Re: ... /Chantelle (preg, m/c ment)

[Guest guest]

You are so funny. Here is a funny story. When I was looking for a

new Ob/gyn (high risk) I stopped at Magee's offices in Upper St. Clair

and they give Dr. Wakim's card, so I called and they said that Dr.

Sanfilippo would be a good choice to see. Well they sent out my paper

work so that I could fill it out early and there were all these

questions about fertility, well it hit me that the women at the magee

office in usc mis-understood me, so I called Dr. San's office and

explained the situtation, so they told me to call Dr. Wisenfeld. If I

had known then what Dr. Wisenfeld was going to tell me, then I would

have kepted the apt. with Dr. Sans. So I think I will call him up and

get another apt. to see him. Do you think that the new Doctor (Wise)

would make copies of my med. file and send them to me, or should I ask

them to send it to Dr. Sans office if I am able to get an apt. with

him? I would like to have my med. history for my own ref too. What

do you think I should do?

Go Steelers? How about that game? It was awesome. We needed a win.

Chicago is a good team too. I think they have won their last eight

games. I really thought it was going to be close. I held my breathe

for the last 4 minutes because Chicago was taking that ball down the

field.

Well I have to run for now. I have to shovel the sidewalk, AGAIN. We

got hit down this way with more snow today. When's it going to end?

Did you get any up your way?

Have a good night.

Chantelle

35

UD

>

> Small world is right! I thought that I was the only one here who

> spoke Pittsburgh-eese! , I'm glad that you chimed in!! And, I'm

> happy to say that I could wave my terrible towel today with pride!!

>

> Dr. Sanfilippo was my RE, too! I saw Dr. Tippett in Wexford

> initially, but ended up being much happier at Magee. We were pleased

> with Dr. S. about 90% of the time (and I will admit that I am a

> pretty tough critic!) From what I understand, he is their MA guy. I

> had a few times I was frustrated with him, but would still recommend

> him. I LOVED his nurses...they were very informed and always very

> helpful. Plus, Dr. S. was very nice, but also really aggressive

> regarding treatment and testing which is what I wanted. I think that

> he was very honest, which was also what I wanted. After my second

> m/c, he ran ALL SORTS of testing and made me feel like he wasn't

> wasting my time (let us make choices as to when we moved on to the

> next step, etc.) Friends have also recommended Dr. Kauma (sp?) at

> AGH/West Penn if any of you ever need a 2nd opinion. I haven't seen

> him personally, but have been told several times that he is

> wonderful.

>

> > Let me ask you this. Since i'm not pregnant yet, but trying should

> I

> > contact Dr. Sanfilippo now or wait?

>

> Chantelle-I think that you are definitely wise to see an RE now.

> What can it hurt? I saw Dr. S before getting pregnant with my DS.

> He's very MA savy and would be a good resource if nothing else (we'll

> hope that you have no problems actually getting pregnant when you

> decide to take that step!) It does take a while to get in with him,

> so you might want to call ASAP and then just cancel if you change

> your mind about seeing an RE. Also, you could ask them to put you on

> a cancellation list if the wait is ridiculous. I'm pretty sure that

> they do that. Let me know if you need their #-you can find it on

> Magee's website, but I have it somewhere, too!

>

> Also, my peri's name is Mark Caine at West Penn. I would actually be

> surprised if you could get in with him now...they are looking for

> another partner and are apparently just swamped. It might be worth a

> try, though. He is okay...very knowledgable, but not real personable

> (you know the type, I'm sure!!) I've always been okay with him b/c

> my OB has made up for it (she's so awesome!) If you are looking for

> a peri to see exclusively during pregnancy, I doubt that he'd be the

> best choice (just my opinion!)

>

> >Dr. Sanfilippo is going to be doing my SU surgery.

>

> -When will your surgery be? I have heard from several people

> that Dr. S. is one of their best surgeons. Hope that everything goes

> smoothly...keep us posted, okay?

>

> Well, nice chatting with " yinz! " (Hee...hee...how embarrassing!)

>

> Take care!

>

> UU, 31

> DS 8-31-03

> 18w, 4d w/ #2

>