for Debbie Gibson, re Dr. Whitman

[Guest guest]

Debbie Gibson,

I wrote to you privately and asked for Dr. Whitman's e-mail since he

is my doctor too, though recently. Perhaps you didn't get that

message. It would really help to ask him some questions, and I am

not doing so well.

On Feb 9, 2008, at 11:23 PM, DEBBIE GIBSON wrote:

> Dr Whitman is with Summit Medical Group in Berkeley Heights (sp)

> NJ...close

> to Newark and Watchung...I have seen him for 8 yrs...love him...he

> started

> me on mino and on oral clindamyacin...he feels that it penetrates

> tissue

> just as well as IV and is easier to prescribe. I find him to be

> brilliant

> and he worked with Dr. Brown who developed the AP

> protocol...he knows

> what he is doing..

> I am doing ok...no matter what I come up with...he finds something

> to help

> me. I just finished the book one of his SD patients wrote...A Place

> To Go,

> Maureen ...she mentions him frequently in the book...She

> feels about

> him the way I do. He treats his patients as partners in their

> battle...I

> like it...He has saved my life. I still battle, but with DR

> Whitmans help, I

> always know he pulls something out of his bag to help me! (I have

> Scleroderma (SD) and tested positive for RA...I do NOT have Mixed

> Connective

> Tissue Disease..or MCTD...I have Scleroderma and RA...both tests are

> positive...but in order to be diagnosed with MCTD, one would need

> to be

> tested for the RNP antibody...which I have...and mine is negative.

> Therefore, I have SD and RA...Only if the RNP antibody tests

> positive...then

> at that point, I would be said to have MCTD...That antibody is

> necessary for

> the diagnosis of MCTD. Hope this helps.

> Debbie

> Good luck.

> thank you for the doctor name

>

> Debbie,

>

> Hi and thanks. Where is he in NJ? Does he start off with

> clindamycin iv?

> How long have you

> had RA and how are you doing?

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