Amanda
I was ready to move to San Francisco if necessary. This was Before Dr Menmuir came to Reno.... Before he moved here, there were no scoli specialists here. My old non-scoli ortho suggested that I head down to San Francisco. (UCSF) after I was in trouble. That was in 2002.
Around 2005, I called down cause I was hurting big time, and he retired(my old non-scoli ortho) and the girl told me that they had a new scoli specialist and that was when I first met Dr Menmuir.
My thoughts? The first thing that needs to be addressed is insurance. When you leave a state, things can get complicated, and some insurances will only cover 50%. My tab was 765K.
In my case, I would have moved to California, obtained insurance, then started planning. It would have been temporary, but then again, I probably would have stayed in San Francisco, its such a great city. I've known about Dr Bradford and his group for a long time...
I had some complications, they happen. My pain was so bad, I just had to get it done, and prayed that nothing would happen. That’s all we can do sometimes. I was also talking to Dr Shelokov before he passed.
I knew Dr Menmuir was good. It took several meetings, there were no guarantees, he was straight up and right on with everything he has ever said to me. He wanted me "online" studying scoliosis. There are so many things to know, and Surgeons are very busy people....
My PT was walking. I did PT on my broken shoulder 8 months after my scoli surgeries. I wanted to wait till my spine fused at 6 months and took it very easy till that time. The nurses and PT girl came out to my house since I was tired of the hospital, and I didn’t want to do a rehab hospital. I'm sure the insurance company was pleased since I saved them quite a chunk, and I didn’t want to use any more available insurance monies in case I needed more. I was having gall issues, that I thought was an incisional hernia at the time.
I agree with you. It would be best to be close to your surgeon and a decent hospital. Some travel, and travel great distance, but its easier when everything is 15 minutes away. In San Fran, if you need a liver, they make you move. It happened to a friend of mine. His tab was $2million.
You are doing a great job at being active and researching scoliosis... I will give you a 10.
If any of you get CTs, get burned copies of your digitals.They are your property! I have had Doctors lose my records years ago!!!!!!!!!! You don’t want to be doing these all the time. This goes for x-rays also. Date them.
Ed
I was ready to move to San Francisco if necessary. This was Before Dr Menmuir came to Reno.... Before he moved here, there were no scoli specialists here. My old non-scoli ortho suggested that I head down to San Francisco. (UCSF) after I was in trouble. That was in 2002.
Around 2005, I called down cause I was hurting big time, and he retired(my old non-scoli ortho) and the girl told me that they had a new scoli specialist and that was when I first met Dr Menmuir.
My thoughts? The first thing that needs to be addressed is insurance. When you leave a state, things can get complicated, and some insurances will only cover 50%. My tab was 765K.
In my case, I would have moved to California, obtained insurance, then started planning. It would have been temporary, but then again, I probably would have stayed in San Francisco, its such a great city. I've known about Dr Bradford and his group for a long time...
I had some complications, they happen. My pain was so bad, I just had to get it done, and prayed that nothing would happen. That’s all we can do sometimes. I was also talking to Dr Shelokov before he passed.
I knew Dr Menmuir was good. It took several meetings, there were no guarantees, he was straight up and right on with everything he has ever said to me. He wanted me "online" studying scoliosis. There are so many things to know, and Surgeons are very busy people....
My PT was walking. I did PT on my broken shoulder 8 months after my scoli surgeries. I wanted to wait till my spine fused at 6 months and took it very easy till that time. The nurses and PT girl came out to my house since I was tired of the hospital, and I didn’t want to do a rehab hospital. I'm sure the insurance company was pleased since I saved them quite a chunk, and I didn’t want to use any more available insurance monies in case I needed more. I was having gall issues, that I thought was an incisional hernia at the time.
I agree with you. It would be best to be close to your surgeon and a decent hospital. Some travel, and travel great distance, but its easier when everything is 15 minutes away. In San Fran, if you need a liver, they make you move. It happened to a friend of mine. His tab was $2million.
You are doing a great job at being active and researching scoliosis... I will give you a 10.
If any of you get CTs, get burned copies of your digitals.They are your property! I have had Doctors lose my records years ago!!!!!!!!!! You don’t want to be doing these all the time. This goes for x-rays also. Date them.
Ed
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