Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Hi to all, Well today so far has been good and bad. I have received replies back from my emails. Cranialtech feel that at 20 months Harley may be too old for treatment, although I think the distance could have a lot to do with that! They have no distributors in Australia anyway! Orthomerica themselves have not responded but their Aussie distributor has. The Managing Director himself rang me today! They only became aware of Starband in Dec last year and have been consistantly asking Orthomerica for statistic and research details regarding success etc. Apparently Orthomerica are a bit slow to respond. These guys want this info to show our doctors as they have such closed minds on the issue! The good news is that they are sending me the info they have and the contact details of some Sydney orthotists that deal with limbs etc. and I can ring them and see if they are willing to take a cast of Harley's head. The cast would then be shipped to Melbourne and then onto the States to make up the Starband! They were very helpful and as we do not have a FDA like you guys I do not have to get anyone to look at the product and okay it for use! What I need to ascertain now is in all of your varying opinions has anyone treated a 20 month old???? Am I to late? This is almost 'Do it yourself' medicine, that is what the doctors over here don't like! Who cares? If this means that treatment is going to available to Aussie families then I am all for it! Kendra, if it's too late for Harley any suggestions on where to from here regarding getting the word out over here, trying to find families in the same situation, there must be more. Any word yet from the new member that you think is from Australia? Did you guys have strategies in place for raising awareness? This guy representing Orthomerica went into great details as to why the treatment is not here...cost, to small a market etc. I could go on but I won't! Thank you for being there for me yesterday, it was not one of my better days. It does feel good to know that I have a group such as yourselves that I can bounce things off! Take care.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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