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Exercise or Insulin?


Sorry.  A doctor poisoned me with unmonitored lithium.  There is no literature about the effect of lithium poisoning on the immune system, however, I clearly have immune dysfunction, type unknown.  It causes, among other things, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypersensitivity … Continue reading

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The Desta Anthony’s of the World (Part III)


So I am going to have to look into this—this business of St. Joseph’s Hospital not reporting to nurse practitioner Desta Anthony that I took drugs as prescribed and as tolerated. I tell Ms Anthony that I took insulin four … Continue reading

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Sitting Down


The story, as told by my grandmother, was that her younger brother Dick drove home from the swimming hole at dusk in an open buggy, wearing a wet wool bathing suit.  He caught a cold that turned into pneumonia, and died … Continue reading

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Two Days in August


August 16  If you are a nurse and your patient calls you in first thing in the morning and says, “Something’s wrong.  I feel really bad,” and then starts yelling at you and you start crying and run away, it … Continue reading

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The Rock and the Hard Place Blog


The night before last, with a glucose level of 475, I started taking insulin.  This morning I reacted to it. After a good night’s sleep, I woke up too tired to get out of bed, short of breath, and with … Continue reading

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Case Study of Confusion


This morning in the hospital around 11:00 a.m. I met with the physician assistant, a rather pleasant, intelligent young woman who was working as a fund raiser for an out-of-state nonprofit, then she changed her focus, came to a New York … Continue reading

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Doctor-Controlled Diabetes


During the drugging years I had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, type II; the doctor had said, “Over weight and over forty.”  It was diet controlled, that is, I progressively kept eliminating from my diet all the things that were pushing … Continue reading

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