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thinwhitewoman. I immediately got the joke because this is what my first internist told me. She sent me to a rheumatalogist for for a second opinion and he said the same thing!

Sounds like your internist is willing to work with you. May I ask who that is? Long story short, my two prior internists have left the practice (both great and willing to work with me). Hence, I have a new internist (PCP) whose not willing to work with me. In fact, he's moving on mid-summer and he's already fired me with a reference to an endocrinologist.

Also sounds like Dr Bergwitz was used as a second opinion and you use your internist to administer Tymlos? Did Dr Bergwitz offer you Forteo, Evenity or Prolia as options?

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