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"Chi, Chi, Chi, CHIABETIC"

Fantastical friends

So I was having drinks with one of my best and fantastical friends, Mark H on a night not so very long ago.

Back-story: Mark and I met on the first day of 6th grade (our desks faced one another) and we’ve been friends ever since. We went to middle school, high school (yes, he was my Jr. Prom date) and college.

Mark knows everything about me - the good, the bad, & the diabetesalicousness of it all. He’s been with me through all the triumphs and the tears, and he loves me no matter what.

And I will love him for as long as I live.

I couldn’t ask for a better friend. And before you ask why don’t we get married, Mark has a fantastic partner named Ron who I love and adore!

And honestly, I've never looked at him in that way - THANK GOD!

No, I love Mark, but I'm not "in love" with Mark.

Anyway, over drinks (Mark was drinking a dirty martini & I was nursing a Bloody Mary) we were talking about my blog, life with diabetes, and growing up with diabetes.

Mark is one of my memory keepers. He remembers me as the 6th grader with diabetes, the teenager with diabetes who had her share of issues, and the college student with diabetes who fought hard to be perceived as normal.

Mark had patience with my sister Debbie, especially when mine ran out. He’d make her laugh, include her in moments that I was being selfish about, and in the end, he loaded up her wheelchair to the local mall and the two of them got in all sorts of trouble.

When Debbie died, Mark spent the whole day & night of her funeral with me. He and the rest of my friends took me to a bar and we all cried, laughed, & requested & sang songs in her honor.

Free drinks for our group were lining up at the bar and it was long night for all of us.

Afterwards, Mark took me home and watched me as I slept. The next morning I woke up with a stale 1/2 of PB&J next to me, because Mark was afraid my blood sugar would go low in the middle of the night.

A few weeks later, Mark booked and paid for a spring break trip for us to Cancun.

“You can pay me later – you need a vacation.” And he was right, I did – we both did.

Nowadays, Mark is a mover and shaker in NYC, & he’s still one of my best friends.

The other night as we sat at the bar, eating apps, having drinks and talking about life, I was once again reminded of what a wonderful friend I had in him.

But before I could get all sappy, Mark said the following:

Mark: One of the things I love about your blog is that you have the perspective of growing up as a chiabetic, which I think…

Me: Chiabetic??!! Child + diabetic = chiabetic - I LOVE THAT MARK!!!

And then I started singing the theme to the chia-pet commercial except I sang: Chi, chi, chi, chiabetic!"

Mark: What? I meant to say child diabetic.

Me: CHIABETIC IS GREAT AND I’M TOTALLY STEALING IT!

Mark: Go for kitten- it’s yours!

And so I did~

Thanks Marky!

Posted by Mr. Boy at 10.47, Add Comment
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Dearest DOC- Thank You

Dearest DOC- Thank You

Dearest DOC:

THANK-YOU.

Thank you for always being there for me and welcoming me into your world with open arms.

Thank you for writing posts that sometimes make laugh, sometimes make me cry, but ALWAYS make me learn.

Thank you for allowing my diabetes voice to become more developed and defined, while still remaining a unique one among so many wise.

I learn so much from each and every one of you in Dblogville that it truly boggles the mind!

From the parents I learn about heartbreak, tenacity, and ALWAYS putting the ones you love before yourselves.

From the Type 1’s I’ve learned about my own issues and I see each and every one of you in myself.

For the Type 2’s, I’ve learn that your struggles are just as challenging as mine. I have come to realize that while we have different types of Diabetes, we are all still persons with diabetes. I am so GRATEFUL for that.

To the Type 1.5’s, you’ve shown me that there is another type of Diabetes entirely.

For those of you who struggle with Gestational Diabetes, you’ve taught me about sacrifice.

To the type 3’s you’ve shown me the other side of the diabetes coin. You’ve given me an intimate glimpse of how my diabetes affects the people who love me.

I love you all, and am so thankful to be part of your world.

Because of you, every single day I feel like I’m part of a whirlwind force in the world of diabetes- AND WE KICK ASS!

Lots of love, luck, laughter, and continued good health (faulty pancreases & all) to each and every one of you!!

K2~

Posted by Mr. Boy at 09.51, Add Comment
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"We Are In A Holding Pattern Of Sorts"

"We Are In A Holding Pattern Of Sorts"
I haven't blogged this week for good reason.
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Mom took a turn for the worse on Saturday and today we (my siblings & extended family) wait in a holding pattern of sorts.
In a nutshell: Due to CO2 build-up, mom coded twice and was brought back with CPR. Unfortunately, she's back in ICU, on a vent, on oxygen and according to the Doctors, isn't in any pain.

So we wait for heart and neurological tests to be repeated and we hope.....

Through it all, mom continues to look beautiful.

As for me, this has been the most difficult time in my life and makes diabetes look like a walk in the park.

I love her so much and seeing her suffer breaks my heart more each day. And I feel like such a hypocrite for talking about my broken heart, because when I see all she's going through -
I have no right to complain.
Posted by Mr. Boy at 08.21, Add Comment
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Drugs may cause Parkinson's Disease!

Drugs may cause Parkinson's Disease!
"People with Parkinson's disease often display the typical symptoms of tremor and sudden involuntary movements - but scientists are now beginning to wonder if drugs are the cause".


This is taken from the September edition of 'What Doctor's Don't Tell You', (source, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2010; 107: 13159-64).

And the drug in question is Levodopa, whose major long-term 'side-effect' is dyskinesia, the medical term for jerky and unpredictable movements.

"Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have recently discovered mechanisms in the brain (of rats) that cause dyskinesia, but it may be caused by either Parkinson's disease or using drugs".


So, after my recent blog on drugs causing dementia, the connection between disease and Big Pharma drugs is slowly but surely being revealed. And for more information about drugs causing disease, go to

ConMed and creation of illness

Moreover, this is yet another drug that has been found to cause the very condition it is intended to treat. Could it be that Conventional Medicine, and Big Pharma, are inadvertently coming up with the concept that disease can be treated with drugs that cause the same symptoms as the disease.

In other words, they are beginning to stumble on the fact that 'like cures like', which is, of course, the primary principle of homeopathy. In another 200 years, they might begin to stumble on the second principle of homeopath, the minimum, or infinitesimal dose. It won't be until they do so that they will realise that it is dangerous to use substances in toxic quantities!

It is perhaps fortunate, then, that people can move straight to homeopathy - which is already based on these insights.

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Homeopathy Healthy Medicine - September Issue

Homeopathy Healthy Medicine - September Issue

The September version of this patient-friendly newsletter is now available. It is free for you to use and to distribute as you will.
Please help us get the message of homeopathy over to people who know little about it? 
HHM aims to provide the general public with a range of facts about homeopathy, and general health matters. 
There is no charge, no copyright restrictions. So please use, and distribute the newsletter to anyone who might be interested getting to know about a safe and effective medical therapy.
  • Print it, email it. Make sure your friends, relatives and patients have a copy. 
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And don’t forget, we are keen to publish ‘good-news’ stories about homeopathy users.
* So write to us about your own story.
  • Or your children’s story.
  • Or ask your patients to write a short story about their experience of homeopathy.
Send them to us at hhm@a-r-h.org and we will try to include these in future editions of the newsletter. 
If we are to get our message across to the general public, it won’t be done by the mainstream media, who are reluctant to print anything ‘positive’ about homeopathy. This newsletter, which is written in a very simple, easily understandable style, we can tell people about our effective and safe medical therapy.
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Homeopathy and Insomnia

Homeopathy and Insomnia
Given my recent blog which looked at the dangers of ConMed sleeping pills ('Sleeping pills increase chances of dying by 40%'), this feature from Natural News looks at the homeopathic treatment of insomnia and sleeplessness - a much safer, and more effective therapy.

http://www.naturalnews.com/029771_insomnia_homeopathic.html

However, this is just too simplistic really. Homeopathy sometimes is not that easy! There are literally hundreds of homeopathic remedies that deal with insomnia and sleeplessness, all with a particular symptom pictures. The reason for this is that there are many causes of insomnia, and matching the individual with a remedy can be quite a difficult task.

One good general remedy used by homeopathy, but not mentioned in this feature, is Passiflora. It deals with restless and wakeful sleep, often caused by worry, exhaustion and overwork. It is often the remedy to use with quite feeble infants, or older people.

The importance of matching patient symptoms with remedy symptoms is central in homeopathy, and as insomnia can become a serious ailment, if 'first aid' use of remedies does not work, a consultation with a homeopathy is always advisable.

For more information about the treatment of Insomnia, and the benefits of Homeopathy treatment over Conventional, drug-based medicine, click on this link.

Posted by Mr. Boy at 03.06, Add Comment
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The Cost of Dementia

The Cost of Dementia
This blog should be read in conjunction with the one I published on 20th September, "Dementia. Is it caused by ConMed Drugs?"

The news that the cost of treating dementia represents more that 1% of the world's gross domestic product is stunning. The 2010 World Alzheimer Report claims that the world will spend about $604 billion this year. Moreover, it says that the bulk of these costs is spent on expensive medications and hospital treatment, as well as residential and nursing care. And the cost of dementia care is likely only to rise!

Of course, this is just one reason that Big Pharma companies have become so powerful. They produce drugs that cause 'side-effects', which are really diseases. And then they produce drugs that deal with the diseases they cause.

This is great business - but very poor medicine!


When these two blogs are taken together it begins to be possible to calculate the enormous cost of Conventional Medicine, and its dangerous and useless drugs. Dementia, and Alzheimers Disease in particular, has risen to epidemic proportions during the last 50-60 years, and as such, it is just one of a multitude of chronic diseases that have developed during the expansion of Big Pharma, and its toxic drugs and treatments.

ConMed and creation of illness

Yet the mainstream media will not investigate this, and other similar connections between epidemic chronic disease and prescription drugs. Nor will government or the NHS. Big Pharma is just too big, too powerful - its power based on its ability to create disease.

The time for homeopathy, and other safe traditional therapies, is coming. But the problem of getting the message over to the general public continues to be immense.

Posted by Mr. Boy at 02.26, Add Comment
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Is MMR Safe?

Is MMR Safe?
We are constantly told by Conventional Medics that MMR vaccination is safe. The mainstream media will not allow anyone to suggest that it is anything other than safe. So how about this, taken from the VaccineTruth website? Given the blanket of silence and denial that surrounds the issue, this makes interesting reading 
“The drug company that makes the MMR vaccine publishes an extensive list of warnings, contraindications, and adverse reactions associated with this triple shot. These may be found in the vaccine package insert available from any doctor giving MMR, and in the Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR) at the library.(8,9) The following afflictions affecting nearly every body system — blood, lymphatic, digestive, cardiovascular, immune, nervous, respiratory, and sensory — have been reported following receipt of the MMR shot: encephalitis, encephalopathy, neurological disorders, seizure disorders, convulsions, learning disabilities, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), demyelination of the nerve sheaths, Guillain-Barre’ syndrome (paralysis), muscle incoordination, deafness, panniculitis, vasculitis, optic neuritis (including partial or total blindness), retinitis, otitis media, bronchial spasms, fever, headache, joint pain, arthritis (acute and chronic), transverse myelitis, thrombocytopenia (blood clotting disorders and spontaneous bleeding), anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions), lymphadenopathy, leukocytosis, pneumonitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, urticaria, pancreatitis, parotitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, meningitis, diabetes, autism, immune system disorders, and death (Figure 49).(10,11)”

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