Oh happy day, I may have found a new doctor!

As I had mentioned in my last post, I was feeling pretty lost and apprehensive about rather or not to have the radical wide excersion surgery until my wonderful mother-in-law found Tracy's awesome blog, Overcoming Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS).  In her blog she describes how her recovery went from days, weeks, and years after her armpit surgery.  I HIGHLY recommend you give it a read if you are now at stage 3 of HS and in need of the surgery.  

I did not want the surgery mainly because the surgeon let me know 5 years ago that the surgery is very radical and not taken lightly therefore not recommended until the HS patient is in stage 3 and I have a low tolerance to pain.  But what scared me the most was the unknown.  There was so many questions I had forgotten to ask the surgeon.  I already knew the surgery was not a guarantee that I would never get HS again in that area  or any other area but what was the stats on relapses, what do I expect after surgery, what would  final outcome look like under my armpits, and many more as you can imagine.  I can honestly say after reading Tracy's blog I am now more hopeful and ready to move forward with the surgery.  In her blog Tracy recommends finding a plastic surgeon familiar with HS because a general surgeon is only interested in cutting out the infection but a plastic surgeon also cares about what the final outcome will look like.  She said to call every plastic surgeon around and ask the if they are familiar with HS and don't get discouraged because a lot of the will not even know how to spell HS let alone what it actual is.  My general surgeon already informed me that he does not perform the skin grafts nor did he work with the hospital plastic surgeon dept to perform them.  I already didn't care for this surgeon from my first visit with him 5 years ago when he couldn't even give me 5 minutes once he looked at my left armpit and told me I was not a surgery candidate yet another reason why I didn't want the surgery so began my search.  

I am SO EXCITED because I found another doctor who specializes in dermatology and works with the staff of plastic surgeons at the hospital he is associated with!! So I call and after a 15 minute call with a receptionist I believe, I was told a representative would call me back shortly and during one of my times of being on hold I heard you could also set an appointment online so for extra precaution, I also did that lol.  And I anxiously awaited for the next day to come and then I anxiously awaited for the call to come and around 11 am-ish I decided to get in the shower and wouldn't you know it, they called.  So I call them back and after another 15 minute wait I got an appointment for March 7th and I can't wait to see this doctor.  Wish me luck and lots of prayers that this will be my man :-)