I have to share this with you guys. My situation is going from bad to worse, planning wise.
Some of you remember I saw Jacobson - an orthodontist that works with Schendel - the day after I saw Arnett. He was supposed to send me a report after I paid $660 at his office the day I saw him, being referred by Schendel who had spent 15 minutes with me and charged another $260. Jacobson did not do I-cone beam or anything at all really the day I saw him, as I forwarded all this to him, nor did he talk to me that day, saying that he would call after having done the analysis. So, I went back to my country and was expecting his phone call on Monday as scheduled. I was expecting this phone call and was hoping some useful analysis from a world-class specialist. He didn't call. When I wrote his PA (I had to use emails due to the time difference between our countries), she told me that the phone call would take place today. She did not bother to apologize, but that's fine. This morning (my country's time, I got up extremely early and was really excited and hopeful) she called saying if I wanted to proceed with the phone call I should pay $95. I told her that the phone call was included in the $660 and the phone call was agreed upon as well as the written report that Jacobson promised so that I could take it to my orthodontist. She put me on hold forever (by the way, I was the one who called. She had told me before they could not call me and that I had to make the phone call from my phone. Calling from my cell phone from a country where the phone bills are astronomic, I was a little worried about the bill but decided not to think about it. Next thing I know, Jacobson answered the phone saying that if I want the report I should pay ANOTHER $1,350. I was shocked. He never mentioned this during the consult and it had been agreed that he would send me a report in exchange for the $660 fee. He hardly saw me for 2 minutes that day and I was really expecting the report to help me around making a decision (if I should take the surgical or non-surgical route). So, I declined politely paying anything further and that's where the conversation ended basically.
I just wanted to share this story with you as I have discussed Jacobson before with some of you privately. He is the most unethical human being I have ever dealt with in my life. I feel violated. Never in my life had I expected to pay $660 for nothing at all. I wish I had given the money to charity.
After Mommaerts, this is all I needed to completely lose hopes into these monster-doctors. Jacobson by the way came across more of a psychopath than a monster....
I can't see any light at the end of the tunnel. I put so much hope into this report to help me talk to my orthodontist confidently about the TADs option as opposed to undergoing LeFort 1.
