Re: Any trouble sleeping with the band???

April 20, 2008

Which CT do you go to? It's possible that it's a bad fit and she

might benefit from a recasting and new band. It's not common but

possible. It does sound a little more loose than it should be. It

shouldn't show big gaps or press down on anything. A little bit while

they sleep would be normal, but nothing dramatic. Are the pink spots

on the prominent/rounder side of her head or the flat spot side? I

would think it would be on the prominent side that is being held in

place, but that still should't be happening. At least we didn't

experience that with our DOCBand. I think that therapists tend to say

it's normal during the first week because it's natural to go through

an adjustment phase, but I would keep asking about it until you get

the answers you're looking for.

Good luck! I really hope it gets better for both of you!

Jake-19m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand 10 weeks)

Jordan-4

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> My daughter started on the DOC Band a week ago, and we are still in

> the adjusting phase....

> At first, she had red spot that won't go away for more than 3 hours.

> It took two tries to fix that problem (not even completely...)

> But the biggest problem we are having is that she can never have a

> good night's sleep with the band.

>

> First, the band moves around every which way.

> It covers one side of her ear at one point, or covers her eyes

over,

> leaving huge gap on top part of her head at one point.

> And overall, she's very cranky, gets up every 15 minutes trying to

> pull the band off of her head. (and one time she actually did take

> it off) The tech said that it is normal since my daughter is very

> active.....

>

> Now, we are noticing that the whole entire back side of the head

> gets red in the morning when she gets up.

> It's not the heat rash type where the sweat gathers, but huge

> pinkish marks. I really feel so~~~ bad making her go to sleep with

> that uncomfortable thing on her head. To a point that I kind of

> regret doing it in the first place!

> Anybody had similar problem???

> Any suggestions???

>

April 20, 2008

One thing I would do is take a picture of the redness in the morning

and show it to CT. Is the band loose when she isn't sleeping? Can you

get a second opinion from someone else at the CT office? If not I

would send pics to the corporate office and see what they think. If it

fits okay then she should get used to it, but you want to make sure

the fit is good.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

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