Re: Re: doctor in the philippines

February 8, 2005

dear daiga,

thanks for the concern. my boy was born on sept. 19,2004. he had received some

treatment here but i guess he was not so lucky enough to fall on the right

doctor. we also visited a consultant- he also a libyan national who studied in

italy but his advise was surgery so we declined the option of the latter. by the

way, we stop seeing the first doctor as his advise was to do casting under

anesthesia- we were not told exactly as to why he is going to sedate the boy- we

were only told that the procedure is painful.

i would like to give you a background of us. we couples are both filipino nurses

and we are working here in tripoli, libya. i had resigned from my work last year

because i had applied in the u.s. and our immigrant petition has been approved.

to make it short we could have been in the u.s. right now if not only with the

retrogression policy the u.s.c.i.s had imposed. everything could have been fine

for our boy. anyhow , i will try to push thru with going to the u.s. for the

treatment- it would be a lifetime conscience if i could not give my boy a proper

treatment.

i really appreciate your support. i will try to email doctor ponseti and i'll

also send some pics of my son so he could assess the case.

till here and best regards

manuel

Daiga Grady daiga.grady@...> wrote:

,

Welcome to this group. How old is your child and what treatment has

he/she received up until this point?

I've checked the list of Ponseti qualified doctors and do not see any

listed in the Philippines, however, there are a number of doctors

throughout Asia who are much closer to you than the U.S..

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/physicians.h

tml

I would encourage you to write directly to Dr. Ponseti - he would

know better than anyone if there are any qualified doctors closer to

your area. His email is:ignacio-ponseti @ uiowa.edu (without the

spaces)

Good luck and keep us posted.

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/7

>

> dear pals,

> i am so happy to be a member of this group and i am hoping as a new

> member i could get as much help from you. i guess i would too could

> be of much help to other incoming members someday.

> i would like to know if there is a doctor who practices the ponseti

> method in the philippines as this is the second option that i got

if

> we could be denied of a u.s. visa.

> thanks and best regards

> manuel

February 10, 2005

daiga,

hi and hello. i'm glad to have you always on my track giving guidance and

relevant info's. i tried emailing doctor ponseti but there was a problem with

the connection enabling me sending a blank mail. luckily, i got a respond today

telling me to resend my mail coz it has nothing on it.

by the way, today i'm so lucky to have a mail from a filipino who happen to have

a son who also have clubfoot and she has referred me to the doctor who treated

their son- the good thing is he was treated using the ponseti method. so i guess

i had to drop the notion of going to the u.s. after all. but first i have to

talk to this doctor to be sure. i will also continue on emailing dr. ponseti

with the pictures so i could at least get his opinion.

i'll keep you updated

till here and best regards

manuel

Daiga Grady daiga.grady@...> wrote:

,

Your son is lucky to have such determined parents are you seem to

be. Good for you!

It doesn't sound as if there is much choice in way of treatment

options there in Libya. Hopefully you are able to travel soon in

order to receive proper treatment for your son.

Sending pictures along to Dr. Ponseti is a good idea. The type of

pictures he needs to see would be weight-bearing (your son would need

to be held in a standing position bearing weight on his feet, if he

is able) from the front, from the back and from the lateral (outter)

sides. Also, a picture of the soles (bottoms) of his feet would be

helpful for the assessment.

From what I understand, Dr. Ponseti usually answers his email on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays but he is sometimes backed up a bit

so it may take a week before you see a reply. In any case, it will

be well worth the wait!

If you have any questions please ask. Good luck to you. Keep us

posted.

Daiga

> >

> > dear pals,

> > i am so happy to be a member of this group and i am hoping as a

new

> > member i could get as much help from you. i guess i would too

could

> > be of much help to other incoming members someday.

> > i would like to know if there is a doctor who practices the

ponseti

> > method in the philippines as this is the second option that i got

> if

> > we could be denied of a u.s. visa.

> > thanks and best regards

> > manuel

>

February 10, 2005

Is he not training anyone to take over from him at all does anyone know??

Rach

-- Re: Re: doctor in the philippines

daiga,

hi and hello. i'm glad to have you always on my track giving guidance and

relevant info's. i tried emailing doctor ponseti but there was a problem

with the connection enabling me sending a blank mail. luckily, i got a

respond today telling me to resend my mail coz it has nothing on it.

by the way, today i'm so lucky to have a mail from a filipino who happen to

have a son who also have clubfoot and she has referred me to the doctor who

treated their son- the good thing is he was treated using the ponseti method

so i guess i had to drop the notion of going to the u.s. after all. but

first i have to talk to this doctor to be sure. i will also continue on

emailing dr. ponseti with the pictures so i could at least get his opinion.

i'll keep you updated

till here and best regards

manuel

Daiga Grady daiga.grady@...> wrote:

,

Your son is lucky to have such determined parents are you seem to

be. Good for you!

It doesn't sound as if there is much choice in way of treatment

options there in Libya. Hopefully you are able to travel soon in

order to receive proper treatment for your son.

Sending pictures along to Dr. Ponseti is a good idea. The type of

pictures he needs to see would be weight-bearing (your son would need

to be held in a standing position bearing weight on his feet, if he

is able) from the front, from the back and from the lateral (outter)

sides. Also, a picture of the soles (bottoms) of his feet would be

helpful for the assessment.

From what I understand, Dr. Ponseti usually answers his email on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays but he is sometimes backed up a bit

so it may take a week before you see a reply. In any case, it will

be well worth the wait!

If you have any questions please ask. Good luck to you. Keep us

posted.

Daiga

> >

> > dear pals,

> > i am so happy to be a member of this group and i am hoping as a

new

> > member i could get as much help from you. i guess i would too

could

> > be of much help to other incoming members someday.

> > i would like to know if there is a doctor who practices the

ponseti

> > method in the philippines as this is the second option that i got

> if

> > we could be denied of a u.s. visa.

> > thanks and best regards

> > manuel

>

February 10, 2005

Sorry I meant is Dr Ponseti not training anyone to take over from him??