thylantyr
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Someone I know had some bad luck, clogged arteries below the torso about 1.5 years ago. This person suffered for 6 months with pain due to lack of blood flow
down into the legs, the toes started turning black.
What did the doctor's do? Send this person off in a wild goose chase seeing
other doctors into others areas of specialties that had nothing to do with the root
cause of this problems.
In spite that *I* knew it was clogged arteries and insisted that a dye test be done,
the doctor didn't listen. Instead, they said the pain was caused by high blood sugars
and high cholesterol, the patient diagnosed with diabetes. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif
Long story short, I was ready to launch a nuke at the hospital to get the issue resolved and finally, after three doctors in one sitting, they concluded that something
serious was wrong.. /duh ?
Next day, a vascular surgeon was seen and this doctor could not take a pulse
using electronic equipment on the patient, waste down. The next day, a dye
test was ordered and there was three clogs in the 'Y' section artery.
One week later, 12 hour surgery to install new plumbing. Patient carved up
like a fish... One year later, the patient has recovered from the torso and leg
carving.
Problem is. Pain.... the lack of blood damaged the nerves, peripheral neuropathy,
the pain is 24/7 and there is no cure the doctors say. They can only give pain
meds.
I'm pissed because the doctor's won't admit the pain/nerve damage was
caused by lack of blood circulation, instead they say it's diabetic neuropathy,
an excuse to cover their azzes.
Pain med cocktails has changed over the past 6 months and with my persistence,
the pain meds were optimized because I felt the regiment could be better.
High doses of Vocodin
High doses of Neurontin
{plus two other meds, one being a 'statin' cholesterol lowering medicine.
This pain regiment scored a level 9 in pain where 10 is where you feel like
*******.
I told the patient to get back in the doctor's office and get some time released
morphine to complement the regiment. Lucky, the doctor suggested it first.
The new treatment is;
High doses of Vocodin
High doses of Neurontin
Two morphine pills daily
This reduced the pain to the point where you don't want to commit *******.
During this time the doctor said the patient was vitamin B-12 deficient and offered
no treatment plan to correct this. The only thing he said was 'if you don't bring up
your B levels, you need injections weekly'. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif
Here I go back on google to find a solution to the problem. Careful research
reveals a B-12 methylcobalamin, an active form of B-12 you take sublingual.
I had the patient on 20 mg - 40mg per day, 1000 of times higher dose than
RDA.
Three months into this regiment, the B-12 scores went from 1000
on the last blood test. Yay, it works! Doctor is happy. I'm happy that google
exists. The patient has a nicer mood too.
What's next on the agenda? I analyzed that pain cocktail and raised some
red flags.
A. High vicodin = high tylenol intake, 4 grams a day which is right at the upper
limit. I'm not happy with this. I want to reduce this.
B. Research shows that 'statin' drugs can cause peripheral neuropathy and the
patient has been on this drug for two fvcking years! You would think the doctor
would 'red flag' this medicine because it can cause pain.... /moron
My goal is to eliminate this drug from the patients regiment.
I wrote a letter to the doctor and he corrected the regiment.
A. He reduced vocodin intake. { //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif }
B. He doubled morphine intake. { //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif }
C. He added Paxil once per day. { //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif }
D. He didn't remove the 'statin' drug { : mad : }
Results after one week? The patient was a fvcking zombie... I corrected the
doseage.
A. No statin drug intake //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
B. Take only 3 morphine pills, not 4 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
C. Take Paxil for 1 month, then wean off of it and determine if it aids in pain reduction. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Meanwhile, in the backround, I was doing two months of dietary supplement
research and started the patient on my own DIY cocktail of meds to help with;
A. Lowering blood sugar with the ultimate goal to have no insulin consumption.
B. Manage cholesterol levels.
C. Reduce pain by promoting the body to heal properly.
Those are huge goals to ask from diet pills. Can it be done?
I came up with this regiment.
Multivitamin {special one}
B-50 complex
Biotin {high dose}
Benfotiamine {special thiamine}
Pantethine {special vitamin B-5}
Magnesium Aspartate {uber kind}
Chromium
Alpha Lipoic Acid {special kind, brand new}
Acetyl-L-carnitine {special kind}
Coenzyme Q10
Omega-3 fish oil {for high EPA/DHA}
Omega-6 borage oil {high GLA}
Cinnulin PF {special cinamon}
The regiment is three handfull of pills three times daily, and a few more
pills inbetween on empty stomach.
Results ? After the first day taking the diet pills, blood sugars showed signs
of dropping. Two weeks into this regiment, the patients blood sugars
is averaging 40 points lower *with* reduced insulin consumption.
Pain level? Patient claims the pain is level 6. I don't know what the root
cause of the lowered pain level. It could be the extra morphine pill, could
be remove the statin drug, could be the Paxil, could be the diet pills. Only time
will tell.
My point is. If doctors knew how to do their job, I would be building speakers
or messing with audio, but since doctors svck balls, I have to be the DIY doctor
in year 2006 and delay my audio hobby until 2007..
down into the legs, the toes started turning black.
What did the doctor's do? Send this person off in a wild goose chase seeing
other doctors into others areas of specialties that had nothing to do with the root
cause of this problems.
In spite that *I* knew it was clogged arteries and insisted that a dye test be done,
the doctor didn't listen. Instead, they said the pain was caused by high blood sugars
and high cholesterol, the patient diagnosed with diabetes. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif
Long story short, I was ready to launch a nuke at the hospital to get the issue resolved and finally, after three doctors in one sitting, they concluded that something
serious was wrong.. /duh ?
Next day, a vascular surgeon was seen and this doctor could not take a pulse
using electronic equipment on the patient, waste down. The next day, a dye
test was ordered and there was three clogs in the 'Y' section artery.
One week later, 12 hour surgery to install new plumbing. Patient carved up
like a fish... One year later, the patient has recovered from the torso and leg
carving.
Problem is. Pain.... the lack of blood damaged the nerves, peripheral neuropathy,
the pain is 24/7 and there is no cure the doctors say. They can only give pain
meds.
I'm pissed because the doctor's won't admit the pain/nerve damage was
caused by lack of blood circulation, instead they say it's diabetic neuropathy,
an excuse to cover their azzes.
Pain med cocktails has changed over the past 6 months and with my persistence,
the pain meds were optimized because I felt the regiment could be better.
High doses of Vocodin
High doses of Neurontin
{plus two other meds, one being a 'statin' cholesterol lowering medicine.
This pain regiment scored a level 9 in pain where 10 is where you feel like
*******.
I told the patient to get back in the doctor's office and get some time released
morphine to complement the regiment. Lucky, the doctor suggested it first.
The new treatment is;
High doses of Vocodin
High doses of Neurontin
Two morphine pills daily
This reduced the pain to the point where you don't want to commit *******.
During this time the doctor said the patient was vitamin B-12 deficient and offered
no treatment plan to correct this. The only thing he said was 'if you don't bring up
your B levels, you need injections weekly'. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif
Here I go back on google to find a solution to the problem. Careful research
reveals a B-12 methylcobalamin, an active form of B-12 you take sublingual.
I had the patient on 20 mg - 40mg per day, 1000 of times higher dose than
RDA.
Three months into this regiment, the B-12 scores went from 1000
on the last blood test. Yay, it works! Doctor is happy. I'm happy that google
exists. The patient has a nicer mood too.
What's next on the agenda? I analyzed that pain cocktail and raised some
red flags.
A. High vicodin = high tylenol intake, 4 grams a day which is right at the upper
limit. I'm not happy with this. I want to reduce this.
B. Research shows that 'statin' drugs can cause peripheral neuropathy and the
patient has been on this drug for two fvcking years! You would think the doctor
would 'red flag' this medicine because it can cause pain.... /moron
My goal is to eliminate this drug from the patients regiment.
I wrote a letter to the doctor and he corrected the regiment.
A. He reduced vocodin intake. { //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif }
B. He doubled morphine intake. { //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif }
C. He added Paxil once per day. { //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif }
D. He didn't remove the 'statin' drug { : mad : }
Results after one week? The patient was a fvcking zombie... I corrected the
doseage.
A. No statin drug intake //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
B. Take only 3 morphine pills, not 4 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
C. Take Paxil for 1 month, then wean off of it and determine if it aids in pain reduction. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Meanwhile, in the backround, I was doing two months of dietary supplement
research and started the patient on my own DIY cocktail of meds to help with;
A. Lowering blood sugar with the ultimate goal to have no insulin consumption.
B. Manage cholesterol levels.
C. Reduce pain by promoting the body to heal properly.
Those are huge goals to ask from diet pills. Can it be done?
I came up with this regiment.
Multivitamin {special one}
B-50 complex
Biotin {high dose}
Benfotiamine {special thiamine}
Pantethine {special vitamin B-5}
Magnesium Aspartate {uber kind}
Chromium
Alpha Lipoic Acid {special kind, brand new}
Acetyl-L-carnitine {special kind}
Coenzyme Q10
Omega-3 fish oil {for high EPA/DHA}
Omega-6 borage oil {high GLA}
Cinnulin PF {special cinamon}
The regiment is three handfull of pills three times daily, and a few more
pills inbetween on empty stomach.
Results ? After the first day taking the diet pills, blood sugars showed signs
of dropping. Two weeks into this regiment, the patients blood sugars
is averaging 40 points lower *with* reduced insulin consumption.
Pain level? Patient claims the pain is level 6. I don't know what the root
cause of the lowered pain level. It could be the extra morphine pill, could
be remove the statin drug, could be the Paxil, could be the diet pills. Only time
will tell.
My point is. If doctors knew how to do their job, I would be building speakers
or messing with audio, but since doctors svck balls, I have to be the DIY doctor
in year 2006 and delay my audio hobby until 2007..
