Today I traveled 260 miles round trip to visit Dr. Vincent Cubelli, in
Denville, NJ. He answered all my questions but we did seem to develop
that spark that would make for a good doctor patient relationship. Although
he is listed on the Laserscope website, he did not seem as enthusiantic
about the PVP as I had hoped. He had done 50 PVP procedures over a one year
period and I wonder how that compares with other docs used guys in the
newsgroup. He also wanted to leave in the catheter for two days after the
procedure, and it had to be taken out by him or a visiting nurse. Seems
like most guys had them in for, at most, 24 hours, and some were allowed
to remove it themselves.
Since my health plan will not pay for the procedure, I am now planning on
having the cysto, rectal, and bladder tests done locally and then take them
with me to then next doctor and hopefully I can click with him and then set
up a surgery appointment.
zigzag - 09 Apr 2005 02:10 GMT
My doc had done 140+. I had a great procedure in at five a.m., out at
two p.m., peeing like a 21 yr old at eight p.m., no catheter, no
complications. Had some stinging until drug took affect. It has been
four weeks and it is wonderful to get a full night's sleep. zigzag
Pat Chan - 12 Apr 2005 21:55 GMT
ZigZag,
Glad to hear a successful case like yours. Can you share us your Greenlight
PVP uro's name. I am 50++ and did Thermatrx DOT Sep 04 by Dr. W in N. NJ
and had no good result at all. Looking forward to having PVP with
expreienced Dr.
zigzag - 20 Apr 2005 14:38 GMT
> ZigZag,
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Pat, my urologist is David Laub, M.D. in Santa Barbara, California. He
has outstanding experience, honest, and I think progressive. He has a
website for you to look at. I hope you can use him. Joe
Jack - 20 Apr 2005 17:18 GMT
If you live in northern New Jersey you have one of the best close by. Dr.
Te at Cornell Presbyterian Medical Center on the east side in the 60's I
believe, in Manhattan, NY.
Jack
>> ZigZag,
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> has outstanding experience, honest, and I think progressive. He has a
> website for you to look at. I hope you can use him. Joe
pc2121@optonline.net - 22 Apr 2005 01:27 GMT
Jack, ZigZag, Thank you for infomation. I do find out Dr. Te is at 68th
Street, NY. He is not within my UnitedHealthCare doctor list. How much do
your doctor charge you?
Regards,
Pat
Pat - 28 Apr 2005 20:47 GMT
Dr. Te is in the network of Unitedhealthcare. Forget about my question.
Pat