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- Thread starter Buffnik
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I'm assuming the team of Doctor's at CU are far better than anything Coach Prime had while he was at Jackson St. My son is a Lead Pharmacist at Children's Hospital. He tells me that the CU Anschutz Hospital is considered by many in the world of medicine, as the Mayo Clinic of the Rockies.
I went there for my Moh’s Surgery to excise the Melanoma on my forearm in 2013 because I was told they were the best in the region by far.
It was a cross between reassuring and disconcerting how they treated it like a manufacturing line.
I've known 3 people who have had surgery for melanoma. All three were treated at different facilities. All three said it was ike a manufacturing assembly line. I have Age-Related Macular Degeneration. every 6 months I get checked. So far, so good. However I go thru a assembly line process as well. It appears to be commonplace for many different health issues.
I’d take that over my experience, where I’m still dealing with the medical facility, the lab, and my insurance over bills/coverage one year later. I don’t need to be besties with people that have seen more of my body than anyone, save my wife, and cut me open.
I'm not 100% clear what you mean by 'screened' in this context, but I perceive those metrics being used to rate medical practitioners contribute sigfnicantly to "specialized care" where providers only take the most basic cases and decline to treat patients with complicated cases or comorbidities.
Yeah, I've heard that Chuck Norris is the best at doing hip replacements too.
cu3x
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I went to a very highly recommended back surgeon in Ft Collins. Inventions, awards - over 12,000 procedures. Very charming and engaging. He told me how he'd done 3 the other morning. I agreed to have him do my surgery, but on my way home, I remembered he had not answered my question; 'would you recommend this surgery, if I were your son?'. I decided to change plans. Less than 2 weeks later, the man was busted for drugs and malpractice.
I had severe stenosis. Pettine was 2nd surgeon to say I had to have surgery. The 3rd, Dr Beard, said I 'needed' surgery, but should exhaust all options, before going down that road. I went to physical therapy and learned 30-some stretches that I've done 2x a day for 7+ years. I also take MSM. I went from sometimes being unable to stand for 5 minutes, to where I walk 2 miles+ per day, have very few issues. Although a heating pad is often used.
(the DA and other Pettine pals pled him to misdemeanors, despite his ruining so many people's lives, breaking so many laws.
The Dr. Kenneth Pettine drug investigation: 'I was destroyed'
Accusations of 'botched' surgeries, secretly recorded phone calls culminated in the arrest of prominent spinal surgeon Kenneth Pettine.
www.coloradoan.com
I called offices. Asked about these qualifications. I then visited three.
Not sure what this means.
ok, you're talking about evaluating options for your own care. Gotcha -- I thought your use of 'screening' was a professional term from the insurance industry or something.
That’s the coolest hip surgery story I’ve ever heard
It means FAFO
Of course.
BeavBuff47
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Just curious, why did you select-out general anesthesia?
No need to undergo risks if you can avoid it IMO. Faster recovery than gases and other fat soluble drugs that hang around. I got fentanyl/versed pre-op then propofol drip during surgery. It clears quickly.
BeavBuff47
Well-Known Member
I asked because I’m an anesthesiologist and curious what people consider when preparing for surgery/anesthesia, etc. Used to do most hip replacements under spinal + propofol sedation but we’ve started to transition back to general with primarily propofol as the anesthetic agent, no spinal. Latest data shows relatively equal risk profiles between the two techniques. Both surgical and anesthetic techniques have greatly improved over the years.
Sorry to hikack the thread. Back on track. Sending good thoughts to Prime. His surgeon is excellent/top notch. Prime is in good hands.
I'm sure there's a West Virginia sports blogger who knows the details
You want a toe? I can get you a toe. There are ways dude.
Who is his surgeon?
So he was out of surgery last nite and doing well. The biggest thing I learned from this article is all of his medical problems stem from a dislocated toe that went untreated for 15 years. A dislocated toe!!
"The initial injury causing the blood clots in Sanders' legs was a dislocated toe that went untreated for approximately 15 years."
"The initial injury causing the blood clots in Sanders' legs was a dislocated toe that went untreated for approximately 15 years."
Dang, Mrs Prime is beautiful.
No wonder he’s so concerned about blood flow to the groin.