Guest guest Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Sharon, thanks for adding your post to the NY Times blog on the Mold Task Force. Excellent! I'm going to try to call them today. Of course they don't want to hear from laypeople or real victims. Barth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I think I'm seeing the same doctor in NY. He is known for diagnosing difficult cases. He's only taking a few cases a week so I was lucky to get in to see him. I go back soon and am really looking for confirmation rather than a new diagnosis. I'm pretty sure he agrees with me but will he put it on paper that's the real mystery. > > Here's an article from the NY Times. > > Note the mention of toxic mold, all the way at the bottom. > > It's mentioned almost as an aside, even though the person had no health problems before moving into the apartment with the mold and nothing helped him until he moved out. > > * > > http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/for-a-celiac-sufferer-a-new-mystery-ill\ ness/?emc=eta1 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Not only is the N.Y. Times article very good, despite the flaw of considering " toxic mold " as an add-on factor instead of a prime causative factor, but the comments by the readers also contain a high level of brilliance [after all,it's the N.Y. Times]. Here are two comments that I hope will be allowed to appear here, as they are NOT copyrighted as content of the N.Y. Times. [1] Shana, My problem is that too many times I have heard physicians tell me " we don't know " , only to find out later that someone actually did know. Anytime someone, but especially a physician, utters the phrase " we don't know " , sirens should go off, bolts of lightning should flash and your blood pressure should rise at least 75 points. And I wasn't being snippy. The reason why the Japanese became the best car manufacturers was because of diagnosing their manufacturing inefficiencies from the ground up by their factory workers and not by their " suits " . To extend this philosophy to medicine means starting with patients and their anecdotal evidence and letting their anecdotes trickle up to physicians and researchers. Otherwise, patients not as savvy as just start out on the latest blockbuster drugs, only to end up on more drugs needed to treat the side effects from the previous drugs taken. The body doesn't want polypharmacy, it wants wah, the Japanese word for harmony, whether it is applied to manufacturing cars or to healing people. [2]If the patient is listened to by the practitioner, and if the practitioner is willing to think outside the box, the potential for success increases in cases like this.. Playing the detective and realizing that multiple factors may add to an illness helped resolve many of 's problems. Candida albicans and toxic molds had to be two of the factors that might be considered, based on a thorough history. The blood test is not diagnostic, but a positive result does suggest the possibility of the direction. The test was for anti-Candida antibodies. As the treating MD has referred to, I would emphasize that the logic of candida is medically explainable. I would be happy to be in touch with the physicians who question the validity that Candida can be a factor in illness. , if you want to share my name , you have my permission. Regards. ............................................ > > Here's an article from the NY Times. > > Note the mention of toxic mold, all the way at the bottom. > > It's mentioned almost as an aside, even though the person had no health problems before moving into the apartment with the mold and nothing helped him until he moved out. > > * > > http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/for-a-celiac-sufferer-a-new-mystery-ill\ ness/?emc=eta1 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Thank you for this post! This is just the kind of thing I love to send to the disbelieving members of my family! > > Here's an article from the NY Times. > > Note the mention of toxic mold, all the way at the bottom. > > It's mentioned almost as an aside, even though the person had no health problems before moving into the apartment with the mold and nothing helped him until he moved out. > > * > > http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/for-a-celiac-sufferer-a-new-mystery-ill\ ness/?emc=eta1 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Has anyone read the some comments left by MD's below the article?  God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen ________________________________ From: joe <josephsalowitz@...> Sent: Fri, July 23, 2010 12:32:24 AM Subject: [] Re: NY Times Article  Not only is the N.Y. Times article very good, despite the flaw of considering " toxic mold " as an add-on factor instead of a prime causative factor, but the comments by the readers also contain a high level of brilliance [after all,it's the N.Y. Times]. Here are two comments that I hope will be allowed to appear here, as they are NOT copyrighted as content of the N.Y. Times. ............................................ > > Here's an article from the NY Times. > > Note the mention of toxic mold, all the way at the bottom. > > It's mentioned almost as an aside, even though the person had no health >problems before moving into the apartment with the mold and nothing helped him >until he moved out. > > * > >http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/for-a-celiac-sufferer-a-new-mystery-il\ lness/?emc=eta1 >1 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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