This is it
June 30, 2008 4:02pm
I'm feeling pre-emptively disappointed in my new endocrinologist. MDs always, always disappooint. I hate her already.
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Cliffenstein’s Profile
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Cliffenstein replied to CharityV’s discussion post Does anyone know how to... in the Health Care Reform support group 10:09pm
I have never heard of lobbyists having or needing degrees. But they do need to be passionate about their…
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Cliffenstein replied to pancakexxx’s discussion post OHMYGOD in the Vegetarians & Vegans support group 10:06pm
I would be interested to hear this guy defend his position. Why are carnivores cooler?…
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Cliffenstein replied to premiermois’s discussion post Who else is like this? in the Vegetarians & Vegans support group 10:02pm
Dairy products actually contain morphine. They are literally addictive.…
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Cliffenstein replied to Rebeka56’s discussion post Breath Smells Fruity? in the Diabetes Type 2 support group 10:00pm
A) You should test on a regular basis to know what EVERY little twitch means, or whether it means anything…
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Cliffenstein and bigouie are now friends 9:54pm
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Cliffenstein replied to their discussion post Type 2 and Hashimoto's Disease in the Diabetes Type 2 support group 1:03pm
Akemi: I am female too! So I am starting to feel like an East German discus thrower here.…
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Cliffenstein replied to Carrissa’s discussion post Organic Meat in the Vegetarians & Vegans support group 8:13am
Well not eating meat is just a phase for some people.…
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Cliffenstein replied to pancakexxx’s discussion post OHMYGOD in the Vegetarians & Vegans support group 8:12am
Guy sounds like a dork to me.…
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Cliffenstein replied to their discussion post Type 2 and Hashimoto's Disease in the Diabetes Type 2 support group 8:11am
Do you find that one affects the other much? And how? That's what I'm trying to figure out.…
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Cliffenstein replied to cyndyrose’s discussion post New to Metformin in the Diabetes Type 2 support group 8:10am
I am eating a Romaine heart and some baby carrots for breakfast right now.…
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Journal Entry for May 27, 2008
May 27, 2008 7:31pm
Still can't believe it, after 2 days of making funeral arrangements. Maybe it will never come true for me until I get to be where he …
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The hits just keep on coming
May 25, 2008 10:02pm
Well, my dad died out of nowhere. I guess I just can't believe it. At least not my bloody useless rational, thinking brain. …
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Journal Entry for May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008 8:31am
Today it dawned on me, because of something Cowboy said, that even on the Banard plan I am eating way too much. It's because of the …
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Progress?
May 21, 2008 2:23pm
This morning, for the first time, Sabertooth jumped on Godzilla the way she used to jump on Miss Kitty. Godzilla wasn't having it but …
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Hey...you made a comment about dairy containing morphine in one of the discussions...is that true?? If so, where did you learn that? It explains a lot about our culture's dairy dependency!!!
I’m With You
Did he refuse to have your blood tests for thyroid problems? If you're going back to him, ask him directly to have the lab work done. I'm blessed with the doctors I have. Reading about so many problems with doctors really sheds light on the problems. I have found too that some dr's don't know what to do with an educated patient. Mine love it. Just keep trying till you get the answers you are seeking.
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Haha! I'm adopting your reply ("so you just eat salad?") as my own! & I hope I'll see a smile on you soon.
Flower
God will guide your footsteps.....You have to be willing to pick up your feet. Hope you have a good July 4th. (((hugs))) Beckey
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I’m With You
Hope you saw my post to you on hypothyroidism. I wrote my first journal entry on what's happening with me. Keep in touch.
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Support Groups
Close Diabetes Type 2
Dx'd 13 years ago, when there was no coverage for testing supplies, so without checking they put me on insulin and said I had Type 1. I have no actual characteristics of Type 1 and now the insulin no longer works. Trying to get pills prescribed at next MD appt. Maybe that will help get people off my back -- they always get angry and bark at me that I cannot have Type 2 if I am on insulin.
Treatments
- Insulin (Regular and NPH) Not Working
- The stuff worked fine for years, my reading were excellent. Almost a year ago that started to change. Now the shots do el zilcho.
- Yoga Working / Worked
- I can get my BS down 50 to 100 points in an hour doing yoga!
- Garlic Working / Worked
- 9 horse pills of garlic/day help a lot, apparently with the insulin resistance. That's also the main thing that helps when I have a flu bug or something.
- Goldenseal Working / Worked
- Really drops the BS to normal; you're not supposed to use the "therapeutic" dose of 6 capsules daily for more than 7 days in a row, but this is an emergency.
Close Bereavement
I've lost 23 people I know since 2000, including my best friend and someone I'm not allowed to grieve because he isn't really my son, he only feels like my son. I hurt every day.
Treatments
- Crying Working / Worked
- All day, every day, as needed.
- Helping Others Working / Worked
- Keeping Busy Working / Worked
- Reading Working / Worked
- Remembering Working / Worked
- Talking Working / Worked
Open Food Allergies
Type of allergy: Other FoodsI am allergic to freakin' EVERYTHING. Dairy, chocolate, walnuts, tomatoes, nitrites, MSG, cola, caramel coloring, tobacco, feathers, dust, pollen, corn, mold, soy, coffee and tea.
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Somewhat Helpful
- I have a really restricted diet, between the diabetes and the allergies. It's a royal pain but eating an allergen makes my blood sugar shoot up.
- Anti-Inflammatory Diet Working / Worked
- That's meant to say "anti-inflammatory." Somewhat helpful. VERY hard to do, I'm a lousy cook.
- Benadryl Working / Worked
- Half a tab before bed helps quite a bit, but not completely.
- Metformin Working / Worked
- I took a 10-mg tab of Metformin and without insulin went to Burger King and ate a deep-fried chicken sandwich with a slice of apple pie. BS=178! Miracle!
Open Migraine Headaches
Had 'em since I was in high school. They were in check for years and now I'm starting to get one every month when "the Cardinal visits." Yay.
Treatments
Open Vegetarians & Vegans
Type: VeganI just made the move to go vegan after a week-and-a-half trial showed me how much it's improving my various wretched health problems. This is more like it. I've flirted with raw foodism as well.
Treatments
- Raw Food Diet Working / Worked
- Really helpful, but franly I donlt have room for a dehydrator and all that other gear and I'm not about to do it whole hog.
- Vitamin B12 Working / Worked
- I take B-complex regularly and it helps my shattered nerves a lot.
Open Health Care Reform
I'm a social worker by trade who lives in the worst-off state in the union, economically. It's appalling that people all around me are being ruined financially because they don't have a health plan and got into a car accident or caught a nasty disease they can't afford to treat.
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