Re: doctors

[Guest guest]

Very well written. YOU ROCK!!

Vicki (I will start putting Vicki P. so that people dont confuse me with the

other Vicki)

Pearlmae@... wrote:

I so believe that Dr. K is the final word in what I take, that even

when I

am prescribed something by another one of my docs I won't take it until I get

an okay from Dr. K. He knows what I should take as a DS patient. He knows

what we absorb and such. I was recently prescribed Boniva for instance as a

preventative for osteoporosis by one of my other docs, but I wrote Dr. K that

day

and that afternoon I had a short note that said that it was okay to take it.

I know that some medicines don't work so well for us. So I think that if we

have any questions that we should send him a short note and I know in my case

he has always that same day answered me with a short note saying yes or no,

or whatever. So don't go try second guessing him, send your labs to him and

then give him time to see them, then ask him in a short note what he thinks. He

is very good about answering. Just don't go on and on, as he has a LOT of us

to answer to. If it is an emergency type thing, call the office. That is

what he is there for. He would much rather you call before getting into an

emergency situation of course. Sometimes that can't be helped, but we are the

ones

that in the end are responsible for taking care of our bodies. If we read

and go by the well written book that he gives us before the surgery and listen

to what we are told, for the most part we will be okay. Don't listen to

others who are trying to sell you something or anyone else, Dr. K is the one who

put our insides together the way they are and he is the one that knows what he

did and what is good for us.

Off my soapbox. Just don't open a can of worms before you even get to the

fishing hole. You are going to be okay.

Pearl

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/30/2008 4:52:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

plwboy1@... writes:

I was recently prescribed Boniva for instance as a

preventative for osteoporosis by one of my other docs, but I wrote Dr. K

that day

and that afternoon I had a short note that said that it was okay to take it.

____________________________

Pearl

I wonder why some have been told not meds like this. I looked at Boniva's

info and it is almost identical to other meds of this type but specifically

mentioned not to use withVit D defeciency along with the normal calcium. I guess

he is still evolving just as we are as they learn more about this surgery and

the problems/ advantages related to it. I think that your caution is great,

I'd rather err on the side of caution than to live(or not live) with the

consequences.

Mel-

“For six years I have been suffering an incurable affliction, aggravated by

imprudent physicians. Year after year deceived by the hope of an improvement,

[i am] finally forced to contemplate the prospect of a lasting illness,

whose cure may take years or even be impossible...â€

– Ludwig van Beethoven, the “Heiligenstadt Testamentâ€

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[Guest guest]

Mel,

I think maybe the reason he said okay on the Boniva is that my calcium and

Vit D and in fact all my labs are all okay. My other doc did a bone scan and

said I was down just a little and it was just to keep me from getting

osteoporosis. That is what I told doc and he said okay. The other doc did blood

work

before prescribing it and I gave doc the numbers also. So maybe that was the

deciding factor. I know he decides for each of us differently, but he needs

us to provide him with lab work so he can help us. I do keep him in the loop on

all I do. My pcp still refers to me as having a gastric bypass even though I

have a huge packet fastened inside my folder with all kinds of info about

the DS in it. I correct him each time, but he still says it. So, I know he

doesn't know beans about what my insides are like and not really willing to

learn

as I am his only patient with it.

So I still say, let Dr. K be your guide. He has led us this far on our

fabulous trip, he won't lead us wrong.

Pearl

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