Primary Care Physician
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HELP!! Quit Job to Be Home and Give up PPO Health Insurance for Kaiser??????
Asked by K.K. from Los Angeles
on March 5, 2008
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I really need advice. I have an incredibly intense job - which I have worked extremely hard to achieve. I have a 9 month old amazing baby, who I stayed home with for...
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- Hi K.; I could imagine how you feel. It is a stressful job and if you could give up working and look after your baby, it is important for you and the baby to be bo...
- It sounds to me like your first choice is to spend precious time with your baby. Great choice, because you don't get any time back that you've already missed. Don't to...
- K. - Kaiser actually has pretty good customer service ratings, but it will definitely take some getting used to. I personally know some Kaiser docs who are excellent....
6 Year Old Who Has Been Stopped up and Congested for Years
Asked by C.R. from Raleigh
on November 16, 2010
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My 6 year old daughter seems to be stopped up all the time. She seems to have trouble breathing at night when she sleeps(snores loudly and almost gets choked while try...
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- I was stuffed up for years. I saw allergists and ear,nose,throat dr.s and they prescribed medicine but really nothing ever stopped me being congested. They sprays and ...
- C.: As someone who suffers from allergies, it could be that. Does she get dry mouth? I do and it is causing cavities in my teeth. There is stuff out there you can u...
- sorry to hear that your going through this.... i feel that you should insist to your PCP to give you a referral to the specialists because you deserve to have peace of...
Friend with Menstral Issues
Asked by M.P. from Albuquerque
on July 8, 2010
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I have a question for one of my friends. She is in her mid 30's and experiancing menstral issues. She has a period twice a month the first 2 days of it she has to wear...
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- I would try to get to gyn/ob as soon as you can. Your friend may have uternie (?) fibroids. They can give you heavy periods,severe cramping, etc.. I hope your frien...
- Your friend needs to see a GYN, not a primary car physician for this kind of problem. There could be a lot of different things causing this problem. A Gynecologist is ...
- She needs to see a gynecologist who can do an ultrasound and see what's going on in there. I had similar symptoms and I had fibroids and endometriosis. I had a hystere...
Kidney Stone Question
Asked by ♥.O. from Washington DC
on August 1, 2012
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My hubby went to the ER last week with severe pain & vomitting. They did a cat scan and determined that it was a kidney stone. They said it was small enough for him to...
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- I've had a few that were difficult to find, and took the specialist doing several more imaging tests to find them. I've had 5 that took intervention to get them out. ...
- Everything Lesley said , is good info & what I was going to say. Just wanted to add, that if you have a CT scan ( which i think is odd, they haven't), they should be a...
- The stone is out of the kidney tubes and into the bladder. He is going to have another bout of pain and will eventually pass it.
How Did You Deal with PUPPS?
Asked by S.B. from Los Angeles
on April 6, 2010
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Hi Moms,
I am currently pregnant with my second child, and today marks the 1st day of my 3rd trimester! Yaaay! I suffered from PUPPS during my first pregnancy - a mo...
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- What is PUPPS? I am so sorry for you. That must be so difficult.
- During my second pregnancy I believe I had PUPPS. No body knew what it was...I couldn't take the itching anymore so I went to the ER. It was one of the nurses who told...
- I didn't have it but my sister did. She had it everywhere- back, legs, arms, chest. She was in Phoenix in the summer and had to wear long sleeves and pants because i...
10 Year Old Sister Experiencing Psuedo Siezures
Asked by L.D. from Los Angeles
on July 2, 2008
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My 10 year old sister is experiencing seizure-like-activity for about 15 months now- We have taken her to a series of doctors and have done what seems like hundreds of...
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- This caught my attention! An associate of mine lost her teenage son on February 2007. He had been having seizures and doctors did not believe he was having seizures an...
- I have a friend who was going through the exact same thing, the body goes into some sort of mental break down the seizures can be quite scary, although she is bring th...
- My sister-in-law went through this same thing for a year or more. She was checked into a sleep study clinic and it was determined after doing brain waves and testing ...
Done Having Children - Husband Is Balking at Getting Snipped!
Asked by M.O. from Chicago
on August 10, 2011
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I don't know what to do! My husband and I had agreed, prior to our last child, that this was indeed our last child. We had previously discussed that I was DONE with ...
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- Really calmly tell your husband you are no longer taking any BC and you will never again be taking any or using any (condoms, pull-out, etc). You have made your decis...
- Theres a new process where no scalpel is needed, just a numbing cream, little poked holes and a burst of air. My husbands getting that next month. But if there wasnt s...
- In my opinion if you are done having kids it's your responsibility to get "clipped" go schedule your own appointment. I think the options for women are just as effe...
Asperger's Syndrome, Gifted Child
Asked by C.F. from Dallas
on December 2, 2009
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My son recently turned 4. His preschool teacher seems to think he may have Asperger's syndrome. I, a former teacher, do not agree with this diagnosis. He is very sma...
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- It sounds like he could be on the spectrum. You can go other places to get him evaluated such as Our Children's House Baylor where he would be in a more child-friendl...
- You have received a lot of great responses....the only thing I would like to add is that it is possible that he is BOTH......It is termed "twice exceptional". If this...
- What if you met with a doctor, without him to explain some of the behaviors. You may even be able to find someone that would to an evaluation in your home or at the s...
Post-pregnancy Immunocompromise
Asked by I.M. from Dallas
on February 16, 2010
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I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced what seems like a decreased immunity post-partum. My son is 6 mos old now. At about 5 wks old, I got pink eye, and ...
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- I., All those antibiotics are killing your immune system. Pro-biotics would be an EXCELLENT idea. Antibiotics kills ALL the bacteria in your digestive system---even ...
- Hi I.- I have 3 kids and after having my first one back in 2005, I went through something very similar to you. I had not been sick in years prior to this and durin...
- Several years ago, I experienced abnormal pap smears on repeated occasions. The treatments performed by my ob/gyn were only temporarily helpful. In a desperate attem...
PostPardum Depression????
Asked by K. from Tampa
on June 7, 2008
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I am looking for some advice. I am a 33 year old with a 4.5 month old daughter a 3 year old son and 15 year old step son(who lives with us) In the past few weeks I h...
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- Dear K., Greetings!!! I truly understand how you are feeling as a MAMA myself. Being in a rut is downright depressing and definitely not fun, especially when yo...
- I agree - get some blood work done. I ended up with postpartum thyroidism
- Hi, K., Sorry to hear that you are experiencing depression. I don't know if it is postpartum depression or not but I do know that depression is the pits. I suffered w...
