Guest guest Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Hi Ian, It looks to me to be about .4 inches or approximately 1cm, but that's just a visual estimate. (I tried using a ruler, but I could only find what I think was a drafting ruler, with no metric measurements). And that would be just the foam on the inside, not the hard plastic on the outside. and (DOCgrad 13-feb-04/10-14mos./PA)Ian REDMAN <IanAdele@...> wrote: Congratulations, you appear to be the world champion, you seem to havebeaten the previous record, I have read of wearing a Doc Band for a shorttime, which was 28 days.The German Cranio Helmet that our son wears, is supposed to treat babieswith only one helmet for 99% of babies. It has 10mm of foam for adjustmenton both sides of the inside of the helmet. Having this thickness of foamallows for adjustments to the helmet throughout the treatment, due to thebabies head growing.Can anyone tell me what the thickness of the foam is, in a DOC Band.Good luck with your insurance claim.Ian, being scammed?> Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3 months. They told> me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his age. He> outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a second band.> They told us that we need to pay off the first band before they will> do the casting for the second band. Because our insurance has not> decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come up with the> money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2 week gap between> bands. The company should have known how frequently babies outgrow> the band and should have advised us to wait one month. They claim a> 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find that hard to> believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks ago and the> tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might have to re-do> the casting. I'm wondering if we are being scammed. Has anyone else> had a similar experience?>>>>> For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Thanks , From what you are saying, it appears that they all have the same thickness of foam on the inside, 12mm. Could someone else with a DOCband measure theirs for me. I am a little confused now as if the DOCbands have the same amount of foam inside, like the German Cranio and STARband helmets, then why do you need to have a new DOCband helmet. Confused. Ian. being scammed? & gt; Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3 months. They told> me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his age. He> outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a second band.> They told us that we need to pay off the first band before they will> do the casting for the second band. Because our insurance has not> decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come up with the> money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2 week gap between> bands. The company should have known how frequently babies outgrow> the band and should have advised us to wait one month. They claim a> 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find that hard to> believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks ago and the> tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might have to re-do> the casting. I'm wondering if we are b eing scammed. Has anyone else> had a similar experience?>>>>> For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 i measured corbyns and its 5mm of foam in his band well there is less in some areas but that is twhere they have been adjusting it Hilly being scammed? & gt; Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3 months. They told> me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his age. He> outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a second band.> They told us that we need to pay off the first band before they will> do the casting for the second band. Because our insurance has not> decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come up with the> money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2 week gap between> bands. The company should have known how frequently babies outgrow> the band and should have advised us to wait one month. They claim a> 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find that hard to> believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks ago and the> tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might have to re-do> the casting. I'm wondering if we are b eing scammed. Has anyone else> had a similar experience?>>>>> For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Thanks Hilly, Ian. being scammed? & gt; Hi. My 4 month old son had a DOC band put on at 3 months. They told> me that he would outgrow it in 6 weeks, because of his age. He> outgrew it in 25 days and now they told us we need a second band.> They told us that we need to pay off the first band before they will> do the casting for the second band. Because our insurance has not> decided if they will pay any of it and we can't come up with the> money for another 2 weeks, our son will have a 3 1/2 week gap between> bands. The company should have known how frequently babies outgrow> the band and should have advised us to wait one month. They claim a> 4 month old grows slower than a 3 month old. I find that hard to> believe. Also, they had trouble adjusting it 2 weeks ago and the> tech nearly admitted that she made a mistake and might have to re-do> the casting. I'm wondering if we are b eing scammed. Has anyone else> had a similar experience?>>>>> For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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