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Distinguished member
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2011
- Messages
- 110
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 04/2011
- Country
- US
- State
- MA
- City
- Hull
Dear Sirs:
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with your Self-Diagnostic kit. I believe the kit is somewhat incomplete for use by a 32 year old female with swallowing problems such as myself. Upon opening the box I became suspicious due to the number of items still wrapped in Walmart packaging, but I needed answers fast because I have three children, and set out to run your tests.
I called my friend who is a dog groomer and she agreed to help with the testing. On her way over to my house she stopped at Walgreens for the 9 volt batteries and snatched up all the Balcofin tabs which were on sale! When I showed her your kit she blurted out "I don't think that thing is safe!"
We decided to first try the EMG test on the family dog. We put CD#2 into the CD player and Jen, my friend (who speaks Farsi which proved invaluable with the instructions on CD#2), listened for a little while, said "Oh" and began shaving my dog Barney's legs. The Lady Bics were on Walgreens' sale too!
Jen thought the room was a little cool and said we had to warm Barney's legs for a proper test and suggested we fill the bathtub with warm water. Now Barney won't stay in the bathtub unless the kids are shooting off firecrackers and I thought the firecrackers would make it hard to tell if Barney's twitching was real or just a reaction to the loud noises.
So we decided to use a pot of warm water, but Barney is a big dog and we needed two pots. I filled my spaghetti pot and my turkey pan with warm water and set them on the stove. I put Barney's front legs in the pot and his hind legs in the pan. Just then the kids came in the kitchen and started screaming and crying thinking I was going to cook poor Barney!
I assured them the stove was not turned on and Barney was safe. I convinced the kids to get their hair dryers and we would only use those to keep the water warm. Well the kids got tired of holding on to the hair dryers and wandered off after balancing the hair dryers on the edge of the turkey pan.
Jen began sterilizing the needles, I was hooking up the batteries and Barney began peeing.
My husband came home unexpectedly and upon seeing us he began laughing hysterically (we will be testing him soon due to his obvious emotional libelity). This excited the dog and he jumped off the stove knocking the hair dryers into the pan. Well the sparks flew! In the confusion my friend cried out "They're really moving fast now!"
And then the lights went out. In the dark, I stepped on and broke the magnifying glass severing three toes (two on the right foot and one on the left).
I spent thousands of dollars financing this fiasco. Two thousand for your kit, a grand on the electrical repairs and $2250 at the ER. By the way the ER doc sewed on one of my toes upside down so let that be on your conscience too. All of this could have been avoided if you simply include a pair of extremely large galoshes to be filled with water warmed by aquarium heaters to allow soaking the feet until proper warmth is achieved.
I hope you take this suggestion to heart and send me a replacement magnifying glass free of charge so that I may continue testing.
Best Regards,
Shirley I. Jest
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with your Self-Diagnostic kit. I believe the kit is somewhat incomplete for use by a 32 year old female with swallowing problems such as myself. Upon opening the box I became suspicious due to the number of items still wrapped in Walmart packaging, but I needed answers fast because I have three children, and set out to run your tests.
I called my friend who is a dog groomer and she agreed to help with the testing. On her way over to my house she stopped at Walgreens for the 9 volt batteries and snatched up all the Balcofin tabs which were on sale! When I showed her your kit she blurted out "I don't think that thing is safe!"
We decided to first try the EMG test on the family dog. We put CD#2 into the CD player and Jen, my friend (who speaks Farsi which proved invaluable with the instructions on CD#2), listened for a little while, said "Oh" and began shaving my dog Barney's legs. The Lady Bics were on Walgreens' sale too!
Jen thought the room was a little cool and said we had to warm Barney's legs for a proper test and suggested we fill the bathtub with warm water. Now Barney won't stay in the bathtub unless the kids are shooting off firecrackers and I thought the firecrackers would make it hard to tell if Barney's twitching was real or just a reaction to the loud noises.
So we decided to use a pot of warm water, but Barney is a big dog and we needed two pots. I filled my spaghetti pot and my turkey pan with warm water and set them on the stove. I put Barney's front legs in the pot and his hind legs in the pan. Just then the kids came in the kitchen and started screaming and crying thinking I was going to cook poor Barney!
I assured them the stove was not turned on and Barney was safe. I convinced the kids to get their hair dryers and we would only use those to keep the water warm. Well the kids got tired of holding on to the hair dryers and wandered off after balancing the hair dryers on the edge of the turkey pan.
Jen began sterilizing the needles, I was hooking up the batteries and Barney began peeing.
My husband came home unexpectedly and upon seeing us he began laughing hysterically (we will be testing him soon due to his obvious emotional libelity). This excited the dog and he jumped off the stove knocking the hair dryers into the pan. Well the sparks flew! In the confusion my friend cried out "They're really moving fast now!"
And then the lights went out. In the dark, I stepped on and broke the magnifying glass severing three toes (two on the right foot and one on the left).
I spent thousands of dollars financing this fiasco. Two thousand for your kit, a grand on the electrical repairs and $2250 at the ER. By the way the ER doc sewed on one of my toes upside down so let that be on your conscience too. All of this could have been avoided if you simply include a pair of extremely large galoshes to be filled with water warmed by aquarium heaters to allow soaking the feet until proper warmth is achieved.
I hope you take this suggestion to heart and send me a replacement magnifying glass free of charge so that I may continue testing.
Best Regards,
Shirley I. Jest