Weisman Medical Services

02/22/2026

♦️ Women's heart health month ❤️

Q: Why is knowing if you have high blood pressure important?

A: High blood pressure (also called hypertension) is often called the “silent killer” — because most people don’t feel it, even when it’s doing damage.
✅ Knowing your blood pressure matters because untreated high BP can:
Increase your risk of heart attack
Raise your risk of stroke
Damage your kidneys
Contribute to vision problems
Increase risk of heart failure
⚠️ The tricky part?
You can feel totally fine… and still have dangerously high blood pressure.

02/21/2026

Tax season has me deep in numbers, spreadsheets and receipts — and reviewing the year this way always brings perspective.

We, at Weisman Medical Services, believe healthcare should be rooted in compassion, dignity, and access. When someone truly needs help, we do our best to show up. And sometimes tough love is still love.

In 2025, I wrote off about $12,000 in care because I couldn’t bring myself to send them to collections or turn them away when they had a balance. I don’t regret caring. I truly believe healthcare should be compassionate — not just transactional. I do regret that there isn’t a better system to support this type of care.

Thank you to everyone who supports local healthcare and helps make this work meaningful.

May tax season be gentle and finished soon :/

DrW

02/19/2026

DrW is out today. Continue to contact the office with issues (she says to remember to take care of yourself especially fibro friends)

02/19/2026

Perimenopause is confusing enough... Stop going it alone!

Individualized care is so important bc your body isn't like your friend's. You need someone who understands All. The. Options.

Text me 812-441-4290 let's get this figured out ❤️ DrW

02/17/2026

Hi All...it's Women's Heart Health Month. Give the women in your life a squeeze and remind them to get blood pressure checked.

FEBRUARY UPDATES

(1) Prior Authorizations [PAs]
With the change into 2026, Insurance companies have decided to decline to cover more medications. This requires nurse Michelle to complete paperwork justifying why I am prescribing a certain medications for you.
A realistic timeline for PAs is FOUR WEEKS, this is the timeline set by insurance companies AFTER nurse Michelle submits the paperwork.

If this is not acceptable to you, we welcome you to take on the PA process yourself. Otherwise, I ask for your patience. I typically will give you alternatives if waiting for the PA is not acceptable.

Reminder that every single person's insurance has different coverage. I encourage you to research through your insurance online portal to see if they have a list of "Tier 1" -or- "First Priority" covered medications and bring this list with you.

RX HACK: if you would like to avoid the PA process, there are 2 things you can do (1) Ask your pharmacy what the cash price is. If they say "you must use your insurance", this is incorrect and against the law. You have the choice to use your insurance when it comes to medications. Option (2) Consider buying medication through Weisman Medical Services. I can get low cost generics for most medications.

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(2) Message Expectations and Expedite Fee
To ensure fairness, all patient requests are handled in the order they are received. We aim to complete each message or form request within 2 business days (excluding weekends and holidays).

If your situation requires faster turnaround, you may choose to request expedited processing. An expedite fee of $20–$50 applies, depending on the complexity of the task. This fee allows us to prioritize your request and complete it more quickly than the standard timeline.

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(3) SPRING BREAK
The office will have limited hours March 23 through March 27 (Pike Central's spring break form school)
Please plan ahead about refills.

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(4) Individualized Med Kits
If you ordered a kit last year, it may be time to get it restocked.

If you are new, these waterproof, personalized med kits are available for purchase. You pick what medication classes you would like to have on hand and I will make a box for you. A typical box consists of antibiotics for different conditions, steroid cream, skin glue and other wound care, nausea medications, travel meds. If this is something you are interested in, just reply to this email "I WOULD LIKE A MED BOX"

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(5) Continued Services
We do a lot here at Weisman Medical so just a reminder of all our services that you can take advantage of as a member:
--Genetic Testing through GeneDx
--EKGs
--Spirometry (lung testing)
--Ketamine treatments (nasal, compounded) for depression, PTSD and/or chronic pain
--Perimenopause/Menopause and Man-opause Hormone treatment
--Low cost Labs
--Cheap Prescriptions
--Medical grade Piercings
--Emergency Medicine Kits (personalized to you)
--CDL physicals
--Acupuncture and OMT
--Autism Assessments
--Whole person family medicine care
--In-office procedures
--Addiction treatment (MAT)
--Home visits
--Telemed visits (video call visits)
(whew...probably missing something but let's go with that!)

Be well!
DrW & team

02/11/2026

Book Club: Enough

02/11/2026

S**t show of perimenopause explained!

In people with ovaries, starting around 33-43 your estrogen, progesterone and testosterone start to go a downward rollercoaster ride with extreme fluctuations. Our bodies don't like fluctuations and try to compensate for lower levels.

If you lack...
1) Estradiol (estrogen) then you may experience mood swings, tearfulness for no reason, hot flashes, sweats, brain fog, trouble concentrating, forgetfulness, headaches, body pain, itching, vaginal changes, skin and hair changes

2) Progesterone - then you may have uncontrollable anxiety, feeling of doom, depression, sadness and non-restorative sleep

3) Testosterone - then you may have extreme fatigue, apathy (the "I don't give a f*ck), diminished mental health, muscle loss, loss of endurance, irritability and little to no s*x drive.

Other hormones ie adrenaline, insulin, cortisol try to vamp up to offset the lack of P,E,T. This causes weight gain that just won't stop no matter what you do, even higher anxiety, fatigue after eating, worsening trouble sleeping, impaired immune system

Brain neurochemicals ie serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine are already maxed out so most mental health meds don't really make difference to treat how you are feeling.

Your hypothalamus in your brain is sending out a surge of LH, FSH, prolactin, oxytocin to try to communicate with ovaries to keep trying and prop up the body. Yet remember, perimenopause is the transition to ovarian failure! Your ovaries have a shelf life and we outlive them.

I say often "I don't know how our mothers, grandmothers and women of the past did this with little to no help from their doctors!" No wonder we thought ____ was a bitch, she felt terrible!!

Good news... Help is available. Just go to www.weismanmedicalservices.com to get an appt and get back to feeling like yourself again

PS even if you have "gone through the change" it's not too late!!!!

02/10/2026

Dialysis supplies available

I have a family that their person no longer needs home dialysis and have unopened supplies. Pictures in comments. Please contact me if you can use this

02/08/2026

Medical PTSD is real! Here at Weisman m)Medical, we are doing our best to minimize additional trauma by:
-making weighing in optional
-listening to you. Like really listening to you
-Toby, our newest employee

02/07/2026

"I learned that hormones aren't safe"...If your NP/physician/PA has told you this, then it's time to get a new one!

They are not keeping updated on medical evidence! AND I question what else they are not staying up on (probably a lot 😬)

I said what I said. Find someone who listens AND knows their s**t when it comes to their job and your health.

All medications have risks and benefits. See someone who can have that conversation with you.

02/05/2026

Welcome to perimenopause!
Come see me if the struggle is real for you too ❤️
Be Well! DrW