Re: Does Shoskes Believe in the Manila Protocol?

From: Vote Kerry (kerry_at_for.prez.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:53:13 GMT

eltonfan28 wrote:
> "Vote Kerry" <kerry@for.prez.com> wrote
>> Why has the clinic in LA closed? You could also ask why the clinics
>> in Manila and Tucson are doing so badly. Prostatitis clinics wither
>> and die without a good reputation. When Shoskes left LA, he took his
>> fame and patient-pulling power with him. Zeitlin is relatively
>> unknown, deservedly so in my opinion.
>
>
> Vote Kerry,
>
> I have seen Dr. Zeitlin twice already and I plan to see him again
> later this month. I assumed he was a good doctor since he worked with
> Dr. Shoskes in the past and continues to consult with him today. Are
> you suggesting, however, that my money would be better spent by
> traveling up to Stanford? I just need an honest opinion since I am
> paying out of my own pocket for these visits and cannot afford to see
> every doctor who specialized in prostatitis.
>
> Also, Dr. Zeitlin performed a DRE on me and said that my pain was
> coming from the prostate rather than the pelvic floor and thus I'm not
> likely to benefit from the Stanford Protocol. Does you think I should
> get a second opinion?

IMO, Zeitlin is an excellent uro, but he's not a top rank male pelvic pain
specialist. He's not responsive to radical new approaches in my (very
limited) personal experience of him.

 I /do/ suggest you go the Stanford route if you can.

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