Maria,
Dr. Aminian is very nice and professional, and his office is nice. I have nothing against him except tht he makes a billion dollars a year (which you can see from his shiny leather shoes and suit) for telling kids they have to wear braces. The first time i saw him, he told us he thought spinecor was nothing more than a few straps that would do nothing. and when we came back in august he couldn't say enough about how impressed he was with the spinecor program. go figure. he was a little late, but apparently he had just finished doing brain surgery on a baby or something. idk.
Oh yes, i think he was the first doctor to do the VBS procedure on the west coast.
wnorm,
I was only supposed to have to wear it this year.
I checked with my mom, carefully avoiding an arument, and she said it was about $3,000. but there were no xrays.
Pam,
You're exactly right. I'm trying to find the person who fit my brace...i believe he is a prosthetics engineer, not a doctor. i don't understand why Aminian would send me there, but i'm looking for it right now.
Once again, i'll be taking things into my own hands, but i can handle it.
I've seen the schedule spinecor doctors follow, xray every 3 months, in brace, and an out of brace one every 6 months and all that. i would love to get this doctor for not following protocol. He also put the bolero upside down, as i noticed from the pictures Dr.GORRIE was nice enough to give me. This "prosthetics maker" said to go to dr. aminian for xrays, which we never did, but they should have been taken right then and there. I expect that Spinecor Assissted Software, and I better get it. I don't want that guy getting away with this. Plus, if i don't find this guy on the list, which is how i found dr. gorrie, i will certainly not back down.
Pam, thank you for turning my feelings of confusion/sadness/anger into determination. I definitely plan on going to a counselor, but i want to start this first.
Jill,
All this "prosthetics maker" did was put it on and show me what my "corrective position" or something was supposed to look like. I had an xray a month before when i saw Dr. Aminian, but there should have been xrays as i was getting it to see which way would work best.
Funny you should mention making appointments. When i asked my mom wht the name of the doctor was, which she didn't even know, she was like, you better not make any appointments without me. if i have to, i'll get my friend to take me. i really want to see dr. gorrie.
EVERYONE: thank you so much for caring. it really means a lot to me. and i'm going to figure this out. obviously, it's up to me. woo. haha
Dr. Aminian is very nice and professional, and his office is nice. I have nothing against him except tht he makes a billion dollars a year (which you can see from his shiny leather shoes and suit) for telling kids they have to wear braces. The first time i saw him, he told us he thought spinecor was nothing more than a few straps that would do nothing. and when we came back in august he couldn't say enough about how impressed he was with the spinecor program. go figure. he was a little late, but apparently he had just finished doing brain surgery on a baby or something. idk.
Oh yes, i think he was the first doctor to do the VBS procedure on the west coast.
wnorm,
I was only supposed to have to wear it this year.
I checked with my mom, carefully avoiding an arument, and she said it was about $3,000. but there were no xrays.
Pam,
You're exactly right. I'm trying to find the person who fit my brace...i believe he is a prosthetics engineer, not a doctor. i don't understand why Aminian would send me there, but i'm looking for it right now.
Once again, i'll be taking things into my own hands, but i can handle it.
I've seen the schedule spinecor doctors follow, xray every 3 months, in brace, and an out of brace one every 6 months and all that. i would love to get this doctor for not following protocol. He also put the bolero upside down, as i noticed from the pictures Dr.GORRIE was nice enough to give me. This "prosthetics maker" said to go to dr. aminian for xrays, which we never did, but they should have been taken right then and there. I expect that Spinecor Assissted Software, and I better get it. I don't want that guy getting away with this. Plus, if i don't find this guy on the list, which is how i found dr. gorrie, i will certainly not back down.
Pam, thank you for turning my feelings of confusion/sadness/anger into determination. I definitely plan on going to a counselor, but i want to start this first.
Jill,
All this "prosthetics maker" did was put it on and show me what my "corrective position" or something was supposed to look like. I had an xray a month before when i saw Dr. Aminian, but there should have been xrays as i was getting it to see which way would work best.
Funny you should mention making appointments. When i asked my mom wht the name of the doctor was, which she didn't even know, she was like, you better not make any appointments without me. if i have to, i'll get my friend to take me. i really want to see dr. gorrie.
EVERYONE: thank you so much for caring. it really means a lot to me. and i'm going to figure this out. obviously, it's up to me. woo. haha
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