Thank you Leggs and Wannagrowtaller! Wannagrowtaller, I'll be spending the first 3 weeks in the Vegas area and then I'll do the rest of the lengthening and PT back at home through insurance. Dr. D knocked off some of the cost for doing that. Not needing to pay for housing for the summer besides my normal home in Texas should save me a decent amount of money.
Quote from: Leggs on April 30, 2019, 08:36:35 PMverticalpush-
As I say to all current and new coming STRYDE patients. Please post videos during your lengthening & recovery. It's the best way to illustrate the experience. Looking forward to posts from a patient of Dr. Debiparshad.
Absolutely. I will post videos along the way.
Quote from: Movie on April 30, 2019, 10:03:20 PMme personally as a young (22) intelligent business man I don't care that the doctor went to the most prestigious schools... I'd choose Mahboubian even if I lived walking distance to Dr. D's facilities, why? simple... Experience and proof... experience over book studied always, in whatever field you put that theory on... Dr. D has no diaries or much experience seeing how he finished his studies not too long ago 2-3 years, not saying he can't be another great doctor but as of now, I'd consider his first CLL patients lab rats.
I think that's a fair concern (and I'll admit, I share those concerns from time to time). There are several points that helped me overcome those concerns:
- He let me talk to some of his former CLL patients. He also has very good reviews for his non-CLL procedures by patients who've seen him.
- As Leggs pointed out in this thread, he's published and completed a fellowship with Paley
- Nuvasive does their own due diligence in vetting doctors who want to use Precice/Stryde. They certainly also have some skin in the game, so to speak.
- I haven't come across any alarming or troublesome note in any diary of someone who's done Stryde yet (and here's hoping we keep it that way!).
Point blank, his future as a CLL doctor probably hinges on the reputation he'll earn with the first set of diaries that go on this site. If anything were to go wrong I would definitely include that in my diary. Of course, if there is anything I don't know about I'd be eager to learn that before the procedure. But I feel pretty good at this point with a little over 3 weeks to go.
