Finally, my doctor was back from Italy and wrote my prescription to have a pint of blood taken out to reduce my hemoglobin count which was 16.5 and should be in the range I will 11. I had a painless procedure done that in all took about 40 minutes with an appointment. I noticed a little reduction in pain in my neck this morning no nausea.
The Benefits of Bloodletting
- May help stave of illnesses. …
- May reduce risk for cancer. …
- Reduces hardening of the arteries and heart attack risk. …
- May improve insulin sensitivity, thus decreasing risk for type 2 diabetes. …
- Burns calories. …
- Regularly purging yourself of iron is particularly beneficial for men’s health.
Also, another note regarding medical care and doctors that fall under my insurance:
The neurologist I must use now is Dr. Jeffrey Rubin. My first visit I was in a lot of pain and frustrated because the only reason I had to go to him now is to get my Xanax refilled because the new drug laws. I told him that I have post TBI/CTE he did not know what CTE was. Then after I told him I suffered multiple concussions mostly through fighting and football. He said, “oh, you’re what we call punch-drunk” which is ridiculous coming from a doctor. I bit my tongue. He was pretty nice overall. He’s from Canada. He went through a long story about speaking Italian and told a really poor joke which took 20 minutes or more.
After he did a memory test. He asked me to write on the paper. what is the first thing that comes to my mind? I wrote your jokes are terrible and don’t make me feel any better trying to be funny. He wrote the prescription and walked out offended. I realized I might’ve made a mistake. I walked after him using my cane and told him I was just being sarcastic, and I have a strange sense of humor and I hope I did not offend him. He said I’ll see you in three months and walked away. So, my goal was over those three months I would be able to get away from using Xanax, but it seems that will be delayed until September or October. I have been making so many different changes with my body. This particular medication has me in the lock. So, I wrote him a nice polite letter telling him. I would like to apologize if I offended him. And since I have no other neurologist that are working with me if you would like to be one of the many doctors on the case study. I went to his office in person left the letter as well as the bloodwork that I would be requesting, website information, Palm Beach Post article on my disease, and let him know my goal has shifted. I would like to stay on the Xanax until September or October and then have him work with Dr. Russell Bourne to help me get off the Xanax and possibly nonaddictive anxiety/ stress medication. That was approximately a month ago my next appointment is July 1.
So, anticipating on July 1 I will need a refill for the Xanax, and he won’t be cooperative. I have left several messages at his office asking him to give me a call back. And I have never received a call from him or his office. All I could do is hope on July 1 that will be issuing a refilling for my Xanax and continuing with my plan. Anyone that is ever contemplating taking Xanax or any benzodiazepine if you learned nothing else from this website, though I am not a doctor or a licensed therapist and I cannot give advice, but in my opinion on this one subject of medication do not take this medication longer than a week. Once it has a hold on you not only can you die if you stop taking it, but after three weeks it doesn’t work anyway unless you up the dosage.
