Re: Best Wishes to all on the Day of Festival of lights (Diwali)

[Guest guest]

Hi Satya,

I wanted to tell you 2 things

one its actually not our doctor's mistake for Manjus

BP going unnoticed. 3 yrs back, whenever we used to

visit the pharmacies or places like Walmart we used to

check our BP, everytime it would be high for Manju.

Being ignorant of IgaN, we ignored it.

When we actually visited the PCP for our GC processing

stuff, i.e for vaccinations and general check up, it

was accidentally found out by our doc. And he did

guide us the proper way. I am very Thankful to our

PCP.

secondly, manju is handsome even now, I like his

chubby looks more

Thanks for the address and your good wishes, will let

you know about it.

Aruna

--- dbltrouble2003 wrote:

>

>

> Hello Aruna/Manju,

> Thank you for your best wishes.

>

> Re: the homeopathic doctor

> I'll need to get the contact info from my dad so

> I'll let you know.

> Let me have an email acct. where I can send it to. I

> know he's in

> bangalore and he does give appointments, but you

> need to make them 3+

> months ahead.

>

> I've noticed that most people get Rx'ed with IgaN

> accidently. The yrs

> before my IgaN was Rxed, I was pretty fit and rarely

> sick. I never

> went to the doctor for years at a time. My PCP (an

> Indian doc as well)

> , noticed my high BP 9+ yrs ago during a routine

> physical, and IGNORED

> it. It is my opinion that he should have paid more

> attention to high

> BP (138/108) in a young fit-looking/healthy guy with

> no prior medical

> history. He didnt pursue the anomaly by ordering any

> urine test which

> would have nailed the Rx.

>

> But the doctor (not the homeo one) in India, who I

> went to see 2 yrs

> later for a flu (the day before my marriage) noticed

> the high BP, was

> a lot more concerned about it and suggested I look

> into it further on

> my return back to the US. On my return, my new PCP

> (I had changed PCP

> by that time) did the full battery of tests and

> confirmed the Rx. From

> your note, I noticed that your husband's Rx was

> delayed as well (3

> Years!). 2Yrs/3Yrs makes a big difference! I

> personally would have

> stayed away from everyday junk lunches (Taco Bell,

> Mcs etc) that

> I ate while at work and taken more care with my

> BP/Cholestorol.

>

> So, this confirms my opinion that there are good

> doctors, average

> doctors and bad doctors and if we believe that an

> Indian doctor will

> take care of us better somehow (and I'm guilty of

> that) because they

> understand the cultural aspects better, then that is

> wrong. As my doc

> cousin puts it-doctors are like detectives-the

> inherent intelligence

> in making connections between varied clues is

> non-cultural.

> Unfortunately, we consumers cannot gauge this. All

> we can note is

> their qualifications. Nowadays, I try to research my

> doctors

> (licenses, training, certifications etc.) background

> as much as

> possible. Plus, I found a list where other doctors

> ranked their peers

> in my city (something like - who would this doctor

> go see if he/she

> was sick?) and chose my PCP, neph from the top

> people on this list.

> Highly non-scientific, but I'm happy with my choices

> so far.

>

> I was on prednisone for about 4-5 months (dont

> remember the dosage),

> but it did help in reducing my protein spillage and

> my Cr. level (3.0

> to 1.2-1.3). I started on the homeo medicine almost

> simultaneously

> with the prednisone, though. My neph thinks my

> current Cr. level 2.3

> could be a spike. Protein spillage is also

> borderline normal. I've

> come down with cold/flu a couple of times and the

> last measurements

> were while I was recovering from them. It takes me

> more time than

> usual to come out of it-neph says its because of the

> reduced immunity

> resistance from IgaN. A cold also spikes the Cr.

> numbers. Anyway, I'll

> know how it is in my next 4 mo. checkup.

>

> And, BTW, once Maju gets off prednisone, he'll get

> back his handsome

> looks ;-). It took me around 6 months.

>

> Cheers then,

>

> -Satya

>

>

>

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > Hello,

> > > I've been checking out messages on this support

> > > group for the past 3-4

> > > yrs off & on and I'm glad to see the level of

> help

> > > and support is

> > > still very strong. Kudos to Pierre, and

> the

> > > others for their

> > > exemplary work.

> > >

> > > I've also noticed a couple of recent active

> postings

> > > from a couple of

> > > country men/women (India)-hello to Priya and

> > > Aruna/Manju. I hope that

> > > it is more of " an awareness for the IGAN group "

> as

>

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[Guest guest]

Aruna,

Points taken. :-)

Sorry,I shouldnt have ranted on about PCPs misdiagnosing high BP signs

and about your husband's prednisone effects.

My apologies. I guess, one's experience skews one's judgement, but

that should be no excuse.

Good luck and take care.

-Satya

> > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Hello,

> > > > I've been checking out messages on this support

> > > > group for the past 3-4

> > > > yrs off & on and I'm glad to see the level of

> > help

> > > > and support is

> > > > still very strong. Kudos to Pierre, and

> > the

> > > > others for their

> > > > exemplary work.

> > > >

> > > > I've also noticed a couple of recent active

> > postings

> > > > from a couple of

> > > > country men/women (India)-hello to Priya and

> > > > Aruna/Manju. I hope that

> > > > it is more of " an awareness for the IGAN group "

> > as

> >

> === message truncated ===

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I missed the boat on both of those Satya :-)

Thanks for reminding us all how important insurance is.

In a message dated 11/18/2004 9:23:55 AM Pacific Standard Time,

dbltrouble2003@... writes:

> This is just an opinion/suggestion. Of course, this LifeInsurance

> issue is moot if you guys won the PowerBall lottery recently OR made

> out good during the dot-com boom and have a few million bucks stashed

> away someplace ;-)

>