Re: getting a private consult in England

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/16/2003 3:52:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

footygirl_jen@... writes:

> Can anyone tell me how i contact MR Ronan Treacy in Birmingham for a

> private consultation. And how much it might cost?

His e-mail address is TREACYHIP@.... Tel. no. 0

I think his consultation fee is 75 pounds.

I have discussed

>

> with my GP who is sceptical but supportive, as he thinks A) i am

> borderline due to my hip being pretty knackered and B)it will take a

> while to convince the PCT I should be referred out of area for the

> surgery.

At least the GP is supportive.

I am willing to pay for an opinion from MR Treacy as I

>

> understand if he says resurfacing isn't possible he is probably

> right. My life is too important to hang about waiting for the NHS to

> get its act together.

>

He does NHS patients too, and if it's a deserving case, I've heard he

expedites them.

Best of luck,

Des Tuck

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen

I am not sure how to contact Mr Treacy, but I had my BHR at ington

Hospital, Wigan, where the whole process of hip replacement began about

50 years ago under Dr Charnley. I had a consultant - Mr Martyn

Porter - with a total coat of about £7500. If you need any contact

details, please let me know

getting a private consult in England

Can anyone tell me how i contact MR Ronan Treacy in Birmingham for a

private consultation. And how much it might cost? I have discussed

with my GP who is sceptical but supportive, as he thinks A) i am

borderline due to my hip being pretty knackered and B)it will take a

while to convince the PCT I should be referred out of area for the

surgery. I am willing to pay for an opinion from MR Treacy as I

understand if he says resurfacing isn't possible he is probably

right. My life is too important to hang about waiting for the NHS to

get its act together.

Cheers,

Jen

[Guest guest]

> Can anyone tell me how i contact MR Ronan Treacy in Birmingham for

a

> private consultation. And how much it might cost? I have discussed

> with my GP who is sceptical but supportive, as he thinks A) i am

> borderline due to my hip being pretty knackered and B)it will take

a

> while to convince the PCT I should be referred out of area for the

> surgery. I am willing to pay for an opinion from MR Treacy as I

> understand if he says resurfacing isn't possible he is probably

> right. My life is too important to hang about waiting for the NHS

to

> get its act together.

> Cheers,

> Jen

Dear Jen

I had a private consultation with Mr Treacy this Monday. I was

charged £100 for his time and £70 for an xray (if you have an xray

taken within the last three months you should not need another one).

He is going to try bilateral resurfacing on me but thinks I may have

been left to late (ie by the NHS). I am going for it on 20th August

to say a little prayer for me :-)

Love Lucy

30 years - UK - bilateral AVN femoral heads

[Guest guest]

Dear Lucy

My thoughts will contimue to be with you through the operation and

beyond. All the luck in the world to you.

ine

> > Can anyone tell me how i contact MR Ronan Treacy in Birmingham

for

> a

> > private consultation. And how much it might cost? I have

discussed

> > with my GP who is sceptical but supportive, as he thinks A) i am

> > borderline due to my hip being pretty knackered and B)it will

take

> a

> > while to convince the PCT I should be referred out of area for

the

> > surgery. I am willing to pay for an opinion from MR Treacy as I

> > understand if he says resurfacing isn't possible he is probably

> > right. My life is too important to hang about waiting for the NHS

> to

> > get its act together.

> > Cheers,

> > Jen

>

> Dear Jen

>

> I had a private consultation with Mr Treacy this Monday. I was

> charged £100 for his time and £70 for an xray (if you have an xray

> taken within the last three months you should not need another

one).

> He is going to try bilateral resurfacing on me but thinks I may

have

> been left to late (ie by the NHS). I am going for it on 20th August

> to say a little prayer for me :-)

>

> Love Lucy

> 30 years - UK - bilateral AVN femoral heads

[Guest guest]

Hi Lucy

Good luck for the 20th its my birthday that day (31) so i'll be thinking of you!

Good luck

LBHR Mr Fordyce Kent UK ) 04 Sept 2001

Re: getting a private consult in England

> Can anyone tell me how i contact MR Ronan Treacy in Birmingham for

a

> private consultation. And how much it might cost? I have discussed

> with my GP who is sceptical but supportive, as he thinks A) i am

> borderline due to my hip being pretty knackered and B)it will take

a

> while to convince the PCT I should be referred out of area for the

> surgery. I am willing to pay for an opinion from MR Treacy as I

> understand if he says resurfacing isn't possible he is probably

> right. My life is too important to hang about waiting for the NHS

to

> get its act together.

> Cheers,

> Jen

Dear Jen

I had a private consultation with Mr Treacy this Monday. I was

charged £100 for his time and £70 for an xray (if you have an xray

taken within the last three months you should not need another one).

He is going to try bilateral resurfacing on me but thinks I may have

been left to late (ie by the NHS). I am going for it on 20th August

to say a little prayer for me :-)

Love Lucy

30 years - UK - bilateral AVN femoral heads

[Guest guest]

> Dear Lucy

> My thoughts will contimue to be with you through the operation and

> beyond. All the luck in the world to you.

> ine

>

Dear ine

Thank you so very much.

Love Lucy

[Guest guest]

> Hi Lucy

> Good luck for the 20th its my birthday that day (31) so i'll be

thinking of you!

> Good luck

>

> LBHR Mr Fordyce Kent UK ) 04 Sept 2001

>

>Dear

Many thanks for your kind words :-)

Happy Birthday in advance! I presume your BHR is doing well. How

painful was it (be honest with me!) I can cope so long as I know.

Love Lucy

30 years - bilateral AVN both hips

[Guest guest]

,

I would appreciate the contact details for the guy in wigan cos I'm

from Cumbria so it would be a hell of a lot closer to home than Brum!

How long has he been doing resurfs? How did you find the aftercare

and physio treatment also?

Any info would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Jen

[Guest guest]

All the best Lucy. I will say a prayer for you. Let us know how you

get on.

Jen

[Guest guest]

His name is Mr Martyn Porter and he has consulting rooms in Preston,

Euxton Hospital and ington. He has been doing BHR for a number of

years and you may know that ington was a pioneering centre for THR

about 40 - 50 years ago. Mr Porter is the major consultant at

ington for BHR and has quite a reputation, being on a number of

national and international committees. I was in hospital 7 days and the

care during that time was good. I saw physio 12 hours after op and as

out of bed and walking and saw them every day after until they were

satisfied I could manage to walk well with the elbow crutches. They were

happy I could go home after 7 days. I was in the private wing of the

NHS hospital, but was originally booked for the private hospital at

Euxton, but operation was brought forward. I am now 5 weeks post op. I

am doing very well. I could manage stairs without help after two weeks

and after four weeks was able to walk around house without crutches. I

still use one crutch until I am told not to, but everyone says I am

walking more straight than I did for years. I am hoping to have my 6

weeks post op consultation next week when I will be told I can drive -

hopefully. All I can say is I have seen improvement every day since

the op and am assured that I will be able to go back to ish country

dancing and skiing!! I had a right leg shorter by 2.5 ins, but I am not

sure he has been able to recover all that but most of it.

Hope this is of help to you.

Martyn Porter

01772 555640

01257 266166

email HYPERLINK

" mailto:martyn.porter@... " martyn.porter@...

ington Hospital

01257 256288

Let me know if I can help further

Re: getting a private consult in England

,

I would appreciate the contact details for the guy in wigan cos I'm

from Cumbria so it would be a hell of a lot closer to home than Brum!

How long has he been doing resurfs? How did you find the aftercare

and physio treatment also?

Any info would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Jen

[Guest guest]

Hi Lucy

I've had lots of surgery on my hips as a teenager and then my knee (after an

accident) and found the BHR to be a walk in the park! compared to the other

surgery anyway! I had a morphine pump rather than an epidural, which ever you

choose, pain can be kept to an absolute minimum, don't bother putting up with

the pain theres really no need to, (if you have an epidural you probably will

feel next to nothing anyway) my boss had the BHR a year before me and was ready

to jump out the window (ground floor!) the evening before surgery, on the day he

woke from the anaesthetic and asked the nurse if they could hurry up and get it

over with! they told him the surgery had been carried out, and he promises me to

this day he felt no more pain, some discomfort upon walking to start with but

thats it!

Have you had surgery before?

Dont worry, I and all the group are behind you, I'll celebrate your new life

with my birthday (going even deeper into my 30's!)

My BHR is ok, i've had some problems, and it's been very painful at times,

however nothing shows up on xray's or scans, we now believe it to be a tendon

problem (ducto-tendonitis) I'm going for a second opinion soon, then we can work

on rectifiying that!

Good luck

lots of love

Mr Fordyce LBHR 04 Sept 01

Re: getting a private consult in England

> Hi Lucy

> Good luck for the 20th its my birthday that day (31) so i'll be

thinking of you!

> Good luck

>

> LBHR Mr Fordyce Kent UK ) 04 Sept 2001

>

>Dear

Many thanks for your kind words :-)

Happy Birthday in advance! I presume your BHR is doing well. How

painful was it (be honest with me!) I can cope so long as I know.

Love Lucy

30 years - bilateral AVN both hips