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Little Things Make Me Smile- And Remind Me to Breathe

Little Things Make Me Smile- And Remind Me to  Breathe

Little things make me happy. And sometimes, when I get really overwhelmed with life, I make a list just to remind me to smile and take a deep breath. That happened this morning- and here’s the list I came up with.  Some things are diabetes related-and some things are not. But all make me smile~

 

The feel and smell of the air after a rainstorm at the beach

Fresh Blueberries

Loose tea brewed just right

Parallel parking into a parking space on the first try – I’m freakishly good at parallel parking- if I do say so myself!

 Solving a problem on my MAC sans help

 Making people laugh

Convincing my niece that Hannah Montana is indeed the devil’s spawn

Achieving “Blood Sugar Nirvana “ after eating pizza

 Learning to let go of things I can’t change.

 Correctly blousing for something I’ve never eaten before.

 Fresh Green Iced Tea with mint sprigs and Pineapple Sage

 Glass Beach at low tide

 Bonding over insulin pumps with a stranger

 Bolus worthy baked goods

 Thumbs up from my Endocrinologist

 Summer Farmers Markets

 That over whelming feeling of happiness that fills me whenever someone writes a comment on my Blog Post

 Coming to the realization that I did indeed eat 5 servings of fruits & vegetables at the end of the day

 Heirloom Tomatoes

 Vanilla Soft-Serve Ice Cream on a plain cone

 Doggies

Cinnamonny Stuff

 Watching my nieces Tess and Cristin perform and knowing that they will and are living their dreams.

 My niece Maddie’s amazing art work in all mediums

 The wonderful feeling of anticipation of D-Meet Ups

 The great feeling I get AT the D-Meet-Up

 Fresh sheets on my bed

 Laughing out loud at the movies

 Swimming in the ocean

 Pretty Shoes

 Laughing from my belly

 Letting myself have a good cry when needed

 Oatmeal cookies

 Finding extra pump & test strip supplies in old handbags and suitcases.

Musicians who are even better in concert than they are on iTunes

The DOC

Drug Regulation. MIMS reports restrictions on 3 ConMed drugs - in 1 month!

Drug Regulation. MIMS reports restrictions on 3 ConMed drugs - in 1 month!
MIMS is a monthly publication, and sent free to all UK GPs. It is supposed to keep doctors up-to-date with all the latest news about conventional pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines.

The August 2013 edition reported on new restrictions on 3 ConMed drugs, here is what they say about them. Incidentally, don't worry if you don't understand the language being used. ConMed uses this language to ensure (or in the hope) that we don't bother to read it. All it means is that the drug concerned has been found to be more dangerous than we have been told before. Well, not us, exactly, but our GPs and doctors. Whether they bother to tell us is another matter!


MHRA limits retigabine indications.
The MHRA has limited the use of the adjunctive anti-epileptic treatment retigabine (Trobalt) to patients with partial onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation where other appropriate drug combinations have proved inadequate or have not been tolerated.


Use of codeine in children restricted by EMA
Children should no longer be routinely prescribed codeine-containing medicines, the MHRA has confirmed, following a review prompted by safety concerns about an increased risk of respiratory depression.

A prize for anyone who can find out how long we have been given this painkiller to children!
Now, it would seem, it is not safe at all for children under 12 years old; and restrictions are required for anyone under 18.
Well, I am in my 60's, and I am damn well not taking it! Why do they assume adults are safe?


Diclofenac cardiovascular warnings and contraindications updated
Recent cardiovascular safety concerns have led the MHRA to issue new prescribing advice for systemic formulations of diclofenac.

(See my blog on Diclogenac - the dangers of this drug have been known for a long time, and they are serious dangers).

The real danger of all conventional drugs and vaccines is that doctors do not know their dangers when they given them to us. It is only after we suffer adverse reactions (DIEs) to the drug that they find out, and then we have to hope they tell us, and we haven't been damaged too much.

The horse has bolted; and only then do drug regulators close the gate

This kind of 'drug regulation' is as good as useless. The only way to keep from danger is to say 'No' to all conventional drugs and vaccines, and find a medical therapy does does not expose us to these unnecessary dangers.




Diabetesalicious Lite - 8/6/10 Edition

Diabetesalicious Lite - 8/6/10 Edition
Happy Friday and welcome to the Diabetesalicious Lite edition for 8/6/10

Yesterdays post regarding "confusion" and HFCS generated some great discussion and you'll be hearing more about it in the coming weeks, I promise.
Until then, take Scott Strumello's suggestion via his comment on yesterday's post, and follow @Banofhfcs on twitter. Ivan knows his hfcs facts & then some!

Our friend Gary Schiener is the latest member of the D-clan to guest star in "The Betes Now."
Check him out HERE!

Won't to learn about the diabetes Dark Ages? Stop by ACT 1Diabetes & read "The Pissing Evils - Diabetes Back In The Day," by clicking HERE. We've come a long way in the diabetes technology department- THANK GOD.

Want to win a copy of Tu Diabetes No-Sugar Added Book of Diabetes Poetry? Of course you do! Stop by The Butter Compartment, because Lee Ann Thill has a contest where you can win a copy! Click HERE for details!


True Fact: Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs. And know you know ~

Aspirin and the Media (BBC News)

Aspirin and the Media (BBC News)

Once again this morning (6th August 2012) I awoke to more ‘good news’ from the conventional medical establishment, forwarded by their most trusted supporter - BBC News! We were all told that another study (no doubt funded by Big Pharma) has shown that regular Aspirin was good for our health!

This blog has regularly reported on the Media’s failure to inform the public (their readers, listeners, viewers) of the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs. Yet whilst most media is dependent on advertising revenues (of which Big Pharma, and related industries are a major source), and so unlikely to ‘bite the hand’ of their main supporter), the BBC is a public broadcaster, funded by the licence payers. It should not be beholden to the drug companies in the way it seems to be. It should be able to provide us with news that does not focus on ‘good news’ and ignores ‘bad’ news. 

BBC News should be providing the public with a balanced and unbiased view on health issues - but is routinely failing to do so.

The BBC does know that Aspirin is not the ‘wonder drug’ that it so often tells us it is. In the past they have published articles stating the problems associated with Aspirin, and indeed other painkillers.


Even as recently as June this year the BBC published this article.


Yet the BBC does not focus on these problems. And when they do discuss them they go to the only people they consider to be ‘experts’ - conventional medical practitioners - the people who are giving us pharmaceutical drugs and so cannot be expected to question their use, or their value.

Instead, the BBC parrots, usually without question, the ‘good news’ about Aspirin. This morning the feature did mention gasto-intestinal bleeding (but does not mention that this can cause death) - but this is not the only major problem that Aspirin, and other similar NSAID painkillers represent to our health.


If the BBC were aware, or if they were prepared to feature anything about conventional health which was not ‘good’ news, they might be discussing the major problem that painkilling drugs now present to the conventional medical establishment. Doctors are fully aware that they are rapidly losing their battle against pain, as all their painkillers are now deeply implicated in causing serious disease, dependency and death. Painkillers are known to be extremely harmful to our health. What is more, if the BBC is not aware of this, are doctors are! Our doctors are debating this very the problem amongst themselves, although not, of course, with patients!

But as with the failure of Antibiotic drugs, the failure of Painkilling drugs is not being debated my our media, and certainly not by the BBC!

Patients are being left in the dark. The government does not inform us because of Big Pharma investment in our economy. The NHS does not inform us because they are dominated by Big Pharma, and Big Pharma interests. Our doctors do not inform us because they would be castigated and probably struck off if they dared break ranks.

Our mainstream media does not tell us because they are dependent on their advertisers.


BBC News does not tell us because ………??

Ebola Virus. It is not an untreatable disease!

Ebola Virus. It is not an untreatable disease!
Ebola Haemorraghagic Virus (or Fever) is in the news, and the news is frightening everyone. Ebola is, of course, an untreatable disease.

But wait, let us step back and try to define what an 'untreatable disease' really is! It is a disease for which the conventional medical establishment has no treatment.

So actually, this does not mean that it is a disease for which there is no treatment.

GreenMedInfo has recently published an article that says that natural treatment are available, although, of course, they are not treatments that the conventional medical establishment would ever consider using! As with most such diseases, for which they admit there is no treatment, they would rather patients die than admit that such treatments exist! So what are these treatments, according to GreenMedInfo?

"Coffee, fermented soy, homeopathic spider venom and vitamin C, may all hold promise as anti-Ebola virus therapies, despite the common belief that nothing can stop this lethal virus from spreading uncontrollably worldwide".

I am aware that 'homeopathic spider venom' has been suggested as a potential treatment, although I am not aware of anyone actually using it (I admit however this might be entirely down to my ignorance). The remedy to which the article refers is probably Crotulus Horridus, a remedy made from the venom of the rattlesnake. It is known to be a remedy useful in conditions which have bleeding, or haemorrhagic tendencies. Click here to see the research that has been undertaken on this remedy in the treatment of Ebola.

But I am also aware of much discussion going on at the moment within the homeopathic world about the treatment of this 'new' killer disease. One homeopath has undertaken an extremely valuable, and quite exhaustive repertorisation of the known symptoms of Ebola, and she has come up with another remedy, Cinchona Offiicinalis. Looking at the known symptoms of both Cinchona and Crotulus, they could both be useful in the treatment of the disease.

  • So, if the conventional medical establishment has no treatment for Ebola, can the homeopathic community expect a knock on its door, in the near future, asking for assistance? 
  • Will the Media, in search of anything that can avoid the dreadful scenario they are painting, be interested in publicising this possible treatment?

I regret to say that this is unlikely! The talk in the media is about developing new pharmacological drugs, at the cost of many £millions, drugs unlikely to be tested, or ready for use for many years. Not much good for patients! So they are also talking a using an untried and untested Big Pharma drug. Yet with the record of harm caused by Big Pharma drugs that have been tested, the harm that is likely to be caused by an untested drug musts be immense!

By comparison, using two well known homeopathic remedies might seem to represent common-sense. They are well-known, and well-used remedies that require nothing whatsoever to develop! And because they would be given to patients in homeopathic potency, they would be entirely safe! Surely, a no-brainer?

But the conventional medical establishment cannot, and will not admit that a disease for which they have absolutely no answer might respond to a simple homeopathic remedy!

They already take this stance with a large number serious (and for them 'untreatable') diseases such as Rabies, Arthritis and Dementia -so why should they do so with Ebola? Big Pharma is not in the business of being shown up - by a safer, more effective, and less expensive medical therapy!

So, the answer for anyone who is suffering from an 'untreatable' disease is not to rely on conventional doctors, or conventional drug-based medicine - it is to consult with a homeopath. Nothing is, or can be guaranteed - but it has to make sense!