Ped/doctors

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I agree...call around and find a doctor who respects

your decisions. We're in the Champaign-Urbana

Illinois area and I found a great ped that is totally

respectful of non-vax (even with my son's congenital

heart defect). He is also pro-veg, but none of that

matters as much as the respect he shows to me, my

husband, my dad (he's gone with me a couple times),

and especially my son. He never once blinks an eye

when I nurse ds (2.5) during visits...in fact he

sometimes suggests it. He had 'A World of Babies' (a

great book) on his desk our first appointment. He

doesn't always agree with us, but he always takes time

to explain things and doesn't ever talk down to us.

He knows we don't like to give meds so he says 'you

could give him x, but he'll probably get better

without it' and admits most of the time ped suggest

meds just to make the parents feel like they are doing

something.

 

On top of a great ped, I just found an incredible

internal med doctor for myself!!!!! I decided since

I'm almost 31 that I need more than an OB/GYN so I

reluctantly found a doctor. He is great! I wore my

PCRM 'Friends Don't Let Friends Eat Meat' shirt to the

visit and he loved it! He asked for PCRM's website

and said he wanted to join. His wife is veg and he so

pro vegan I had to pinch myself. He actually called

me the next day to ask me what I ate, what herbs I

took, what exercise, etc. because he said he's never

had a healthier client. He told me the results of my

blood work and said my 130 total cholesterol was a

great testament to my vegan lifestyle and that he'd

never seen a total cholesterol that low without

someone taking meds. He was practically hugging me

when I left. He seemed so excited to see a healthy

person. :-)

 

I am starting to gain some faith back in the

conventional medicine community. :-)

 

Linda

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the great check up. " He seemed so excited to see a healthy

person. :-) " LOL. I suspect it's pretty rare actually. My husband's doctor

told him he had a patient who was extremely overweight and claimed to diet alot.

Then he discovered that she drank 18!!! Cokes a day. He told her to drink one a

day (figuring she wasn't going to give them up entirely), and she came back a

few months later thrilled at how all the weight had just " dropped off. " Good

grief.

 

Karen

 

 

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Linda Evans

Friday, September 27, 2002 8:37 PM

Re: Ped/doctors

 

 

I agree...call around and find a doctor who respects

your decisions. We're in the Champaign-Urbana

Illinois area and I found a great ped that is totally

respectful of non-vax (even with my son's congenital

heart defect). He is also pro-veg, but none of that

matters as much as the respect he shows to me, my

husband, my dad (he's gone with me a couple times),

and especially my son. He never once blinks an eye

when I nurse ds (2.5) during visits...in fact he

sometimes suggests it. He had 'A World of Babies' (a

great book) on his desk our first appointment. He

doesn't always agree with us, but he always takes time

to explain things and doesn't ever talk down to us.

He knows we don't like to give meds so he says 'you

could give him x, but he'll probably get better

without it' and admits most of the time ped suggest

meds just to make the parents feel like they are doing

something.

 

On top of a great ped, I just found an incredible

internal med doctor for myself!!!!! I decided since

I'm almost 31 that I need more than an OB/GYN so I

reluctantly found a doctor. He is great! I wore my

PCRM 'Friends Don't Let Friends Eat Meat' shirt to the

visit and he loved it! He asked for PCRM's website

and said he wanted to join. His wife is veg and he so

pro vegan I had to pinch myself. He actually called

me the next day to ask me what I ate, what herbs I

took, what exercise, etc. because he said he's never

had a healthier client. He told me the results of my

blood work and said my 130 total cholesterol was a

great testament to my vegan lifestyle and that he'd

never seen a total cholesterol that low without

someone taking meds. He was practically hugging me

when I left. He seemed so excited to see a healthy

person. :-)

 

I am starting to gain some faith back in the

conventional medicine community. :-)

 

Linda

 

New DSL Internet Access from SBC &

http://sbc.

 

 

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