it might grow back because of that surgery. But couldn't you just put a band-aid over that ear and it wouldn't be able to swell? If not, then what would happen? I really want it to come off, bcaz ppl make fun of me becaz of it. Do you know what hospital I couald go to? And like, how much would it cost?

Lost weight can't get rid of extra skin.? I lost 80 pounds and have a lot of loose saggy skin around the stomach front and sides. I have been trying for a year to get rid of it. I am not ready and thinking of surgery. I want to know which type of surgery I would need. Lipo, tummy tuck, etc.? I want the extra skin removed from the front, sides, and back of my stomach. Once I know which surgery I need where do I start? What is the cost of the type of surgery that I need? Ballpark figure Please help I need direction.

My cat has to have his femur repaired. Anyone know how much it costs? We are thinking about going with a pin/wire technique to repair the broken femur (back left) He feel off a table and landed sideways. I am just trying to get estimates before tomorrow's surgery. Any ideas of the after effects? Is it worth it, or better to amputate?

Opinions??? My dog has a health condition.? My dog has a problem called Patella Luxation. It is where her knee caps pop out of place sometimes, causing a "skipping" gate. In the last few months it has gotten much worse. This problem can be painful if the knee cap does not pop back into place. She is not allowed to jump or run very much because this condition also causes weak knees. We have tried alternate thearipies and nothing is helping. The next step would be surgery. The procedure costs $2,000+ dollars and we cant really afford it. Should we have the surgery at a subsidized hospitas so it wont be that expensive, wait till she is too sore to walk and put her is a weel chair, or do nothing and have her put down when she is too painful to walk???? Please no rude answers. Thanks. (Sorry about any spelling mistakes.) She is almost 3. I cant find an insurance company that has a plan for patella luxation and that will cover her because she has a known health condition.

Is it possible for a Spinal Disk to repair/regenerate itself? I have a degenerative disk between two of my vertebrates in my back. I am still young, 21 and in decent shape, non-smoker...I had been trying to do a lot of research about degenerative disks but have not found everything I have looked for. I was wanting to know if the disk can repair itself to any degree over a period of time. Maybe by taking nutrients, changing lifestyle habits, or doing anything, but I was really wanting to know if it was even a possibility, or once the disk starts to decay does it just continue to do so and you are only able to slow the process rather then ever improving it. Thanks for taking the time to read this, please don't tell me a bunch of ways to cure my problem, unless its something out of the ordinary, or you've had experience with a degenerative disk because I have tried nearly everything but surgery and steroids which looks to be my next step, but I want to avoid surgery by all costs because i have heard to mostly negative outcomes...Thanks

my dog is a beagle and is having alot of back problems now.? she is on medicine but this is now the 3 time in 3 months that this is happening. I wonder if surgery is really the answer. I hate to put her down because we love her so much. We are starting to be overwhelmed with the money she is costing us. We have kids that are gonna get sick soon with the weather so we will need money for them soon also so it is charge, charge, charge.?????

I'm looking for a free pc game download site that has vintage games? The site I'm looking for used to be "free" but due to the volume it costs around $3.00 or $4.00 to download unlimited games. It had a choice of a specific type of download such as shareware etc... The games I'm looking for are old pc games such as Police Quest, Space Quest, a hospital surgery game (not ER.) Back when games were challenging but the graphics kinda of sucked. I've been to this site before it has a plain white background and blue text. it lists all these games in alphabetical order. Before you get to the list of games it explains the format of downloads e.g. shareware, freeware, etc.... the type of games it lists are from Atari to some of the first PC's like Tandy and Texas Instruments

Anyone know about Kyphosis? My fiance has kyphosis. A few years ago, the doctors told him that he was too old to wear a back brace and too young to get surgery (he's 24 now, think he seen the doc around the age of 17). What kind of surgery does he need to help this condition and about how much would it cost?

Do you think "weekend emergency" vets are a rip off? We HAD to take our german shepard in 2 weeks ago on a Sunday. He was running and caught himself on the corner of the race car trailer and tore his skin bad. He had to have it stapled. 35 of them. The whole thing cost 400.00! Then, he had to go back to get the tube remove, that was there for drainage. That cost 25.00. Now, we got the staples out yesterday, and he needs another surgery, because they didn't cut enough skin when they did the first operation. (From trauma like that, some skin dies off. So they cut some off to take care of it.) He will need about 10 to 13 more staple to finish closing him up. Why do they charge so much just because it's a weekend!?

Womans choice? A man was in a terrible accident,and his manhood was mangled and torn from his body. His doctor assured him that modern medicine could give him back his old chap, but that his insurance wouldn't cover the surgery, since it was considered cosmetic. The doctor said the cost would be £3,500 for small, £6,500 for medium and £14,000 for large. The man was sure he would want a large, but the doctor urged him to talk it over with his wife before he made any decision. Heeding his surgeons advice, the man called his wife on the phone and explained their options. The doctor came back into the room, and found the man looking dejected. "Well, what have the two of you decided?" asked the doctor. "She said she'd rather get a new kitchen" replied the man

Some of you wanted to know how illegals affect us? personally???? Here is ONE example!!!!!!!!!!!!! Catastrophe in Care Hospitals are being crippled by the costs of treating migrants--and that could be just the start of an immigrant-related health crisis By LEO W. BANKS Leo W. Banks One of the many signs on the Naco Highway. Leo W. Banks "It's not unusual to have one UDA (undocumented alien) cost $5,000, and we know we're not going to get that back," says Josie Mincher, emergency room manager at Copper Queen Hospital. Leo W. Banks "Until we have comprehensive immigration reform, we need to bear the health-care costs for undocumented workers, whatever those costs are," says Rev. Tom Buechele. If you drive along Southern Arizona's border with Mexico long enough, you might see a lone illegal wandering the desert. Or maybe he's hunched at the roadside sipping water from his milk jug. What's he doing there, and where are his compatriots, the people he broke into the country with? The uninformed might ask those questions, but those who live with the daily invasion across our open borders can make a pretty good guess what's happening. The fellow got bounced from his group by the coyote-guide. Two transgressions will get an illegal cut loose with certainty: Either he can't pay, or he shows signs of tuberculosis. You think these coyotes are fools? They don't want some hollow-eyed lunger hacking and coughing blood on them. So it's adios, pal, and now you're America's problem. But they know that already. Every illegal realizes that if he makes it to an emergency room in Southern Arizona, or anywhere around the country for that matter, he can get treatment, free of charge. It's federal law, and has been for 20 years. In its evolution, the policy has become a kind of federal health insurance program for illegals, and its rising costs are eating up resources that could otherwise go to poor and uninsured American citizens. It has created a financial nightmare for border hospitals and contributed to cutbacks in services at Tucson hospitals. Is this an outrage? A scandal? Some think it's both. But going back to our active TB sufferer, here's something even worse: The guy can't get treatment anywhere, goes underground and takes a job at a restaurant in Tucson or L.A., and coughs his way to infecting scores of others. Talk about a Hobson's choice. But as with everything in the ongoing crisis of illegal immigration, the hard choices would largely evaporate if the federal government fulfilled its constitutional duty and took control of our border. The threat illegal immigration poses to American public health plays out every day at Arizona's hospitals. Until recently, the issue remained only marginally public, a problem medical people batted around among themselves, not with the media. Even today, several hospitals contacted for this story declined comment. The Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee, one of the hardest hit, helped break that barrier when CEO Jim Dickson began returning reporters' calls, even though the subject, as he puts it, has become "like the third rail. You don't want to touch it." But his problem had grown severe. Dickson's uncompensated costs for treating illegals rose from $35,000 in 1999 to $450,000 in 2004. His total shortfall now sits at about $1.4 million, a hefty deficit for a 14-bed hospital. To make ends meet, he had to close, in June 2000, the Copper Queen's long-term care facility, and cut back on staff and hours, forcing some employees to take second jobs to survive. The hospital has seen a ray of light, however. In the first months of 2005, the Copper Queen has gone back into surplus, in part because more illegals are in Border Patrol custody when brought in to the hospital. That means the Border Patrol must reimburse the Queen for the cost. In the past, agents would drop injured illegals not in their custody at the ER and take off, sticking the hospital with bills that never got paid. Another reason for the decrease, says Dickson: the Minuteman Project. "It's been terrific for us in April," he says, cutting down on the number of people coming across and therefore the number requiring ER treatment. Dickson says the hospital wrote off about $6,000 in losses in April this year, compared to about $35,000 in April 2004. The central issue, though, remains in place--the hospital has had to scale back health services to American citizens to treat illegals. Bisbee isn't alone. The most comprehensive study on the subject found that 24 counties in four states bordering Mexico wracked up $190 million in unpaid emergency medical bills caring for illegals in the year 2000. The study, commissioned by the U.S.-Mexico Border Counties Coalition, found that California spent $79 million of that; Texas, $74 million; Arizona, $31 million; and New Mexico, $6 million. Bear in mind that these numbers, the best available, are from 2000. We can assume, with increasing rates of crossings since then, the costs are considerably higher today. Nor do the above figures take into account non-border counties. Treating illegals in Maricopa County costs as much as $50 million a year, according to an estimate used by Republican Sen. Jon Kyl. Nationally, American hospitals lose $1.45 billion a year. The Medicare reform bill passed in 2003 allocated $1 billion to reimburse states for federally mandated ER care given to illegals--about $45 million a year of that to come to Arizona over four years. But even that, some hospital staffers say, is little more than a Band-Aid on a huge problem. Ruth Kish, director of patient care services at Copper Queen, expects that under the repayment formula, her hospital will receive only 10 cents of every dollar they spend on illegals. "But every bit helps," says Kish. Another factor: The counties in the above-mentioned study spent an additional $13 million in 2000 on emergency transportation, such as helicopters and ambulances, to pick up illegals injured after sneaking across the line. The Bisbee Fire Department's ambulance responds to about one of these calls a day during the summer, says Chief Jack Earnest. Asked how many of these patients pay up, Earnest wasn't sure, and recommended contacting the billing office in Sierra Vista. The billing office knew exactly how often illegals pay their ambulance bills--never. But there's another category--Mexicans injured in Mexico who call American ambulances for help. By federal law, they have to respond, which makes Bisbee's Copper Queen the trauma center of choice for Sonora's northern frontier. The calls come from Naco, Sonora, the town across the line just south of Bisbee, where, in spite of widespread poverty, cell phones are popular, and everybody knows the Americans are bound by law to treat them. "When we get a call we go, and we don't ask where the person's from," says Earnest. Naco residents needing care go to the port of entry and declare an emergency to American officials. When they're waved through, they're transported to the Copper Queen's ER in Bisbee's ambulance, or they drive themselves in private cars. The policy is called Compassionate Entry, and it applies to hospitals up and down the line. The Copper Queen averages about five such cases a month. Some abuse the privilege, says ER Manager Josie Mincher. She's seen Compassionate Entries with bad sore throats and others who aren't sick at all. One pregnant girl landed in the ER recently complaining of morning sickness. Most are seriously sick, though, and the staff rushes to help, "because that's what we do," says Mincher. But it doesn't take much to blow the budget. "Just walking in the door is $400," says Mincher. "It's not unusual to have one UDA (undocumented alien) cost $5,000, and we know we're not going to get that back. We're playing with monopoly money here." Here's an example of how one patient can wrack up a huge bill: A young Mexican man had a bad auto accident across the line and was taken to Douglas' Southeast Arizona Medical Center with severe neurological problems. After being stabilized there, he was transferred to Barrow's Neurological Center in Phoenix. He spent a costly month there, courtesy of the Center, and was transferred--with a tracheotomy tube in his throat and supplies to clean it, also provided gratis by Barrow's--to a hospital in Hermosillo. That facility kept him less than a day before releasing him to his home in Naco. But for reasons no one can explain, the Hermosillo hospital kept his trach kit and cleaning supplies. As a result, he became septic--a bad infection--and came through the Naco port under Compassionate Entry to the Copper Queen. He spent three days there, then the staff sent him off, with more free supplies, to a clinic in Agua Prieta for continued care. How much did this fellow cost the American health care system? A figure of a quarter-million dollars would surprise no one. Cost to the Copper Queen? Almost $6,000, and they got none of it back. Northern Cochise Community Hospital is in Willcox, far enough from the border that it doesn't get patients crossing the line for health care. But that doesn't mean it escapes the invasion. CEO Chris Cronberg loses about $100,000 a year caring for illegals, mostly those injured in traffic accidents when their loaded vehicle flips while speeding north. "It's not make or break for us," says Cronberg. "But as a small hospital, we depend on cash, and those are dollars that aren't coming in, so it has an impact." The same is true at Sierra Vista Regional Health Center, according to Vice President Marie Wurth. She expects the hospital to lose $250,000 this year treating those who jump the line, get hurt doing it and don't pay their bills. The big squeeze is on in Tucson, too. Tucson Medical Center loses an estimated $4 million every year treating illegals. The corresponding figure at UMC, which includes some foreign nationals, was $3.5 million for fiscal 2004, a $2 million increase from the previous year. Part of that is attributable to UMC, in July 2003, becoming Tucson's only Level One trauma center, meaning it saw the most serious cases. Chief Financial Officer Kevin Burns says the hospital's re-payment rate for treating illegals is about 5 cents on the dollar. "It's very expensive for us and continues to grow," says Burns, who says many illegals, as well as uninsured Americans, use his ER like a primary care physician. "We hear anecdotally that people come here from across the border because they know they can get cared for, and if they present at the ER, they can get that care at no cost." The federal law that put the hospitals on the hook for the medical bills of illegals goes by the acronym EMTALA--Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. It says that anybody who shows up in an ER must get screened, treated and stabilized, regardless of citizenship or ability to pay. But since its passage in 1985, the definition of emergency has evolved to include just about anything, and because Congress didn't fund the requirement, hospitals have had to eat the costs as word has spread that the federal goodie wagon is parked at the ER door. In cities with huge illegal populations, such as Los Angeles, the effects have been disastrous. In its spring 2005 issue, the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons reported that between 1993 and 2003, 60 California hospitals closed because, for several reasons including EMTALA, half of their services became unpaid. Another 24 are near closing, says author Madeleine Pelner Cosman. She also writes that in 1983, before EMTALA, L.A. County put together a trauma network that was "one of America's finest emergency med response organizations." A mere 22 years later--again, in part because of EMTALA--Cosman says the system is coming apart, with most trauma hospitals having left the network, along with physicians, surgeons and others. The law has caused a similar situation in Tucson, on a smaller scale. "With EMTALA, the government created an unfunded national health insurance program, and it has caused real problems in this community," says Dr. Herb McReynolds, who works for a company that manages the ER department for St. Mary's Hospital, which treats a large number of illegals. Lawmakers wrote the legislation to prevent patient dumping--in which one hospital refuses to accept, say, an uninsured woman in labor, telling ambulance personnel to take her to the county hospital instead. It stopped that practice. But it has caused a big increase in the amount of un-reimbursed care that hospitals provide, and in McReynolds' words, "made physicians rethink their careers and lifestyles." "The price of it has come over time, because after so much uncompensated care, it forces physicians off our call list," says McReynolds. "Physicians have a practice to go to the next day and a family, and ask themselves, do I really want to be up at 2 a.m. providing care when I won't get comp, and I can still get sued?" Some docs have removed themselves from on-call lists by going to work at outpatient surgical centers not affiliated with a hospital. Others stay on call, but limit the amount of time they're available. A neurosurgeon might take call one day a week, and that satisfies the law. EMTALA says that you must provide a reasonable amount of coverage, without being strict or specific about how much that is. McReynolds says that EMTALA--in tandem with the malpractice crisis--has caused the loss of medical coverage at many hospitals around the country and in Tucson, including St. Mary's. "Several years ago we had five neurosurgeons on staff here, and now we have two," he says. "We had hand surgery coverage every day, and now we have it one week a month. We used to have full ob-gyn coverage, and now they've left and gone to TMC. We have no ob-gyn and one gynecologist on staff covering emergencies one day a week." With docs all over Tucson running for cover, trying to stay off call and away from ERs, the variety of emergency health care available to Tucsonans has seriously diminished. And here's the most maddening irony of all: The feds now reimburse American hospitals for treating non-paying illegals, but not for treating American citizens. Exception: Those eligible for care under Federal Emergency Services, a fairly restrictive program. For a year and a half now, UMC has approached non-paying illegals in a novel way--it actually reports them to immigration officials. "Some people find that cold, but we have a responsibility to protect this charitable asset (hospital)," says CFO Burns, adding that UMC's status as a public entity requires a different approach. "Our belief is that to the extent people have ability to pay, we expect them to." After triaging and stabilizing an ER patient, the hospital sets out to learn who that patient is, and how he or she plans to pay. To those who are uninsured and underinsured, the hospital offers the option of applying for its innovative Charity Care program. Under it, the hospital charges the patient the same rate it would receive for that service from Medicare, a possible reduction of up to 70 percent. Patients unable to pay at that discounted rate are eligible for further discounts that can tear up the bill entirely. To apply for Charity Care, the patient need only return to the hospital with a W-2 or other documents. Those who cooperate and return with the required documents don't get reported to the feds. But the hospital does report those who take the medical care and run. How many illegals cooperate with this generous offer? Ten percent. Burns says UMC began reporting the 90 percent who don't pay in November of 2003. So far, they've reported 565 persons. Why start reporting? "Maybe a bit of it was born of frustration because people use our resources and make no effort to work with us and pay," he says. "Even if part of the population doesn't pay, I still have to hire new people and buy and upgrade equipment, which costs $15-$20 million a year. When you have these strains on resources, from foreign citizens and as well as Medicaid patients, you have to manage cash flow very carefully." As with most issues related to the illegal invasion, those who live along the Mexican border, the scene of the crime, have the best view. Where health issues are concerned, it's not a pretty sight. Residents say they've come across ground dotted with discarded pills, syringes containing nobody knows what, and used needles. Some report riding horses along creek beds, popular pull-up areas for groups heading north, and finding 70 or 80 piles of human feces, some of it blackened and running with blood. It's as disgraceful as it is disgusting--and it raises a question: What happens when rain washes all this into the water supply? Is it a threat to spread diseases such as hepatitis? Some believe it might be. What happens when cows drink from these contaminated creeks? And what happens when this constant flow of Third World humanity goes north, fanning out all across Arizona and the country? What kind of diseases do they bring with them? ER workers like Mincher live with that question every day. "We protect ourselves best we can," she says, "but if somebody comes in with a contagious disease, I might as well buy the farm, because I don't know what it is. A lot of times, they don't know what they have either. If they came off a ranch in southern Mexico, they've had no immunizations, no health care, nothing." Most of what she sees at Copper Queen--around 75 percent--is orthopedic, falls suffered while jumping fences, for instance. Dehydration, too. Some of these are pregnant women nine months along, who, in Mincher's words, "are so desperate to have their babies born in the U.S., they'll do whatever it takes." She sees cardiac-related cases among illegals who've been given crack, methamphetamine or speed by their coyote so they can keep walking. But she's also treated illegals with active chicken pox, tuberculosis, all varieties of hepatitis and AIDS. The Web and print media are full of stories about the diseases illegals carry, and their effect on American health. But some writers make alarming claims with sketchy evidence at best. In the cases of two diseases, however--Chagas and tuberculosis--the evidence is clearer that they're indeed coming across our border. Chagas, a potentially fatal illness spread by contact with the feces of the reduviid bug, called the "kissing bug," is prevalent in South and Central America. Fifteen million people in that region are infected with the parasite, and 50,000 die of it every year, according to the World Health Organization. A person can be infected for 10 or 20 years or more before showing symptoms, making it particularly insidious. At its most severe, the disease can cause the heart to fail, and literally explode. In the United States? Louis Kirchhoff, of the University of Iowa Medical School, estimates that between 80,000 and 120,000 Latin Americans with Chagas live here. Matching prevalence studies and immigration numbers, Kirchhoff figures about 10 Chagas-infected persons entered every day from Mexico alone in the 1990s. The disease can be transmitted four ways, but for Americans, the most worrisome is the blood supply. In the United States overall, the chance of contracting Chagas from a blood transfusion is small, one in 25,000, according to David Leiby, a research scientist at the American Red Cross in Washington. But in cities with high populations from Latin America, the numbers fall to much riskier levels. In Miami, for example, the chance is one on 9,000. In L.A., 1 in 5,400. Researchers have confirmed seven cases of people contracting Chagas through blood transfusions--five in the U.S., two in Canada--and they say the number of unknown cases is probably much higher. "A rate of one in 5,400 is something we're concerned about," says Leiby, adding that the FDA is still a few years away from a useable blood-screening test. "Chagas is overlooked by the health care system in the United States. Our physicians aren't aware of it and wouldn't recognize it in most cases." Tuberculosis, which also shows up in high rates in Mexico, is migrating north as well. Many assume a place like Cochise County, right on the border and overrun by illegals, would have a high incidence of TB. But it doesn't, says Edith Sampson, of the Cochise County Health Department. "The immigrants only pass through here on the way to Atlanta, or whatever city they're going to," she says. Exactly the problem--which is a big reason why 53 percent of the TB in the United States in 2003 was among foreign-born persons, up from 29 percent in 1993, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In L.A., again because of its huge illegal population, the figure is closer to 80 percent. Only 15,000 Americans suffer from active TB, the only dangerous kind because it can be passed to someone else, usually by coughing and expelling the bacteria from the throat or lungs. That's a small number, but the New York Academy of Sciences estimates that each victim will "infect 10 or 20 or more people--in whom the disease will likely remain latent, creating the potential time-bomb effect." The State Health Department says that Arizona had 295 reported cases of active TB in 2003, a jump from the previous year. Why the increase? More of the disease was found among kids under 5 years old and prisoners. The latter were mostly Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees--in other words, illegals. Sixty-eight percent of Arizona's foreign-born TB cases are from Mexico, says state health. Will TB return to the United States in a big way? It hasn't yet, says Lee Reichman, executive director of the New Jersey Medical School's National Tuberculosis Center. But he adds that with globalization--the ability to get around the world in 20 hours--and because "we can't stop people from getting in to this country, no matter how hard we try," the potential exists for a new epidemic. His particular concern is with multi-drug-resistant TB, fatal in 60 percent of cases. This strain requires a long regimen of costly drugs that illegals are unlikely to take, or have access to. Arizona has a small number of MDR-TB cases, and all of them in the past five years have been among foreign-born persons. "The reason you haven't heard about TB here is that good public health is working," says Reichman. "People who are symptomatic go to physicians, and the physicians don't ask questions. As soon as you have to ID yourself, or say we're going to send you back to Mexico, these people go into hiding and spread more TB. Any physician who cares about being a physician isn't going to ask those questions, because he took an oath to treat sick people." The Copper Queen's Rush Kish says that under Medicare reimbursement guides, her hospital cannot ask patients if they are in the country illegally. But how do you bill the feds to get money back for treating illegals if you can't ask if someone is illegal? Well, you play a little Orwellian word game, probing around the issue with a list of government-approved questions, then make educated assumptions. But the illegal holds the trump card, because he can refuse to answer every question. "We don't know yet what evidence Medicare will accept when we apply for reimbursement," says Kish. "But at least we can begin documenting the enormity of this problem." The question isn't whether those with genuine emergencies should get treatment. Of course they should. In Naco, residents have no access to ER care and many would die if they didn't get to the Copper Queen. The real question is: Who pays? Rev. Tom Buechele, pastor at St. John's Episcopal Church in Bisbee, thinks it's appropriate for the federal government to keep ponying up, as long as American companies "maintain their illegal trafficking in human labor." "Until we have comprehensive immigration reform, we need to bear the health-care costs for undocumented workers, whatever those costs are," says Buechele, who, for almost a year now, has been running a free monthly clinic in Naco, Arizona, catering to the poor and uninsured on both sides of the line. Although they talk a different language, politicians, even Republicans, promote policies that further Buechele's liberal vision. They boast to constituents that they've saved border hospitals by pushing through the Medicare reimbursement plan, which provides a relatively small amount of money over four years. But that's another Hobson's choice, which is to say no choice at all. What do you do, let hospitals go under? Kyl, who pushed to get the reimbursement money, says an emphatic no. "If we want those ERs to be there for us, then we'd better keep them in business," says the Arizona senator. "If our hospitals are required by federal law to treat anybody who comes into the ER, and the federal government has failed to control the border, then it's appropriate for the government to reimburse these hospitals." But some argue that the system as it stands now, with EMTALA firmly in place, is rigged to produce two results: The federal treasury will remain wide open to illegals, and that all but guarantees that more and more of them will bust the line to get here. After all, this is the end of the rainbow for them, where jobs await, education is free, health care is free. Who wouldn't come? And the more they come, the more American health suffers--from such diseases as Chagas and TB, further cutbacks in hospital services to American citizens, and even possible closures. Where's the compassion in that? Copper Queen ER nurse Josie Mincher, herself Hispanic, puts her health, and possibly her life, on the line to treat illegals. Listen to the emotion in her voice as she describes what that's like: "I go to work every day feeling like I'm on a torture wrack. My heartstrings get pulled in one direction by these sick people I want to help. Because I'm Hispanic, I know how they live. And I'm pulled in the other direction, too, thinking that if our hospitals aren't around, where do I take my own kids? "But we have to treat them because of EMTALA. It says that anybody who comes within 250 yards of an ER gets treatment. What would happen to Safeway if the law said anyone who comes within 250 yards of the store gets free food? They'd go out of business. Well, we're a business, too." Mincher's solution? "Send the bills to Mexico. If it affected them financially, they might do something about all these people coming across. My grandparents came here legally, and it took a long time and a lot of money. They respected the law. These people just walk across now. They weren't brought up the same way." Burns at UMC says he wants the U.S. and Mexican governments to work together to find a solution. But, as Kyl cautions, don't expect any breakthrough soon. Mexico benefits far too much from our illegal immigration nightmare--in jobs for its citizens and cash sent home--to step up with money to care for its own people. Until the border brought under control and the invasion stopped, we'll continue to pay the bills of people who illegally tiptoed across the line in the dead of night. This is an article from the Arizona Repuiblic newspaper, NOT something i "made up"!!!! If you don't believe me, LOOK IT UP FOR YOURSELF!!! It's on-line, if you look under Copper Queen hospital!!! And for those of you that can not take the time to READ this article, i can SEE why you are so UNINFORMED on this issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!1