| Jason Johnson 2006-10-12, 9:29 pm |
| In article <eabti2dhq8qmipgo2r4ofc0umbqjlo1vln@4ax.com>, Larry Krzewinski
<Feerless_Freep@madmagazine.com> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:50:06 -0700, jason@nospam.com (Jason Johnson)
wrote:
>Do you believe that predialysis patients should not be told or informed
>about all of the treatment programs available to them?
>Jason
Do you believe that you have enough experience with kidney failure to
recommend alternative treatments, Jason? Have you personally survived
dialysis or a kidney transplant?
While Johns Hopkins is indeed a fine hospital, so is the Mayo Clinic
and UCLA Medical Center and quite a few others outstanding medical
centers. You continue to advocate this low protein diet but you have
never experienced kidney failure or dialysis. REP and I have survived
these kidney problems and experienced them first hand for many years.
We've seen many others die while we have survived and we have survived
by following our doctor's advice pretty much to the letter.
I sincerely wish you would stop advocating treatment options and
giving advice since you have absolutely zero personal experience with
ESRD. If and when you do have ESRD come back and tell us your
experiences. Until then please stop giving advice.
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It's a free country. Doctor Walser, Doctor W.E. Mitch, Doctor B.J. Maroni,
Doctor J.D. Kopple and myself have a right to inform people about
alternative treatment programs. Feel free to do a PubMed search and you
will find that
there are various studies that prove that a protein-restricted diet is
an excellent option for many predialysis patients.
The above mentioned doctors conducted a study entitled:
"Should Protein Intake Be Restricted in Pre-Dialysis Patients"
That study was published in
Kidney International 55 (1999): 771-777
You may honestly believe that Doctor Walser's treatment program is outside
of the mainstream but it's my my opinion that you are wrong. However, you
are entitled to your opinion. I am glad that REP and yourself are doing so
well.
Thanks for providing lots of helpful information for dialysis patients. I
am trying really hard to avoid ever needing dialysis.
Visit this site to learn about my medical problem:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/...icle/000493.htm
Jason
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