How to get information about Dr. Ondra or any other doctor

December 11, 2006

It's probably a good time to repeat this:

If you are seeking firsthand reviews of a given revision surgeon,

it's fine to send a query to a group like this. But it may be even

more effective to go to the Feisty website and input a search term --

e.g., " Ondra " -- in the appropriate box. This should turn up every

post that has ever appeared here regarding the subject of your

interest. (We have been online and posting for more than six years

now.)

You can do the same thing at any other groupn devoted to

scoliosis or flatback syndrome.

You may also want to check out other site features such as " Files "

and " Links. " Often you will find a good deal of additional

information this way.

I also like to google people or subjects from time to time,

inputting " Ondra " or " Rand " or whomever. You'd be surprised what a

variety of stuff sometimes comes up -- everything from a doctor's

political party contributions to the transcript of a lively TV

interview in which he took part. I remember reading some fascinating

account of all the junk food Ondra ate in place of real meals while

commuting to the home he so seldome sees, given his madcap schedule

at Northwestern and elsewhere. Wish I could supply the citation -- it

even enumerated his taste in music. A very fun read that made him

seem even more endearing.

I think that asking these questions of the group as a whole may not

always be the most efficient approach because people who had good

experiences may now be all better and have left the group, or people

still in the group may have answered the question so many times over,

they might just balk at reinventing the wheel. Although, on the

whole, I am pleasantly suprised at how much kindness and patience

this particular group has always shown when asked the same questions

again and again. Feisty members are well aware that newcomers will be

wanting to know the same things all previous newcomers have wanted to

know, and I am grateful that so many in this group are so willing to

write about these issues repeatedly.

Of course if you have exhausted all the available resources

(including those I have suggested here) and you still can't find

beans about your potential revision surgeon, you should certainly

send out an APB for everything anyone may know!

Just my 2 cents.

Best,

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