Blog Master

18jan11    
Hi -- this is Tom, your blog-master!  (What a title!)  This is what I'm hearing, aside from well-wishes and many wonderful congratulatory words from our friends -- "I don't understand," people say. "What exactly will you be doing? Explain the process."

Easy to do.

The client may come to us for any number of reasons: low testosterone, overweight, ungracefully aging, feeling punky -- whatever. The first thing we'd do is send the client to get their blood work done. We'd give them the necessary paperwork and the address of the nearest LabCorps (even the client's own pcp can do it). THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR A PATIENT UNTIL WE HAVE THE LAB WORK. I think that's important to stress, especially so there's no misinformation. Everything we do is based upon the client's needs.

When we receive the lab work, our physician analyzes it and makes recommendations based on what s/he sees. (I can speak from personal experience that it is the most thorough analysis I've ever had -- we went over my bloodwork for more than a half an hour as my Patient Care Coordinator explained what all the numbers meant. I learned things about my insides that I'd never known before. No matter who you are, it's good to hear your liver's fine.)

The client will then be presented with the Doctor's recommendations in terms of therapy. This can include supplements, vitamins, or hormonal treatments. The patient and the PCC decide on which course of action to take and places an order. This order is reviewed by our Nurse Practitioner then forwarded to our cooperating pharmacy.

The pharmacy also reviews the treatment and fills the perscription(s). When the prescriptive order is complete, the pharmacy ships via FedEx to the client, usually overnight.

When the prescription is used or has expired, the client calls us, we review again, and if the timing's appropriate, we fwd a refill prescription to the pharmacy.

I want people to understand that we're not selling stuff out of our basement or anything. Nothing is done that is not based on the client's lab work. It's possible that we won't be able to help a client -- their blood work may be just fine.