Guest guest Posted January 26, 2000 Report Share Posted January 26, 2000 Well said . I look at my son's foot and I think I was not aggressive enough to find out about Dr.Ponseti thru word of mouth. I did not talk to many people about his problem as I didn't know if anybody would understand. Also I assumed that we were in the correct path as far as treatment goes. (Ugh! what a stupid mistake and I will regret for rest of my life). take care, Anandhi. -- > > >Joy and Niel, > >Thank you for your comments. I do feel that the hardest thing about being so encouraging to new >parents who are getting on the internet is worrying about saying something positive about the Ponseti >method and how different it is without hurting or offending others. I think that to some degree we all >need to remember that it was somewhat luck, timing or whatever that allowed each of us to be able to >know about it and have the opportunity to actually realize that we had a choice. And now to look back >and be greatful for the choice we have made. It also should leave us each with a great sense of >responsibility to be at the beginning of expanding that information and choice to all parents throughout >the world. It is amazing the capabilities of the internet in distributing information. Just imagine that >for 40 years Dr. Ponseti has been trying to figure out how to get this information out and now by >tapping into the internet he can finally tell parents directly. > >Even just in the US, with 5,000 children being born per year with clubfoot, that means that there are >about 4,000 clubfoot surgeries per year or somewhere between 10-15 per weekday. Whereas if the >Ponseti method can become a more well known and an available choice to all parents, I think that many >if not most would want to at least try it before proceding forward with the surgery. > > > > > >---------- >From: Joy Shipley [sMTP:joybelle15@...] >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 5:15 PM >To: nosurgery4clubfootonelist >Subject: Re: Go Neil!!! > > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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