DEAR DR. GOTT: I recently wrote to you in New York using an order form I’ve had in my kitchen drawer for a long time now and was hoping for an early response. The letter concerned my husband who has an appointment soon with a specialist for his condition but I would have liked your input before we see this new physician. Time is running out, so what happened?
DEAR READER: Oddly enough, I have been considering writing a general letter to my readers regarding the mail I receive daily. I am extremely grateful to get those letters asking for advice, offering tried and true remedies, and requesting Health Reports or books; however, readers who have kept order forms tucked in a drawer for months or years may not be up-to-date and here’s why.
Last September, at the time my column lost syndication and was replaced, Newspaper Enterprises (NEA), aka United Media closed its entire office that was located at 200 Madison Avenue in New York. I don’t even know if they even exist under a different name in Cincinnati but my mail isn‘t processed there any longer. And, the fulfillment center located in Wickliffe, Ohio for orders no longer fills readers’ requests. So, where to write, you ask? ALL MAIL — whether medical questions, responses to other readers situations, requests for order forms, Health Reports and books should be sent directly to Dr. Peter Gott, PO Box 433, Lakeville, CT 06039. Additionally, questions or responses can also be sent to me through my website www.AskDrGottMD.com where I post new columns six days a week. I appear in several papers as well because readers have requested the inclusion and their editors have complied.
I am very grateful to all my former newspapers and affiliates for forwarding Ask Dr. Gott mail to my attention in Lakeville. The only drawback in using outdated forms is the length of time and effort involved for the U. S. Post Office to affix a label with the correct address on any correspondence to my attention. That’s obviously what happened to your letter. While I’ve likely missed my window of opportunity in answering your husband’s concerns, please forward any correspondence to the above address.
I regularly receive newspaper clippings with an outdated address listed in the tag line at the end of the article. It often astonishes and flatters me that readers choose to cut out those articles and save them for future reference. And yes, you can certainly send those clippings that you are willing to part with. Just make sure you don’t use the outdated address that may be in the tag line when you address your envelope. One day the Post Office will inform me the time for forwarding has expired and I want to make sure I correspond with as many readers as possible without having letters marked “Undeliverable. Return To Sender”.