How important is it to see the same orthotist for each appointment?

[Guest guest]

Hi All - My son has been in his helmet for two weeks and had his first

adjustment appointment this morning. He's gone from about 96% (for brachy)

down to about 93%. Nice to see some progress. We had to see a different

orthotist this morning because the one we saw for the fitting was stuck in

traffic (so, 2 appointments, 2 different orthotists). We have another

appointment in 3 weeks and I was thinking about changing it to be at a different

NOPCO office because we have a follow up with the plastic surgeon on the same

day in a different city. NOPCO has an office in the same building as this

doctor. Would that be a bad idea? That would mean a third orthotist in the

mix and I'm not sure how important it is to be consistent. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

we saw the same ortho for the most part. Once when he was away we saw the other

ortho in the same office. The orthos seemed to prefer to work on the band from

start to finish. I would tend to try and stay with the same one unless you are

not happy with him/her. Maybe you can change one of the appointments so they

aren't both on the same day.

-christine

sydney, 4 yrs starband grad

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> Hi All - My son has been in his helmet for two weeks and had his first

adjustment appointment this morning. He's gone from about 96% (for brachy)

down to about 93%. Nice to see some progress. We had to see a different

orthotist this morning because the one we saw for the fitting was stuck in

traffic (so, 2 appointments, 2 different orthotists). We have another

appointment in 3 weeks and I was thinking about changing it to be at a different

NOPCO office because we have a follow up with the plastic surgeon on the same

day in a different city. NOPCO has an office in the same building as this

doctor. Would that be a bad idea? That would mean a third orthotist in the

mix and I'm not sure how important it is to be consistent. Any thoughts?

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> Thanks!

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