Jill, and Jan=- Doc thoughts

[Guest guest]

Ok last post, don't want to beat a dead horse.

I called Dr. Borochoff office today. Scheduled for March 26. He does

use armour and it is 350 for intial vist.$100 a piece for free t3- t4

tests and then 75 a visit. I guess he is semi retered so you have to

go in after 4 each day???

Called Dr. schroeders officce and talked to the lady and told her a

iwas concerned that I had heard Dr. hotze puches vitiamins you don't

need and someone had spent 4,000 and still felt like crap.

She said the do not force you to take vitiams but they will

recommend. I said with one kindey I don';t want to take a bunch of

stuff. They charge 1500 dollars and that includes intial vist, ekg

and blood work. Medicine is additional cost. They lady seemed

knowledgable.

What are your thoughts.... I don't want to be out a bunch of money

and still feel like crap?? But I am scared to mess with my hormones

for fear of bringing my cancer back.

Thank you,

martha

[Guest guest]

BTW, Martha, never think you're beating a dead horse, so to speak. We're

ALL beating horses, if that's the case. Never feel timid about info

seeking, none of us are! That's what we're here for. (((Hugs)))

Tx

Jill, and Jan=- Doc thoughts

> Ok last post, don't want to beat a dead horse.

[Guest guest]

Martha,

I think is right - why not order your tests from

healthcheckusa.com I haven't used it myself, but I know a lot of

people do and have been happy with the service. I am thinking of

ordering the panel for my Mother. They told her that it would cost

$200 to $300 to get the Free T3 and Free T4. Sheesh - if

Healthcheckusa can do it for $75, why does it cost so much to go

through a doctor's office.

I know it is tough feeling lousy and then having to make major

decisions and then wait and wait for the medicine to kick in on top

of that. I wish the best for you. I think you have some good

guidance here from , Jan, and others.

Jill

> Ok last post, don't want to beat a dead horse.

>

> I called Dr. Borochoff office today. Scheduled for March 26. He

does

> use armour and it is 350 for intial vist.$100 a piece for free t3-

t4

> tests and then 75 a visit. I guess he is semi retered so you have

to

> go in after 4 each day???

> Called Dr. schroeders officce and talked to the lady and told her a

> iwas concerned that I had heard Dr. hotze puches vitiamins you

don't

> need and someone had spent 4,000 and still felt like crap.

> She said the do not force you to take vitiams but they will

> recommend. I said with one kindey I don';t want to take a bunch of

> stuff. They charge 1500 dollars and that includes intial vist, ekg

> and blood work. Medicine is additional cost. They lady seemed

> knowledgable.

>

> What are your thoughts.... I don't want to be out a bunch of money

> and still feel like crap?? But I am scared to mess with my

hormones

> for fear of bringing my cancer back.

>

> Thank you,

>

> martha

[Guest guest]

This is something that there seems to be so much price gouging on and no

regulation of. When a doctor uses a particular lab service, he/she is

basically the go-between and can mark up the cost because he is the " middle

man " in these particular transactions. I never knew that these online

services existed until late last winter-spring. I work in a healthcare

facility, never knew, neither did any of my co-workers, and none of us have

insurance, at least not the nursing floor, so if anyone thinks that this

info is going to be volunteered at most local doctors' offices, they are

still looking at this profession through rose-colored glasses. I know that

this sounds so negative, and one of the main things that we need to do is to

feel more positive, but I don't think that's going to happen until we all

know the ins and outs of the medical profession and take charge of seeing to

it that we get the care that we all deserve. Knowledge is the key factor

here, and there is more safety and progress in numbers, I believe. After I

was scrolling down the pages of Healthcheck, looking at all the testing I

could get on various things, I thought about the little bit of bloodwork I

got in an endo's office for around $350, which did not even include all the

things that I got in the VIP Profile on HealthCheck, and I was both

astonished, sad, and very angry. I have been accused of being negative and

angry since, but no, I'm just trying to do something about it, which

includes telling everyone that I can tell. This is where I start getting

looked at like a " cooky " person because people have been brainwashed into

thinking that they cannot possibly take charge of any of the decisions, when

it comes to their healthcare. They have been convinced that the doctor's

office is an " inner room " , so to speak, and nothing that they can access can

be accessed by anyone without. I was, at first, sad about so many people's

situations, now I'm just spreading the word. How else are they to know?

Tx

Re: Jill, and Jan=- Doc thoughts

> Martha,

>

> I think is right - why not order your tests from

> healthcheckusa.com I haven't used it myself, but I know a lot of

> people do and have been happy with the service. I am thinking of

> ordering the panel for my Mother. They told her that it would cost

> $200 to $300 to get the Free T3 and Free T4. Sheesh - if

> Healthcheckusa can do it for $75, why does it cost so much to go

> through a doctor's office.

>

> I know it is tough feeling lousy and then having to make major

> decisions and then wait and wait for the medicine to kick in on top

> of that. I wish the best for you. I think you have some good

> guidance here from , Jan, and others.

>

> Jill