Dr Kidd, 5 star doctor. I saw Dr Kidd today for a cycst that popped up over an old rolled ankle injury. Fortunately the cyst fixed itself. Cool. Only have to come back if the cyst comes back. Awesome !
See you soon Dr . Kidd (I hope NOT) just kidding you know i love my Cedars Orthos!!! Dr . Kidd has always used the conservative view VS going right to surgery with me and I appreciate that . Have had two toe surgeries that were very successful . I had two unsuccessful surgeries from a LA Care doctor at providence Tarzana in 2018 & 2019 that Dr Kidd fixed . (4) surg, 1 toe over a 3 year period = 9+months of life on my butt. Grrrr! My husband worked out of town when i had surgery so i did it on my own 3rd floor in an apt complex with an elevator that worked 2/7 days a week. even more grrrrrr.
Things nobody tells you about foot surgery.
1 Any surgery, invest in a Bregg Ice Machine. It's a portable bucket of ice with a wrap that continuously circulates cold water around your foot or other body part About $350 and worth every penny. it comes with a standard wrap that fits any body part, so don't buy the specific . I did and wasted $60 I basically bought the same wrap that came with it oh well! It works great for any type of surgery .
2. get a dry pro $25-30 cast/wound/waterproof protector to shower in. forget the trash bag & tape. this is a 2 min on 1min off completely waterproof protection . Shower as long and swim if you'd like .
3.cheap extra extra large & stretchy warm socks with the toes portion cut off. Extra large so they fit over your cast/wrap etc . circulation will be interrupted & all that ice is gonna make for a frosty foot.
4. Hurricane $29-40 Great support when you can start putting weight on your foot . Super portable folds and fits in the seat pocket of all major air planes , fits in a longchamps standard large tote or LV neverful MM.
Note to people who use those knee scooters .. yes super convenient but they end up messing up your knee hip and lower back if you use them more than one surgical/recovery period. i used mine 4x . Find friends/family who need the scooter . they are bulky and awkward to store so we passed it around a friend circle , or donate it to your PT office and get receipt for a tax write off.
5.Post surgical Pain is hard to control, unless you keep it up constantly and iced . who can keep their foot up 24/7 ? so know it's also a painful recovery until the swelling goes down . throbbing is how i'd explain it . That part doesn't matter who the doctor is, it's gravity & physics .
5. Ortho Wedge. Great for keeping that foot elevated especially at night . You won't roll off a pillow and wake up to a throbbing foot at 2am .
Now about Cedars itself ...
Love the doctors , Kidd, Zall, Scott, Itamura ROCK STAR DOCS . They treat rock stars .. met Slash (GnR) at one of them .. that was a cool Dr visit . Always had excellent outcomes with all of the doctors mentioned above .
The bad - the business side of Cedars Clinics/Hollywood Hospital
Appointments . It's super hard to get anyone for appointments that's knows anything . I hate calling a doctors office only to be asked have you seen the doctor before? I'm a memorable patient . Yes, I've seen him in past for two surgeries. You get a crappy call center most of the times. leaving messages is hit or miss . I've left them on the cedars app though and gotten response there . Another tip.. get to know and love your doctors staff and assistant , then you'll have a direct line to call for appointments . Sometimes I see two docs same day when they are both in MDR. The two assistants will help me coordinate - they work it out and give me the date. I bring something wonderful that I baked for them and everyone is happy. (dr kidd bakes.. ask him for a recipe!) Hospital in Hollywood sucks.
parking blows super expensive and unless you get there at like 2/3am getting any decent parking after 5am forget about it! .Once inside is a flipping maze. I've gotten lost in there looking for my husband in the cardiac dept more than once . The staff are not friendly when you ask for directions. Their cardiac unit that were in only had drapes between the patients , not a real room
, this happened to my husband a few times , appears hospital is out of room so they make smaller rooms . They also only allow one visitor at a time, and getting a chair to sit on .. forget about that too. It became such a hassle , we switched all of my husbands doctors to providence St. john's SM. The hospital Billing Dept also sucks and they owe me thousands for care they billed and i paid out of pocket for before my medicare case was settled . That's not the doctors fault . they have refused to re-bill
my services to medicare and the secondary insurance Inhad at the time . thousands of dollars from 2018-2021 read more
