OK dBlogville, need your advice, as I’m ready to go medieval on someone whose taking care of my mother and yes, it’s totally diabetes related.
As I’ve told you before, my little 113 lb mom was diagnosed with t2 a few months back and put on Metformin once a day – lowest dose possible.
Now, normally her fasting b.s are only about 20 points higher than they should be, but since she going to have a surgery that had a high risk of infection, her docs decided to nip her slightly elevated blood sugars
Cut to last night – 7:30 PM. My mother calls me and says:
Hey Kel – guess what? They took my blood sugar and it was 250 – I wouldn’t let them give me insulin – I didn’t want another shot of anything.
Internal Voice: WTF, WTF, WTF, WTF!!!! Why not just tell me your having lunch with Serial Killer & stab me in the heart with a two-by-four????! She’s never been over 133 and visions of DKA started dancing in my head…but then, something made me ask the following question:
Me: Mom, when they took your B.S, had u washed your hands??
Mom: I always wash my hands when I go to the bathroom.
Me: That’s not what I asked. Did you by any chance have some chocolate or some Big Red Gum and just wipe your hands clean or did you get up and REALLY wash your hands?
Mom: Ummm, no.
Me: OK listens to me mom. Go wash your hands and don’t eat anything. I’m calling your nurse at the Nurses Station and asking her a few questions. If she comes in and takes your b.s again & it’s high, you have to take the insulin. If not – then we won’t worry about it.
Mom: I don’t want a shot.
Me: (Very exasperated) Listen to me mom – I know your veins are collapsing & your feeling like a pin cushion – I totally get that, but the insulin gets injected in the fatty tissue – not your vein – it won’t hurt as much and you won’t turn black and blue (OK – maybe I lied) but in order for your knee to get better, your blood sugars have to be perfect – or you won’t heel properly and your doing SO well.
So she promises me she’ll wash her hands and we hang up. I call the front desk and ask to speak to my moms nurse. They put me on hold for 10 minutes and finally Brenda the Nurse Practitioner from hell gets on the line.
NP from Hell: Yes, what can I do for you? (Can I just mention that she sounded really condescending?)
ME: I’m Marjory Kunik’s daughter Kelly and I just got off the phone w/her. What’s the story with her 250 blood sugar? She’s never been on insulin and her blood sugar is never over 130 = tops 140’s. She refused insulin, correct?
NP from Hell: (In the most irritated and are you f’ing kidding me voice ever): Your mom had a b.s of 250 and refused medication. This is a rehab and we cannot force the patient to take any meds they don’t normally take.
Me: I understand that – but,... I wonder if she had washed her hands - this was quite sometime after dinner, correct? I know she has chocolate in her room – she might have just popped a Hershey’s kiss and the remnants of said chocolate Kiss may have actually caused her high b.s. She’s never had such had such an elevated b.s in her life!
NP from Hell: Sugar has nothing to do with high blood sugars (yes –idiot banshee’s exact words, I kid you not!) and I swabbed her finger with alcohol.
Me: (Trying not to verbally annihilate her over the phone) Well, I’ve been a type 1 for 30 years and I’m also a Diabetes Advocate and beg to differ with you. Sugar, olive oil, anything on the hands can absolutely cause a false reading – articles have been written on the subject – go ask a CDE about it, I'll wait. Look, my mother barely eats as it is – hence the reason she has a bit of chocolate in her drawer – the woman only weights 113 lbs for god sakes. IF this is a TRUE high blood sugar, I want it dealt with Paula, immediately, and if not - thank God she refused the insulin – Does the name Sunny Von Bulow ring a bell? I want you to retest within the hour.
NP from Hell: I plan on going in at 10.
Me: Paula, I need you to do me a favor and go in at 8:30 - PLEASE.
NP from Hell: FINE.
Me: Thank-you Paula I’ll check back with you at 9.
SO, basically I’m fuming at this point and those of you who were privy to my Tweets and FaceBook status last nite can attest to that fact.
8:15 my sister calls and I fill her in – she calls my mom.
9:00 my mother calls me and says: Hey, guess what? They took my blood sugar and it’s 140. Washing my hands must have REALLY helped!
Me: Thank God. Listen – you must scrub your hands every time they check your blood sugar, OK?
Mom: OK – Good night, I love you!
Me: I love you mom, goodnight!
Cut to this morning - her blood sugar was 111.
Me – I've been checking in all day and blood sugars are text book. I've talked to her nurses & told them that they must call me if her b.s is over 150 and to make sure her hands are washed with soap and water before they test.
My sister met saw her today and sat in on a cumadin meeting with my mom and her team this afternoon - I haven't talked to her since this morning so I'm not sure what she said about last night.
Me, I still wanna kill Paula,Nurse Practitioner from Hell. I found her actions and attitude incredibly irresponsible and potentially lethal and I plan on discussing in excruciating detail during the meeting we have tomorrow with her doc's.
Any suggestions on How I should deal with the Dr’s regarding Paula, Nurse Practitioner from hell almost killing my mother or do you think I'm overreacting??
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Those Strips Get EVERYWHERE - And I'm A TOTAL BLORK
Work started late today thanks to the threat of Snowmagedden, and speaking of snow- I'm "snowwwwwover it!" Worn out pun? YES. Is it true? ABSOLUTELY.
Anyway, I was on my way out the door when I spied the following on my stoop and snapped it with my iPhone, and than ran back inside to upload and post.
Actual Aeriel footage/evidence that Kelly K does indeed test~
I guess that act makes me a "Blork," A.K.A, Blogger Dork, which I'm more than OK with!
Back to the pic, I have no doubt it's one of mine - those darn test strips get EVERYWHERE!
HAPPY FRIDAY
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Whooping Cough

Whooping Cough, or Pertussis, used to be a killer disease in the 19th Century. However, with better living standards, improved diet, better housing, the disease declined throughout the 20th century. Much of the credit for this decline has been wrongly claimed and attributed to conventional vaccine treatment, but the decline in Whooping Cough was happening long before the vaccine, and the decline continued, unchanged and unaffected, after the vaccine was introduced.
Now, however, in the 21st century there are signs that it is now re-emerging.
Indeed, the re-emergence of Pertussis has taken place mainly in countries where conventional vaccine treatment (usually the DPT vaccine) has been most evident, notably in the USA and Britain. Yet all the Conventional Medical Establishment seems able or willing to do, when faced by these new outbreaks, is to urge people to have the vaccination - even pregnant women it would appear! But before pregnant women, or indeed anyone else, does so we should examine the evidence first - particularly the evidence that our doctors, ConMed generally, and even, sadly, our mainstream media, will almost certainly not tell us about.
First, it is now apparent that those being affected by the new outbreaks of Whooping Cough are those who have already been vaccinated. Those of us who have not been vaccinated appear not to be affected. See these links for more information on this.
* Worst whooping cough outbreak in over 50 years happening among the fully vaccinated
* Whooping Cough Outbreaks in Vaxed Children More and More Frequent
* Whooping Cough May Spread Through Vaccinated Populations
Indeed, it has been shown that vaccinated children account for some 90% of those getting Whooping Cough in these recent epidemics. In other words, we are all safer from the disease if we don't accept conventional vaccine treatment!
* Recent Evidence Shows Vaccinated Kids Account For 90 Percent of Cases of Whooping Cough
It has probably never worked, as I have already noted that the 'decline' in Whooping Cough cases was happening for nearly one hundred years before the vaccine was introduced.
* Major Whooping Cough Epidemics – Vaccine Not Working. Child Health Safety
* Outbreaks Proof That Whooping Cough Vaccines Don’t Work. International Medical Council on Vaccination
* Whooping Cough Vaccine Doesn’t Work. GSK Says “We Never Bothered to Check” Child Health Safety
Yet it would appear that another story is beginning to emerge too. The Whooping Cough strain giving rise to the new epidemics, after years of suppression through the DPT vaccine (and its successor, the so-called 5-in-1 vaccine, has changed. And it is now more virulent, more dangerous than every it was before.
* Deadly new pertussis strain linked with whooping cough vaccine
* Whooping Cough Epidemic Caused by Virulent New Pertussis Strain—And It’s the Result of Vaccine
So Whooping Cough is now killing people again. Even BBC News appears willing to admit this, although as usual they fail to inform their viewers, listeners and readers the full story about the disease, and the problems created by conventional medical vaccnine treatment.
* BBC News - Whooping cough: Three more babies die in outbreak
* Five-year-old girl dies after being given just twice the normal dose of over-the-counter cough medicine
So the failure of conventional vaccines is not just that they do not work. They actually make the problem worse.
Just as antibiotic drugs in recent years have created numerous deadly 'superbugs' they can no longer deal with, vaccines are getting progressively less effective, and leaving us with more deadly strains of the disease.
In other words, the ConMed war being waged on disease is being lost, Conventional, drug-based medicine is failing.
• Whooping cough strain 'breaking through' vaccines - ABC News (Australia)
• Whooping Cough Spreads Through Pertussis Vaccine Itself
• Massive outbreak of whooping cough proves vaccine is ineffective
So desperate is the Conventional Medical Establishment becoming, there has even been an admission that vaccine treatment has failed!
* http://www.naturalnews.com/035466_whooping_cough_vaccines_outbreaks.html failure admitted: Whooping cough outbreaks higher among children already vaccinated
So what should we do if we contract Whooping Cough?
First, we should not get embroiled in the panic of the Conventional Medical Establishment. Whooping Cough can be a killer disease for people who are living in poverty, with a poor diet, and inadequate housing conditions. But it is not usually a disease that kills healthy, fit individuals. I remember my mother being involved in parties for young children during outbreaks of childhood diseases, including Whooping Cough. The basis on which parents used to do this was that disease is usually experienced in a minor form, and contracting the disease naturally provides a more 'natural' immunity.
Yet when someone does contract the disease, there are lots of ways to limited its impact, and speed recovery. Even something as simple as Vitamin C is known to be helpful.
* Vitamin C for Whooping Cough. International Medical Council on Vaccination
But Homeopathy, above all, is a therapy that deals calmly, effectively and safely with Whooping Cough (as it does for other childhood diseases). Reading this, and the following articles will tell you why, and they also mention a number of remedies that have been successfully used for treating this illness for over 200 years now.
* Help For Whooping Cough When Prevention Fails
* Homeopathy Makes a Real Difference in Whooping Cough | NAB Communities
* The Homeopathic Option for Whooping Cough
Indeed, as this article says, Homeopathy treats Whooping cough dramatically more effectively than conventional, drug-based medicine.
Homeopathy dramatically more effective at preventing and treating whooping cough than allopathic medicine
All the dangers of the DPT and '5-in-1' vaccines have not been considered here. But they have been known for many decades. The dangers of the DPT vaccine, in particular, has been know for many decades now. Harris L Coulter, and Barbara Loe Fisher wrote their book "A Shot in the Dark. Why the P in the DPT vaccination may be hazardous to your child's health" over 20 years ago, in 1991. The 'P' stands for Pertussin!
The Conventional Medical Establishment, however, continues to ignore this, and present us with vaccines they continue to tell us are safe and effective.
You should make your own judgement on this, after considering the evidence.
Now, however, in the 21st century there are signs that it is now re-emerging.
Indeed, the re-emergence of Pertussis has taken place mainly in countries where conventional vaccine treatment (usually the DPT vaccine) has been most evident, notably in the USA and Britain. Yet all the Conventional Medical Establishment seems able or willing to do, when faced by these new outbreaks, is to urge people to have the vaccination - even pregnant women it would appear! But before pregnant women, or indeed anyone else, does so we should examine the evidence first - particularly the evidence that our doctors, ConMed generally, and even, sadly, our mainstream media, will almost certainly not tell us about.
First, it is now apparent that those being affected by the new outbreaks of Whooping Cough are those who have already been vaccinated. Those of us who have not been vaccinated appear not to be affected. See these links for more information on this.
* Worst whooping cough outbreak in over 50 years happening among the fully vaccinated
* Whooping Cough Outbreaks in Vaxed Children More and More Frequent
* Whooping Cough May Spread Through Vaccinated Populations
Indeed, it has been shown that vaccinated children account for some 90% of those getting Whooping Cough in these recent epidemics. In other words, we are all safer from the disease if we don't accept conventional vaccine treatment!
* Recent Evidence Shows Vaccinated Kids Account For 90 Percent of Cases of Whooping Cough
What this clearly shows is that the vaccine is not working.
It has probably never worked, as I have already noted that the 'decline' in Whooping Cough cases was happening for nearly one hundred years before the vaccine was introduced.
* Major Whooping Cough Epidemics – Vaccine Not Working. Child Health Safety
* Outbreaks Proof That Whooping Cough Vaccines Don’t Work. International Medical Council on Vaccination
* Whooping Cough Vaccine Doesn’t Work. GSK Says “We Never Bothered to Check” Child Health Safety
Yet it would appear that another story is beginning to emerge too. The Whooping Cough strain giving rise to the new epidemics, after years of suppression through the DPT vaccine (and its successor, the so-called 5-in-1 vaccine, has changed. And it is now more virulent, more dangerous than every it was before.
* Deadly new pertussis strain linked with whooping cough vaccine
* Whooping Cough Epidemic Caused by Virulent New Pertussis Strain—And It’s the Result of Vaccine
So Whooping Cough is now killing people again. Even BBC News appears willing to admit this, although as usual they fail to inform their viewers, listeners and readers the full story about the disease, and the problems created by conventional medical vaccnine treatment.
* BBC News - Whooping cough: Three more babies die in outbreak
* Five-year-old girl dies after being given just twice the normal dose of over-the-counter cough medicine
So the failure of conventional vaccines is not just that they do not work. They actually make the problem worse.
Just as antibiotic drugs in recent years have created numerous deadly 'superbugs' they can no longer deal with, vaccines are getting progressively less effective, and leaving us with more deadly strains of the disease.
In other words, the ConMed war being waged on disease is being lost, Conventional, drug-based medicine is failing.
• Whooping cough strain 'breaking through' vaccines - ABC News (Australia)
• Whooping Cough Spreads Through Pertussis Vaccine Itself
• Massive outbreak of whooping cough proves vaccine is ineffective
So desperate is the Conventional Medical Establishment becoming, there has even been an admission that vaccine treatment has failed!
* http://www.naturalnews.com/035466_whooping_cough_vaccines_outbreaks.html failure admitted: Whooping cough outbreaks higher among children already vaccinated
So what should we do if we contract Whooping Cough?
First, we should not get embroiled in the panic of the Conventional Medical Establishment. Whooping Cough can be a killer disease for people who are living in poverty, with a poor diet, and inadequate housing conditions. But it is not usually a disease that kills healthy, fit individuals. I remember my mother being involved in parties for young children during outbreaks of childhood diseases, including Whooping Cough. The basis on which parents used to do this was that disease is usually experienced in a minor form, and contracting the disease naturally provides a more 'natural' immunity.
Yet when someone does contract the disease, there are lots of ways to limited its impact, and speed recovery. Even something as simple as Vitamin C is known to be helpful.
* Vitamin C for Whooping Cough. International Medical Council on Vaccination
But Homeopathy, above all, is a therapy that deals calmly, effectively and safely with Whooping Cough (as it does for other childhood diseases). Reading this, and the following articles will tell you why, and they also mention a number of remedies that have been successfully used for treating this illness for over 200 years now.
* Help For Whooping Cough When Prevention Fails
* Homeopathy Makes a Real Difference in Whooping Cough | NAB Communities
* The Homeopathic Option for Whooping Cough
Indeed, as this article says, Homeopathy treats Whooping cough dramatically more effectively than conventional, drug-based medicine.
Homeopathy dramatically more effective at preventing and treating whooping cough than allopathic medicine
All the dangers of the DPT and '5-in-1' vaccines have not been considered here. But they have been known for many decades. The dangers of the DPT vaccine, in particular, has been know for many decades now. Harris L Coulter, and Barbara Loe Fisher wrote their book "A Shot in the Dark. Why the P in the DPT vaccination may be hazardous to your child's health" over 20 years ago, in 1991. The 'P' stands for Pertussin!
The Conventional Medical Establishment, however, continues to ignore this, and present us with vaccines they continue to tell us are safe and effective.
You should make your own judgement on this, after considering the evidence.
Posted by Mr. Boy
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FACs. Fetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome. A disease created by Big Pharma drugs?

Some years ago, I came across a family with two children suffering from this syndrome, and wrote about it here.
This 'new' illness has affected 37,500 children in Britain, according to the British Epilepsy Association. FACS produces a range of neural, behavioural, and physical disorders, and can include conditions such as cleft palate and spina bifida, learning difficulties, behavioural problems and abnormalities in movement, speech, vision and hearing.
So what is FACS, and where does it come from?
Yet another new, strange and rare disease with no known cause?
Well, not really, the cause is well known.
These children were damaged in the womb when the mother had taken anti-convulsant drugs, such as Epilim and Carbamazepine.
So FACS is, in fact, another ConMed 'mistake', another disaster for parents and families where the 'science' of drug testing and drug regulation has proven to be no safeguard to public safety.
At the time of writing, this condition has had little publicity, but this, in itself, is something that should be a matter of public concern.
- *Why are we not being told about such disease?
- *What is preventing this information becoming more widely known?
Janet Williams, who has two sons affected by FACS, founded the Organisation for Anti-Convulsant Syndrome (OACS). She says:
"We want to hear from any family with a child with problems whose mother took any anti-epileptic drug in pregnancy".
She goes on to say that many of these children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
What do the drug companies say about it? Well, the usual denials.
* Anti-epileptic drugs are vital to the health of people with epilepsy, who should not stop taking them without consulting their doctor (so it is a balancing act again, weighing up the 'benefits' and the 'risks' of taking drugs).
* Health authorities regularly routinely and continually review the safety of all licensed medications (including, presumably, these drugs, so no comfort for the children or their parents who suffer from FACS).
* That warnings were given about valproate (the basic ingredient of epileptic drugs) in respect of possible effects in children born to mothers taking the product during pregnancy, and that "this information was approved by the regulatory authorities as consistent with current scientific knowledge" (which suggests that the dangers of the drugs were known to medical authorities, but they were prescribed to patients anyway).
Posted by Mr. Boy
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