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Cases of osteoporosis correlated with Brachytherapy?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Apr 5, 2023 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
I had numbers similar to yours and my endo said fosamax wouldn’t do anything for me. Sometimes doctors don’t make as much money if they order too many tests. Each month they are limited as to how many they order from what I have heard. That applies to hmo type plans. Used to be that way anyways. I would find an endo that specializes in osteo. Dr. Kevin McCormick is a chiropractor who had severe osteo at 45 and know so much about it. He does televisits and just came out with a book on bones.
Best wishes to you.
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Thanks. You might be right about the tests. Worst of all she joined a practice (corporation?) about 8 years ago. They may be strangling the doctors.
I've reviewed KM's work--have his new book (a tome). I need the tests to even take to a functional doctor. [KM lists thousands of dollars worth of tests in his book, by my estimate. The blood work, that I had for my annual charged my HC around $700.]
I'm working to find an endo that will see me before August. My PCP is not taking patients anymore. I am figuring that she is winding down her practice and is creating a pretext to dump me.
What I resent most of all is the condescension. My life has been about research (Ph.D). It is not in medicine, but I'm not an idiot.] Clinical education/practice/experience understandably triumphs research papers, etc. I don't know why she will not take seriously a L in the high -4s. She has one more opportunity to adjust her thinking to a non-PMOP! [Not that her behavior should be appropriate for a female with the same numbers either!]