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01/24/2008 17:48 #43017

New Doctor and Allergies
Category: crohns
Dr. Bartolone believes it is crohns too. Says it doesn't matter either way as the meds are the same. I guess I really am on asacol for the rest of my freakin life. I am going to do a time lapse of my 270 pills in a bottle going away to 0.

At least it doesn't have any real side effects for me. He said if I am not experiencing them now, I won't probably later.

So seriously, no one knows what causes this and I am at least lucky that mine is manageable. I think I will just east healthy from now on and hope for the best.

I hope medical science figures out some more details, someday.

And I got a copy of my allergy tests. I am way less allergic to dogs than cats. It wasn't just in my head. I am as allergic to maple and birch trees as I am to dogs. Cats I am way allergic to but even more than that I am alergic to mold that grows on plants and ragweed. In fact I am almost 5 times s allergic to ragweed as I am to trees.

They are sending me for a celliac disease test too s the other allergy test only confirmed an allergy to wheat and not that I am gluten intolerant.

Dr Bartolones office is so the future of doctors offices. It was beyond clean and formal. Everything was digitized and all the nurses carried portable tablet PCs. Even the screen had privacy screens. Morever, all the signatures were digital.

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paul - 09/09/11 23:13
I can't believe how much more allergic I am to ragweed and orchard grass than cats.
paul - 01/24/08 21:49
Its like the future. I kind of expected to get in some pod and have them hold a tricoder over me. I was on my Nokia tablet the whole time before and after and then went through a self checkout and ate a sushi bar. It was exactly what I expected from the future minus the take a red pill - in five minutes take four more - help is on the way.
imk2 - 01/24/08 21:47
yeah, that's how my neurologist's office is too. everything is super digital. they just press a button and it automatically faxes my scripts to my pharmacy, or they automatically print their scripts from their tablet to a script writer. they're probably able to afford that because they have 30 thousand patients that visit that office.

01/24/2008 15:36 #43013

GPS 7
Category: mobile
This is my seventh GPS device and I think my favorite yet. There is something ironic about taking a picture of this new device and talking about it from my windows mobile device.

Oh god, how I am going to choose what mobile devices to carry with me. I think the tilt but really be the best one ever. The keyboard on it is just so damn good. If only it ran something besides windows mobile.
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01/24/2008 12:31 #43010

On The phone waiting
Category: crohns
I spent so much of the morning on the phone waiting on hold to try and get all my medical records and test results to one place for a doctors appointment this afternoon.

Luckily, you can program and wait so it wasn't so bad. I am going to try and get my own copy of it all, now that it is in one place. This should be exciting to see one gastro enterologist who specialized in these types of problems, with all my test results (CT, colonscopy, and blood test) all in one place.

The doctor is Dr. Bartolone over at Buffalo Gastroentrology Associated at 60 Maple Rd.

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zobar - 01/24/08 13:10
The name sounds familiar … Maybe that was the dude I went to kind of a while ago when I was having some stomach problems?

Before I even told him what was wrong he looked at me and said holy Jesus you shouldn't have waited so long to call me. It took a bit of talking to convince him I hadn't drastically lost weight. [He's kind of a big dude.]

- Z

01/24/2008 10:16 #43007

Stupid Zits
Category: health
Argh, the steroids are starting to give me zits on my face. I never had zits like this before.
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mrdeadlier - 01/24/08 13:49
Sara is right. This is the first time in several blog posts where I do NOT feel sorry for you, lol.
iriesara - 01/24/08 11:56
Oh my gosh you got a pimple, I feel really really bad for you. What's that make, a couple every 31 years? you poor poor thing. Welcome to the world of regular skin Paul. Let's see, debilitating intestinal pains.....pimples, hmm, which should you roll with? Just put some clay on those bitches, you'll be fine...Even in that close-up picture you can barely see them.
jim - 01/24/08 10:21
At least you'll also get super strength.

01/23/2008 21:07 #43004

wegmans has free wifi now
Category: mobile
how great is that. makes shopping with the not phone great. and they have a page for recipes and shopping tips, sales etv. go wegman's
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lilho - 01/24/08 00:23
saweet shiz bro!