THYROID POWER-Frequently Asked Questions

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><b>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. You will have to scroll to bottom to navigate.</b></font></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="635"> <tr> <td width="145"></td> <td width="635"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="635"> <tr> <td width="94"><img border="0" src="images/richsm.jpg" width="94" height="122"></td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/TITLE.jpg" width="431" height="92"> </td> <td width="94"> <img border="0" src="images/karileesm.jpg" width="94" height="122"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="95" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Richard L. Shames, M.D.</b></font></td> <td width="438"> <p align="center"></td> <td width="99" valign="top"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Karilee H. Shames, R.N., Ph.D.</b></font></td> </tr> </table> </center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="635"> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635"> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="6" color="#AA003C"><b>FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="60"> <blockquote> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a name="questions" href="#whatis">What is thyroid coaching?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="#whatgen">What generally occurs during a session?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="#whatif">What if I'm already taking thyroid medicine?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="#ifi">If I sign up for coaching, does that mean Dr. Shames will be my doctor?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="#thenwho">Then who will order my tests, and prescribe my medicine?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="#whatdoes">What does a thyroid-coaching session cost?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b> <a href="#inotice">I notice that Karilee SHames is available to do mind-body health coaching. What is that? and what does it cost?</a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b><a href="#howdo">How do I sign up for thyroid coaching?</a></b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #AA003C"> <tr> <td> <blockquote> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#AA003C" size="4">Special Note from Drs. Karilee & Rich:</font></b></p> <p><font face="Arial"><b>Thank you for your willingness to keep an open mind and to explore new models of health care and promotion. As a Doctor-Nurse team, we are dedicated to supporting the deepest needs of thyroid patients, and to empower them to live their fullest possible lives. It is an honor and pleasure to do this transformative work, as we believe that encouraging activation on the part of health consumers will have enormous repercussions in our current medical system.</b></font></p> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <b><font face="Arial"><a name="whatis">Q</a></font><a name="whatis">:</a>     </b><font face="Arial"><b>    <font size="3">What is thyroid coaching?</font><br> <br> A:         Thyroid coaching is when a person with thyroid-related concerns books time with Dr. Richard Shames for over the telephone information specific to his/her own personal situation. It is your time - alone with the doctor.</b></font> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <font face="Arial"><b><a name="whatgen">Q:</a>        What generally occurs during a session?<br> <br> A:        Dr. Shames will go over your pertinent health history, blood tests, other lab data like basal temperature and scans, family history, associated conditions, and previous recommendations from other practitioners. This composite of your own individual health information is then summarized by the doctor with an eye toward achieving the most accurate diagnosis. If any further tests are needed, Dr. Shames will then recommend them and tell you where they can be obtained.</b></font> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial"><b><a name="whatif">Q: </a>       What if I'm already taking thyroid medicine?<br> <br> A:        If you are already diagnosed and currently taking medication, either prescription or over the counter variety, Dr. Shames can suggest to you ways in which your present treatment program might be optimized. Many people do better with a change in brand, dose, or type of thyroid medicine; sometimes two or three medicines need to be combined for best results. How and when to make such changes is a very intricate and personal matter, also taking into account your personal belief systems, and events and current stressors in your life that may be contributing to your present symptoms.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <font face="Arial"><b><a name="ifi">Q:  </a>      If I sign up for coaching, does that mean Dr. Shames will be my doctor?<br> <br> A:        Dr. Shames can only be a personal physician for those people that he actually meets and examines - and sees face-to-face on a regular basis in his medical office. Therefore, a coaching session is something different. Instead of being your doctor, and ordering tests and prescribing medicines, Dr. Shames is your health information source point and answer person. He is someone who <u>really </u>listens to you, and offers his best thinking based on 25 years of clinical experience treating low thyroid patients. He will help you to create a thyroid recovery plan.</b></font> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <font face="Arial"><b><a name="thenwho">Q:  </a>      Then who will order my tests, and prescribe my medicine?<br> <br> A:        Dr. Shames will help you learn to present his suggestions to your regular doctor in a way that will ensure the greatest likelihood that the tests or medicine you want will indeed be ordered. If your present physician will not listen to you, or consider you as a therapeutic partner in your own health care, then Dr. Shames will recommend a more appropriate physician for you to see in your own locale when possible. He pulls from a variety of databases from which he will choose several "thyroid-friendly practitioners" who may practice near you and help you proceed.</b></font> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <font face="Arial"><b><a name="whatdoes">Q:   </a>     What does a thyroid-coaching session cost?<br> <br> A:        The initial session (50 minutes time on the phone with the doctor) generally costs $250 [with occasional special discounts]. Some people choose to have further "full consults" after the initial one, in order to better understand their complex health situation, and make further inroads into successful management. The half-session (25 minutes) re-consult is available at a fee of $150, generally reserved for those who have had at least one full consult, and for their practitioners, who may wish to consult with Dr. Shames as well.</b></font> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <font face="Arial"><b><a name="inotice">Q: </a>       I notice that Karilee SHames is available to do mind-body health coaching. What is that? and what does it cost?<br> <br> A:        Karilee's work is viewed as an extension of the more medically-oriented work of Dr. Rich, wherein she makes herself available via phone for those who wish to discuss emotional/spiritual/energetic aspects of being low thyroid. As a low -thyroid person herself, as well as a Certified Holisitic Nurse and Certified Clinical Specialist in Psychiatric Nursing, Karilee has worked with this condition, and its many ramifications on our lives, for almost 30 years. She is gifted in helping people access their emotional blocks, even via telephone, and in supporting assertive communications and healthy decision-making that will enable thyroid sufferers to feel better more of the time. Her work is related to self-care aspects and empowerment.</b></font> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="#questions">BACK TO LISTS OF QUESTIONS</a></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/divider.gif" width="500" height="9"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="635" height="30"> <font face="Arial"><b><a name="howdo">Q: </a>       How do I sign up for thyroid coaching?<br> <br> A:        Please <font color="#AA003C">PREVIEW</font> entire <a href="consultsfr.html">Coaching Section</a> of www.ThyroidPower.com. There is a link to <font color="#AA003C">CLICK</font> that will bring you directly to a one-page <a href="fullfr.html">Thyroid Coaching Agreement</a>. 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