Re: Re: Anybody know Dr. Gross?

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Arti_fex,

I'm so sorry it's taken me forever to respond. I'm having trouble

keeping up with email because although the hip is superb and the knee is

getting better and better, I have continuing lower back problems and

sometimes am pretty shelled after work.

With the knee, I was bone-on-bone in the patella-femoral part. The

patella was replaced with a custom piece made by Biomet. It required a

CAT scan to get the correct, precise measurements. Then I had to wait

about six weeks for the part to be manufactured.

My grandmother used to say I'm not a trusting soul and my husband says I

always see the glass as half empty--had to give you some context. I

trust Dr. Gross absolutely and knew if anyone could fix that knee, it

was him.

I'm still searching for the Surfacehippy equivalent for knees and lower

back and a back surgeon as wonderful as Dr. Gross. I hope this is

helpful to you and your friend--we've got to help each other get good

information.

Skater Gwen (hoping to be rolling again soon)

arti_fex wrote:

>Gwen,

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>would you mind saying more about your knee surgery ? What did you have

>done, and how did you decide that that was the right thing to do ?

>What I'm really looking for is the equivalent of surfacehippy for

>knees .. not for me, but for a friend who had a replacement patella

>made from a bone graft from his hip, and 7 years later isn't having a

>good time with it.

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>thanks in advance

>artifex, L BHR Nov 2002 McMinn

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>>Hi Sherry,

>>Dr. Gross, Lee Webb, and the rest of the staff are the best of the

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>>They are deserving of your heartfelt and complete confidence. I live in

>>Iowa and flew back this year because I needed knee surgery and I didn't

>>want to go to anyone else. ( He specializes in hips and knees) Please

>>feel free to email me directly if you'd like.

>>Best wishes,

>>Skater Gwen

>>C2K 9/16/02 Dr. Gross

>>Knee 11/13/03 Dr. Gross

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