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Eddy.... On the contrary.... I believe there are many fine physicians in the whole Kaiser Family.... but they're hampered by things like lawyers peeking over their shoulders (uhhh... figuratively), and not always top-of-the-line equipment (and some downright old equipment that still work - still does the job - but who wants old equipment, if there was a choice? There's a lot of "stuff." going on behind the scenes at ANY HMO, but IF I only could chose ONE out of the many I'd definitely chose the biggest , the oldest, most experienced HMO in the world to be a member of to be a member of - and THAT'S KAISER. HEY- I *DID* do that! And I only joined after a LOTTA "HMO research." It ain't perfect. but it TRIES to work with the patients, on the whole (But I DO with they'd bring back their big jugs of lollipops in each office!) <victim of budget cuts> (Mumbling to self ---> but I sure MISS them lollipops) Would I like to have another brain surgery (NO!), and have it done by a Kaiser neurosurgeon instead of by Dr. Robt. Iacono. of Loma Linda Med. Center. or Dr. Gary Heit of Stanford Med. Center who both did MY pallidotpmy? NOT ON YER LIFE!!! But - would I trust a Kaiser surgeon to do a C-section, or even perform a microsurgery on my knee or hip (GOD FORBID I SHOULD *NEED* either or both of those surgeries), my answer is YES.. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Eddy Arden <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Re: Voice Improvement >Thank you,Barb, thank you Liz, and thanks to listserv >for your input re this topic. We'll look into it >further and question our KAISER doctor about it, but >as Barb stated, Kaiser isn't on the ball re new >procedures. Thanks again...Eddy >--- Elizabeth Southwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi Barb...I thought it was going to be goretex for >> the final material until >> day before yesterday when the doctor said it had >> changed from what he told me >> last year and they're using, I think it's called >> alloderm which I think he >> said would be good for a minimum of 2+ years -- I >> gather that that's as long >> as they've used it. It's lucky I was >> delayed!!! I don't know why the switch. >> >> But so far, so good...Liz S. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! >http://photos.yahoo.com/