Re: Dr Allan and Dr Present in NYC

[Guest guest]

I have not heard of them but I do know that Dr. Bock is in New Jersey.. and he wrote a book that is almost entirely related to healing these disorders with diet (including the SCD).Kay-lynnWhen you row another person across the river, you get there yourself..- Fortune cookieSubject: Dr Allan and Dr Present in NYCTo: BTVC-SCD Date: Tuesday, September

9, 2008, 3:02 PM

Has anyone heard of the following doctors in NYC?

Dr Allan - A GI that adapts some alternative medicine into his

practice. He is also an Internist

Dr Present- A GI that specializes in CD and UC

Dr Ed Goldberg- A regular GI

If any of you have heard of any of these guys or have gone to them-

please email me off list at jodah235yahoo (DOT) com I would appreciate your

experiences! !

Thanks,

Jodi

SCD 11 months

Crohn's/Colitis

[Guest guest]

Kay-Lynn,

Dr Bock treats at the Rhinebeck Institute in Rhinebeck NY. His

practice is geared towards children- mostly ASD, Asthma, ADHD,

Allergies what he refers to as the new epidemic. He treats IBD as

well as other things with an integrative approach.

He is not a GI.

Jodi

SCD 11 months

Crohn's/Colitis

>

> I have not heard of them but I do know that Dr. Bock is in

New Jersey.. and he wrote a book that is almost entirely related to

healing these disorders with diet (including the SCD).

>

> Kay-lynn

[Guest guest]

Jodi,

My son has just switched to using Dr. Steinlauf, who is in the same

practice group as Present. I sent you a private e-mail about

him.

Caroline

20 yr old son w/Crohn's Colitis

SCD 3 months+

>

> Has anyone heard of the following doctors in NYC?

>

> Dr Allan - A GI that adapts some alternative medicine into

his

> practice. He is also an Internist

>

> Dr Present- A GI that specializes in CD and UC

>

> Dr Ed Goldberg- A regular GI

>

> If any of you have heard of any of these guys or have gone to them-

> please email me off list at jodah235@... I would appreciate your

> experiences!!

>

> Thanks,

> Jodi

> SCD 11 months

> Crohn's/Colitis

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jodi,

Shortly after I was first diagnosed with CD in 1999, I began seeing

Dr. n who is in the same practice as Dr. Present. I went to the

practice for 2 or 3 years during which time I was hospitalized at Mt.

Sinai for almost 3 weeks (shortly after I started with them, not due

to anything they did).

I did have one experience with Dr. Present when he performed a small

intestine barium milkshake xray procedure. Nothing much to report

there...a relatively quick procedure.

My overall experience with Dr. n was that it was all about the

drugs (he had me on prednasone, cipro, and imuran) and not about

nutrition at all. I believe Dr. n was head of the CCFA back then.

At the time I asked for and he referred me to a nutritionist, and

looking back on that visit from an SCD vantage point, it was totally

useless.

So it has been a while since I was there, so things my have changed,

but my sense is that they wouldn't necessarily be SCD friendly.

HTH!

Geoff

crohns/colitis 8/99

SCD 3/08

[Guest guest]

I heard Dr. Present speak as part of a panel. Not only is he not pro-scd--he is

anti-scd!! He

claimed the diet was very good--for Elaine Gottschall in that it made her rich!

He pushes

6-mp and other meds,

Peggie

> >

>

[Guest guest]

who do you use ???

eileen

> I heard Dr. Present speak as part of a panel. Not only is he not

pro-scd--he is anti-scd!! He

> claimed the diet was very good--for Elaine Gottschall in that it

made her rich! He pushes

> 6-mp and other meds,

>

> Peggie

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I am so tired of all of these doctors and trying to find the -right-

doctors. I was told that Dr Present is a supporter of the SCD and has

an alternative outlook for a conventional GI.

I think all of this running around, doing various tests and finding

doctors is taking years off of my life.

I am so tired and I feel I have no mental fortitude or emotional

clarity to do things like communicate with fellow human beings..

Finding myself just despondent not even capable of like replying to

emails. Let alone other humanly things.

This diet though makes me happy. Going to the Green Market makes me

happy. Maybe I should just abandon all of the above and just do the

diet? The exhaustion I am experiencing today is like a setback. I

think it is stress induced from all of this running around.

Obviously, it is good to peel this dang onion and find out all these

various layers of my sickness.. As of late, it looks like I have Lyme

Disease (Quest came back that it is high and inconclusive- in that I

need to do more testing. I showed it to my regular internist today

and he said " you're so sick you're antibodies are out of wack so it is

not a surprise- but Jodi according to this you have Lyme Disease "

What does this even mean? ARGH. Apparently, there are many false

positives and false negatives. This could explain some of my symptoms

though- that is why they checked it at the on Center.

On top of that it looks like I am dealing with this underlying C Diff

issue (had different parasitology testing) and Candida Albicans (Uhh

Shocker? heh buh!)

I am so confused, some of these really great doctors don't even know

how to deal with all of this.. I mean how much research do I need to

do? This isn't even including other testing I need to do.

So many people from various lists have been so incredibly gracious in

emailing me, advising me, supporting me and encouraging me. Bless all

of you for your constant guidance and good energy. It really lifts me

and elevates my spirit. I do not know what I would do without all of you!

Thanks for reading..

Jodi

SCD 11 months

Crohn's/Colitis

> >He claimed the diet was very good--for Elaine

> >Gottschall in that it made her rich!

>

> Uh-huh. Right. Elaine was not rich by any means.

> She self published the bleeping book and priced

> it to just about cover the printing costs. Now,

> if she'd gotten paid as much as this doctor did

> per the number of volunteer hours she put in,

> yes, she'd have been rich. But the key here was VOLUNTEER.

>

> Obviously, he knows nothing about SCD. (Wish I

> could get paid for the number of hours I spend on

> recipes and answering emails....)

[Guest guest]

oh geez! you poor thing! and you're right - us sick people have to

get sicker while finding some doc that has a clue (maybe)and stress

ourselves about it -so unfair!!!!!!!!

if you want to try Dr legnani -he is fine with me just doing scd and

did discover one of my deficiencies that the others didn't????

hang in

eileen

> > >He claimed the diet was very good--for Elaine

> > >Gottschall in that it made her rich!

> >

> > Uh-huh. Right. Elaine was not rich by any means.

> > She self published the bleeping book and priced

> > it to just about cover the printing costs. Now,

> > if she'd gotten paid as much as this doctor did

> > per the number of volunteer hours she put in,

> > yes, she'd have been rich. But the key here was VOLUNTEER.

> >

> > Obviously, he knows nothing about SCD. (Wish I

> > could get paid for the number of hours I spend on

> > recipes and answering emails....)

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Eileen..

I will look into him as well. Thanks

Jodi

SCD 11 months

Crohn's/Colitis

>

> oh geez! you poor thing! and you're right - us sick people have to

> get sicker while finding some doc that has a clue (maybe)and stress

> ourselves about it -so unfair!!!!!!!!

> if you want to try Dr legnani -he is fine with me just doing scd and

> did discover one of my deficiencies that the others didn't????