Re: Starband

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-Ang honey, I knew you'd respond to that one! Maybe what the problem

with tiernan's was was that his ortho wasn't so hot... but when i

hold the two bands next to eachother i'm just baffled by how differnt

they really are... wish you could see the difference, maybe then i'd

know whether it was a flawed product or just human error, but every

time i put the dang starband on him i had to pull really really hard

on it, i felt like i might accidentally let go and hurt him... but

aye aye aye, as much as i love the people here, i'm ready to be done

with all of this. we had to wait to get the starband (that didn't

work) and then wait to get the docband, which worked really well

(stinker got a boo boo that had to heal, took two weeks to heal, no

band, and he had to go have a growth spurt on me! i was in tears when

they told me he couldn't wear it anymore...) and so now we're waiting

for band number three... ahhhhhhhh!!! why can't they just approve

treatment and then we could get it done before it's too late? i

mean, honestly, had i known about ct, i could have had this done and

over with four months ago. and my kid would have a round head.

anyway, i'm posting pictures of tiernan from his birthday and in his

docband in his album sometime tomorrow (sunday) so look for those...

you'll see a big difference, not only in design but in fit as well...

but agian, i am SO glad for you that you had a good experience and

didn't have to go through all this ... grr... stuff....

have a good night and hug the little lady for us!

stephanie, tiernan's mommy

starband dropout, docbanded 4.29.03 outgrew it 6.12.03, getting no. 3

charleston, sc

-- In Plagiocephaly , " JASON POPE "

<angie_and_jason@m...> wrote:

> I just wanted to say that Jenna's STARband WASN'T That hard to get

onto her head. Once her ortho showed me how to do it the correct way

it was smooth sailing. I can't compare the Doc and STAr bands. But

I just wanted to say Jenna's fit great and we had NO trouble putting

it on her. Hers was very light. I have never seen the DOC band in

person so I can't compare the weights.

>

> Good luck with Tiernan's second band! I'm happy he is having such

big spurts!

>

> Ang

>

>

>

> I'm going to jump up from my depressed because my kid outgrew his

> second band and needs a third funk and respond to this one...

> You (jaoxford) wrote that it would be difficult to compare the

> starband and doc because there aren't many out there who have

used

> both... Debbie has used both as have I and I will GLADLY proclaim

> that yes, there is a difference! I'm going to post new pictures

to

> tiernan's album tomorrow probably, but there is a difference.

The

> starband, you know how you have to pull it fairly hard to get

onto

> brooke's head? The docband just goes on so much easier, weighs

about

> HALF as much, and instead of having that fishbowl shape is more

> contoured in a manner that is customized to the individual

patient's

> head. The mods took a trip out to Cranial Technologie's facility

a

> few months ago (eek, or was it more?) and CT is far more involved

in

> overseeing the ultimate success, they don't just make the helmet

and

> then send it to the ortho, who, just might not know what they're

> doing. THIS DOESN " T MEAN THAT THE STARBAND WON " T WORK, IT JUST

MEANS

> THAT YOU NEED TO BE VERY VERY CAREFUL THAT THE INDIVIDUAL

TREATING

> YOUR CHILD HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WITH KIDS HEADS. The

difference

> between CT and Orthomerica's involvement is that CT runs clinics

and

> requires their Orthos to have ongoing education as well asto be

> continually proficient at what they're doing. They oversee the

> process from casting to graduation, whereas when tiernan had a

> starband, i merely had one VERY NICE individual from Orthomerica

> email me and offer to consult with my ortho over the phone...

which,

> while it was nice, it really wasn't comforting to me. You just

> cannot see through the phone.

> It would really behoove you to follow your gut. Get appointments

> with orthos in your area and then also go to CT and have an

> evaluation there. See what you feel most confident in, and then

do

> what you feel is best for your child. Just make sure the person

you

> choose knows what they're doing and is actually skilled at it.

> This may be incoherent, I'm tired and my back is aching from

picking

> up toys all day... geez, it's like as soon as they're in the

toybox

> they're back out again. A mommy's job is never done. Ha! And i

have

> company coming tomorrow... that's even better!

>

> Take it easy and good luck!

> , Tiernan's mommy

> STARband dropout, DOCbanded 4.29.03 grew so fast he needs another

one!

> ton, SC

>

>

> > > Hi,

> > >

> > > Has anyone out there used a Starband " cast " by their

scanner?

> And

> > > how does Starband compair to DOC as far a wearablility,

results

> > and

> > > cost? My insurance has an orthonic exclusion so cost is an

> > > unfortunate factor in our decision making.

> > >

> > > Thank you for the help,

> > > Tonya

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