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> >To:[log in to unmask] >From:[log in to unmask] (DEBORAH BELLMAN) >Subject:re loma linda exp. > >i had posted about a wk ago a note re my friends and my experience at loma >linda with dr Iacono. Reading Barb Mallut's note, I tend to respond. I had >met Dr. Iacono previously at both a lecture he gave on fetal implants and >privately at a consultation with my friend, parkinson patient. >we all agreed he seemed to be a most probably very talented and >enthusiastic surgeon. He was very interested in performing the pallidotomy >on my friend. >I very much agree it is a "deeply personal experience" and that everyone >will relate to any given doctor differently. however i do think that given >the "raw nerves" and fact that brain surgery is scary and yes, faith must >be had in the dr., well, then, our experience there was one in which there >seemed no evidence for trust, faith. a good looking, dramatic doctor does >not necessarily make for pre-surgical stability, nor the trust, hope, >etc. necessary for the work involved in going through such an emotional >situation. actually, that was the letdown for us,...we had worked so hard >on all of our own emotional preparation for the surgery and it all fell >apart as a seeming chaos was created in the room. >however, i must also say that i spoke personally to the doctor as he was >deciding what to do and it wass agreed that he both could not do surgery >on a patient as terrified as my friend and also that he had not helped an >already scary situation by entering the room yelling at all those around. > >i really do think he has an excellent track record and would still >recomend him. >it is true, personality is not completely important in a surgical >situation, however, how the doctor handles any given situation, >professionally and bedside manner will always be important as we are all >human beings. >