RE: Re: information LA area

[Guest guest]

Hi to all,

Thank you to Dave dm_griggzy, and Dopilka, and Donna Kei for the quick

and informative responses. I am looking into the insurance factor and see

if I can get it done atJRI. I'm hoping.

I don't have an email address to respond to, the letters are cut off.

Calvin Jung

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>Reply-To: surfacehippy

>To: surfacehippy

>Subject: Re: information LA area

>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:33:26 -0000

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>Calvin and ,

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>Welcome to the group gentlemen. You're to be congratulated on

>what you've discovered on your own, namely that hip resurfacing

>is a significantly superior option to total hip replacement (THR).

>(Now if only US insurance providers would unanimously embrace the

>obvious.) Please don't feel inhibited in asking anything of us.

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>You probably don't yet fully comprehend the journey before you.

>It's nothing to be feared, in fact just the opposite, it's

>something to be embraced as it's the road to freedom from pain

>and the means to recapture a fully active lifestyle. You have great

>resources, especially in this group and with your local access to JRI

>at the LA Orthopedic Hospital, one of the leading resurfacing centers

>in the planet. Let me quickly add that there are several great

>resurfacing surgeons across the globe and we surfacehippies are

>understandably extremely loyal, supportive, and very defensive of our

>individual OS. After all, they've given us back our active,

>pain-free life. You'll get lots of advice here but you need to

>perform your own due diligence on surgeon selection. Unless

>you're fortunate enough to have the means to pay for it out of

>pocket, an unfortunate hurdle in this process is insurance coverage.

>But let the office of your eventually surgeon of choice initiate

>contact with your insurance provider.

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>A strongly suggested next step is for you to make an appointment with

>the Joint Replacement Institute. http://www.jri-oh.com/ They have

>three great surgeons. Direct your preliminary questions to their

>Executive Director, Chuck – , ext. 1888. You

>can tell him that 4 recent patient - Steve G., R., M.,

>and Dave G. told you to give him a call. We were all competively

>active pre-op and are relishing the pain free renewal of our lives.

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>Again, welcome and enjoy your journey.

>

>Dave

>C+, Amstutz, 3.24.98, 2.12.04

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> > > Hello everybody,

> > >

> > > I have recently found out I need 2 hip repalcements. i started

>my

> > serious

> > > research about a month ago. Last week read Peggy s book

> > about

> > > re-surfacing. Would appreciate feedback or opportunity to speak

> > with

> > > someone in LA area. I have been an athlete/martial artist for 50

> > of my 60

> > > years. I am considered a " young 60 " and my genes figure I'm only

> > 2/3 thru

> > > this life time. So, I got to do something! All responses truly

> > > appreciated. Tahnks

> > >

> > > Calvin jung

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