I've never seen a beer belly flex

 

Thanks but yeah 4 years ago I decided that while I'm still alive I will make the best of it and look at the sunny side of everything, forget the past and press on the the greatest achievement of the future.

 

Hang in there OG....wishing you the best of luck.....

 

Oh it'll flex, especially around the Holidays.

 

Look tubby........

 

Hey now, I intentionally posted no names.

 

OG--Sorry to hear about your issues. My wife has had some extensive medical issues that involve neurology and all I can say is I think it is more an issue of competence Rather than greed. Several years ago she had a tumor removed from her head. She was good to go for about a year then she had a seizure resulting in a 3 inch gash to her head, so off we went to the ER. The hospital had a neurologist one staff and she was assigned. The wife was put on Lamictol . The neurologist is a good doctor, but it seemed my wife could not get in to see her without a two or three month wait. As it would happen my wife's condition worsened but no diagnosis could be made because she had to wait two or three months to see her doctor. My wife would start losing functioning on her left side. My wife finally switched doctors. Her new doctor started out fine. The wife could get in within a couple days if something happened and she was given a instructions on what to do when something occurred. The doctor started increasing her dosage of seizure meds. Then the wife started passing out. Over a two year period the doctor had her out of work for over ten months. The new doctor diagnosed the loss of functioning as Todd's paralysis. We noticed as the medication was increased so were the symptoms. finally after going to this new doctor for about two years, I think she gave up and was going down the road toward disability. The last test the wife had to have done was a seizure study. So off we go to the hospital for a week long study. After she got off the Lamictol her symptoms decreased. Her condition actually improved over the course of the week. When we got back to her original doctor all she wanted to do was put my wife back on Lamictol.

The wife left that doctor and went back to her original doctor. She explained to her original doctor why she left and what her expectations were. Her new doctor stated she should not have been treated like that and she had changed some of her staff over the last two years. Her new doctor sent her for a bunch of new tests and explained why my wife should be on meds. So my wife went back on anti-seizure drugs, but a different one. This one has a side effect of causing drowsiness, which is counter acted by adderall. So it took two years to find out she did not react well to lamictol and all that was needed was a different drug. This goes to show that it wasn't really greed, but incompetence that caused my wife's pain and suffering.

 

Do you know what they call the guy who graduated LAST in his class to become a doctor?

Doctor !

People give doctors way to much credit. if you dont like what you hear, find another doctor.

No way I go to the emergency room over and over again when they cant do anything.

look at Michael Douglas, he has plenty of money yet he got blown off.

 

Brother Dave, you see 20:20. I have been to more than 1 of those who finished last in his class, and you're right, no sign around his neck that indicated that. My wife and I are fortunate to have an outstanding internist who is out of this world. She is extremely bright but no ego at all. I told her once that unlike a lot of doctors in making, she DID NOT fall asleep in class. I also told her that I'm pretty sure that there are a whole lot more than 50% that graduated in the bottom half of their class! She laughed. I actually went to 1 for a little while years ago that would open the door to the room and talk to you through the doorway for a couple minutes, not even enter the room!

 

Og, I know EXACTLY how you feel about doctors. I have been in similar shoes to yours for almost 30 years, and 2 years ago FINALLY received a proper diagnosis and treatment for an ailment that 25 different doctors could not properly diagnose.

In my younger days, I went out for the football team in high school, and was always feeling lethargic, had severe Hay Fever attacks, and never really had great energy anyhow. Every doctor I went to had some form of test that they needed to perform on me to diagnose the problem, from stress tests (on a 14 year old?), to various blood tests (Dracula took less blood out of all his victims than these doctors did), and enough X-rays that I am lucky I don't glow in the dark. After several years of this, I finally said, "Enough already. You have taken enough blood out of me, done enough tests, taken enough X-rays, and still nothing has been done to improve what I came to you quacks to fix. I'm done supporting your mansions and Cadillacs".

Fast forward to 2008. I went with a friend to a different sort of doctor, a doctor who looked at the whole person, and not just the symptom. They referred to themselvess as a "wholistic doctor", one who looks at the whole picture, not just the symptom of the hour. This was the best thing to happen to me in many years. I told the doctor about my always feeling lethargic and not having great energy, and other symptoms, and the doctor said, "What would you say if I could alleviate your problems with just some simple tests, and possibly completely cure you within 2 years?" I was shocked, and said, "You are on !!! But I'll warn you, I have been through 25 other doctors that have taken gallons of blood and done every test except carbon dating to determine the problem, and did not find the cause."

Well, after a simple test, the doctor found the problem, and I have steadily improved health wise since the proper diagnosis and treatment. The tests? A simple thyroid test, a liver function test, and a LENGTHY questionaire I had to fill out. I have been on thyroid medication and dietary supplements for the last 2 years, have lost an amazing amount of weight, and am so much more active and able to do things now that I could not have done even 20 or 25 years ago, and I feel and look terrific. Long time friends can not believe the change in me in the last few years, they are completely shocked. And all of this is do to one doctor who took a completely different approach to diagnosis and treatment.

Yes, Og, I know there are doctors that are out there for the money, and are only interested in the kickbacks major pharmaceutical companies give them for "pushing" their drugs, similar to the drug dealers on the street corner. But hang in there and you will find the right doctor who just may find the cure, just like I did by going with my friend to a "wholistic doctor".

Not to make fun of your plight, but it kind of reminds me of a situation I dealt with on an over the road diesel truck that was blowing coolant out of a valve near the sleeper heater core. 5 different mechanics thought that the pressure that caused the blowout was coming from either a crack in the engine (heads, cylinder liners) or blown gasket, and wanted to do a complete inframe rebuild of the engine. I step up to look at the problem (person #6), and look at the valve itself. I traced the lines at the valve back to the source, and found out that the valve itself was actuated by AIR PRESSURE, not an electrical signal. I replaced the valve with a new one that afternoon, and the truck ran fine for years. New valve: about $50. Couple hours labor: $100 (I was cheap labor then, and like round figures). Pizza and beer party afterward for fixing it properly and for little money or downtime: PRICELESS

 

This reminds me of two things -

First, my rule of life - Never assume anyone is good at their job.

Second, I have a friend that is a drug rep and that profession should be banned.

I hope you get everything figured out.

 

Hey OG I think they found your doctor!
Cops: Calif Doctor Gets Stuck in Chimney, Dies

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This is just way too obsessed and sad.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11526008

Just kiddin man hope you are doing better.
Jim

 

Dat's da truff! MAYBE a step above the street drug reps!!!

 

So tomorrow I will see another specialist for my spasm which has gotten worse to the point I haven't been able to control them with the so called "sensory trick".

This Article explains some conditions similar to what I'm experiencing. At the bottom of the page is a very interesting thought, which I will send to the doctor who only wanted to medicate me and gave me his wrong opinion, "I think it is psychogenic disorder, I recommend you see psychiatrist" he curtly said to me.

 

Be sure to let him know we have been trying to do this for you for a long time. (diagnosis- needs more work!)

Just joshing you OG. Get better soon!