Posts by Gregg DeNicola MD CEO
CEO BLOG- Matthew Perry’s Untimely Death. What Lessons Can We Learn to Avoid the Same Fate?
Last night I forgot to ask my wife to join me in the Jacuzzi. I was really in hot water. Ok, perhaps it isn’t the best idea to start a blog about Matthews Perry’s death with a Jacuzzi joke. Yet I feel Chandler Bing would have approved. “If meeting my maker can be used to bring a smile to thousands of…
Read MoreCEO BLOG- Allergies…A Silent Killer
Many of you know I love to eat. And being Italian by heritage, I also love to cook, especially Italian food. I’m proud to have raised two doctors, one is a hemopathologist and the other an ob-gyn & Caduceus CMO. I’m equally proud that my love of cooking also spawned an executive chef. Although I love making up my own…
Read MoreCEO BLOG- Long Covid FAQ’s… From the Frying Pan into the Fire!
One pill makes you largerAnd one pill makes you smallAnd the ones that mother gives youDon’t do anything at all This could describe doctors during the Covid pandemic. We had no studies, concept of what to give, or what to treat with. In the final analysis, only Paxlovid was approved orally for treatment. For music…
Read MorePATIENT BLOG ORANGE COUNTY OZEMPIC
The Doubting Doc- Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro…Oh My! Weight Loss FAQ’s Let’s play a short game of Jeopardy… Answer:I need to lose weightI’m overweightI’m obeseI’m fatI’m going to stop eating carbsNo, meatNo, glutenNo, dinnerI’m going to exercise more–at least twice a week Question:What does a typical doctor hear 99 times a day from their patients? Especially post Covid, we are seeing more obesity than ever.…
Read MoreCMO Covid Blog Orange County Urgent Care Natural Antibodies “Get No Respect”
Natural Immunity- The Rodney Dangerfield of Covid “When I was born the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father, “I’m very sorry. We did everything we could…but he pulled through.” “My mother had morning sickness AFTER I was born.” Rodney Dangerfield was born Jacob Cohen in New York in 1921.…
Read MoreLatest Covid Treatment Orange County Urgent Care
ANNOUNCEMENT from CMO- A woman calls a law firm,“This is Schwartz, Schwartz, and Schwartz. How may I help you?”“I would like to talk with Mr. Schwartz.”“Oh sorry; he is in court all day.” “OK, in that case let me speak to Mr. Schwartz.”“Apologies. He is on vacation.” “Then let me speak to Mr. Schwartz.” “Speaking!”…
Read MoreMONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH PDQ URGENT CARE & MORE YORBA LINDA
ANNOUNCMENT from CMO- Caduceus Medical Group’s urgent care PDQ Urgent Care & More, in partnership with Infusion IV Hydration & Injection Therapy, have arranged for monoclonal antibodies from Regeneron (Casivirimab/Imdevimab) to be available to its eligible patients with Covid-19. As they say on Channel 13, supplies are limited; we are optimistic we can continue to…
Read MoreQuantitative Antibody Testing Orange County Urgent Care
Since the blog last week advising antibody counts to help predict vaccine failures, we have had many questions. Let’s answer a few now. -Caduceus and PDQ Urgent Care and More can draw the counts during an office visit of any type or at their draw stations. Due to high demand, we have specific times we…
Read MoreANTIBODY QUANTITATIVE TESTING- ORANGE COUNTY URGENT CARE COVID BLOG
In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around I’ll stand my ground And I won’t back down. Tom Petty Let’s present the actual real-life case of a PDQ married couple I will call Donald and Daisy. (It’s real except their names of course.) They are both in their 60’s. Both were vaccinated in Feb/March (the brand isn’t important). Being fully vaccinated, they assumed they were safe to travel to the…
Read MoreLONG HAUL COVID TREATMENT ORANGE COUNTY URGENT CARE
I am Dr. Gregg DeNicola and I am a Covid Long Hauler.I had my first positive PCR on December 13, 2020.I entered the hospital with double Covid pneumonia December 22, 2020 and was transferred to the Covid ICU.I was discharged December 31, 2020. I tested negative January 25, 2021.I was unable to leave the couch…
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