Monday, 29 October, I am scheduled to meet a neurologist at Hershey Medical Center.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Appointment Made
Monday, 29 October, I am scheduled to meet a neurologist at Hershey Medical Center.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Cross-Roads
Different folks have asked me to update, but I've been in a state of limbo for a while now, with nothing definitive to report.
I did attempt to take the lyme test. Bowen sent a couple kits, asking that 1 vile be spun. Both times the cap popped off as the centrifuge was beginning to spin. My naturalpath doctor advised that I find out if my family doctor would take the results of this test seriously to even follow through with treatment before I request another kit and pay $250 to have it tested.
My family doctor said that he wasn't sure that he wanted to go that direction since the test is pretty controversial. He also suggested that I consider getting a 2nd opinion (I had been meaning to ask him about this very subject!) from Johns Hopkins, Hershey, or another local neurologist. In the Lord's providence, a name has been given to me of a young neurologist at Hershey Medical Center who sounds like he would really be open to pursuing diagnoses that have thus far been "ruled out." I am excited about getting a referral to see him soon & will update once I have seen him.
I did attempt to take the lyme test. Bowen sent a couple kits, asking that 1 vile be spun. Both times the cap popped off as the centrifuge was beginning to spin. My naturalpath doctor advised that I find out if my family doctor would take the results of this test seriously to even follow through with treatment before I request another kit and pay $250 to have it tested.
My family doctor said that he wasn't sure that he wanted to go that direction since the test is pretty controversial. He also suggested that I consider getting a 2nd opinion (I had been meaning to ask him about this very subject!) from Johns Hopkins, Hershey, or another local neurologist. In the Lord's providence, a name has been given to me of a young neurologist at Hershey Medical Center who sounds like he would really be open to pursuing diagnoses that have thus far been "ruled out." I am excited about getting a referral to see him soon & will update once I have seen him.
Another interesting side note is that I had to go for a nerve conduction study (in preparation for carpal tunnel surgery) at the neurosurgical office where I had been seeing my neurologist. But my neurologist is no longer there. I am unsure why his patients were not notified, but it seems that he is practicing locally, independent of the group where I had seen him. The senior partner at that office is taking the full load of my neurologist on top of those he already sees. 
I was due to schedule a 6 month visit with him this month. So I am wondering if I should just see the specialist at Hershey, and/or look up my neurologist, or what. I really do not know how this 2nd opinion stuff works. At this point, I guess I just want to hear what the doctor at Hershey says and go from there.
I was due to schedule a 6 month visit with him this month. So I am wondering if I should just see the specialist at Hershey, and/or look up my neurologist, or what. I really do not know how this 2nd opinion stuff works. At this point, I guess I just want to hear what the doctor at Hershey says and go from there.I am so excited -- I can now go on walks with the family!
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