Re: Seeking information on an endocrinologist in Houston

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I’m sure others will chime in

here. I would sure want to know what he does that is so different before

I paid out-of-pocket. Also what does he do specifically for

Hashi’s. Just my 2 cents. I am sure that is what you are

trying to find out by your post.

BTW, I see a doctor 6 hours away from my home

and pay out-of-pocket. But knew from speaking (e-mailing) other patients

that he indeed had helped others and what he did differently.

Good luck!

From: Texas_Thyroid_Groups [mailto:Texas_Thyroid_Groups ] On Behalf Of marianne eagan

Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007

5:00 PM

To: Texas_Thyroid_Groups

Subject:

Seeking information on an endocrinologist in Houston

We live in Indiana, and our daughter

is on the Purdue University cross-country team. She was

diagnosed with Hashimoto's in late spring, 2007. She is under the care of a

local endo who frequently tests her blood levels of TSH and FT4 and keeps

trying to adjust her levothyroxin dose. The doctor seems fine, but

our daughter is going up and down from one extreme to the other in how she

feels, so she was red-shirted this fall. One day she can barely move, the next

day she is on top of the world. Her coach just told her that she learned about

an endo in Houston who has actually cured some athletes with thyroid problems

on the team where she used to run at Auburn.

The Auburn coach told the PU coach about this

doctor, so it has been suggested that we consider going to him. His name is

Brown, and when I called his office, I was told that he is among the

best in the world for treating athletes with thyroid conditions. I am not sure

what he can do that our local endo cannot do. They said he would review our

daughter's medical records for free and tell us if he thinks he could help. The

caveat is that they do not accept insurance (this makes me a bit nervous) so we

would have to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the travel would be

expensive. IF he is as good as we have been told, it would be worth it to help

our daughter get well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks for any help.

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I feel for you. You should be able to find someone on

ur insurance thru Texas Children's. I don't know

anythn abt Hashi's. Blessed be Anisa

--- Kim Hanson escribió:

> I'm sure others will chime in here. I would sure

> want to know what he does

> that is so different before I paid out-of-pocket.

> Also what does he do

> specifically for Hashi's. Just my 2 cents. I am

> sure that is what you are

> trying to find out by your post.

>

>

>

> BTW, I see a doctor 6 hours away from my home and

> pay out-of-pocket. But

> knew from speaking (e-mailing) other patients that

> he indeed had helped

> others and what he did differently.

>

>

>

> Good luck!

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: Texas_Thyroid_Groups

> [mailto:Texas_Thyroid_Groups ] On

> Behalf Of marianne eagan

> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:00 PM

> To: Texas_Thyroid_Groups

> Subject: Seeking information

> on an endocrinologist in

> Houston

>

>

>

> We live in Indiana, and our daughter is on the

> Purdue University

> cross-country team. She was diagnosed with

> Hashimoto's in late spring, 2007.

> She is under the care of a local endo who frequently

> tests her blood levels

> of TSH and FT4 and keeps trying to adjust her

> levothyroxin dose. The doctor

> seems fine, but our daughter is going up and down

> from one extreme to the

> other in how she feels, so she was red-shirted this

> fall. One day she can

> barely move, the next day she is on top of the

> world. Her coach just told

> her that she learned about an endo in Houston who

> has actually cured some

> athletes with thyroid problems on the team where she

> used to run at Auburn.

> The Auburn coach told the PU coach about this

> doctor, so it has been

> suggested that we consider going to him. His name is

> Brown, and when

> I called his office, I was told that he is among the

> best in the world for

> treating athletes with thyroid conditions. I am not

> sure what he can do that

> our local endo cannot do. They said he would review

> our daughter's medical

> records for free and tell us if he thinks he could

> help. The caveat is that

> they do not accept insurance (this makes me a bit

> nervous) so we would have

> to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the

> travel would be expensive. IF

> he is as good as we have been told, it would be

> worth it to help our

> daughter get well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks

> for any help.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

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There are perhaps two or three Texas docs who may be worth a special trip. I do not think any of the endos in Houston are among them. I drive six plus hours to Lubbock to see E. Steve . His background includes teaching and doing research in biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical School. He is currently in family practice and teaches family and community medicine at Texas Tech Medical School in Lubbock. He is hypothyroid himself, as is his wife, their natural daughter and their adopted daughter. (They used to have a hypo cat, but Toodles cashed it in.) He is one of the very few docs who understands auto-immune thyroid disease. He is in network for some, but not all insurance. He is expensive, but I see him for a $15. copay on my Aetna open plan. He just knows more than any doc I have ever seen, so I get his opinion on all of my health concerns. Other docs who may be worth a special trip are Manzanero in Austin (expensive, no insurance at all) and Launius in ville (DFW) if there are no adrenal issues. He takes no insurance, but has modest prices. Launius is also hypothyroid along with his wife and two teenage daughters. One thing to look for is a doc who is willing to prescribe some form of T3. Cytomel is synthetic T3, usually taken together some levothyroxine. Thyrolar is a synthetic T3/T4 combination. I take Armour Thyroid which is natural desiccated porcine thyroid and contains T3, T4 and trace amounts of all naturally occurring thyroid hormones. My joint and muscle pain disappeared after about ten days on Armour. In Indiana, there is a Dr. Don who is supposed to be very good. I will see if I can find his

contact info. He is not an endo. With a few notable exceptions, such as Ted Friedman in Los Angeles, endos are not the best thyroid docs. marianne eagan wrote: We live in Indiana, and our

daughter is on the Purdue University cross-country team. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in late spring, 2007. She is under the care of a local endo who frequently tests her blood levels of TSH and FT4 and keeps trying to adjust her levothyroxin dose. The doctor seems fine, but our daughter is going up and down from one extreme to the other in how she feels, so she was red-shirted this fall. One day she can barely move, the next day she is on top of the world. Her coach just told her that she learned about an endo in Houston who has actually cured some athletes with thyroid problems on the team where she used to run at Auburn. The Auburn coach told the PU coach about this doctor, so it has been suggested that we consider going to him. His name is Brown, and when I called his office, I was told that he is among the best in the world for treating athletes with thyroid conditions. I am not sure what he can do that our local endo cannot do. They said he

would review our daughter's medical records for free and tell us if he thinks he could help. The caveat is that they do not accept insurance (this makes me a bit nervous) so we would have to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the travel would be expensive. IF he is as good as we have been told, it would be worth it to help our daughter get well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks for any help.

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Dr. Walter Woodhouse is in Indiana. As you all know, I go to many medical

conferences and see ahd

hear lots of physcians. Dr. Woodhouse is one of about 5 or 6 docs I would

consider going to if it

were not for the DH doc. Dr. Woodhouse was attending faculty over Dr.

Brownstein. I do not

have the contact information, but the exec director of the Broda

Foundation knows how to

get in touch with him

Sharon

--- Jan wrote:

> There are perhaps two or three Texas docs who may be worth a special trip. I

do not think any of

> the endos in Houston are among them.

>

> I drive six plus hours to Lubbock to see E. Steve . His background

includes teaching

> and doing research in biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical School. He is

currently in family

> practice and teaches family and community medicine at Texas Tech Medical

School in Lubbock.

>

> He is hypothyroid himself, as is his wife, their natural daughter and their

adopted daughter.

> (They used to have a hypo cat, but Toodles cashed it in.) He is one of the

very few docs who

> understands auto-immune thyroid disease.

>

> He is in network for some, but not all insurance. He is expensive, but I see

him for a $15.

> copay on my Aetna open plan.

>

> He just knows more than any doc I have ever seen, so I get his opinion on

all of my health

> concerns.

>

> Other docs who may be worth a special trip are Manzanero in Austin

(expensive, no insurance at

> all) and Launius in ville (DFW) if there are no adrenal issues. He

takes no insurance,

> but has modest prices. Launius is also hypothyroid along with his wife and two

teenage

> daughters.

>

> One thing to look for is a doc who is willing to prescribe some form of T3.

>

> Cytomel is synthetic T3, usually taken together some levothyroxine. Thyrolar

is a synthetic

> T3/T4 combination.

>

> I take Armour Thyroid which is natural desiccated porcine thyroid and

contains T3, T4 and

> trace amounts of all naturally occurring thyroid hormones. My joint and muscle

pain disappeared

> after about ten days on Armour.

>

> In Indiana, there is a Dr. Don who is supposed to be very good. I

will see if I can

> find his contact info. He is not an endo. With a few notable exceptions, such

as Ted Friedman in

> Los Angeles, endos are not the best thyroid docs.

>

> marianne eagan wrote:

> We live in Indiana, and our daughter is on the Purdue University

cross-country team.

> She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in late spring, 2007. She is under the care

of a local endo

> who frequently tests her blood levels of TSH and FT4 and keeps trying to

adjust her levothyroxin

> dose. The doctor seems fine, but our daughter is going up and down from one

extreme to the other

> in how she feels, so she was red-shirted this fall. One day she can barely

move, the next day

> she is on top of the world. Her coach just told her that she learned about an

endo in Houston

> who has actually cured some athletes with thyroid problems on the team where

she used to run at

> Auburn. The Auburn coach told the PU coach about this doctor, so it has been

suggested that we

> consider going to him. His name is Brown, and when I called his

office, I was told that

> he is among the best in the world for treating athletes with thyroid

conditions. I am not sure

> what he can do that our local

> endo cannot do. They said he would review our daughter's medical records for

free and tell us

> if he thinks he could help. The caveat is that they do not accept insurance

(this makes me a bit

> nervous) so we would have to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the

travel would be

> expensive. IF he is as good as we have been told, it would be worth it to help

our daughter get

> well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks for any help.

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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My wife has been seeing Dr. Brown for about a year. We were

originally sent to him on the recomendation of her parents, because

Dr. Brown finally correctly diagnosed and treated my father in law's

thyroid condition after about 6 years of mis-diagnosis. They had

nothing but good

things to say about Dr. Brown. We, unfortunatly, have had a little

different experience. I don't mean to discourage you in any way, we

just haven't found the answer yet. Dr. Brown at least will admit

that my wife's case is a bit different - she has high prolactin and

infertility, all tests such as blood work, MRI's, ultrasounds, say

her thyroid is normal, yet she is not respoding to treatment. He is

sending us to a colleague for a second opinion, a Dr. Petak.

I have only heard good things about Dr. Brown from others, but I

would warn about a couple of things. One is his personality. He

strikes me as kind of a goofy, " absent minded professor " type, which

at first I found a little off-putting. Had to get used to that. The

bigest complaint I have is his office staff. You have to really stay

on top of things, like when Dr. Brown wants to see you again, what

tests he wants, etc. because almost every time we go there he'll tell

us he's ordering this test or that one, then when we " check out "

we'll ask the girl at the front desk about the test, then a confused

look will cross her face, she'll tell us she knows nothing about such

a test, then she'll have to go find someone to ask what to do. We

also have to keep an eye on billing - I don't think they

intentionally try to double bill, I think they just have a bunch of

young, inexperienced office staff who only know one thing - the

number someone wrote on the bottom of whatever piece of paper is in

their hand, instead of looking in the file and realizing a particular

charge was paid on the last visit and someone forgot to stamp paid on

it. I am a little confused by your statement that they do

not take insurance. Our last visit was Thursday - 11/29 - and that

was on insurane. We pay a co-pay, plus some percentage of lab work

and tests through our insurance-Blue Cross. You might want to call

back and confirm the insurance question, but insist that you talk to

Clara - the head nurse. She is the only one we'll talk with over the

phone, because I have no confidence in any of the other office

staff. Clara may pass you to the lady in charge of insurance, but I

do recommend going through Clara first. Hope I don't come off to

negative here, I just think it's a case of a good Doctor with a bad

office staff, and I have to make sure my opinion of the staff doesn't

affect my opintion of the Doctor.

>

> We live in Indiana, and our daughter is on the Purdue University

cross-country team. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in late

spring, 2007. She is under the care of a local endo who frequently

tests her blood levels of TSH and FT4 and keeps trying to adjust her

levothyroxin dose. The doctor seems fine, but our daughter is going

up and down from one extreme to the other in how she feels, so she

was red-shirted this fall. One day she can barely move, the next day

she is on top of the world. Her coach just told her that she learned

about an endo in Houston who has actually cured some athletes with

thyroid problems on the team where she used to run at Auburn. The

Auburn coach told the PU coach about this doctor, so it has been

suggested that we consider going to him. His name is Brown,

and when I called his office, I was told that he is among the best in

the world for treating athletes with thyroid conditions. I am not

sure what he can do that our local endo cannot

> do. They said he would review our daughter's medical records for

free and tell us if he thinks he could help. The caveat is that they

do not accept insurance (this makes me a bit nervous) so we would

have to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the travel would be

expensive. IF he is as good as we have been told, it would be worth

it to help our daughter get well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks

for any help.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

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Sharon

I have been trying to find this doctor in the state of Indiana for a solic

hour now, and finding information on an Indiana doctor involves jumping over

or drilling through a lead wall, lol. I can't believe that this information

is so elusive. I can't believe how disorganized this state licensing site

is. NOTHING like the Tx Medical Board site. They have all these licensing

boards mixed in, and I can't find a doctor ONE in this mess. Holy cow, what

a mess! This is pitiful. Hope none of the Indiana folks want to look up

the status of a doctor; unless they have some magic key to discovery, they

won't find a thing.

Re: Seeking information on an

endocrinologist in Houston

> Dr. Walter Woodhouse is in Indiana. As you all know, I go to many medical

> conferences and see ahd

> hear lots of physcians. Dr. Woodhouse is one of about 5 or 6 docs I would

> consider going to if it

> were not for the DH doc. Dr. Woodhouse was attending faculty over Dr.

> Brownstein. I do not

> have the contact information, but the exec director of the Broda

> Foundation knows how to

> get in touch with him

> Sharon

[Guest guest]

I also noticed how disorganized the Indiana site is after checking the TX medical board site. It took me mere seconds to access Dr. Brown on the TX site, but I cannot find where to go on the IN site for any information. nne wrote: SharonI have been trying to find this doctor in the state of Indiana for a solic hour now, and finding information on an Indiana doctor involves jumping over or drilling through a lead wall, lol. I can't believe that this information

is so elusive. I can't believe how disorganized this state licensing site is. NOTHING like the Tx Medical Board site. They have all these licensing boards mixed in, and I can't find a doctor ONE in this mess. Holy cow, what a mess! This is pitiful. Hope none of the Indiana folks want to look up the status of a doctor; unless they have some magic key to discovery, they won't find a thing. Re: Seeking information on an endocrinologist in Houston> Dr. Walter Woodhouse is in Indiana. As you all know, I go to many medical > conferences and see ahd> hear lots of physcians. Dr.

Woodhouse is one of about 5 or 6 docs I would > consider going to if it> were not for the DH doc. Dr. Woodhouse was attending faculty over Dr. > Brownstein. I do not> have the contact information, but the exec director of the Broda > Foundation knows how to> get in touch with him> Sharon

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,

I believe Dr. Woodhouse is in Michigan.

Carol

>> Sharon> > I have been trying to find this doctor in the state of Indiana for a solic > hour now, and finding information on an Indiana doctor involves jumping over > or drilling through a lead wall, lol. I can't believe that this information > is so elusive. I can't believe how disorganized this state licensing site > is. NOTHING like the Tx Medical Board site. They have all these licensing > boards mixed in, and I can't find a doctor ONE in this mess. Holy cow, what > a mess! This is pitiful. Hope none of the Indiana folks want to look up > the status of a doctor; unless they have some magic key to discovery, they > won't find a thing.> > > > Re: Seeking information on an > endocrinologist in Houston> > > > Dr. Walter Woodhouse is in Indiana. As you all know, I go to many medical > > conferences and see ahd> > hear lots of physcians. Dr. Woodhouse is one of about 5 or 6 docs I would > > consider going to if it> > were not for the DH doc. Dr. Woodhouse was attending faculty over Dr. > > Brownstein. I do not> > have the contact information, but the exec director of the Broda > > Foundation knows how to> > get in touch with him> > Sharon>

[Guest guest]

I live in Houston and I see Dr. in Lubbock.

I had only one personal experience with Dr. Brown and it was around 20 years ago and not for thyroid issues. I didn't like his personality or bedside manner and would not have returned to him. I have not heard anyone singing his praises for thyroid issues in all these years.

If I were you I would contact the Broda Foundation and request their educational packet with a list of Indiana doctors. Here's their website:

http://www.brodabarnes.org/educational_packets.htm

Carol

>> We live in Indiana, and our daughter is on the Purdue University cross-country team. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in late spring, 2007. She is under the care of a local endo who frequently tests her blood levels of TSH and FT4 and keeps trying to adjust her levothyroxin dose. The doctor seems fine, but our daughter is going up and down from one extreme to the other in how she feels, so she was red-shirted this fall. One day she can barely move, the next day she is on top of the world. Her coach just told her that she learned about an endo in Houston who has actually cured some athletes with thyroid problems on the team where she used to run at Auburn. The Auburn coach told the PU coach about this doctor, so it has been suggested that we consider going to him. His name is Brown, and when I called his office, I was told that he is among the best in the world for treating athletes with thyroid conditions. I am not sure what he can do that our local endo cannot> do. They said he would review our daughter's medical records for free and tell us if he thinks he could help. The caveat is that they do not accept insurance (this makes me a bit nervous) so we would have to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the travel would be expensive. IF he is as good as we have been told, it would be worth it to help our daughter get well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks for any help.> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.>

[Guest guest]

, Call the Broda Foundation in CT. www.brodabarnes.org

--- wrote:

> Sharon

>

> I have been trying to find this doctor in the state of Indiana for a solic

> hour now, and finding information on an Indiana doctor involves jumping over

> or drilling through a lead wall, lol. I can't believe that this information

> is so elusive. I can't believe how disorganized this state licensing site

> is. NOTHING like the Tx Medical Board site. They have all these licensing

> boards mixed in, and I can't find a doctor ONE in this mess. Holy cow, what

> a mess! This is pitiful. Hope none of the Indiana folks want to look up

> the status of a doctor; unless they have some magic key to discovery, they

> won't find a thing.

>

>

>

> Re: Seeking information on an

> endocrinologist in Houston

>

>

> > Dr. Walter Woodhouse is in Indiana. As you all know, I go to many medical

> > conferences and see ahd

> > hear lots of physcians. Dr. Woodhouse is one of about 5 or 6 docs I would

> > consider going to if it

> > were not for the DH doc. Dr. Woodhouse was attending faculty over Dr.

> > Brownstein. I do not

> > have the contact information, but the exec director of the Broda

> > Foundation knows how to

> > get in touch with him

> > Sharon

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well did she mean he was just visiting in Indiana? If so, no wonder I couldn't find him, but that site is still a very different sort of state site for this sort of thing to be so important. I went into one of the "choices", and it took me to United Health Care's insurance coverage stuff. Weird. And it wasn't even one of the "ad-looking" links, it was right there with the others.

Re: Seeking information on an > endocrinologist in Houston> > > > Dr. Walter Woodhouse is in Indiana. > > Sharon>

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[Guest guest]

Lol, that's what I'm talking about. It looks more like an advertising agency, and you can't figure out what actually IS connected with finding doctors' info.

Re: Seeking information on an endocrinologist in Houston

I also noticed how disorganized the Indiana site is after checking the TX medical board site. It took me mere seconds to access Dr. Brown on the TX site, but I cannot find where to go on the IN site for any information.

nne

[Guest guest]

Yes, thank you Sharon, but I was only looking to find this doctor's locale

for the person who needed it, as in to help her. So strange.

Re: Seeking information on an

endocrinologist in Houston

> , Call the Broda Foundation in CT. www.brodabarnes.org

>

> --- wrote:

>

>> Sharon

>>

>> I have been trying to find this doctor in the state of Indiana for a

>> solic

>> hour now, and finding information on an Indiana doctor involves jumping

>> over

>> or drilling through a lead wall, lol.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for so much information. When I spoke with the office, they had me talk to their "administrator", Brad. It is to him that we faxed our daugther's medical records. Have you dealt with him? dwblanton1 wrote: My wife has been seeing Dr. Brown for about a year. We were originally sent to him on the recomendation of her parents, because Dr. Brown finally correctly diagnosed and treated my father in law's thyroid condition after about 6 years of mis-diagnosis. They had

nothing but good things to say about Dr. Brown. We, unfortunatly, have had a little different experience. I don't mean to discourage you in any way, we just haven't found the answer yet. Dr. Brown at least will admit that my wife's case is a bit different - she has high prolactin and infertility, all tests such as blood work, MRI's, ultrasounds, say her thyroid is normal, yet she is not respoding to treatment. He is sending us to a colleague for a second opinion, a Dr. Petak.I have only heard good things about Dr. Brown from others, but I would warn about a couple of things. One is his personality. He strikes me as kind of a goofy, "absent minded professor" type, which at first I found a little off-putting. Had to get used to that. The bigest complaint I have is his office staff. You have to really stay on top of things, like when Dr. Brown wants to see you again, what tests he wants, etc. because almost

every time we go there he'll tell us he's ordering this test or that one, then when we "check out" we'll ask the girl at the front desk about the test, then a confused look will cross her face, she'll tell us she knows nothing about such a test, then she'll have to go find someone to ask what to do. We also have to keep an eye on billing - I don't think they intentionally try to double bill, I think they just have a bunch of young, inexperienced office staff who only know one thing - the number someone wrote on the bottom of whatever piece of paper is in their hand, instead of looking in the file and realizing a particular charge was paid on the last visit and someone forgot to stamp paid on it. I am a little confused by your statement that they do not take insurance. Our last visit was Thursday - 11/29 - and that was on insurane. We pay a co-pay, plus some percentage of lab work and tests through our insurance-Blue

Cross. You might want to call back and confirm the insurance question, but insist that you talk to Clara - the head nurse. She is the only one we'll talk with over the phone, because I have no confidence in any of the other office staff. Clara may pass you to the lady in charge of insurance, but I do recommend going through Clara first. Hope I don't come off to negative here, I just think it's a case of a good Doctor with a bad office staff, and I have to make sure my opinion of the staff doesn't affect my opintion of the Doctor. >> We live in Indiana, and our daughter is on the Purdue University cross-country team. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in late spring, 2007. She is under the care of a local endo who frequently tests her blood levels

of TSH and FT4 and keeps trying to adjust her levothyroxin dose. The doctor seems fine, but our daughter is going up and down from one extreme to the other in how she feels, so she was red-shirted this fall. One day she can barely move, the next day she is on top of the world. Her coach just told her that she learned about an endo in Houston who has actually cured some athletes with thyroid problems on the team where she used to run at Auburn. The Auburn coach told the PU coach about this doctor, so it has been suggested that we consider going to him. His name is Brown, and when I called his office, I was told that he is among the best in the world for treating athletes with thyroid conditions. I am not sure what he can do that our local endo cannot> do. They said he would review our daughter's medical records for free and tell us if he thinks he could help. The caveat is that they do not accept insurance

(this makes me a bit nervous) so we would have to pay out of pocket. In addition to this, the travel would be expensive. IF he is as good as we have been told, it would be worth it to help our daughter get well. Has anyone heard of him? Thanks for any help.> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.>

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