Guest guest Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 Hi all, We got the results of all the labwork back (except the Meridian Valley allergy screen) in preparation for our first appointment with Dr. Goldberg next week. My son's Pediatrician said EVERYTHING looks completely normal. He is curious about what Dr. Goldberg is going to say. In fact, he made a comment along the lines of " it will be great if he can work a miracle " which I guess means there is nothing for Dr. G to work off of. It seems like some of you have mentioned a similar beginning. Can anyone who was in the same boat please comment? I guess I'm getting nervous as we approach the visit. thanks! Timary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Hi Timary, Sometimes they don't have alot of markers in the beginning. My older son had similar labs. Considering he had really bad psoriasis at the time ( it's thought to be an autoimmune disease), you'd think there would be a bunch of markers showing up. He had obvious improvements from the antivirals and antifungals, so there's no question they were an issue. Besides helping pull him out of the CFS fog, his skin also responded to treatment. This was something that our regular doc and the skin specialist we went to hadn't been able to do. Part of the problem is that we don't have the ability to check what cytokines, chemokines, etc. they're expressing. Now that all the research is cytokines, cytokines, cytokines,.......one of these days that's what the labs will be geared towards. I'll try to post some viral things I've been collecting. There's some pretty interesting research on how viruses and other pathogens are able to outsmart and alter our immune systems. I've posted alot of research abstracts on cytokine abnormalities and neurological disorders. Many with viral connections, and some without. Cheryl ----Original Message Follows---- From: " timaryp " <timaryp@...> Reply- Subject: first visit Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:23:46 -0000 Hi all, We got the results of all the labwork back (except the Meridian Valley allergy screen) in preparation for our first appointment with Dr. Goldberg next week. My son's Pediatrician said EVERYTHING looks completely normal. He is curious about what Dr. Goldberg is going to say. In fact, he made a comment along the lines of " it will be great if he can work a miracle " which I guess means there is nothing for Dr. G to work off of. It seems like some of you have mentioned a similar beginning. Can anyone who was in the same boat please comment? I guess I'm getting nervous as we approach the visit. thanks! Timary Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author, and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 That was the first time he'd checked HHV6 since December on her. We have seen obvious improvements on antivirals, antifungals, and the right SSRI. :-) We still have a ways to go, but are pleased with what we're seeing. She's now asking us to pray for specific people in her life. That would have been an impossibility six months ago. Yesterday she popped out with the phrase, Use your imagination. She couldn't have pronounced imagination much less used a three word phrase months ago. Last night she wrote her name. She's still having some hand weakness, but nowhere near as much. I'll pray for ya'll on your visit, Timary. Take care. Shona > > Wrom: MSFDULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGD > Date: 2003/06/06 Fri AM 06:39:22 EDT > > Subject: Re: first visit > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 It's kind of hard to say for sure, not all specialists do things the same way. Some take measurements, ours did not. He just asked a bunch of questions (medical history) and examined my son and then offered his recommendation. I would suggest for your own benefit, to make a list of questions you would like to ask, it's very easy to forget everything once you're in there. I thought we had a list of examples posted to our Files section, but I can't seem to find it now. Anyway, it helps to have a cheat sheet with you in case you forget to ask something. Please let us know how it goes. Jake-22m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 8 weeks) Jordan-4 > > Hi all! > Thanks so much for all the info I have received from everyone so far. > We have our first visit with the plastic surgeon this Friday. We have > been referred to UAB (Birmingham, AL). What can I expect from this > first visit? > Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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