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Dr. Mahoney Case Summary

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Ms. Mahoney is a 53-year-old female here today to discuss laboratory testing and the stress going on in her life.

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The patient tells me she is "doing terrible." She has been under a tremendous amount of stress. She spent approximately 10 to 15 minutes describing to me all of the different types of stressors that she is dealing with. She says that yesterday she spent 10 hours in an airport, which was very stressful. She closed on a condo in May, but unfortunately needs to sell it because it is "falling apart" and she listed the items that are going wrong. She is also having issues with her car and the title. Both of her twin daughters are graduating from college. They are apparently having difficulty with that. She is worried about them. One of …show more content…

She has not been sleeping as well. She has not been able to concentrate, particularly in the afternoon. She says that her other twin daughter, one graduated about a week ago, the other is graduating this week. She is worried about getting her hair cut and colored, her shoes and getting her nails done. She feels very stressed about this. She was diagnosed with Addison's in the past. This was surgically induced after an adrenalectomy in the year 2000. She says because of that, she "can't do stress." She had been followed by an endocrinologist, Dr. Chan in Bedford, New York, who apparently she tried to call repeatedly regarding these issues and he only called her back once and has not tried to call her again. She says that she thinks she is going to "fire him". She is looking into local endocrinologists, but needs to find one that is willing to work with her, as she has had several "quit on me" in the past. She is wanting to find somebody that might be able to work with her. She is interested in my a thoughts on local endocrinologist. She feels that it is time to have some laboratory studies updated. She is very knowledgeable

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