RE: kaiser question - san francisco

[Guest guest]

Dr. So is cool.

He’s my allergist.

I didn’t hate him, which is what

counts as a good endorsement from me. He listened, told me to go see the

GI for the stuff he couldn’t do, and explained stuff to me. He didn’t

even treat me like I was crazy – which I’m sure you know all too

well as a fellow celiac…

I can’t speak for how he is with

kids, but his office staff was very tolerant and indulgent of my very wild six

year old.

The down side is that other than getting a

peak flo meter, and an allergy test that told me nothing new (other than I may

not be allergic to yellow jacket stings), and a few things theirs tests said I

wasn’t allergic to, even though I know I am (get me within 1 foot of mold

and I can’t breathe & my lungs hurt – but their tests said I

had no reaction) -- I pretty much felt like I wasted my time &

energy even going in the first place.

But I will say THIS: If I had to waste

my time & energy, at least I had a positive experience doing it!

Sorry I couldn’t be more help,

Lil

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of sophie_and_martin

Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006

7:04 PM

Subject: [ ] kaiser

question - san francisco

hello dear neighbors.

I'm planing our referal for an allergist. And I'd love to hear any feedback

(please send

directly to my email if you dont want to share in public).

Mainly, if you know any of those docs, and if you had any positive of negative

feedback -

related or not to the intersection between celiac and food allergies - and/or

toddlers

allergies.

We just got a class 4 on wheat - after being 2 years gluten free!?!?!?! So I'll

need the best

allergist to answer our questions (who might be different from the best

allergist for a

peanut allergy or from an asthma allergist) - or simply an allergist with

outstanding

listening capacities or compassion.

On the listing, I find:

Dr robert Lo (south SF)

Dr Serwonska (south SF)

Dr Faith Bocobo (SF)

Dr Calvin Sing Yip So (SF)

Dr Peg Strub (SF)

I'm also opened to other Kaiser ref - and will travel if there is an exeptional

one.

Thanks again.

Sophie and (2yo)