Pre-Appointment Process for New Patients
by Linda L. Isaacs, M.D.
Before moving forward, please take the time you need to understand your condition, your options in conventional medicine, and this treatment approach.
For Cancer Patients: If you have a cancer diagnosis, I suggest that you see an oncologist and review your options for treatment and their effectiveness. You may wish to review the National Cancer Institute's cancer information. My article, “Deciding Whether to Pursue an Alternative Cancer Therapy” may also help. I am frequently asked for testimonials and statistics; click here for more on this topic, along with an article that Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and I wrote.
If you are currently receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation, I do not recommend adding this program at this time (though the program can be combined with hormone blockade). Patients who combine more than one approach may not get the full benefit of any of the therapies. You are welcome to contact the office once you have finished. For legal and ethical reasons, I cannot take the responsibility of advising any patient about whether or not to receive chemotherapy or radiation. Patients need to make their own decisions based on the merits of those therapies.
Perhaps you don’t have cancer, but have some other issue or just want to maintain your health. No matter what your situation is, if you want to become my patient, here are the steps for you to follow:
Step 1: Understanding This Treatment Approach
Are you familiar with what is involved? If you aren’t, then please review the material on the home page of this site to learn more. To learn about costs, click here. Are you unable or unwilling to travel to the office? I cannot give advice to patients I have never physically seen, because of legal constraints by governmental agencies.
Step 2: Send Information
Send a written description of your illness or the problem for which you want help. If you feel well but are looking for health maintenance, describe any past medical problems. Write as if you are telling your story, rather than as an outline. I personally review this material. There is no charge for the pre-appointment review of your situation.
The patient should be the one to write, to provide more accurate information.
Please include:
- Patient’s name, date of birth and age
- Address, telephone number, and email address
- How you heard about this office
- Any prior interest in nutrition (such an interest is not required to become a patient)
- The type of illness, date it was diagnosed, extent of disease, recurrences
- Dates and kinds of previous treatment
- Current treatment recommendations
- Other treatments being considered
- Attitudes about current physicians
- How disease has affected daily life and activities, ability to work
- Any other significant health problems, past or present
- All prescription medications
- Height and weight; recent weight gain or loss; problems with appetite or reduced food intake
- Difficulties eating or swallowing capsules
- History of smoking or alcohol use
- Support system—family, friends, spiritual
- Who lives with patient, and relationship with person(s) in home
- Reason for wanting an appointment in this office (a brief statement of a couple of sentences is fine)
Along with your summary, send relevant medical records, which may include:
- Biopsy results
- Operative reports and pathology results
- Most recent blood work such as CBC (Complete Blood Count) and CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel)
- Most recent CT, PET or MRI written reports
If you do not have immediate access to all of your medical records, go ahead and send your written description of your problem. If and when an appointment is scheduled, I want all relevant records. Please do not send discs of CT scans or MRIs; I prefer the written reports from the radiologist. Note: the material you send will not be returned.
You may upload your information on the secure upload page. If you use the upload feature, be sure the files are in PDF or Microsoft Word formats, since we may not be able to open other file types.
You may also send the material by fax, mail, or delivery services such as UPS or Federal Express. Visit the Contact Us page for our mailing address and phone.
Please do not come by the office without an appointment. Submitting your information does not create a doctor-patient relationship; this is not established until a treatment plan is begun.
Step 3: Call to Follow Up
I will review submitted information at the end of the business day it is received. Because of time limitations, I am unable to speak with potential patients, but I personally review all material submitted. To follow up, you must call the office to speak to a staff member on the business day after your material was received. Visit the Contact Us page for our phone number.
Our hours of operation are:
- Monday-Thursday: 9:30am-4:00pm
- Friday: 9:30-noon
We are in the Central US Time Zone. We are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, all United States Postal Service holidays, and additional days around holidays in November and December.
If you have any questions about this process, give the office a call.
