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Dear ,

Just a husband comment, not directed at , but just as a comment

about men, EXCEPT the men here, especially and , WHY!!!

are the wives responsible for our kids and our husbands????? Meant

with humor, I've been told by some of my men clients to cease and

desist with my male bashing jokes, but just couldn't miss the

opportunity to comment....

So dear , I sent Dr. Fuller an email, he usually answers unless

I ask him about my son's ear infections, so I'll let you know.

But don't be scared to call him... really.... even though he is in

Beverly Hills he grew up on a farm in Wyoming, did haying just like

any other farm kid, including me, but I was in Montana. He isn't

threatening and is not a Beverly Hills type doctor. He seems to

prefer phone calls. He has a cute little stutter (Man I hope he

doesn't read this.) so he really isn't threatening. I think he

usually is around patients with terminal lung cancer and emphysema so

this esophagus stuff is more " fun " for him because he can make such a

positive change in our quality of life and it isn't a terminal

disease. Seems like he is more tickled than we are when we come back

and can eat again.

If he is mean to you, tell me and I'll straighten him out!

I don't think he is unique however, except that he does VATS. The

benefit of achalasia is that doctors do like us, if they have the

expertise because it is such a miserable disease, but if the

treatment works the patients are sooooo thrilled and appreciative.

We have to be more enjoyable as patients than cancer patients. I

think many surgeons will call back without having to go for a

personal consult. If they don't call back then it is their loss

because we are the most fun and entertaining patients they will ever

have.

His phone number is: 310 652 0530.

, you might also try typing in VATS and the major hospitals in

your area in my favorite website, that Pub Med thing. VATS surgeons

are in the chest disease departments or even cardiac departments. I

think traditionally the gi doctors referred to the laproscopic

departments instead of the thoracic departments because of the

minimally invasive surgery. VATS is the same thing, just in the

thoracic area, above the diaphragm.

So........ wives, who have been married a little while, do you want

to be on my male bashing joke email list? I've greatly curtailed it

because it is a little negative, but sometimes they are pretty funny.

Again, the men here are excluded because they are special. And

, it is wonderful you are helping your husband. I would

probably do the same thing, because my husband would just give up and

be miserable and probably complain in his own sweet and annoying

way. The male bashing jokes are for the unknown others. (Really I

don't have an email list, fooled ya.)

Sandy in So Cal