This post details my recent bout with appendicitis and how I avoided surgery. This is my second attack of appendicitis.
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Health and Illness
This video is a continuation of the conversation I had (Part 1) with Geoff and Jim about Jim’s spiritual journey through a recent illness. We discuss out of body experiences, chakras, sobriety, heightened states of love, and other spiritual experiences we’ve all had on our paths. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [...]
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The day my friend Geoff was leaving for California, he dropped by with his friend Jim who has been having health problems. Jim generously shared his experiences with his spiritual life and how it has affected his health. We are more than just the body with a thinking brain, and when our spirits or souls [...]
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Does the medical model work? Is it helpful going to the doctor? Can the doctor’s advice improve your health? Here are recent experiences I had where I was invited to join the popular paradigm but declined the invitation. Gynecologist Recommends Hormone Replacement Therapy Two years ago I menstruated heavily for a month after not menstruating [...]
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Here are some steps you can begin to incorporate into your lifestyle to improve your health and increase your risk of avoiding disease. Now, you don’t have to go hog wild. Take one step at a time until a new habit is created. Then take the next step. Please bear in mind this is for [...]
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I was on a discussion board where the question “Is Health Care a Right?” was asked, and someone responded with Is it a “Right” for our children to have a K/12 education?? Is it a “Right” for the fireman to come when your house is burning down?? Is is a “Right” to have police protection?? [...]
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I’ve made quite a few changes in my diet this year and thought I’d write about the many benefits I’ve experienced in my body. Changes in Diet Eliminate grains, particularly wheat Increase meat and fat consumption Reduce carbohydrate consumption No vegetable oils. Use olive oil, butter and coconut oil for cooking Reduce fruit consumption Changes [...]
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Smoking is hazardous to your health, and anything that can help you quit seems welcome. But sometimes the price is too high. All drugs are poisons, and as such they carry side effects, which is a euphemism for physiological responses to toxins. The side effects for Chantix and Zyban have prompted the FDA to require [...]
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I was reading an article at the blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. titled Snake oil comes in all types of bottles wherein Michael comments on the placebo affect in science and medicine. He wrote about studies of weight loss diets in conjunction with injections of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) that showed it worked no [...]
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Requesting Nutritional Profile Blood Tests I went to the VA hospital Monday for a followup visit after my vertigo scare. I asked the nurse, whom I’ll call Julie, to request a nutritional blood panel for anything available, including vitamin D levels and a test for gluten sensitivity. Since it was my first visit to this [...]
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