Re: What is the latest you should wait to correct with DOC band?

[Guest guest]

I would not recomend waiting, but if this is the only way tx can be

initianted, then 13 months is not too old. CT bands kids upto

24months. we have had kids at an older age receive good

correction. Good luck with the insurance. I would still go ahead

and schedule all appointments now though, b/c appointments usually

are pretty far out

Sandy Willow's Mom

Torticollis resolved

Cranio Germany Grad

--- In Plagiocephaly , " colejo74 " <colejo74@y...>

wrote:

>

> My twins will be 1 year old at the end of January. My wife's

> insurance BCBS of Texas denied the coverage. I currently don't

have

> insurance but should be able to have insurance from United

Healthcare

> by the 1st of February if I go permanent at my job. So they would

be

> around 13 months if I waited for approval from UH and didn't have

any

> problems. Would this be too long of a wait?

[Guest guest]

Just to let you know you are not alone, our baby boy is also 13

months and we will be getting his first band. But definitely, sooner

is much much better if there is any way for you to solve the

insurance issue.

Landon 12 3/4

Toronto

--- In Plagiocephaly , " colejo74 " <colejo74@y...>

wrote:

>

> My twins will be 1 year old at the end of January. My wife's

> insurance BCBS of Texas denied the coverage. I currently don't

have

> insurance but should be able to have insurance from United

Healthcare

> by the 1st of February if I go permanent at my job. So they would

be

> around 13 months if I waited for approval from UH and didn't have

any

> problems. Would this be too long of a wait?

[Guest guest]

I agree, the sooner the better but if you can't get 'em in helmets

til later, know that many have had great success after a year old. I

have UHC and they paid for my son's helmet. Have you appealed with

BCBS? How about if you just go ahead with the helmets and set up a

payment plan, while appealing with BCBS?

I don't get the whole denying helmets thing. Nothing makes me more

upset than that. Ugh. Something should be done about that...

Good luck and keep us posted!

Kim

mom to Jaxson 17 months - surgery set for reconstruction on Jan 10,

2005

--- In Plagiocephaly , " colejo74 " <colejo74@y...>

wrote:

>

> My twins will be 1 year old at the end of January. My wife's

> insurance BCBS of Texas denied the coverage. I currently don't

have

> insurance but should be able to have insurance from United

Healthcare

> by the 1st of February if I go permanent at my job. So they would

be

> around 13 months if I waited for approval from UH and didn't have

any

> problems. Would this be too long of a wait?

[Guest guest]

Hi there

I'm in the UK and don't understand how this insurance thing works

(our NHS is equally useless), but I wonder if there is any way that

you can band them earlier. Although people do band up til about 18

months (starting), to be honest that is quite unusual and most

specialists would far rather band a younger child. Skull growth

slows down at the end of the first year/the second year. Now that's

not to say it can't be effective, and plenty of people have seen

good correction from banding past 12 months, just that to be on the

safe side, the sooner the better.

Obviously that may not be possible, in which case you should just do

the best you can to get everything organised to go as soon as you

get the go-ahead. I think that someone else mentioned severity- and

certainly if the plagio is severe, banding should happen as soon as

possible, just because there is further to go than for milder cases.

It is difficult to know whether it is severe- if you look in the

Links here you will see Cranial Technologies severity assessment

tool and that can be very helpful to let you know what to expect.

Sorry to be so blunt about it- but you did ask if it mattered to

wait, to which the answer is that if that is the only way treatment

can happen, that it is still very much worth doing, but the sooner

it starts, the better the possible outcome.

Good luck with it all and let us know how you get along.

hannah (mum to Lucia, London, UK)

Cranio grad

> >

> > My twins will be 1 year old at the end of January. My wife's

> > insurance BCBS of Texas denied the coverage. I currently don't

> have

> > insurance but should be able to have insurance from United

> Healthcare

> > by the 1st of February if I go permanent at my job. So they

would

> be

> > around 13 months if I waited for approval from UH and didn't

have

> any

> > problems. Would this be too long of a wait?