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Originally Posted by dr. Smith
is it the only hard shell back brace on the market? If they can't adjust it properly, something seems wrong, and perhaps a different (kind of) brace is in order.
This may take some serious homework/advocacy on your part. I've not had to deal a back brace (yet) but i've had to do battle for other medical equipment that wasn't right. I don't know this, but it may be that your spine clinic has some kind of arrangement with one particular supplier. I'd check with other medical supply houses to find out if there are any other braces. Also check with your insurance carrier; they may have other suppliers for you to check with as well.
Hth & best wishes,
doc
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hi doc --
it probably isnt the only one available --
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i got it on the first visit to th e spine clinic --
after i had been examined by 3 drs --
asked a thousand questions --
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ialso have ms and hydrocephalis and fibromyalgia --
- i was there over 3 hours and my brain was in a fog --
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the very last thing they did was come in with the complicated brace -- put it on me -- hand me a video disc -- and make next appt --
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i called the office monday as soon as they opened -- thought the hematoma on my thigh was from the nerve conduction test --
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told the brace was painful - neuro told me it was not - sent me for blood clotting test --
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now i have more bruises and we figured ot it is from where the brace hits under my arms and my thighs when i am sitting --
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they told me to pad it where it is hitting me wrong - there is no other brace to give me --
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so monday i go for epidual spine shot - i will complain again - when they tell me i must just deal with it - what do i say than ?
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thanks for caring - glad you never had a brace --... Dvora