Why We Removed the Dr. Berkson Thread

[Cindy]

Hi,

We took down the thread about Dr. Berkson until we have a chance to check into his background, credentials and treatments.  Given this is a holiday weekend, we won't be able to do that until next week.  

We appreciate your patience and wish each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

Cindy Thompson
MedHelp

[Bali05]

Staying until they close for the holidays.
My total stay will be 2.5 weeks.I feel  I am on a roll so it is
worth the expense to get my ALT as low as possible.
Keep my fingers crossed for your labs.
Let me know.
Remember Linda (the nurse)?Wish I had her around all the time.
She has such a great practical understanding and knows a lot.
It took me some time to see that , the first week I was miserable
with some other issues I have and was about to leave until I got
my first #s back.
Got my protocoll from her today in writing so I can hand it over
to my general physician in NYC who will continue  ALA for me
whenever neccessary.I thought they might be a little reluctant
in sharing this info but the opposite is the case. My GP should
give me a discount since I get him some valuable info he can
use for other patients. Will see.

I had a hard time believing my results at first so I ran different labs
on different days and my #s are improving by approx. 10 point ALT drop
per week so far. Will run my last labs here tomorrow.
Starting to get itchy for a PCR. Originally I planned my next VL in 2 months
from now. Have not decided yet.

"the proof is in the pudding"


Bali05

[Upbeat]

Wow those are great, I kinda wished I had stayed for the second week of treatment.  It was thanksgiving week and they were going to  be closed during the middle of the week so I decided on doing just the one week.  I will be doing my labs soon and will let you know.

[Trish77]

I don't recall seeing it .. would you mind sharing what you're on and at what dosages and at what frequency you're expected to continue at, if known?  I'm trying to ask this "grey" enough .. ;->

[mikesimon]

Your numbers look pretty good.
Good luck,
Mike

[Bali05]

New labs are in:


ALT now 34
AST now 18
GGT now 35 (was 50)

Everything else in normal range and keeps improving ( iron,ferritin,LDL....)

Still doing one more LFT before I leave.


Bali05

[Bali05]

Not good enough by all means.