Re: New person with a question

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Welcome!

It¹s pretty simple to get started especially since you live close. He is

helping kids as far away as Singapore (hi !) so consider yourself

lucky!

The phone number at his office is 818-343-1010... they can tell you what

needs to be done to get started. You can start ³the diet² before you go, so

that¹s something you can work on even before you get in. I promise you¹ll

have to do it if you go, so getting started on the diet is a good idea

because then you can be ready with questions about it at the first visit.

He¹ll probably refine it after doing a food screen, but the ³basic² diet is

a good place to start (no cow¹s milk, no whole grains, no berries, etc.).

By the way, if you live that close, Dr. Goldberg is a regular pediatrician,

too, and you might want to consider just changing over to him.

Don¹t beat yourself up for being ³ignorant². Many of us have stories of

finding this line of treatment just through serendipity.

This group is a godsend as far as understanding the treatments and theories

behind them, so I¹m really glad you found this as well.

Caroline

From: thegraceacademy <amie_j@...>

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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:19:28 +0000

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Subject: New person with a question

I'm the mom of a 16 1/2 year old son who has struggled from what has

been labeled severe autism his entire life, only the more and more

research I do leads me to believe his behaviors are a result of the

multitude of food allergies and internal medical issues. Out of

ignorance on my part, we've never even had him tested for allergies or

gut problems. I am blessed to live in So Cal, just over the hill from

Tarzana. Is it as simple as calling Dr. G's office and making an

appointment to get started in exploring other ways of approach? I know

his primary care physician would give us a referral if we needed that,

and we also do have insurance. I didn't see an appointment link on his

website, so I got a little discouraged.

Thank you.

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Amie

You actually can do more than just the diet. The

protocol is based on informed and observant parents.

Go to Dr. G's web site and pull down the parents and

physicians page and truly read them. The test for food

allergies is cheap and easy. Share it with you

Pediatrician and do the Preliminary testing. Ask the

office to link you with various lectures and videos

and share them with you support staff to re-enforce

the diet plans. The basic tests that he recommends are

listed as well. Do them before your first appointment

so the data is available.

My son is nine and if followed religiously this will

make a huge difference. Got to go Connor is asking for

help with fourth grade spelling, really!

Bill

--- thegraceacademy <amie_j@...> wrote:

> I'm the mom of a 16 1/2 year old son who has

> struggled from what has

> been labeled severe autism his entire life, only the

> more and more

> research I do leads me to believe his behaviors are

> a result of the

> multitude of food allergies and internal medical

> issues. Out of

> ignorance on my part, we've never even had him

> tested for allergies or

> gut problems. I am blessed to live in So Cal, just

> over the hill from

> Tarzana. Is it as simple as calling Dr. G's office

> and making an

> appointment to get started in exploring other ways

> of approach? I know

> his primary care physician would give us a referral

> if we needed that,

> and we also do have insurance. I didn't see an

> appointment link on his

> website, so I got a little discouraged.

> Thank you.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Bill, you had some good comments.

I just thought I¹d add one more thing... EMLA cream.

If the local doc agrees to run the labs, see if he¹ll write a script for

EMLA (numbing cream) to put on at least 30 minutes before you go to the lab

so it can numb the area. Our pediatrician showed us how to do it the first

time, but now we just have the tube at home and do it before heading to the

lab. We didn¹t like the Tegaderm pads that you use to occlude the cream, so

we just use Saran wrap wrapped around the arm and taped to itself. We cut a

little slit in the back of the Saran (over my son¹s elbow) so he can bend

his arm better (although it¹s best not to move around too much or the lotion

moves).

Caroline