Re: First time posting... ()

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Could you expalin the Belgian pull down, it doesn't sound like he's

practicing the method to a " T " to me I've never heard of this and

usually children aren't put a sleep for a tenotmy. Did he say why he

wanted to use general anesthesia? Could you give us more

information? Have you thought about getting a second opinion before

the procedure. Dr. Herzenberg wanted to do an unnecessary surgery

(Dr. Ponseti himself told me it wasn't necessary at all plus some

other words he used I'll keep private) to my son, so we now see Dr.

Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti now. However my son is much older he is 4

and didn't start out with the ponseti method so I'm sure his

background is much different.

Michele

[Guest guest]

Second-guessing a doctor is the last thing I want to go through a

week from surgery. will be 6 months old when he has the

tenotomy. Local anestheia can be used when children are younger, and

I think sometimes when they are 6 months, but not when they are

really active like . 's feet have been stiff. We were

seeing a different doctor who was not doing much casting and had us

doing stretching. He had suregery scheduled for November 14th and

the first doctor was so evasive about what he was doing, I started

to do research and found this group and Dr. Herzenberg. will

be getting his 8th cast on Friday, more than the average because his

feet are stiffer.

( 6-19-05, LCF)

>

> Hi ,

>

> Could you expalin the Belgian pull down, it doesn't sound like

he's

> practicing the method to a " T " to me I've never heard of this and

> usually children aren't put a sleep for a tenotmy. Did he say why

he

> wanted to use general anesthesia? Could you give us more

> information? Have you thought about getting a second opinion

before

> the procedure. Dr. Herzenberg wanted to do an unnecessary surgery

> (Dr. Ponseti himself told me it wasn't necessary at all plus some

> other words he used I'll keep private) to my son, so we now see

Dr.

> Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti now. However my son is much older he is

4

> and didn't start out with the ponseti method so I'm sure his

> background is much different.

>

> Michele

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, I just wanted to let everyone know I wasn't trying to say Dr.

Herzenberg isn't a good doctor I know he has a great reputation, etc

or start any trouble. I just like to warn other parents that it

never hurts to get another opinion (even if it is a wonderful doctor)

before any kind of surgery. I was compelled to respond to the post

today because I never heard of the other thing before the Belgian

pull down until today being part of any normal protocol for the

ponseti method I don't remember anyone else here ever mentioning it

in the past few years, I didn't see it mentioned in the Global Health

booklet or anything. I stopped taking Collin to Dr. Herzenberg even

for future follow-up appoinments because Dr. Ponseti himself told me

not to go back there. He said if I didn't want to go to Iowa for

followups he said to take the drive to NY then not to goto Herzenberg

just because he is closest to me and a bunch of other stuff I'll keep

private, which shocked even me. But I'm deffiantly going to listen

to Dr. Ponseti. I know all kids are different though and Collin

didn't start off with the Ponseti method which makes him a harder

case, etc because he had so much damage already from what the quack

doctor did to him at 8 weeks old.

Michele

Collin's story at http://www.geocities.com/chele323232