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Red Flag 1 · 07-01-2009, 08:49

DZ,

Thank you for your service and sacrifice!

I am sorry to learn of your injury. Your injury is severe and a life changing event. Poeple say all kinds of things about military medicine. Two things the military medical community excell in are burn treatment, and innovative prosthetic treatment for war injuries. The Burn center is at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antiono, TX. The Prosthetic facility is Forest Glen north of Walter Reed Army MC at 9801 Georgia Ave, MD 20902. As SS suggests, if there is a workable solution for you, the folks at Forest Glen will have it.

What I gather fom your post is that you are seeking an elective BKA to help manage your post injury rehab? If that is the case, you may have trouble finding someone. The surgery will not change the extent of the nerve damage from your injury, IMMHO. It could well be a second life altering event that can't be reversed. I expect the risk benefit ratio may be stacked against elective BKA.

If you would like, I could pm you a name of a doc in N. Virginia that may be able to offer some additional insight.

A final thought, IMHO you will be best served by a multi-disciplinary approach. There are really many problems you are dealing with, and multiple specalists confering together on your behalf is likely in your best intrest. I would expect to see ortho, neuro, anesthesia, internal med, pt, pharm, and psych in the mix. Psych generally causes folks to recoil a bit, does not mean you are loco, far from it; the psych folks can provide input to best help you out in dealing with this from a non-physical point of view. As you pointed out a "third year resident" does not have the big picture. That having been said, all docs on this board were residents.....do not sell them short!

I wish you well!

RF 1

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Red Flag 1 Area Commander Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,952	DZ, Thank you for your service and sacrifice! I am sorry to learn of your injury. Your injury is severe and a life changing event. Poeple say all kinds of things about military medicine. Two things the military medical community excell in are burn treatment, and innovative prosthetic treatment for war injuries. The Burn center is at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antiono, TX. The Prosthetic facility is Forest Glen north of Walter Reed Army MC at 9801 Georgia Ave, MD 20902. As SS suggests, if there is a workable solution for you, the folks at Forest Glen will have it. What I gather fom your post is that you are seeking an elective BKA to help manage your post injury rehab? If that is the case, you may have trouble finding someone. The surgery will not change the extent of the nerve damage from your injury, IMMHO. It could well be a second life altering event that can't be reversed. I expect the risk benefit ratio may be stacked against elective BKA. If you would like, I could pm you a name of a doc in N. Virginia that may be able to offer some additional insight. A final thought, IMHO you will be best served by a multi-disciplinary approach. There are really many problems you are dealing with, and multiple specalists confering together on your behalf is likely in your best intrest. I would expect to see ortho, neuro, anesthesia, internal med, pt, pharm, and psych in the mix. Psych generally causes folks to recoil a bit, does not mean you are loco, far from it; the psych folks can provide input to best help you out in dealing with this from a non-physical point of view. As you pointed out a "third year resident" does not have the big picture. That having been said, all docs on this board were residents.....do not sell them short! I wish you well! RF 1 Last edited by Red Flag 1; 07-01-2009 at 15:03.
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