Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 , Can't you take those test results to an infectious disease doctor in your local area or next large city and get help with that. It would seem if tests show you are sick, that not to treat it would be malpractice on doctors part. If you have systemic, it would be infectious disease doctor's area mainly or doctor who specializes in environmental illness, which is newer specialty than infectious diseases as a specialty. Certainly there is an ID doctor who will help you with this I would think. If you don't want to waste your time, write a letter describing your delema of retired doctor and say you are looking for treatment of his diagnosis, instead of making an appt and then being disappointed. Usually a University affiliated hospital are more up on the latest in treatment. If you have a university town nearby and a teaching hospital where medical students from that university go to, try sending one letter to Infectious Disease Dept there and other places. BarbB ----- Original Message ----- >>Dr. Johanning he resigned a couple of weeks after my wasted >> visit. I had the best insurance then. I was told at that time I >> had systematic fungal disease but I was left for dead. Very sick of >> this crap. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 , I can relate. I've had the same thought. Hope springs eternal though and we suffer on, perhaps some day to feel better? If you went to Dr S and you had no insurance, perhaps he could run fewer tests. He runs ALOT of tests, lots, like someone here said he counted 34 blood tests. I always had wished doctors IN GENERAL would run more tests. They seem to like to GUESS and usually there guess is wrong. My guess however has usually been right regarding my own situation, afterall 'knowing the patient' is of most important in getting diagnosis correct and we know ourselves best. I have been without insurance before also. It's tough. Perhaps you can get a doctor to prescribe cholestyramine for you and follow this very important part of his protocol. Do you have high cholesterol. If you don't know if you could get a doctor to prescribe it for the off-label use of toxin binding, you could ask for it to lower your cholesterol. BarbB ----- Original Message ----- From: " ldelp84227 " <ldelp84227@...> > Are you saying it costs about $5,000. Guess I will die from this > then. Sometimes I just feel like having myself put down like they do > do animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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