Lemons2lemonade Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 i've read some stuff on here about dr. goodman. Anyone who has seen him, what types of tests did he perform to diagnose you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP4620 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I saw Dr. Goodman for my diagnoses..... He is a really great guy he's understated and quiet but extremely smart and a great listener. He is very thorough and depending on your other complaints will send you for a full batch of tests. For POTS in general in me he did a qsart,tilt table (neuro not cardiac) catacholomine test, movement studies test, holter moniter, 24 hour bp moniter, and mri, as well as a ton of blood work to rule out everything under the sun and check on your levels. He definitely knows what he's doing and is a great guy and will follow up with you over the phone after your visit and his nurse Janie is great also. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 DBP4620- Curious what the movement studies test was that you had done at Mayo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP4620 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 its to make sure orthostatic tremors are just that..... basically an eeg of your brain while putting different censors on your body and having you do all sorts of different movements.... I think they only do it mayo, i cant find much info online about it at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenglynn Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I also have a question about Mayo. If you have already had a TTT, do they do another one? Mine was so awful I can't imagine doing it again. But I think I may be headed to Mayo after UW-Madison because I am not sure they have the autonomic dept. to help me.Thanks!Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP4620 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Jen,I can't answer the tilt table question because I had only had poor man tilts before the Mayo. You will see Dr. Goodman before the testing and can definitely way pros/cons with him and let him no your concerns. I think a place like Mayo would be great for you after reading your other post, they all work as a team and have every speciality right there for you to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieph85 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I'm seeing Dr. Goodman first week of January. I will let you know how that goes. I'm hoping I can finally get a diagnosis since i'm traveling over 2,000 miles to see him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Jennglynn- In my experience Mayo wanted to repeat all the tests that I'd already had run at another autonomic lab. They did another TTT, but it was "only" the 10 minute one...not like the other 3 I had which were the 45 minute variety. From what I've heard and experienced, Mayo likes to do their own testing most of the time. I will say they were much more specific and "regimented" in their testing as to how they ran the tests than the other autonomic place was I had been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'm a Dr. Goodman patient too. He repeated the TTT from the same Mayo from the cardio dept. The cardio test was 45 min. but Dr. Goodman's was only 10 min. He repeated every test I'd had done earlier from another neuro. They do start over. You're right Janie is great and very good to get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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