 I'm Dr. Monica Bass and I'm practicing at West Long Branch Primary Care. Our practice consists of myself and I have a nurse practitioner with me. We are located in West Long Branch. I do hold late nights as well as early mornings and our nurse practitioner is here with us three days a week. We see everything, sore throats, physical exams I'll do, people come for weight loss, for diabetes management, thyroid, really we see the gamut it's head to toe basically as internal medicine and I'm kind of the gatekeeper so they come to me with the initial problem and then we try to see if we can resolve it if we can't then we send them to somebody that can't. I try to establish a good connection and relationship with my patients so I really get to know what their home environment is, what their work environment is, what their habits are, how you know how they sleep, do their pets in the house so really it is very patient specific. I'm trying to find things that work for them. Regular visits I find are very important because you get to know yourself, you get to know what is normal for you and what is not. You also will start to become more in tune with what an issue is. I think it is very important to come in and know what exactly is bothering you, to know your body and know how you're feeling. So if they come with a list of questions or if they come with you know I saw this article you know can you help me you know we throw it you know I will happily do that. Patients will often ask you know how do you prevent yourself from getting sick and the main thing is washing your hands and not using the antibacterials. Antibacterials have not been found to prevent any disease more than anything else because they're antibacterial not antiviral so soap and water are your friends.