The Portable Veblen

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A

Dr. Raymond Bullen

Dept. of Endocrinology

Clinical Study Center

Stanford University Hospital

Stanford, CA 94305

Dear Dr. Bullen:

Thank you for your attention during my recent participation in your clinical trial at the Stanford University Hospital. As promised, I’m enclosing a list of my current problems. Though the trial failed to detect primary hyperaldosteronism, I’m hoping these random recollections will help add to the overall picture you may be forming, but I’ll leave that up to you.

1. gums, very bad condition

2. left side pain, lymph nodes under jaws, around ear, parotid and mastoid area

3. psoriasis and other skin eruptions

4. continued hand difficulty, discomfort, rigidity, poor circulation

5. pain in hip

6. distended abdomen

7. alternate constipation/diarrhea

8. atrial ectopics and other arrhythmias

9. hiatus hernia, periodically

10. discomfort in groin

11. neck pain

12. change in face shape over the last 1½ years

13. inside mouth, white and peeling

14. intermittent complete drying of eyes and mouth

15. spasms in larynx in middle of night while asleep. Horrible experience.

16. shocks down roof of mouth

17. lumps on face, eczema around nose

18. at irregular intervals, floating stools, whitish and puttylike, or yellow and chalklike

19. sequelae in right leg, ulceration at site of animal bite

It means the world to me, your acknowledgment that mine is an extremely complex case. I welcome further comment.

Sincerely,

Melanie Duffy