I'm going to do LL surgery in Greece. I will come back home to America after maybe 7 weeks and will get some X-rays done in America.
If my primary care doctor refuses to fill out the order form (I heard this is a thing) for the x-rays, what are some other good options to be able to quickly find a doctor who will fill out the x ray order?
For internal femurs with g-nail
For mine, Dr. D provided me X-ray orders each time. Not sure if foreign doctors can do that in the US
If I understood the question well, you go to any orthopaedic doctor, explain the situation and he will most probably prescribe the Rx request. You can even ask your doctor in Europe to write a letter to his American colleague asking that. Of course you need to pay everything that is not included in insurance.
This was what I did in Europe after a first consultation to an orthopaedic doctor, to use for more prospective informations, prior to doing LL (I'm still doing research).
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A thought entered my mind: "I could stay in Greece for the whole 7cm lengthening. Or I could leave after 6-7weeks and finish the lengthening at home but then I'd need to pay for the xrays back at home in the USA out of pocket. Which is better? When factoring in safety and cost"
What is your advice? How much would the xrays cost to get every 2-3 weeks at home? Trying to get an estimate but the xray place say they can't give and estimate until I see a doctor in person, which is taking some time
Quote from: SpeedDialer on March 16, 2022, 06:26:05 PMI'm going to do LL surgery in Greece. I will come back home to America after maybe 7 weeks and will get some X-rays done in America.
If my primary care doctor refuses to fill out the order form (I heard this is a thing) for the x-rays, what are some other good options to be able to quickly find a doctor who will fill out the x ray order?
For internal femurs with g-nail
Who is stopping you from going to some LL doctor in US after that. You can go to Dr. Assayag or even Paley. or Dr. D.
man if it were me id enjoy every fking second of greece. treat it like a vacay! you’ll have so much more fun
What are my options now?
Dr. Gioitkas says I need to send him x-rays for roughly 10ish months after the surgery (which means when I go back to USA, I need to keep sending him x-rays)
The x-ray place near my place in USA (separate from my primary care doc office) says they need a doctor's prescription
My primary doctor doesn't want to prescribe the x-rays because she feels uncomfortable that the surgery is elective and doesn't seem to want get involved it seems, she sort of wants me to see a surgeon
What do I do? Do I ask her for a referral to a surgeon or what do I do?
Find another doctor online
Go to an orthopedic surgeon.
Do you have an HMO or PPO? (I am assuming HMO based on your story?)
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