Multiple Sclerosis, Dental Amalgam , and Tarzan Movies

Dose 8 of vitamin D tonight, and a Rebif injection, I didn't plan that real well, did I? I should be getting another slip in the mail to have my blood drawn, can't wait to see how high the D level has risen. I'm guessing the level should be somewhere close to 30, or so. Once again, the goal is 50. My impressions after 8 weeks of massive D ingestion isn't so great. I would think by now I should see some significant improvement, or any if I am going to see it at all. My problem is I don't know if the way I feel is better or not. Am I confusing weakness with numbness?

Had a comment about amalgam fillings today, I had forgotten all about that! Like I said in my reply, I guess I had my 26 or so removed about 17 years ago, must have been 20 actually? The anonymous commenter mentioned mercury detox, and Beriberi disease. I've always wanted to do a whole body detox, but don't know enough about it, or can't find someone who does. As for the Beriberi, I thought you only got that in Tarzan movies! The Beriberi is actually a B1 deficiency, or a lack of thiamine. You figure I have a D vacancy, why not a B1! The technical names sound like Russian helicopters or chess players, I guess that's why they call it wet and dry Beriberi?

Wet and dry anything I think of the movie Papillon, with the leper colony. The wet form of beriberi you have heart problems, the dry you have MS symptoms. With Beriberi at least, it sounds like dry is better! I am going to check into both, have them throw in a screen for B1 at the next phlebottimist visit, and I really wnt to try a detox. It says you need a high protein diet, I'm eating an Atkins type diet, why not? I am open to anything, up for it all, and willing to try anything twice, so send me some more ideas!

I got your referral!

Don't you just love referrals for doctor visits? I'd like to meet up with the left handed, beady eyed, torture school drop-out that originally came up with the idea of referrals! I'm sure they're dead, sitting in hell, yucking it up with the Devil himself! I could really use a text book explanation of just what a referral is supposed to do. Are they to cut down on frivolous visits to quack doctors? Do they maybe keep the average Joe from racking up frequent flier miles at the endo my belly hurts doc? Is it to keep doctors from sending you for tests you don't need? Hey that's got possibilities! Could it be true that there are docs that send unsuspecting patients for tests they don't need? Is there no Santa anymore?

OK, get a hold of yourself man, you can do this! So I'm having a hemorrhoidal attack. I've had them before. I know if I call my primary care physician she is going to say, I don't do hemmis, you need an endo my butt hurts doc! Because I have had an attack before, I know my she recommends doc X, a hemmi specialist. I call him and happy days, he can see me tomorrow morning! The pain will end, I will be able to sit again, oh joy, oh rapture!

I call my primary care physician and her referral coordinator tells me it takes five business days to prepare all referrals! Are you kidding me? I'll be dead in five days! She tells me that if everyone called with emergencies she would never be able to process them all. I'm the one with hemorrhoids and she wants me to feel sorry for her? Calm down, she doesn't mean it. I explain it was either tomorrow or 3 weeks from now, I had no choice, I beg, I plead, I....she tells me it's ready and can be picked up at the front desk! Well kiss my, what do you mean it's ready? Now I'm mad she did it for me! Make me jump through hoops for nothing!

Water over the bridge, under the dam, she'll be commin around the mountain when she comes, when she comes! I don't care, I'm going to the doctors! With much effort I drive down to the primaries office for my golden ticket, crawl in and get it, limp back out and drive home.

The birds are singing, I see rainbows and fairies, morning is finally here! As I walk into doc X's office, a tear in my eye, I am confident because I have done all my tricks, rolled over, played dead, but most importantly, I fetched! I stride up to the front desk, as much as someone can stride in my condition, referral in hand. The nurse asks if my info has change, my weight, eye color, but nothing of my crisp clean referral. I can't take it anymore, I clear my throat and ask about my referral? She told me she didn't need it, the one on file was still good! WHAAAAAA? Well I'll be, all that for nothing? What was the run around for?
That's right, I decided it was to keep the doctors from sending us for unneeded test, right, right, right.

One question. Where does one go for a referral? It's not what you would think. You don't go to an accountant, or an insurance specialist. You don't even go to your primary care physician. If you need a referral, you go to a referral coordinator, but remember, they need 5 working days to do it!