supportive doctor at Kaiser in the Southbay...?/name of a good Naturopathic Doctor

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for the emails I got on and off-list.

 

Someone mentioned that you can go online to change doctors without

having to say " you're fired. " Well, I think you should tell a doctor

why you're switching.

 

When this doctor said he didn't think he could help me as he was not

the guy to tell me to go take some " root " of something, for example,

and that he doesn't think anyone should take natural treatments that

are not approved by the FDA, I said, " Well, then, I see we're not a

good match and I'll be going on the website to switch doctors. " I

think he was happy too! Ha ha.

 

And by the way, I wasn't going to a Kaiser doctor for advice on

alternative treatments, but I would like someone who is supportive of

my choices and not someone who has the reaction of jaw dropping to the

floor, shaking his head, when I said I am not pro-pharmaceuticals for

every little thing and I take natural treatments...I hurt my back and

needed to make sure it was just muscle soreness and not that I threw

something out of whack. The issue of natural treatments came up when

he suggested I take 2-3 pharmaceutical drugs to deal with the back

pain.

 

If anyone is interested in a good Naturpathic Doctor, I see Tanya

Baldwin, ND in Los Gatos and she has been very helpful with some

issues.

 

Or if you want the name of this doctor, I will give it offline. But if

you need some entertainment, go see him, it was rather funny (though

annoying) to see him nearly fall out of his stool

 

Take care,

 

Melissa

 

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM, vegan4animals

<vegan4animals wrote:

> Hi everyone,

>

> Does anyone have a doctor at either the Cambpell or Santa Clara Kaiser

> that is supportive of veganism and natural supplements/treatments,

> i.e. herbal, homeopathic, etc and doesn't just prescribe

> pharmaceutical drugs like crazy?

>

> I had a terrible experience yesterday with a doctor who was horrified

> that I take herbal supplements. I didn't have a chance to say I was

> vegan but I think if I did, the guy would have seriously had a heart

> attack.

>

> Thanks for any leads,

>

> Melissa

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for the emails I got on and off-list.

 

Someone mentioned that you can go online to change doctors without

having to say " you're fired. " Well, I think you should tell a doctor

why you're switching.

 

When this doctor said he didn't think he could help me as he was not

the guy to tell me to go take some " root " of something, for example,

and that he doesn't think anyone should take natural treatments that

are not approved by the FDA, I said, " Well, then, I see we're not a

good match and I'll be going on the website to switch doctors. " I

think he was happy too! Ha ha.

 

And by the way, I wasn't going to a Kaiser doctor for advice on

alternative treatments, but I would like someone who is supportive of

my choices and not someone who has the reaction of jaw dropping to the

floor, shaking his head, when I said I am not pro-pharmaceuticals for

every little thing and I take natural treatments...I hurt my back and

needed to make sure it was just muscle soreness and not that I threw

something out of whack. The issue of natural treatments came up when

he suggested I take 2-3 pharmaceutical drugs to deal with the back

pain.

 

If anyone is interested in a good Naturpathic Doctor, I see Tanya

Baldwin, ND in Los Gatos and she has been very helpful with some

issues.

 

Or if you want the name of this doctor, I will give it offline. But if

you need some entertainment, go see him, it was rather funny (though

annoying) to see him nearly fall out of his stool

 

Take care,

 

Melissa

 

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM, vegan4animals

<vegan4animals wrote:

> Hi everyone,

>

> Does anyone have a doctor at either the Cambpell or Santa Clara Kaiser

> that is supportive of veganism and natural supplements/treatments,

> i.e. herbal, homeopathic, etc and doesn't just prescribe

> pharmaceutical drugs like crazy?

>

> I had a terrible experience yesterday with a doctor who was horrified

> that I take herbal supplements. I didn't have a chance to say I was

> vegan but I think if I did, the guy would have seriously had a heart

> attack.

>

> Thanks for any leads,

>

> Melissa

>