Re: I almost slapped my doctor when....

[Guest guest]

You go girl !!! We can take back our lives. I 've been put back on steroids

again since the last time I posted and it will be for a long time but I will

deal and try not to go overboard with the eating. If I don't take care of

me, no one else can. You have inspired me.... Sharon in Westminster

[Guest guest]

! That is amazing!!

I almost slapped the GURU of Asthma in our city who said " oh if you are short

of breath taking the bus to school, why don't you get a lift? " Ohhhhh so you are

offering to DRIVE ME to school in your BMW! Nice!

I also almost slapped this internal med doctor who said " You see, the problem

is that you are ADDICTED to prednisone. " Ohhhhh yes, mugging little 'ol ladies

in the subway for my fix.

And I almost slashed my pulmos' car tires at 2 AM when I was in hospital,

denied access to all albuterol (for a science experiment) and had used up all my

prns of Atrovent for the day and was gasping like a fish out of water...thanks

doc, hope you are sleeping well in your nice COMFY bed.

Lol. I forgave him. Man is now all excited about doing a sleep study on me. He

is concerned about sleep apnea. Why? Not because I snore. I don't but because I

have NECK FLAB FROM THE EVIL CANDY. He thinks the " extra soft tissue " (ie NECK

FLAB) is causing apnea. Another wonderful gift of the Evil Candy

(whose current dyspnea is brought to you by the letter T for tree pollen and A

for Asthma Fairy)

ps Pat, the putty situation has died down. I think I drowned it with water. Now

its just plain SOB on everything. Less entertaining I think.

[Guest guest]

Great . I am very proud of you. I am sending you cyber hugs! Everyone

should take your example. When a physician is rude and uncaring, please get up

and leave! There are many good physicians all over the US & Canada.

Unfortunately there are a few jerks out there but there are many more caring &

wonderful physicians who really do care & are genuinely concerned about your

total well being.

Just ask me. I had one say to me " how can you know that? " when talking about

my asthma triggers (latex ballons). I break out with latex gloves on my hands

but never thought about latex balloons. I put 75 latex balloons in my car

about 10 years ago. A kindly old man lived down the road from me, he always

brought me fresh tomatoes from his garden and watered my lawn for me. Being

single and having a black not green thumb, I appreciated the help. He lost his

wife about 10 years before that and they had no children. His 75th birthday

couldn't go by without some sort of celebration. So off to the party store and

home with the balloons. I had the worst asthma attack in years that night. I

thought I was just suffering from clauterphobia from all those balloons. I used

my rescue inhaler in the car and twice in the next 2 hours. 2 hours later I

called 911 and was intubated shortly after that. That jerk told me latex

balloons couldn't have caused the asthma attack.

After that I researched and l found out latex balloons breathe out the latex

gas with what ever gas is used to blow up the balloon. SO If your are allergic

to latex, don't blow up balloons and certainly don't transport them in your own

car. No one else needs to be intubated!

Pat

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[Guest guest]

tree pollen must go. its evil. a necessasry evil i suppose, but does it all

have to happen at once???

i've been up since 1:30 (its almost 7) b/c i took so much benedryl (makes me

hyper) to function during the day. i can't imagine how much i'd have to take if

i didn't have xolair!!!!

pollen count - 11.2. great, an over-achiever

http://www.pollen.com

heather

<carrie72583@...> wrote:

(whose current dyspnea is brought to you by the letter T for tree pollen and A

for Asthma Fairy)

ps Pat, the putty situation has died down. I think I drowned it with water. Now

its just plain SOB on everything. Less entertaining I think.

[Guest guest]

Addy,

I here that from my authority all of the time and if I end up in the hospital

it is my fault. Don't loose HOPE..... That is the big word for this Easter....

And the fact that I am a Resurrection Sister.....

As Always,

Sr. Volz, C.R. from Chicago...

pyle456 <coachmac@...> wrote:

Here's the start of a list not dissimilar from our commonly used words

list. If your doctor's said something that just drove you nuts,

insulted you, or utterly dismayed you, it qualifies for this category.

Here's mine

I almost slapped my doctor when...he told me I was his worst patient

who wasn't 65 or older and a lifelong smoker. I was 33 at the time.

Take care,

Addy

[Guest guest]

> Here's mine

>

> I almost slapped my doctor when...he told me I was his worst patient

> who wasn't 65 or older and a lifelong smoker. I was 33 at the time.

>

>

> Take care,

>

> Addy

Addy,

That comment was just plain mean and uncalled for. Hopefully he made

it in jest. My doctor is so nice, he HIMSELF is going against the

owners of his clinic and charging me MUCH less to give me the

injecions than they are charging. I wouldn't doubt it if he is paying

for it personally. He does NOT want me go go off the xolair because

of the administration expense.

I have my shots today a 11. They treat me like royalty in there.

Doug

[Guest guest]

Thank you, it definitely is the Xolair with the added bonus of the weaning

time and the couple of months I've been free of evil candy now!

-------Original Message-------

From: pyle456

Date: 04/21/06 06:32:18

Subject: [ ] Re: I almost slapped my doctor when....

WOW - 100 lb weight loss. Way to go !!!!! Way to go

Xolair!!!!

[Guest guest]

Thanks . Good luck to you. I hope that you are able to see the same

improvement over time. Took me about 9 months of Xolair before they began

weaning me off of prednisone, and I am now at the 1 year mark of being on

Xolair. I have been off of prednisone since February 28th. I know that we

can all get there in time!

-------Original Message-------

From:

Date: 04/21/06 06:32:34

Subject: Re: [ ] I almost slapped my doctor when....

! That is amazing!!

I almost slapped the GURU of Asthma in our city who said " oh if you are

short of breath taking the bus to school, why don't you get a lift? " Ohhhhh

so you are offering to DRIVE ME to school in your BMW! Nice!

I also almost slapped this internal med doctor who said " You see, the

problem is that you are ADDICTED to prednisone. " Ohhhhh yes, mugging little

ol ladies in the subway for my fix.

And I almost slashed my pulmos' car tires at 2 AM when I was in hospital,

denied access to all albuterol (for a science experiment) and had used up

all my prns of Atrovent for the day and was gasping like a fish out of water

...thanks doc, hope you are sleeping well in your nice COMFY bed.

Lol. I forgave him. Man is now all excited about doing a sleep study on me.

He is concerned about sleep apnea. Why? Not because I snore. I don't but

because I have NECK FLAB FROM THE EVIL CANDY. He thinks the " extra soft

tissue " (ie NECK FLAB) is causing apnea. Another wonderful gift of the Evil

Candy

(whose current dyspnea is brought to you by the letter T for tree pollen and

A for Asthma Fairy)

ps Pat, the putty situation has died down. I think I drowned it with water.

Now its just plain SOB on everything. Less entertaining I think.

[Guest guest]

It really helped me to start drinking more water. When I thought I was

hungry, I fought those evil candy cravings by grabbing some water and

drinking until I was full. Soon I learned to ignore the ugly growl in my

stomach that I knew was purely related to prednisone.

-------Original Message-------

From: psychoratzilla@...

Date: 04/21/06 06:32:34

Subject: Re: [ ] I almost slapped my doctor when....

You go girl !!! We can take back our lives. I 've been put back on

steroids

again since the last time I posted and it will be for a long time but I will

deal and try not to go overboard with the eating. If I don't take care of

me, no one else can. You have inspired me.... Sharon in Westminster

[Guest guest]

Thanks Pat. It's the full truth. When you get a bad vibe from a doctor,

and you realize that he's just not doing you any good, it's time for a

second opinion. I knew that I couldn't be under the care of a physician

that called me obese to my face and told me that I would have to deal with

it. I wanted to scream at him... " Hey buddy... MY fat is from prednisone...

what's your excuse? " As he was not the smallest of men around the middle.

My current doctor has a totally different philosophy and decided to work

with me, not against me, and would never have said those words to me, even

if Xolair had never been invented.

Good thing to know about the balloons. I too am allergic to latex, and know

better than to blow them up, but I might have gone ahead and transported

them for my children. Thanks for the tip!

~Jenn

-------Original Message-------

From: MommaA

Date: 04/21/06 06:34:19

Subject: Re: [ ] I almost slapped my doctor when....

Great . I am very proud of you. I am sending you cyber hugs!

Everyone should take your example. When a physician is rude and uncaring,

please get up and leave! There are many good physicians all over the US &

Canada. Unfortunately there are a few jerks out there but there are many

more caring & wonderful physicians who really do care & are genuinely

concerned about your total well being.

Just ask me. I had one say to me " how can you know that? " when talking

about my asthma triggers (latex ballons). I break out with latex gloves on

my hands but never thought about latex balloons. I put 75 latex balloons in

my car about 10 years ago. A kindly old man lived down the road from me,

he always brought me fresh tomatoes from his garden and watered my lawn for

me. Being single and having a black not green thumb, I appreciated the help

He lost his wife about 10 years before that and they had no children. His

75th birthday couldn't go by without some sort of celebration. So off to

the party store and home with the balloons. I had the worst asthma attack

in years that night. I thought I was just suffering from clauterphobia from

all those balloons. I used my rescue inhaler in the car and twice in the

next 2 hours. 2 hours later I called 911 and was intubated shortly after

that. That jerk told me latex balloons couldn't have caused the asthma

attack.

After that I researched and l found out latex balloons breathe out the latex

gas with what ever gas is used to blow up the balloon. SO If your are

allergic to latex, don't blow up balloons and certainly don't transport them

in your own car. No one else needs to be intubated!

Pat

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[Guest guest]

Thanks . I owe much of it to my doctor, Xolair, and this group! Not

to mention my incredibly supportive fiancee!

~Jenn

-------Original Message-------

From: heather

Date: 04/21/06 06:46:31

Subject: Re: [ ] I almost slapped my doctor when....

you are definately the woman! congrats on the weight loss and getting

healthy!!!

heather

[Guest guest]

Jenn,

Don't feel too bad. I ran into the a similar problem with my former

allergist. I had been going to him for a couple of years. Apparently, in

that time he became quite known and failed to control the influx of new

patients. It seemed every time I went into his office I had to wait

about 45 minutes in his office and then another 45 minutes to an hour in

the examining room. During my last appointment with this doctor, I

happened to look out the door and I saw him in another room partying

with the other ladies in the office eating pizza and having a grand old

time while I sat in the room. When he finally showed up, I mentioned

nicely to him that I had been waiting over an hour for him he became put

out and said there was nothing he could do about it. I had been having

trouble with bouts of shortness of breath and much of the medications he

recommended I had experienced reaction to (rapid heartbeat, extremely

sore throat, shakiness, etc.). I also told him that I was having

problems with Advair, I had been taking for a short while. I felt it was

the serevent in it was causing all the problems (I felt this way because

a prior inhaler I had been using Flovent, I think) had it in it and it

was discontinued immediately by him earlier. When I brought this to his

attention he said I was being a " baby " and this what he recommended for

me and I should continue taking it. I got the immediate impression he

felt was " the physician sent by God that could cure all problems. " At

the end of the appointment after a lengthy discussion on how he had

tried everything and how I could not agree on anything he told me there

was nothing more he could for me.

I found a new allergist in about a week. She has been open with me and

since meeting her I trust her very much with my medical issues. She

amazingly enough has found an inhaled power " Foradil " which works quite

well. She has also started me on " Xolair " which has worked like a charm

for all my allergies. I have been taking these injections for a month

now and feel like a new man. I hardly use the inhalers and only take

the Foradil and Pulmacort as support mechanism for the Xolair. These

may even go away soon.

Thank heavens for the second opinion.

~ Steve Zimmerman, CPM, CVOM ~

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On Behalf Of Currier

Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:11 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] I almost slapped my doctor when....

Thanks Pat. It's the full truth. When you get a bad vibe from a

doctor,

and you realize that he's just not doing you any good, it's time for a

second opinion. I knew that I couldn't be under the care of a physician

that called me obese to my face and told me that I would have to deal

with

it. I wanted to scream at him... " Hey buddy... MY fat is from

prednisone...

what's your excuse? " As he was not the smallest of men around the

middle.

My current doctor has a totally different philosophy and decided to work

with me, not against me, and would never have said those words to me,

even

if Xolair had never been invented.

Good thing to know about the balloons. I too am allergic to latex, and

know

better than to blow them up, but I might have gone ahead and transported

them for my children. Thanks for the tip!

~Jenn

-------Original Message-------

From: MommaA

Date: 04/21/06 06:34:19

Subject: Re: [ ] I almost slapped my doctor when....

Great . I am very proud of you. I am sending you cyber hugs!

Everyone should take your example. When a physician is rude and

uncaring,

please get up and leave! There are many good physicians all over the US

&

Canada. Unfortunately there are a few jerks out there but there are

many

more caring & wonderful physicians who really do care & are genuinely

concerned about your total well being.

Just ask me. I had one say to me " how can you know that? " when

talking

about my asthma triggers (latex ballons). I break out with latex gloves

on

my hands but never thought about latex balloons. I put 75 latex

balloons in

my car about 10 years ago. A kindly old man lived down the road from

me,

he always brought me fresh tomatoes from his garden and watered my lawn

for

me. Being single and having a black not green thumb, I appreciated the

help

He lost his wife about 10 years before that and they had no children.

His

75th birthday couldn't go by without some sort of celebration. So off

to

the party store and home with the balloons. I had the worst asthma

attack

in years that night. I thought I was just suffering from clauterphobia

from

all those balloons. I used my rescue inhaler in the car and twice in

the

next 2 hours. 2 hours later I called 911 and was intubated shortly

after

that. That jerk told me latex balloons couldn't have caused the asthma

attack.

After that I researched and l found out latex balloons breathe out the

latex

gas with what ever gas is used to blow up the balloon. SO If your are

allergic to latex, don't blow up balloons and certainly don't transport

them

in your own car. No one else needs to be intubated!

Pat

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