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Hey don't sweat it Bill, you can't be blamed for anything especially with all the different posts you reply to throughout the day. Thanks for the congrats!

LOL, I think Spex was talking to me since I'm the original poster, you were weren't you Spex?

That's a pretty good idea Azza786, I don't mind having such thread. I will look into Adams inn, Moe eh, okay I'll keep him in mind, I can picture him as The Simpson's character, lol.

Sounds good, thanks for the comments, I haven't looked for any place to stay yet, so "Adams Airport Inn" is pretty close I'm assuming.

Thanks for the good wishes wantego. I wish I can take more time off from work, I could take around 3 weeks and then another week to work from home making it 4 weeks but I need to save my vacation for the summer. I will be taking a week off from work and then work from home another week from home so no wearing a hairpiece or even a hat for around 15-16 days. It's what I do after I will have to see. If I do take the route to wear the hairpiece, I would probably only do it 2 days out of the 7 and wear it only during office hours and then take it off when I get home. Thanks for your comments.

Hi Eman, I did discuss with Dr. Rahal and he strongly recommends against wearing a Hairpiece post HT. I wanted to wear it 15-16 days Post HT with clips around the back and sides and maybe tape in the front, nothing touching the grafted areas. I will have to see what I can do as my current job is an office job where I attend meetings and meet with clients, so it is difficult to wear a hat. I know Pat on here was also wearing a hairpiece post surgery with clips, I do work from home on occasion up to around 3 days a week, so in reality I would probably have the piece on 2 out of the 7 days in the week and even on those 2 days I would take off the piece when I got home after work. But I will see what I can do as Dr. Rahal still believes to not have a foreign object touching the grafts.

Thanks Clint, I hope you all the best also! I'm hoping if there are any cancellations or changes before my date on March 20th then I can get that.

Hi Raphael84, I posted a couple of pics before on one of the topics, here is one I took a couple of months before, I usually shave it down for my hairpiece attachment. Now I'm growing it out a bit (top middle to back portion) but as you can see the front is pretty much bald and from the middle to back is thin.

Wow, after months of research I've finally booked my surgery date with Dr. Rahal today. I'm scheduled for March 2009. I'm sad with the money I'm putting in but at the same time very excited and hoping for a great end result. I will be getting around 4000 grafts from front to just close to the crown area. I'm already taking proscar (1.25mg) and applying minoxidil daily, okay that's it for now, back to my scalp laxity exercises.

Wow, after months of research I've finally booked my surgery date with Dr. Rahal today. I'm scheduled for March 2009. I'm sad with the money I'm putting in but at the same time very excited and hoping for a great end result. I will be getting around 4000 grafts from front to just close to the crown area. I'm already taking proscar (1.25mg) and applying minoxidil daily, okay that's it for now, back to my scalp laxity exercises.

Thanks for the responses guys, I'm hoping I can get back at least a couple of thousand from the $14000-$15000 medical expense of a HT.

Thanks for the reply, I PM'd you.

Hi latinlotus, thanks for the reply, so as an example if a HT cost is $15000 and someone is making say around $60000 annually then how much can they get back?

So tomorrow I will try to book a session with Dr. Rahal, I live in Toronto, Canada and went to the Revenue Canada website (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/ncm-tx/rtrn/cmpltng/ddctns/lns300-350/330/llwbl-eng.html) and they said that "Hair Transplants" are eligible as a medical expense. I wanted to know if anyone in Canada had this as an expense and if it worked out for them? Below is what I got from the "Revenue Canada" website and you can see under "H" that it says: hair transplant. Which medical expenses are eligible? The cost of any of the following items can be claimed at line 330 or used in the calculation for a claim at line 331. When you click on any of the medical expenses below, a brief description of the expense is given along with any certification needed, including the need for an approved Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate. This list is not exhaustive. If you click on an expense, click on the browser back button to return to this list. For a more detailed list and additional information of allowable medical expenses, see IT519, Medical Expense and Disability Tax Credits and Attendant Care Expense Deduction. Note The person with the impairment may be able to claim some of the following expenses as a disability supports deduction on line 215. He or she can claim these expenses at either line 215 or line 330, or split the claim between lines 215 and 330 as long as the total of the amounts claimed is not more than the total paid. The person may claim whichever is better for him or her. A * Acoustic coupler * Air conditioner * Air filter, cleaner, or purifier * Ambulance * Animals * Artificial eye * Artificial limbs * Attendant care expenses * Audible signal B * Baby's cry signal * Bathroom aids * Bliss symbol boards * Blood transfusion * Bone conductor receiver * Bone marrow transplant * Brace for a limb * Braille note-takers * Braille printers * Breast prosthesis C * Cancer treatment * Catheters * Certificates * Chair * Cochlear implant * Colostomy and ileostomy pads * Computer peripherals * Contact lenses * Cosmetic surgery * Crutches D * Deaf-blind intervening services * Dentist * Dentures * Detoxification clinic * Devices or software * Diapers or disposable briefs * Diathermy * Doctor * Driveway access * Drugs * Drugs and medical devices bought under Health Canada's Special Access Programme E * Elastic support hose * Electric shock treatments * Electrolysis * Electronic bone healing device * Electronic speech synthesizers * Elevators or lifts * Environment control system (computerized or electronic) * Extremity pump * Eyeglasses F * Furnace G * Gluten-free products * Group home H * Hair transplant surgery * Hearing aids * Heart monitor * Home care services * Homeopathic services * Hospitals * Hospital bed * Hydrotherapy

So tomorrow I will try to book a session with Dr. Rahal, I live in Toronto, Canada and went to the Revenue Canada website (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/ncm-tx/rtrn/cmpltng/ddctns/lns300-350/330/llwbl-eng.html) and they said that "Hair Transplants" are eligible as a medical expense. I wanted to know if anyone in Canada had this as an expense and if it worked out for them? Below is what I got from the "Revenue Canada" website and you can see under "H" that it says: hair transplant. Which medical expenses are eligible? The cost of any of the following items can be claimed at line 330 or used in the calculation for a claim at line 331. When you click on any of the medical expenses below, a brief description of the expense is given along with any certification needed, including the need for an approved Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate. This list is not exhaustive. If you click on an expense, click on the browser back button to return to this list. For a more detailed list and additional information of allowable medical expenses, see IT519, Medical Expense and Disability Tax Credits and Attendant Care Expense Deduction. Note The person with the impairment may be able to claim some of the following expenses as a disability supports deduction on line 215. He or she can claim these expenses at either line 215 or line 330, or split the claim between lines 215 and 330 as long as the total of the amounts claimed is not more than the total paid. The person may claim whichever is better for him or her. A * Acoustic coupler * Air conditioner * Air filter, cleaner, or purifier * Ambulance * Animals * Artificial eye * Artificial limbs * Attendant care expenses * Audible signal B * Baby's cry signal * Bathroom aids * Bliss symbol boards * Blood transfusion * Bone conductor receiver * Bone marrow transplant * Brace for a limb * Braille note-takers * Braille printers * Breast prosthesis C * Cancer treatment * Catheters * Certificates * Chair * Cochlear implant * Colostomy and ileostomy pads * Computer peripherals * Contact lenses * Cosmetic surgery * Crutches D * Deaf-blind intervening services * Dentist * Dentures * Detoxification clinic * Devices or software * Diapers or disposable briefs * Diathermy * Doctor * Driveway access * Drugs * Drugs and medical devices bought under Health Canada's Special Access Programme E * Elastic support hose * Electric shock treatments * Electrolysis * Electronic bone healing device * Electronic speech synthesizers * Elevators or lifts * Environment control system (computerized or electronic) * Extremity pump * Eyeglasses F * Furnace G * Gluten-free products * Group home H * Hair transplant surgery * Hearing aids * Heart monitor * Home care services * Homeopathic services * Hospitals * Hospital bed * Hydrotherapy