Re: Trentyn's ortho appt.

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OMG JENNIFER!!! That is wonderful!! You have made a very good

decision!! Now, when you go back on Tuesday, tell Kathy and 's

Angel (ortho), we said hi!!

Dustie

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > We met with the Ortho today that Aetna is requiring me to use

if I

> want coverage. As I already posted, she has 1 year under her

belt,

> and 11 patients to date, actually 13 now as of yesterday. This

was

> our primary concern. I will post what I found out today and would

> love feedback from everyone. I still feel very confused.....

> >

> > Of the 13 patients, 5 have completed their treatment. Of those

5,

> all received 100% correction. My son would be the oldest child

she

> has ever treated. (13 mo by the time we get him casted) She has

only

> treated younger babies.

> >

> > She is compiling a before and after portfolio, but does not

> currently have one for me to look at. (About 2 weeks) She said

until

> recently she could not get parents to agree to allow their

child's to

> be used. She did offer to give me contact information for patient

> referrals. I know you are all thinking no way.....

> >

> > But, she was very nice and spent an hour with us. She answered

all

> my questions and believe me I had 4 pages worth, lol! She did

take

> the Starband training in CA and seems very knowledgeable. She

would

> be seeing him weekly for adjustments and told us if we had a

> problem., she would fit us in that day regardless of her

schedule.

> >

> > I do have several discrepancy questions. Why does the DocBand

> require more than one band in severe cases? She told me that he

would

> just need the one band and that she would adjust it for growth.

She

> said they do not need more than one band???? She also said that

they

> do not use it past 18 months, whereas the DocBand is up to 24

months.

> Anyone know why?

> >

> > I'm sure I had more, but I have gone on long enough. Let me

know

> what you think! She could get us in ASAP to be casted and time is

> awasting! Thanks for the help!

> >

> > Jen- TX

> > Trentyn-1 StarBand or DocBand!

>

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