Re: 'Dr Greg'
From: Patient (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Feb 22 09:13:17 2009
I remember his posts in various Yahoo! groups and I noticed immediately
that this person was a lurker who seemed to enjoy detailed posts that
other people wrote.
I HOPE ALL ADMINISTRATORS WHO DEALT WITH HIM/HER WILL MAKE A
COORDINATED, COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO HAVE THE AUTHORITIES TRACK HIM/HER
DOWN.
Surely they can pool their info on the IP addresses he/she used, etc.,
etc. and come up with an identity.
GO GET THE SCUMBAG.
At Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Scarlett wrote:
>
>There have been warnings about this guy all over endo support forums.
>This is a letter posted to the owner of one popular endo forum:
>
>"I received this email today from another support group leader..I'm
>sharing it with you so you are all aware. Obviously this man will not
>be allowed in this group, as it is only for women who have been
>diagnosed..but be careful anyway, ok, ladies?
>
>Hi ******,
>
>My name is *****, I'm a social worker in Canada who has lived with endo
>for the past 18 years. I've also run an internet support group
>(Goddesses of Endometriosis) for the past 7 years and just started
>blogging as a way of hopefully increasing awareness concerning this
>disease.
>
>I am writing to you with concerns about Dr. Gregory Smith and his
>approach to women within the endo community. I have already wrote a
>general e-mail to the EA's inbox as I'm very concerned about this
>individual's abuse of our suffering and desperation for answers and
>relief.
>
>Dr. Smith had joined my support group 1-1.5 years ago and had stated
>that he was a "long time advocate of endo awareness" and had decided to
>join the group as it "seemed to be one of the largest online". Shortly
>afterwards I started receiving e-mail complaints from my group members.
>
>Dr. Smith would connect with them through private e-mail and ask very
>specific, direct and personal questions, much of which pertained to
>their sex life. When I had e-mailed this person on three separate
>occasions, I had asked him about his specialty, his interest in endo,
>etc., essentially trying to dig up any information I could. I never
>received a response from this individual, but he did back-off from
>posting general messages to the support group.
>
>Yesterday I had the fortunate chance to speak with a fellow endo
>survivor who has been approached by this person. This has renewed my
>fears about what Dr. Smith may be up to. He had once again contacted
>this individual privately, but then went a step further and said that if
>she "provides the health insurance number and detailed medical history"
>that he could locate a specialist for her. This individual felt that
>Dr. Smith was a "complete pervert" and refused to give her information,
>but it makes me wonder how many other women he has approached. This
>simply is not right, and feels to me to be a huge violation of our
>private and painful journey.
>
>I am asking you to take note of this as I would hate to see other women
>with the disease go through this experience. I am also wondering if you
>would mind if I posted this story on the group site? I want to get the
>word of caution out there as so many women might possibly be taken of
>advantage of in the future.
>
>Take care and hope you are well,"
>
>I hope they catch this creep who is getting off on women suffering with
>a horrible disease.
>
>At Sat, 14 Feb 2009, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>does anyone know if this guy was found, if there's been more info about
>>him and his postings?
>>
>>He was going by the name of 'Dr Greg Smith'
>>
>>At Fri, 13 Feb 2009, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>Wow, that's fabulous. Good luck and thanks for sharing.
>>>
>>>At Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Yvonne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>>I try to post on here from time to time. But I wanted to let everyone
>>>>know how has been struggling to get disability benefits because of your
>>>>endometriosis to not give up keep fighting and document everything for
>>>>your own personal account about everything. I was struggling and
>>>>fighting for quite some time and just recently got approved for
>>>>disability benefits because of my Endometriosis. I was speaking to
>>>>Marylou from the Endometriosis Association re: another matter that may
>>>>be coming up in Chicago and told her of my good news and she said that
>>>>when I make my posting about this to also let you guys know that if you
>>>>are also fighting to get disability as well and having issues cause of
>>>>course the deny you a couple of times to give the E.A. a call so they
>>>>can help give you some pointers. That they showed the Govt who handles
>>>>SSA disability that Endometriosis is a disability. Also if you are in
>>>>Chicago as well and in need of a lawyer let me know and I can fwd you
>>>>his information. He is a very good man.
>>>>
>>>>Good luck to all
>>>>Yvonne
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Yvonne
>>>>
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