Feedback on Joshua Shindler in Oregon

[Trisha]

Hi friends, has anyone had a positive outcome surgery with Dr Joshua Shindler in Oregon? Any info would be greatly appreciated

[Isaiah_40_31]

We’ve had a few members who’ve had him do their ES surgeries. Here’s a discussion by one member @Kiriez.

I had an Intra-oral styloidectomy with Dr. Schindler today

I just wanted to post a quick update. Its been about a month and a half since my surgery. The first few days were painful and uncomfortable. It was probably equivilant to a bad head cold except it was also slow and tedius eating anything. On the first day the stitches would hit the back of my tongue and gag me a bit if I fell behind on my meds at all. That was really uncomfortable but also it passed quickly. Really, the worst longer term symptom I had was that my tongue was really numb on the …

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[Trisha]

Thanks for your response Isaiah, Its releiving to know that he had sdone successful surgeries. I have a surgery with Dr Hepworth on August 18th, my insurance is saying the will not cover Denver, i have spoken with them and let them know there are no qualified surgeon’s in Utah and have gotten 3 letters from doctors explaining they are not qualified and i need a qualified surgeon. My insurance says they will cover Idaho, Utah, Washington and Oregon. Not sure what route I will go but I would like to have Hepworth do my surgery but if there is a good surgeon in one of those states im willing to look into them.

[Isaiah_40_31]

With your vascular symptoms, you really should stick w/ a doctor like doctor Hepworth who “knows the ropes” for that type of surgery. Dr. Schindler only does intraoral surgery which is not great for dealing w/ vascular ES.

I am so sorry your insurance isn’t advocating for your benefit & is being inflexible. We’ve had other members who’ve had similar situations. You can contact your ins. company to see if they have a patient advocate as some of our members have had success working w/ a patient advocate when coverage was declined. If they don’t you may be able to find a patient advocate online. There is a process & it might put your surgery off a bit. I’ll try to find the post @lilwider wrote about her experience w/ this & you can look for them, too.

[Jules]

Here’s a couple of discussions about appealing insurance decisions, the first one has info about the procedure which was useful for an insurance appeal:
I’m asking for my eagle syndrome familys help - General - Living with Eagle

Update …final appeal - General - Living with Eagle

I do agree with @Isaiah_40_31 that for VES, you do need a doctor with that experience if you can see one, & intra-oral surgery isn’t the best method for vascular issues… Good luck!

[Trisha]

Right, I’m not ok just having anyone cut near my jugular. I am getting alot of documentation from doctors that aren’t qualified hoping that will help my case. I will also use you’re email to help my case. I will ask about the patient advocacy. I will link into lilwilders post. Thank you so much for taking time to help people. You are an amazing person.