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Information regarding Cambridge hospital for your loved ones UK in regards of medication

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Hi I was lucky to attend one of the support meeting and meet Martin, one of the very kind caring attendance who is looking after his wife expressed managed to get to Cambridge and receive appropriate medication which help his wife ! After couple of months we had a chance to meet this amazing team!

I wish I met them earlier in my husband case!

You just need to be refer to them by your GP :

Dr James B Rowe's Department 01223 760697

Our contact is Patricia Vazquez Rodriguez, research assistant

01223 336950 email pv283@cam.ac.uk

She would be the best person to speak to.

or

Sarah Ayerst receptionist

01223 760671

email sa719@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Good luck

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JA10

This is my Mum's team, we are fortunate(?) to have been with them since diagnosis. Dr Rowe is part of research team and often appears in press releases about it.

There is however, still not much they can do to help. We go regularly as my mum is taking part in the research program they are part of, but they are monitoring her decline, trying to keep her comfortable and sorting her medication that she was on already only. Excellent care but no magic wands.

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Dickenson2

John is also under James Rowe and has taken part in their research. The whole team are brilliant but have not been able to offer ant medication that helps John. They are always at the end of a phone.

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Kevin_1

Hi Samila

So wonderful that your husband is under Dr Rowson now.

Great news!

Warmly

Kevin

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Yvonneandgeorge

Yes so good you are at a wonderful hospital, we are at queens Square under Proffesor Morris, he is also amazing and Dr Lamb xxxxx

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raincitygirl

I'm just jealous that you have neurologist care teams at all! Our tertiary neuro made the diagnosis then sent us off to "call your health authority if you need help". I had to give our GP/PCP info sheets on CBD and hope that I get what I need...and no hospice until you're at the point of death....(several bitter snarky sentences erased here..👿..)

Anne G. (Canada)

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Val4521

I agree that they are a fantastic team at Cambridge. They really understand and care. Not that they can offer any treatment for my CBD. The team even sent me a Christmas card signed individually by each member of the team. Those of us who are under their team should feel very blessed and grateful. One piece of advice I received from Professor Rowe himself was that if I ever got taken to hospital I should get them to phone him so he could fill them in on my condition as most doctors have never heard of CBD!!

Good luck to you on your journey

Jackie C

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Kevin_1 in reply to Val4521

Hi Jackie

He is such a lovely guy!

He even drove down to our backwoods group to give a talk. How does he find the time to do that?

But to say just tell the hosp. call him is stupendous.

Good luck to you on your journey too.

You have one of the best.

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