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My glucose average is 424; it should be below 120. Statements from medical professionals, family, friends and patients about behavior consequent to hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar: • It can hit you really quick pretty much without warning. • Irritability, … Continue reading
Two Hearts on Whole Wheat
A year ago I met Richard Gottlieb at the Empathic Therapy Conference. Dick is a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work and a really nice guy. In Hindu terms, he has risen to the level of sattva, i.e., calm goodness. … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, physician
Tagged American Diabetes Association, antidepressants, Cleveland Clinic, coronary artery disease, diabetes, diet, Dr. Esselstyn, empathic therapy, heart cath, heart-healthy, Peter Breggin, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, psych meds, Richard Gottlieb, stress test, surgery, whole wheat
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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
Posted in American medical industry, Death, Depression, drugs, God, Health Care, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Spirituality
Tagged allergies, antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, Dale Avers, death, depression, diagnosis, diet, Diet (nutrition), doctors, Drug, drugs, end-of-life, Faith, Ghaly, God, Health, hypersensitivity, immune system, insulin, Medicine, modern medicine, patients, penecillin, pharmaceuticals, Physician, pneumonia, sleep, stress
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Happiness is . . .
In April 2001, despite having about a dozen chronic illnesses, I stopped taking drugs. So what have I learned in the past decade? I have learned that happiness consists of a good night’s sleep, a healthy diet, challenging … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, disability, drugs, God, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Spirituality, Values
Tagged acupuncture, air, alternative medicine, anesthesia, arthritis, Ativan, auto BiPAP, bipolar, celiac disease, chiropractic, chronic illness, community, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, diagnosis, diet, Diet (nutrition), doctors, drugs, exercise, fever, glucose level, God, happiness, Health, health care, healthy, Hypertension, Hypnotherapy, immune system, light, Lorazepam, Medicine, menopause, mental health, Obstructive sleep apnea, patients, pharmaceuticals, problem solving, SAD, seasonal affectie disorder, sleep, Sleep disorder, spinal cord, spirituality, stress hormones, tendonitis, values
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Undrugging: You vs. NYS Dept. of Health
I am the true-born daughter of an ice cream addict. My parents traveled all over the world and wherever they went, Dad bought ice cream for my mom—after the opera in Vienna, on the streets of Moscow and on a … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Nature, Pharmaceuticals
Tagged alternative medicine, American Medical Industry, Anne C Woodlen, diabetes, diet, Dr. Charles Gant, Dr. Jennifer Daniels, drugs, fibromyalgia, forced drugging, intestinal yeast infection, nutrients, NYS Dept. of Health, Onondaga County New York, undrugging
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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
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged carbohydrates, celiac disease, control, control freak, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, diet, dietician, doctor, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, Dr. Paul M. Cohen, drugs, endocrine, Glucophage, glucose, health care system, insulin, Joslin Clinic, persistent poly pharmacy, Physician, psychologist, sickness care system, side-effects, stress, Upstate Medical Center
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