Re: Allergic to STAR Band Update !!!

[Guest guest]

,

I am glad to hear that they are making you an entirly different band

at no cost. I am sorry to hear you have to wake up SO early!!!

Hopfully you and can go home and take a nap after he is done

getting re_scanned!! lol. I hope that he isn't allergic to this new

foam. Did the allergy tests ever come back to say what types of

things he is allergic to?? That guys seem really nice. It is

nice that he took time to explain the different foams and the other

alternative if is allergic to this one. I hope all goes well

keep us updated.

Isabelle 8mos STARband 1/31/06

>

> We are getting it replaced for free! Yay! The foam inside the

> typical STAR Band is called Pelite. We are getting a new helmet

lined

> in only Aliplast which is a different type of hypoallergenic

foam. We

> are going to get re-scanned tomorrow morning in St. Louis. Have to

> leave at 6AM, that means up at 4:30 to get fed and me

showered.

> I'm so happy to get it replaced. He aso said that if this was a

> problem, the Aliplast there is yet another option for a completely

> plastic helmet, no foam. I copied and posted the message he sent

to

> me below. Hicks from Orthomerica, great guy!

>

> Hi ,

>

> Our standard STARband is lined with a foam called Pelite. In the

rare

> instance that there is an allergic reaction new helmets are

generally

> refabricated with a foam called Aliplast. Some of these foams are

> known by different names throughout the industry, so your orthotist

> may have referred to it by another generic name. The last option if

> there is a continued skin reaction to the foam linings is to have a

> helmet fabricated from a clear material known as Surlyn, these

helmets

> have no foam lining. Surlyn helmets are more common in post-

operative

> cases, but are a good alternative if skin reactions persist as

well.

> Please feel free to contact me directly if I can be of any further

> assistance.

>

> We wish you all the best moving forward.

>

> Sincerely,

> Hicks

> Orthomerica Products, Inc.

> 877.737.8444

>

[Guest guest]

Hey !

We are going to an allergist on the 18th, but from the blood draw

alone, without the allergists' skin testing, he is allergic to wheat,

eggs, milk, peanuts, and dogs. They estimate more things as well, but

this requires further testing by an allergist. Yet another trip to

St. Louis. I actually drove to Troy MIssouri today on my way to St.

Louis to get re-scanned and I got sick! Starting throwing up from a

Hardees breakfast sandwich, bacon/egg/cheese to be exact! I had to

turn around and come home. It took 3 hours! And a half tank of gas

in the van and I missed the appointment! What a pain. I feel better

now that we're home though. There was so much contruction on Highway

61 though, we would have been held up in traffic for hours and missed

the appointment anyway. I was just so mad to waste that much money in

gas. Gas is at $3.01 right now. Ugh.

> >

> > We are getting it replaced for free! Yay! The foam inside the

> > typical STAR Band is called Pelite. We are getting a new helmet

> lined

> > in only Aliplast which is a different type of hypoallergenic

> foam. We

> > are going to get re-scanned tomorrow morning in St. Louis. Have to

> > leave at 6AM, that means up at 4:30 to get fed and me

> showered.

> > I'm so happy to get it replaced. He aso said that if this was a

> > problem, the Aliplast there is yet another option for a completely

> > plastic helmet, no foam. I copied and posted the message he sent

> to

> > me below. Hicks from Orthomerica, great guy!

> >

> > Hi ,

> >

> > Our standard STARband is lined with a foam called Pelite. In the

> rare

> > instance that there is an allergic reaction new helmets are

> generally

> > refabricated with a foam called Aliplast. Some of these foams are

> > known by different names throughout the industry, so your orthotist

> > may have referred to it by another generic name. The last option if

> > there is a continued skin reaction to the foam linings is to have a

> > helmet fabricated from a clear material known as Surlyn, these

> helmets

> > have no foam lining. Surlyn helmets are more common in post-

> operative

> > cases, but are a good alternative if skin reactions persist as

> well.

> > Please feel free to contact me directly if I can be of any further

> > assistance.

> >

> > We wish you all the best moving forward.

> >

> > Sincerely,

> > Hicks

> > Orthomerica Products, Inc.

> > 877.737.8444

> >

>