Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

Silly, silly, silly .. Albany has just passed a bill giving the state dental society control over New York City’s dental society. This is not a tongue twister. The medical doctors’ wallet are not only held by the MBAs, but lobbyists too. Poor thing.

What a shame that US health system and its doctors move ever slowly into the electronic age. I’m still seeing those silly medical careers ads such as billing agent. Give me a break!  The American doctors are reluctant to purchase a system they fear might soon be obsolete.  I sympathize with it.  There are too many ’systems’ to [...]

My learning time. Johnson & Johnson makes the Acuvue. But there are many outlets selling it, price varies per box that contains 6 lens. So I called up the first off the google. 800-Contacts sells $42.99 per box or $303.92 for 8 boxes (after mail-in rebate). When I called, the price dropped to $218.33 for 8 [...]

   
 
Help .. Help ..  prospect .. my past, my present and my future .. oh lord hairy toothy decaying, how many dentists do I need to fix those?  I think I’ll need to start to floss and brush maybe every other week?  Tea and wine have stained my teeth, ok, I’ll increase the brush to every other [...]

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I got a chance to glance at my file at Dr. Rubin’s office.  The standard issue vanilla folder is very new, and there’s some writing on the upper right corner.  I’d had guessed vital info, like blood type, allergy reaction, weight/height, address/phone, contact person .. .. just in case something happens in a blink?  But no, it recorded [...]

     Pls let me know if it works for you
Jus to check this out……
The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.  [...]

Carrot + Ginger + Apple - Boost and cleanse our system.
Apple + Cucumber + Celery - Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and improve stomach upset and headache.
Tomato + Carrot + Apple - Improve skin complexion and bad breath.
Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk - Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.
Orange + Ginger + Cucumber [...]

國際會議上定出了6種保健品
第一       綠茶；  
第二       紅葡萄酒；
第三       豆漿；
第四       酸奶；人家不提牛奶，您注意啦；
第五       骨頭湯；
第六       蘑菇湯。
 
一個中國人寫的 , 一定要耐心看完，並傳給您的朋友
 
不重視保健，而且不聽保健。現在絕大多數是病死的，很少數是老死的。
聯合國提出個口號﹕”千萬不要死於無知”。死於無知很冤枉。
 
維多利亞開會有個宣言，這個宣言有三個里程碑，
第一個叫       平衡飲食，
第二個叫       有氧運動，
第三個叫       心理狀態。    
 
平衡飲食
也許有人早就認為保健有什麼好聽的，還不是早起早睡身體好。  所謂平衡飲食，有飲、食二大類。
先說飲食的第一個問題，”飲”的問題。
什麼叫保健品，大家要知道，它得是能治療疾病的。
到現在我們中國人絕大部分都不知道什麼叫保健品。
 
為什麼提蘑菇湯？ 因為蘑菇能提高免疫功能。 
那為什麼提骨頭湯呢？ 骨頭湯裏含琬膠，琬膠是延年益壽的 ，
為什麼提酸奶？ 因為 酸奶是維持細菌平衡的。
所謂 維持細菌平衡是指有益的細菌生長，有害的細菌消滅，所以吃酸奶可以少得病的。牛奶本身我們不否定它的作用，但跟酸奶比起來差得很遠。
綠茶為什麼有保健作用呢？  原來綠茶裏面含有茶坨酚，而茶坨酚是抗癌的。
日本普查 40 歲以上的人沒有一個體內沒有癌細胞的。如果你每天喝 4 杯綠茶，癌細胞就不分裂，而且即使分裂也要推遲 9 [...]

J came to play cards this past Sunday.  I haven’t seen her for a good few years.  Last time was at a ski resort, we had hot pot and well, played cards in the evenings.  She just got divorced then, and the older son (now sophomore in college) lives with dad and she took the [...]

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I’ve long heard that Americans use drugs.  All kinds of drugs.  Good and bad.  The first time on the Beautiful Country’s soil, I saw Drug Store signs everywhere.  Despite my poor English, I think I wasn’t mistaken ’drug’ for candy.  I wasn’t.

Now there are slew of companies just to manage your drug purchases.  Geee, either I’m [...]

I must have passed Dr. Jeffrey Rubin’s office and his little white singling million times without actually noticing his name, or noticed his name but without committing it to my limited memory.  His office is over looking one of the parks where in the summer time, concerts/bands were often held.  When I rushed in - forgot the appt [...]

More dentists.  Dr. Moss’s mission is accomplished.  Now all I need is a dentist to actually put in the tooth, crown (?)  I’m not too happy with Dr. Linsky.  Calls to his office get only 50% return rate (I don’t think I’m the right person to lecture them about customer service.  But it is.  I don’t wish to rub salt on [...]

I trekked to the Park Avenue for my implant on a snowy day, a last minor procedure.  Dr. Moss was very happy with his creation, exclaiming, “how nice .. look at it .. It’s worked ..”  Did I mention that he put some real bone, contained in a tiny jar - from died human - or I heard it wrong?  [...]

It’s a thumb down for Dr. Robert J. Auerbach of Pediatric Ophthalmology of Greater New York, with a PO box number in Boston, perhaps an agency that managing their billing or other part of administrative stuff?  After recanting the offer, they now will take me to court.  Hiring a lawyer is more than the petty amount [...]

CPT codes are procedure codes for the medical office to use in filing for their service with the insurers.  And it is thicker than Webster dictionary.
Nancy from Dr. Auerbach’s office offered that they would waive one of the office visit charges since Pumpkin’s 2nd visit cost more $300.  I agreed, waited for the correct bill.  It [...]

Pumpkin is fine with her plastic eyes.  We went to visit Dr. Auerbach one more time, checking up on her to see if the fit is fine, which is.  Perhaps don’t have to see him for a year or so.  The first thing he said to me was to apologized for the call they made [...]

When contact lenses first came to market, I heard a geologist mentioned that in rural Vietnam the peasants referred it as the ‘plastic eyes’.  Two years ago, I got a pack of colored contacts from an ophthalmologist, they’re still unopened.  The other day, I found two boxes of contacts, god knows when did I got that.  Maybe I’m missing shots [...]

Enjoying Dr. Karl Rove’s timeliness and proximity, I finally decided to leave the pediatrician we’ve had since her birth.  I spent nearly an hour finding a new female Dr, calling from the list generated by the insurance website.  Some are closed to new patient, some aren’t regular pediatricians (why would they be listed there?).  On waiting [...]