Re: Still on the Fence Looking for another opinion

February 24, 2004

If you do wait too long, resurfacing cannot be done; Dr. DeSmet

takes cases that others do not, so I would concern myself by his

urgency - he is certainly NOT short on business or pushy - he must

have had medical reasons for his advice.

And, as I told my roomie the night before surgery when she was

getting cold feet - there is no way that your hip is getting any

better, only worse.

Bev rbhr desmet 2/19/03

>

> If you've spoken with Dr. Mont and Dr. De Smet and you call one

unorganized

> and liken the other to a car salesman, then friend, without being

too

> caustic to you.....you sound like someone who just isn't ready for

this

> procedure.

>

> The reason not to wait too long is because this is a progressively

> degenerative disease. It doesn't get better. If you wait too

long you may

> no longer be a viable candidate.

>

> You can shop around all you like, but you won't find 2 finer

surgeons then

> Dr's Mont and De Smet.

>

> Lois

> C+ 3/2/7/03 Dr. Mont

>

> Still on the Fence Looking for another

opinion

>

> I'm still weighing my options regarding my right hip (AVN since

> 1996). As you can see I'm in no hurry to have this done soon. I'm

> getting by pretty well considering some moderate pain from time-to-

> time.

> I've sent xrays and talked with Dr. Mont and was not too thrilled

> with his staff. They seemed very unorganized to me and I'm finding

it

> really hard to put much trust in Dr. Mont when is staff made such

bad

> first impression on me.

> I also sent xrays and spoke with Koen De Smet in Blegium. He

seemed

> to think I should go ahead and do the surgery as soon as possible.

> That may have been his honest opinion but it scared me. Seemed

like a

> car salesman trying to stick me in a car today that I really don't

> need. I'm due for my yearly xrays agian an would like to consult

> another resurfacing specialist in my area if I can. Was hoping

> someone could point me in the direction of a doctor in the States

or

> even better in California that is good with consultation and laying

> it all out for me.

>

February 24, 2004

I agree, I have issues with doctors. I am terrified of this surgery.

I haven't had the best of luck with doctors in the last few decades.

They reason I need my hip changed now at 35 is becuase I trusted a

podiatrist in San Fransisco when he said I needed more cortizone

injections in my foot. I hope you can see my issue.

I know these are some of the best if not the best doctors to perform

this operation and I'm not saying that I would not select them to

perform my surgery when that time comes. At this point I think I need

to personally visit with someone that will take more time with me and

explain things in detail. I'm not jumping into this without thinking

about what could go wrong this time. Thats is the only reason that I

want a third opinion. I hope I have not offended anyone on the board

nor Dr. Mont or Dr. De Smet. That was not my intention of this post.

Again I would like to find a doctor in my area that I could within a

reasonable distance travel to. A doctor that is good with initial

consulting and familar with resurfacing would be great for me.

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