It became unbearable when she was pregnant and developed crippling back pain. She told him that her whole life had been one of near-constant pain. Her voice was soft and high-pitched and sounded younger than her 33 years. He would need copies of her medical records and recent test results, and he would need to talk with her before he saw her. If she were going to travel, Podell told the sister, he wanted to make sure that he could do something for her.
The patient, however, lived in Ohio, and Podell was in Middlebury, Conn. Podell wasn't sure he could help but wanted to try. I have heard you are the best, and if there is help out there, you are the one who will find it. "I am very desperate for help," she wrote, "and I am struggling every day all day without relief. The sister handed Podell a letter from the patient. Over the past 10 years, the patient - now 33 - became completely disabled by strange pains and odd episodes of weakness that no one could explain. People told her that Podell was a doctor who specialized in diagnosing odd diseases, and she hoped he might finally solve the puzzle of her older sister's mysterious illness. David Podell, who was a friend of a friend and had a reputation as a kinder version of TV's Dr. 'Will you please see my sister?' the young woman asked Dr.
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