Appointment with Plastic Surgeon Pope

I liked Dr. Pope a lot more than I thought I would. Somehow I was expecting a snobbish doctor but he was warm and very down to earth.

We had to watch an informative video about reconstruction.
Dr. Pope seems to have agreed on my action plan having a bilateral mastectomy.
He explained the options of tram ( where they get muscle from abs or/back and patch it up ) and implants ( saline or silicone) I saw the before and after pictures of the similar operations he had conducted. The pictures were not very 'pretty' but gave me a vague idea of what to expect.

He does not do the free tram ( that is complete removal of fat from buttocks to reconstruct and requires microsurgery) which I was interested in and said that I did not have enough fat in my tummy to do the ab tram. So implants are my only option with him. Besides that I would not have gone with the trams since I do not like the idea of sacrificing my ab or back muscles.

The only surgeon in Orlando doing the free tram seems to be Dr. Armando Soto and according to Dr. Pope's nurse he does not take insurance and only takes cash which we found odd.

I also received a call from Centerf or Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction while I was at the office they are at NC and are the pioneers of this procedure.

At this point since my focus should be on getting rid of the cancer I think I will just go with Dr. Pope and Dr. Chambers no need to complicate things further.

At my request the MD Anderson scheduled the CT and Bone scan ( I do not know why I had to ask for scheduling them- guess they wanted the oncologist to see me first ). When I went to the MD Anderson Center to pick up the instructions, prescriptions and the Yummy (NOT !) Barium shake that I am supposed to have before the scan I ran into the oncologist which I have an appointment with on Friday.

Me: Oh I know you, can I kidnap you ? I really need to talk to you before Friday.
Dr. : Believe me I am totally useless now even if you kidnap me it has been such a rough day.
Me: I read a lot about you.
Dr. : I hope you read the good stuff.
Me: Of course otherwise I would not have had an appointment with you on Friday.

We parted saying ' see you Friday'

She seems to be a very down to earth petite nice lady.

Is my running into her a sign for me to decide on her versus Rebecca Moroose from FL Hospital ?

Florida Hospital Breast Care coordinator called and said that they still were not able to secure an appointment with Dr. Barr. I told her not to bother but I would still like to keep my appointment with Dr. Moroose on Monday.

The detailed biopsy report is still not out they said it will be ready by Thursday evening.

On one hand I want all these to move quickly but on the other hand that I know that after the surgery I will not be able to do everything I want for at least a while.