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    Doctor name in Michigan

    Thank you both. That Dr. Taunt sounds wonderful and I will call him and try to get in with him while I have this disk of xrays from last week in my hand. I wish I'd known about him and went to him first. I'll be sure to ask if he takes obese patients before booking. He doesn't sound like he'd be...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    Hi Keri, thanks for responding. May I ask if your surgeon put you on antibiotics after the surgery? Could that have prevented the infection? Also, do thin patients get infections or is just the ones with more adipose tissue? What did they do during the second procedure? I'm glad you wound up...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    Thanks Suzie. No, he didn't give me any information on how much weight I'd have to lose before he would do surgery on me. He just seemed to not want anything to do with me. Maybe he only wants to take uncomplicated cases. I know my knees are broken but they saw them out and pitch them anyway...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    My appointment with the surgeon didn't go well. I looked at my xrays and proceeded to tell me how broken and bad my knees were. Nothing I didn't know already. He is just plain not comfortable doing the surgery. He said something about fat not mending well with fat??? He's afraid his tourniquet...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    So far I haven't been told my insurance won't pay for knee replacement surgery. I have Medicare and United Health Care. I had weight loss surgery years ago. It almost killed me. After 13 years of in and out of the hospital and facing kidney failure I had the surgery reversed. My body couldn't...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    Thanks for the advice. Susie, I read through all 84 pages of your journey and was so inspired. I have to tell you when I first met this doctor I told him with a big smile on my face, "I want two new knees and I want you to do both at the same time. " LOL His eyes got wide and looked like a deer...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    I met with Dr. Cherwin today in Bay City. He is pretty negative on giving me knee replacement surgery because of my weight. He said I have a 75% chance of infection that could lead to amputation. He did send me to the hospital for new xrays since the ones I sent to him were 3 years old. I have...
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    Pre-Cert Denial

    Celle, I was not joking. The thought has crossed my mind more than once. I guess I'm deparate. Thank you for telling me about your son. I'm sorry for his problems. I do know a man who lives down the road who lost both his legs in a plane crash years ago. He gets around on his artificial legs...
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    Pre-Cert Denial

    Thanks for the comments. I haven't met the surgeon yet but my regular doctor sent him a referral and told me that he has done obese people's knee replacements with no problems. If he's willing and able I wouldn't think the insurance would object. I hope not anyway. If he can't replace my knees...
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    Pre-Cert Denial

    I hope you do well with your surgery. My BMI is over 50. I am meeting next week with a surgeon that has done some very obese patients with success. I made sure my referring physician noted my weight with the referral. Today I mailed him back his questionnaire with my height and weight on it...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    I have an orthopedic surgeon appointment on April 4th. It's with a doctor in Bay City named Dr. Cherwin. I'm hoping he agrees to operate on me. I'm trying not to get my hopes up. If I get a surgery date I'll go hang out in the forum here that has to do with pre-ops as I'm sure there is a lot to...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    After reading up on the profiles of the doctors in MidMichigan, I decided against going there. I have contacted my family doctor and she is writing a referral to a group of doctors in Bay City which is about 45 miles from where I live. Dr. Kurdi has a 5 star rating and experience with robotics...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    Thank you Celle. I appreciate the help.
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    @Jamie -I'd be able to get my husband or son to drive me to Ann Arbor. I read a member here who goes by greatlakes who had about the same BMI as I did and a doctor did her knee replacement in Midland. I never could navigate and follow to where she said what the doctor's name was. She had a good...
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    Doctor name in Michigan

    I need a doctor in mid Michigan who will operate on fat people. I'm 67 years old, bone on bone for many years on both knees. I've done all the shots, physical therapy etc. I need new knees. I was turned down by Beaumont for being too overweight. I am 5'4" and 300 pounds. I need help. Please let...
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