 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / September 2005PVP ~ Tricare ~ Retired Military
I'm in Northern Virginia. Andrews AFB only does TURPs & TUNAs. If Bethesda & Walter Reed give me a *non-availability*, I'm thinking about trying to get Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone else pursued this or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom I know one thing, a friend had a TURP and now is having problems because of scar tissue. He is having restricted flow and it seems the doctor is giving him no answers. I told him to see a URO that does PVP. Can he do a PVP after he has done a TURP? Steve > I'm in Northern Virginia. Andrews AFB only does TURPs & TUNAs. If > Bethesda & Walter Reed give me a *non-availability*, I'm thinking about > trying to get Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone > else pursued this or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom >I'm in Northern Virginia. Andrews AFB only does TURPs & TUNAs. If Bethesda >& Walter Reed give me a *non-availability*, I'm thinking about trying to get >Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone else pursued this >or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom Tom, You should not have any trouble as long as you get that "non-availability" form. I have found that Tricare is not requiring this in many cases. Then your problem is finding a doctor and a hospital that will accept Tricare. Be sure to check before you schedule. Good luck Brian  Signature----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian J. Rueger | Hampton Div. of Fire & Rescue | "Who dares wins" Lt./Paramedic | Fire Communications Officer | Hampton, VA. B.S. Comm/I/SEL Pilot | MSgt, USAF (Ret.) 49199 | NREMT-P Check out my home page: http://members.cox.net/brueger Some of my photography: http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/34185.html "Life's too short to drink LITE beer!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom, Fair Lakes Hospital in Fairfax is now doing PVP's. I do not know if any of the MD's accept Tricare. The other problem is the experience of the uros doing the PVP. Don't know how much experience they have. Jay > I'm in Northern Virginia. Andrews AFB only does TURPs & TUNAs. If > Bethesda & Walter Reed give me a *non-availability*, I'm thinking about > trying to get Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone > else pursued this or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom Someone was kind enough to recently post the urologists in Northern Virginia that are certified to do PVPs. I can't find it doing a search. I have a list of TriCare Urologists, so I'm trying to match something up. Thanks for any help, Tom > I'm in Northern Virginia. Andrews AFB only does TURPs & TUNAs. If > Bethesda & Walter Reed give me a *non-availability*, I'm thinking about > trying to get Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone > else pursued this or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom > Someone was kind enough to recently post the urologists in Northern > Virginia that are certified to do PVPs. I can't find it doing a search. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> trying to get Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone >> else pursued this or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom Found it using google groups. Search "fair oaks" hospital PVP. Be cautious...my uro is on the list and he does NOT do PVP. I think they list the entire uro group if one of the doctors in the group does PVP. > Someone was kind enough to recently post the urologists in Northern Virginia > that are certified to do PVPs. I can't find it doing a search. I have a > list of TriCare Urologists, so I'm trying to match something up. Thanks for > any help, Tom You can search on the Laserscope laserscope site for doctors that do PVP. It is obvious to me that they are associated with hospitals that has the equipment. http://www.laserscope.com/surgical/consumers/enlargedprostate.html Thanks for all the help. So far I've found one doctor who participates in Tricare, is on the Laserscope PVP list, is in this month's Washingtonian as one of the best urologists, and works out of Fair Oaks. His name is A. Daniel Laurent, MD. >> Someone was kind enough to recently post the urologists in Northern > Virginia [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://www.laserscope.com/surgical/consumers/enlargedprostate.html Sounds like a good one. I had to look through the resume's and pick one. > Thanks for all the help. So far I've found one doctor who participates in > Tricare, is on the Laserscope PVP list, is in this month's Washingtonian as [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > http://www.laserscope.com/surgical/consumers/enlargedprostate.html My USAF Urologist at Andrews AFB just gave me a referral to the Navy Hospital at Bethesda ~ he found out they are doing Laserscope PVPs. Since this procedure is not typically needed for younger Active Duty Military, I suspect they will be able to support me. We'll see next week. Tom > I'm in Northern Virginia. Andrews AFB only does TURPs & TUNAs. If > Bethesda & Walter Reed give me a *non-availability*, I'm thinking about > trying to get Tricare to pay for a PVP in a local hospital. Has anyone > else pursued this or heard of anyone who has tried this? Thanks, Tom Tom have you considered going to the Veterans Administrations hospital in Richmond. They do PVPs. For an operation as serious as a PVP you might be better of staying away bargin price surgery that the Gov. provides. No flames please; I'm sure they must have done a good job on someone at one time or another. Good luck, Dave Thanks Dave, I'm going to see what Bethesda Naval Hospital will do first. ~ appointment 15 September with PVP urologist. While PVP is not a procedure that most Active Duty Military require, we have MANY senior military officers in the Nation's Capitol. Even President Bush gets his physical at Bethesda Naval. I'll post my results. :-) Tom > Tom have you considered going to the Veterans Administrations hospital in > Richmond. They do PVPs. For an operation as serious as a PVP you might [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Good luck, Dave Update: At appointment today, I was initially asked to give a urine specimen, which I barely filled. The first thing the technician did was check how much urine was in my bladder, which indicated over 900cc's. The Doctor ordered a catherization to empty my bladder. To my amazement, the technician filled a bottle of 1000 cc's or one liter. I'm 62, 5'10", & 170 LBs. I'm now currently scheduled for a PVP on 12 Oct, but will have a Urodynamic evaluation prior to the PVP procedure. The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda does a lot of PVPs ~ they also do TUNAs & TURPs. I think PVP is the procedure of choice if the patient qualifies. The Urodynamic was explained to me ~ it sounds very complex. I'll do some research on it. Tom > Thanks Dave, I'm going to see what Bethesda Naval Hospital will do first. > ~ appointment 15 September with PVP urologist. While PVP is not a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Good luck, Dave The routine catherization is causing red (not pink) in my urine right now. > Update: At appointment today, I was initially asked to give a urine > specimen, which I barely filled. The first thing the technician did was [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> >>> Good luck, Dave |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.