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[arliss]

I think I'm bailing on the new doc. He's bleeding me dry, for all he's charging a fraction of what other practices charge their insured patients for the same services. But really? He's telling me that I'm doing all the right stuff. I've had bloodwork, mammo, and have my blood sugar, bp and cholesterol figures back. A few surprises, but nothing major, and it's all more of the same: no fat, no sugar, no salt, less meat, loads of veg, no nightshades, no white food, exercise, exercise, exercise. Being alternative, he's all for moving me off the affordable OTC meds that work well enough for me and onto more expensive specific brand supplements. I've done the niacin thing, thanks, and no, I don't like feeling like I've been rubbed down with cayenne powder and lit on fire. I'll stick with the Alleve--it's working, I can afford it, and whatever the side effects may be they don't hurt and they aren't making themselves obviously obnoxious at the moment.

Now I just need somebody who's willing to prescribe ERT to preserve my bone mass and other pleasant remnants of womanhood, and who doesn't feel it necessary to peer at my no longer extant girly bits, and charge me painful amounts of money for the priviledge, to write the damned script.

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[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

I've done the niacin thing, thanks, and no, I don't like feeling like I've been rubbed down with cayenne powder and lit on fire.

Heh, perfect description. I've been on Niaspan (which is timed release niacin) for about a year and half, and it never bothered me at all, until one night when I accidently took two pills. Damn.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

I am on the same food restrictions. I have been offered Estrogen therapy and have turned it down. More brocolli, add a half a grapefruit a day to your diet. It thins the blood and helps with bone making. Adding estrogen, um, for me I tried it and it was not good. Take calcium pills. One in the morning and one at night.

[amaliedageek.livejournal.com]

Could a certified nurse-midwife write you that scrip? They might be less expensive.

I should probably get a baseline bone mass test done; must ask my insurance company if they'll cover it.