a good metabolic/genetic specialist

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Friends, I had my consultation with Dr. Geier today. I have to say

I've been through genetic testing (for Allie) before, along with

pediatric audiologist, neurologist, allergist, 3 DAN!s,

psychologist, gastrointerologist, pediatrician, etc. I have to say

that in 1 hr with Dr. Geier I felt more questions would get answered

than with any of these others. He will essentially be doing a full

genetic work up, not just Rett/Fragile X, numerous metabolic workup,

and what would be a full DAN! panel. I felt like he wasn't

as " nutty " as some DANs feel, more open than most professional

clinicians, and reasonable in all aspects. He shared with me some

disagreement he had with some of the things we've done with Allie,

but in a very respectful, open-minded way.

I had the priviledge of meeting father & son a few years ago and was

impressed by their professionalism then, but I figured there was

little they had to offer after the testosterone issue was examined

by my local ped. I really, really wish we had seen him years prior.

I've said in the past that I would suggest anyone just getting a dx

consider finding a way to get the funding to see Dr. Bradstreet or

Neubrander. While I've never taken Allie to either of them, based on

my friends' experiences and what we've done so far, I would change

that recommendation to consider Dr. Geier first. The reasoning is

DANs, in all their greatness (the good ones) are still somewhat

chasing symptoms. I feel that Dr. Geier will find the root causes.

I could just be overly excited from our consultation and list of

impeding labs, but I think I will probably feel very satisfied with

Allie finally getting a lot of her health issues addressed.