Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Hey Kathleen I live in Tennessee. BUT last year I did drive to Mayo in Florida to see a gastro there. It was then that I actually got my diagnosis of SOD and CP. I had been to so many doctors that had no clue as to what was going on. My enzyme levels were never out of normal range, blah blah blah, you know the story. Within 5 minutes of talking with the gastro at Mayo he knew exactly what was going on and he ordered the tests to prove it. I thought then and there......finally at least I know I'm NOT crazy because I have pain and now I can deal with the diagnosis handed me. So at present I am not under the care of a gastroenterologist or pain management doctor. I only see my family doc when I need to and so far he has been very open minded. As a matter of fact he said I had SOD even before he sent me to Mayo. I will talk to him first and see where there are gastros in the area that might be doing studies and accepting patients. At best I can get to Vanderbilt in Nashville (a teaching hospital) and go from there. I've been on the internet for the last few hours looking up Botox treatments and I've found quite a bit of info. Actually I am so excited about this!!! Even though I am not an expert on natural healing, I do work for a chiropractor and I have learned a lot from him about herbs, vitamins etc. The most I ever take for pain is Advil liquid gels....they work fast! Mostly I take those after a SOD spasm to take care of the " all over body " achiness and soreness. The thing about SOD pain is that it comes on so quickly and violently that there is no time to pop a pill!!! Hope you have a great night (pain free)! Zoie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Zoie, s Hopkins does it and Vanderbuilt is excellect (or so I have heard). Did you see Michile Bishop when you were at Mayo? She does a lot of DNA type stuff and specializes in the pancreas. She called me once for a study. I never went. I live in Texas and LOVE my doc. She was nice though, she knew a lot. I was confindent in her. Take care Zoie and if you find a good botox link, would you please post it? I have not anything on it! lol Thanks!-kathleen zoieee3 wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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