tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27738362606379998802024-03-13T07:17:47.030-07:00russell.stametsOne man's different answer to Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-40209296484400358012013-02-13T07:12:00.000-08:002013-02-13T07:12:14.641-08:00Balance Point Surfer<br />
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I was updating the tagline of my twitter profile the other
day. Most of my networking platforms gathered dust for 6 months during the
move. Without much conscious deliberation, I added <i>balance point surfer</i> to the list after author, publisher, etc. It
wasn’t until a twitter contact queried whether that was some new variation on
riding waves on a board that I thought about the precise meaning of what I’d so
casually listed.</div>
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Balance is a common meme in my muse. My new residence aboard
a sailboat has only increased that focus. Here is what I replied to the twitter
query:</div>
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<i>balance
point surfer – tracking the moving nexus of tipping point lines, between
health-conscious and health nut, stressed and too-laid-back, east and west,
intro and extro-vert, logical and mystical...<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>standing,
balancing on that spot, knees bent, leaning forward, [intuiting/gauging/feeling]
through wave, current and wind-born spin-drift</i>.</div>
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That’s not particularly precise. But descriptions of the
myriad forces arrayed on either side of the scales could go on indefinitely. It’s
also a many-layered puzzle, almost chaotic, julia set-like. Almost any term
used to describe a particular weight can itself be sub-divided into balanced
components. The process that carried too far, is dizzying (and unbalanced.)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-26404307163699214912012-09-01T08:50:00.000-07:002012-09-01T13:32:49.114-07:00Up For Air!<br />
Gasp! Up for air. It feels like I’ve stroked several lengths of the pool underwater.<br />
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Never would’ve thought any several month stretch would be too crazy to even tweet, much less post to the blog. But then I suppose anyone who thinks they know the limits of what life may offer them is asking for surprise. There are no limits.<br />
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I write about health through my lens. It’s the only one I’ve got. That’s not likely to change, but the focus will shift now, assuming some new definition of stability materializes. And assuming that within any modicum of calm I choose to write.<br />
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But I will write not so much about LADA. I’m more interested in a wider angle shot of life and health. It’s all too integrated to spotlight just one chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease, the one I happen to have. Looking at any piece of this puzzle in isolation distorts. It’s why western medicine is failing so miserably at this. It’s why it’s obvious the eastern approach has much of it right.<br />
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But of course nobody else has it exactly right. Nobody that’s not you can. The utterly individual nature of the solution to perfect health means that absolutely nothing written or espoused in any way will be exactly the right template for you. Until you research and write your own. I happen to think the same is true of religion – that while the standard templates may have been right for the guys that wrote them, the chances of any one of those cookie cutter molds fitting you properly is slim to none. We are all snowflakes, aren’t we?<br />
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On the other hand, all the individual ingredients that might be part of anyone’s unique healthy and happy life-living-recipe are probably already out there and identified. You don’t have to create any new elements. You just have to find the right mix and dosage. OK, “just” is not a good word. Empirical self-testing is grueling. It’s too hard. Many of the choices related to being healthy are entangled with guilt, fear, denial, self-loathing, etc. that it’s no wonder most people just grab a diet or a religion off the rack, even if it’s two sizes too small or 89% polyester.<br />
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I would measure my success in one way by the extent to which my template for health and life is at least a starting point for those looking for their own answer. Some percentage of what I’ve found is universally applicable. It’s a starting place that you can tweak from. That’s what I offer. None of the access compartments to my Rube Goldberg Device are labeled “Warranty Void if Opened”. Go ahead and open it. Flip a switch or spin a dial to a different setting. See what happens.<br />
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Expostulation of theory only goes so far, so expect to also see case studies from my self-experiment. First, for those left hanging in June when I dropped off the radar, I’ll try to bring the timeline up to date. From a health standpoint, this intense period of transition and moving targets is particularly relevant considering the weight I attach to stress. I know it’s critical, but the absence of the expected significant rise in my blood sugar during this upheaval means it may be more nuanced than I’d thought. It may be as simple as the difference between long-term (hopeless) stress and finite-period (toward a desired goal) stress. The stress of a crappy job and being a cog in the machine damaged my body. The stress of losing that job and embarking on a bold plan without all the details worked out and exposing family to risk appears to not have had harmful effect. Perhaps because the option Kathy and I found was a long term soul goal – selling the house and much of the “stuff”, buying and moving aboard a sailboat, living by our wits at an age where many just want to make that last payment on the recliner lounger on the den…<br />
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Somehow the mind-boggling logistics, tight timings, depended upon luck and friends, epic cross country U-haul drive, and unexpected rerouting (house selling in a week, last minute switch in east coast destinations, and hurricane within days of purchasing boat) have not erased one bit of the miraculous recovery of my pancreas and insulin production. We’ve been on the road pretty much since early July and so my consistent routine of yoga and meditation has suffered. Only the diet and supplements have been relatively by-the-book during this stretch, yet my numbers, if you throw out one low of 94 and one high of 133 have all been between 101 and 122. Now that’s only about 8 data points because I decreased my testing to just once a week. My last A1c was just before my old insurance ran out and had ticked up a few tenths to 6.1 during the peak of the “what the hell are we going to do” stress phase. After we set our plan (however crazy it is), my numbers trended down. I’m sure my next A1c will be back under 6. I also halved my metformin again, down to 500 mg/day. It didn’t seem to matter.<br />
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It’s likely that reduced testing and less focus is probably a positive factor. So is being active. I can’t wait until we’re in our new home and in one place form more than a day. Getting some routine back will be good for the head. Just being able to cook is something Kathy’s been pining for.<br />
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Stay tuned for snapshots and reflections of this new life and health. I’ve also been hoping for time to work on a cookbook with some of what I’ve been eating the last year, all lean and fairly green.<br />
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As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-24381528551188155842012-05-28T10:36:00.001-07:002012-05-28T10:38:34.392-07:00Probably Need More Than 3<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If
our healthcare and insurance system wasn’t broken they would treat me like a
king. I’m saving the system tens of thousands of dollars by controlling my
Type1 LADA naturally without insulin or frequent testing. Not only is the rest
of the country not having to subsidize me, but the incredible state of health
my diet, activity, and stress reduction regimen has brought me too guarantees I
won’t be burdening the system with chronic cardiovascular, neurodegenerative,
or other related care any time soon.<br />
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What an if! Instead, the reality is, even though I’ve effectively beat this
otherwise resource-sucking disease, I’m unable to get anything but wallet-killing
high-risk pool insurance. If our insurance system rewarded hard choices,
innovative success, and true across-the-board savings, it would cover my
organic foods that have removed the toxins from my body and stopped the immune
attack. It would pay for the acupuncture that helps keep me balanced and
un-inflamed. <br />
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The most important (and unlikely) insurance coverage I could use wouldn’t be
insurance at all. Our whole money grubbing economic system would be replaced. Physicians
ould be rewarded for how FEW tests and drugs they prescribe, actually graded on
the health of their patients. Our ideal system would reward individuals who
find work/life balance and would subsidize us for finding productive stress
free lifestyles. The savings from reduced old age chronic care would more than
offset.<br />
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Oh well. We’re just dreaming, right? It just seems that without the conflicts
of interest of merging insurance, Pharma, hospitals, and physicians, some of
these people might feel free to do <i>the
right thing</i>. The physician could be trusted to suggest the right individual
care that might often mean less than more. Insurance would be free to want
people 100% well, so their claims would shrink. Their motives are suspect when
they own device, drug and other healthcare businesses. And Pharma? Are they capable
of functioning in mankind’s best interest? As long as we economically reward
them for creating chemical erections versus research on real life threats, it
seems unlikely.<br />
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If physicians, the insurance industry, hospitals, and Pharma were doing the
right thing, than perhaps patients could be trusted, encouraged, and supported
when taking charge of their own health.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Refusing the Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to
Kick-Ass Health </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, by Russell Stamets<br />
Amazon(Kindle or paperback): </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Smashwords
(all ereaders): </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">russell.stamets
blog:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">http://russellstamets.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
twitter: @russellstamets</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-72803184696115747842012-05-20T10:00:00.000-07:002012-05-20T10:00:00.274-07:00Today's Classified Ads<br />
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anyone who might be interested<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FOR SALE:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Beautiful 4 BR, 2 bath Colorado
ranch estate on 1.86 acres, rural, yet minutes from town. Lovingly upgraded
over many years. It’s ready to happily raise another family. Be sure to sit on
the deck under the silver maple and listen to the aspens. While tossing a
horseshoe, pause to admire the Flatirons view. Sip your wine in the shade of a
hundred trees, watching the kids in the sandbox, on the trampoline, or up in
the tree house. If you’re looking for a home steeped in good energy, you’ll
feel it here.<br />
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<b>WANTED:</b> A new home for a couple of
long-time land-locked sailors ready to move aboard, a well-loved, center
cockpit ketch over 40’. The sellers of this boat will be looking for us, a new
pair of passionate caretakers for their long-time home vs. a quick buck. This
flavorful boat will draw less than 6 feet, making her comfy in either the Chesapeake
or Bahamas shallows we will explore. This boat will also be found either east
coast or Florida, no further west than Texas, since a canal trip for a shakedown
cruise to get her back to Annapolis is not our desire.<br />
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<b>WANTED:</b> Annapolis-area slip for a
forty-something ketch. Price is probably more important than amenities. Walking
distance to groceries. Also need nearby mooring for 22’ Pearson Ensign. Unused
dock on your waterfront home? Want to help out a salty Colorado couple who are
finally answering their call to the water?<br />
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<b><s>FOR FREE</s> FOR THE DUMP:</b> the
stress of another desk job for him; any more years for her in a broken school
system where teachers aren’t allowed to teach; any chance of a soma-numb easy chair
retirement for either one; truckloads of stuff we have no idea why we were
keeping.<br />
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<b>WANTED:</b> Two livelihoods: freelance
or contract work for him (a social media/tech savvy copywriting poet), something
doable via wifi from either Annapolis or Marsh Harbor; for her, something fun
and hourly in Annapolis, nothing to take home at night, flexible enough to
leave for the Bahamas for a month in the coldest part of winter – what would
you hire an ex-5<sup>th</sup> grade teacher for? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">NEEDED:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> A
little luck. A few deep breaths. A moment to calm the flutter of worry for the
kids. Continued good health. Every ounce of strength the resilient love
emanating from a 26 year marriage provides.<br />
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<i>Have a tip or lead on any of the above?
Please email firstname dot lastname at gmail (Sorry to be so cryptic, but email
address get scraped from pages so easily these days. Or feel free to use the
blog comments.)<br />
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</i></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Refusing
the Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to Kick-Ass Health </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
by Russell Stamets<br />
Amazon(Kindle or paperback): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Smashwords
(all ereaders): <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</span></a><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">russell.stamets
blog:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://russellstamets.blogspot.com</a><br />
twitter: @russellstamets</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-62497057407175014312012-05-19T08:10:00.000-07:002012-05-19T08:34:25.683-07:00The Picture of Health<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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control without obsession.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Turkey bacon, green onion, green chile, organic
romaine lettuce, on a whole wheat tortilla. Clean and lean, this is part of how
I’ve beat LADA.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">No 24/7 insulin rigamarole means more time for Marley.</span></td></tr>
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part of the bargain I made with my body.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Sailing is critical therapy for me. It’s the ultimate
zen activity that balances my mind and keeps mountains of stress at bay.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
know plenty of folks will do a bang up job describing all the misconceptions
that the general public has about diabetes, so I think I’ll twist today’s
prompt a little to look at misconceptions held by diabetics about diabetes. To
be fair, what I’m asking well-informed, articulate diabetes bloggers to do is
more about being open-minded. I can’t imagine how hard it would be, when “wolf”
has been cried a thousand times, to still give a fair look at results as
radical as mine. After all, “Type 1(LADA) pancreas’ just don’t come back to
life <i>after</i> the honeymoon period.” It’s
written in western medicine stone. And there’s no way in hell a natural
solution with diet, supplements, activity and stress reduction could
conceivably do it, right? And I suppose the world is full of liars and the
delusional.<br />
<br />
But here I am, insulin-free, kick-ass healthy proof that words like “irreversible”
and “impossible” are used in error. I explain how I’ve done this and receive
blank stares for a minute before the insulin-using listener turns back to the
constant chit chat about what device to strap on next. <br />
<br />
I’ll keep trying, but some days it’s all moving backward so fast I fear I’ll
stumble and fall under the hooves of the stampede of even theType 2’s, for God’s
sake, who are swayed now in droves by the pharma moneyed propaganda to
unnecessarily use insulin. What a marketing coup that is. Just like politics I
guess. The most moneyed message wins. Facts are meaningless. And no one is
going to spend money to study or report on a free cure, no matter how many like
me show that diet and stress are the key to the whole gamut of chronic,
inflammatory diseases.<br />
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OK. That’s my trademark rant. How exactly do I think the DOC can remain
openminded in the face of their decades of disappointments and money-skewed
research?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Refusing the Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to Kick-Ass Health </span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #222222;">, by
Russell Stamets<br />
Amazon(Kindle or paperback): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;">Smashwords (all ereaders): <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</span></a><br />
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">russell.stamets blog:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://russellstamets.blogspot.com</a><br />
twitter: @russellstamets</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-87279466764796172372012-05-17T07:25:00.001-07:002012-05-17T07:27:07.341-07:00Congratulations! You Own The Patent<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
perfect health tool would benefit not just diabetics but the entire gamut of chronic
autoimmuune inflammatory disease. It would be organic, containing no batteries,
wire, plastic, or metal. It would function by neutralizing all impulses to eat
any processed food toxins, or poisons like sugar. Instead, it would make us
feel like it was natural and more than worth the effort to eat lean, fresh, and
organic. It would accomplish this leaving no residual craving, desire, guilt,
or victimhood.<br />
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This tool would prevent or reverse malfunctions like immune system attacks on
the pancreas not only by regulating diet; it would make regular 24/7 activity
an imperative. It would actually make it a joy to keep moving, choosing stairs,
standing vs. sitting, and walking, walking like your life depended on it.<br />
<br />
The most important regulatory function of this free, custom fit, cure-all
organic life tool is stress control. It will prevent job, relationship, and other
<i>choices</i> that lead to damaging
continuous fight of flight response. To allow us to handle the events that aren’t
choices that might trigger autoimmune attacks, this survival tool will prompt
the user to be a practitioner of meditation. It will make us open to acupuncture,
yoga, and pursuit of the true mind/body experience.<br />
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This miracle device will run as long as you live, be readily available to every
citizen on the planet, and subject to no recall. Upgrades are automatic. Free,
extra, hidden functions are included, available for when you’re ready to unlock
them. This tool, if trained and used wisely, will provide not only perfect
health and long life, it will be your sole source of passion, joy, ecstasy,
wonder, and enlightenment. Just read the instructions. Those functions are null
and void if you misuse this organ for purposes of anger, self-hate, or anything
damaging.<br />
<br />
Although portable, this master control unit weighs several pounds. The only
place it can be carried, protected, and hooked up properly, is inside your
skull. The best news is, it’s already there. Dust it off and use it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Refusing the Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to Kick-Ass Health<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">, by
Russell Stamets<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Amazon(Kindle
or paperback):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</span></a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Barnes & Noble (Nook): </span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/refusing-the-needle-russell-stamets/1110361672?ean=2940014469739">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/refusing-the-needle-russell-stamets/1110361672?ean=2940014469739</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Apple (ipad): search the itunes store for Russell Stamets<br />
Smashwords (all ereaders):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-78153820336340459042012-05-16T07:53:00.000-07:002012-05-16T07:53:09.744-07:00Speak No Evil (Dblogweek - Day 3)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
have got get better at keeping my mouth shut. I have to remember that some
members of my family don’t discuss health issues. Even life threatening
episodes tend to go unmentioned, or if discovered, minimized and dismissed. If
someone offers up an innocuous tidbit, it’s a sign of something dire.<br />
<br />
I, on the other hand, am doing this crazy public blog and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">book</a> thing with my <a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/2011/09/diabetes-101.html">LADA</a>,
discussing, dissecting, evaluating, and pondering even the minutest details of
diet, blood sugar fluctuations, and stress drivers.<br />
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So when I happen to mention that “my numbers are up a little...” that’s all they hear. And by normal family
standards, they adjust that sentence fragment to mean something like I’m
running constant blood sugars of 800 and there were a couple of ER visits
involved. They are hearing that alternate story ending in their heads and missing
the much less exciting actual end of the comment, something like “...I’ve had
couple of fasting 140’s mixed in with the normal 110’s, kind of expected during
this stressful, period while laid off.”<br />
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It doesn’t help that maintaining the blog, social media presence and promoting
the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">book</a> is pretty much my
job at this point, and how much do any of us tend to talk about our jobs? Yeah,
too much. So not talking shop around family is definitely my choice for today’s
“something to improve” prompt.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Refusing the
Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to Kick-Ass Health<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">, by
Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Amazon(Kindle
or paperback):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</span></a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Barnes & Noble (Nook): </span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/refusing-the-needle-russell-stamets/1110361672?ean=2940014469739">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/refusing-the-needle-russell-stamets/1110361672?ean=2940014469739</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Apple (ipad): search the itunes store for Russell Stamets<br />
Smashwords (all ereaders):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</span></a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Twitter:</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/russellstamets" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">@russellstamets</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-27841588274074957212012-05-09T11:46:00.000-07:002012-05-09T11:46:50.885-07:00Paper & Ink<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For
those that still like a real page to turn, I’m pleased to announce that the
paperback edition </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">of Refusing the Needle:
A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to Kick-Ass Health</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is now available through </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4" style="font-family: inherit;">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> or </span><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3845564" style="font-family: inherit;">Createspace</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In
even the short month since publishing the digital version there’s been more in
the news about the concerns, hunches, and practices I outline in the book. As
the diabetes epidemic sweeps over us, there’s probably no such thing as too
much coverage. And there’s no shortage of different angles on this story, like
the troubling unexplained increase in the autoimmune varieties like Type 1 and
LADA over the last couple of decades. It’s a real mystery, although I’ve placed
my bet on the toxins in processed food suspect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Three
years ago at age 49 I was your typical all-American beer guzzling, pizza
chomping, moderately stressed guy. Slim, and in great health (I thought).
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) is also called Type 1.5, but the
fact that it’s autoimmune and the insulin-producing pancreas is under attack
makes it closer to the kid’s Type 1. It’s still widely misdiagnosed. People are
walking around wondering why the usual Type 2 pills aren’t working. The only
option currently offered for any Type 1 variety is insulin. Almost no money is
spent researching solutions like what I came up with to avoid those shots in
the stomach. Perhaps because you can’t patent the kind of diet, supplement, and
stress reduction regimen that has worked for me. In any case, here’s some of
what I found interesting in my research and self-experiment:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* <b>Diabetes as a “spectrum”
disease</b> – traditional lines are blurred, T1’s have environmental triggers
and T2’s have genetic predispositions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* <b>over prescription of insulin
to Type 2 and LADA</b> – even though there’s good evidence for Type 2 reversal
and cure via diet and lifestyle change, the insulin industry is pushing hard to
get as many people using insulin as possible. LADA’s are being diagnosed
sooner, but unfortunately, they’re being put immediately on insulin instead of
using the available window of time to try a diet/lifestyle approach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* <b>new science showing
residual pancreas function in longtime Type</b> 1’s – recent studies contradict
the typical unequivocal statements that “a Type 1’s pancreas is dead, or soon
will be, period”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* <b>anecdotal diet-based
reversals</b> – my reversal story is not unique, but my cynical side says there’s
more money in insulin and insulin-devices so why fund studies for alternatives.
And it’s hard to measure the effects of holistic approaches using techniques
like acupuncture and meditation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* <b>the similarities of the large
list of common chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases</b> – taking the
typical western medicine narrow-focus-blinders off shows dozens of autoimmune
inflammatory diseases like diabetes, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus,
crohn’s, celiac, etc. This is what starts to strengthen the whole processed
food, environmental toxin angle for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* <b>stress and the mental
game are more than just an afterthought</b> – others have done much of the same
diet and supplement regimen as what I put together without stopping the
autoimmune attack, so I’m placing much stronger emphasis on the role of stress,
even down at the cellular level. I’ve had to remodel my life to <s>get rid of</s>
minimize anger and anxiety.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If this story interest you, please check it out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Refusing the
Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey to Kick-Ass Health<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">, by
Russell Stamets<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Smashwords (all ereaders):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.smashwords.com/<wbr></wbr>books/view/145608</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">blog:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">russellstamets.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
Twitter:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/russellstamets" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">@russellstamets</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-86769888398646214792012-05-01T08:13:00.000-07:002012-05-01T08:15:33.021-07:00Cool Down Recap<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">OK. So that was a workout.
30 days of posts for the Health Activist Writers Month Challenge completed. My
normal output runs about 1 every 4 days. Props to Wegohealth for taking us through
an interesting obstacle course. Storytelling, verse, and different kinds of
visuals stretched us into new modes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My favorites for the month
were the <a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/2012/04/can-you-say-ekphrasis.html">ekphasis</a>,
<a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/2012/04/575-x-6.html">haiku</a>,
and <a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/2012/04/five-by-five-on-two-by-four.html">six
sentence story</a> prompts. And even what seemed a trite prompt, like “<a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/2012/04/oh-drama.html">describe a
first time</a>” resulted in a creation I was pleased with. And there were
surprises; an incidental use in the <a href="http://russellstamets.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-more-than-about-beating-diabetes.html">challenges/victories</a>
post of an image of the <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/254805291387612935/">drinkingbird toy</a> from many years back prompted more than 40 repins overnight on my <a href="http://pinterest.com/russellstamets/room-in-the-fridge/">Pinterest board</a>.
The post it’s linked to is still enjoying about a third more page views than
might be expected. Just for grins, I think I’ll throw a slinky in here and see
what happens :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a bit of a recluse,
normally broadcasting solo from this outlaw radio station of a blog, it’s been
healthy for me to be a little more social. I felt like a mountain man coming
down to the spring gathering. It’s been nice to meet a few new friends. It’s
been particularly hopeful to see the number of positive messages supported by
participants. Disease communities are often such a pity party. Nice job <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wegohealth">Wegohealth</a> for attracting more
optimists!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-6587518152049572982012-04-30T06:53:00.000-07:002012-04-30T06:53:02.726-07:00TaggedThe tag cloud generator app at<a href="http://www.wordle.net/" target="_blank"> http://www.wordle.net/</a> is great fun. Here's what it created when I tossed all the words from my last 100 blog posts into its bucket.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-22764921668573998562012-04-29T09:26:00.000-07:002012-04-29T09:26:52.668-07:00Five by Five on a Two by Four<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He stayed
hunkered down until the ground stopped shaking. When he finally raised his
head, it was a changed world. The road he’d been travelling was gone. The
ground had fallen away to the left, right, and behind. Only a sliver of path
remained, winding up through the swirling dust, a two by four sized ridge top with
an abyss on either side. Somehow he pushed aside paralyzing fear, stood, and
stepped carefully, calmly forward, summoning a balance he </span>didn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> know he had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">tags</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural,
alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-77114183046232666012012-04-28T08:56:00.001-07:002012-04-28T10:15:47.885-07:00Oh, The Drama!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first time I gazed out
across the diabetes landscape I saw a wasteland. It was a zone of gray, dusty
ruins in perpetual twilight. The meager glow of kerosene lamps here and there
marked the various huddles of gray, dusty denizens. They always seemed preoccupied
with the devices clipped to each other’s belts, or the contents of the little
zipper cases they all carried. Every so often one would announce a number and
the rest would either cheer and slap his back or sigh “oh no” and give him a
hug.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I watched, a regular stream
of pilgrims plodded into the zone, looking bewildered, new zipper cases in
hand. Some of them drifted into dark corners alone. Others were drawn like
moths to the kerosene lamp groups where they were consoled, and hugged, and congratulated
on the quality of their insulin supply case or pump.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nobody seemed to notice me
on the bluff from where I watched. They didn’t seem aware of the sunlit, clean
kodachrome universe mere steps from their enclave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the years since, I’ve
traveled often into the Zone, carrying news of the fresh water and food that I’m
sure saved me from their fate. I’ve shown any who would listen that I carry no
case or pump, just a handful of almonds. Mostly I’m met with blank stares. Once,
one of the kerosene lamp leaders asked me to go away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But depressing as these
sorties into the realm of victimhood are, it’s worth the short time away from
my happy life for the one person in a hundred, mostly from the queue of new
pilgrims, that hears me, and turns away, daring to live in the light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">tags</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural,
alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-37845831394081834902012-04-27T09:16:00.001-07:002012-04-27T09:16:55.524-07:00It's More Than About Beating Diabetes<br />
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I've<span style="font-family: inherit;"> already changed my
profile tagline in several places to something like “it’s more than about
beating diabetes”. The word </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">holistic</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">
seems inadequate to describe the profound integration my experiment has
illuminated for me. It’s a question of seeing the big picture. When racing
sailboats you’re taught to get your head out of the boat and look around. It’s
hard, because the many adjustments and controls near at hand seem to demand
attention. But even if everything is trimmed perfectly, if you’re not headed at
the mark, all your micro-fidgeting is for naught.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m convinced that western
medicine is full of micro-fidgeters. Blinders and magnifying glasses strapped
on, the questions that legions of mice are sacrificed to solve are miniscule
(possibly meaningless) pieces of the big picture. Without more of an eastern
stepped-back, whole systems view, they’ll never connect the parts. It’s no
wonder we see so many unintended consequences for drugs targeted at discrete processes.
Nothing is discrete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An entire blog post of mine might pass without mention of Latent
Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA). What started for me as a typically
western search for a solution to this individual disease yielded not a pill to
be taken and cure resulting by morning, but a real cure all elixir. None of the
ingredients are unheard of, although a few, like self-accountability and
patience are hard to come by. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finding and maintaining balance
is the root purpose of each and every goal I might choose to list on a given day.
It’s all so interconnected that it’s difficult to create a linear string of
words to diagram it. Writing about it is like uncovering a tiny section of an
ancient wall on an archeological dig and not knowing which way to follow it to
get to the treasure chamber. Of course, eventually you figure out that either
way will get you there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s one list of
cascading challenges/opportunities for achieving/maintaining mind/body balance
and the resulting good health:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. keep the cupboard and
fridge stocked with organic, unprocessed food<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. find a way to make a
living that enables #1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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requiring body-killing stress but still satisfies #2 and #1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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slice of each day to physical and creative activity while still solving #3, #2,
and #1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. discover an infinite
number of moments in which to be present with wife, kids, and any other human
whose path I cross, unfettered by worries of failing #4 through #1.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">List small victories? Like
writing every day for a month on topic and on deadline? Or launching the boat
for the season, knowing that just the thought of it swinging on its mooring is
the best stress pill available? Or having a 30 and 90-day average fasting blood
sugar of 115? Or staying cool and balanced, even though laid off and in
uncharted waters? Or this morning, having the presence of mind to watch the
thermal-riding hawk for uncounted moments?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It all matters, but not in
the proportions you may first assign. Remember the drinking bird toy that
repeatedly dipped its head? Our lives are an endless cycle of head-drooping down
to focus on one spot of ground followed by the wakeup head-shaking return to
the long view where we get back in our lane and spot the next turn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>tags</i>: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural,
alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-79268462205143927682012-04-26T07:49:00.000-07:002012-04-26T07:49:04.839-07:00Summed Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-6916162843107102602012-04-25T08:34:00.000-07:002012-04-25T20:18:42.953-07:00Tomorrow’s Memory<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">The old guy was really skinny. But not
unhealthy skinny. Plenty of muscle rippled under his weather-leathered skin. John
had no idea why his current assignment was to come talk to this guy. His editor
had simply said, “Go talk to this guy.” He lived on a sailboat down at the 79</span><sup style="font-family: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">
street marina. After asking at the dock master’s office, John made his way out
to where Ouija was moored. This boat was pretty old, but looked well maintained.
Lots of varnish undoubtedly was brushed onto all the woodwork on this craft
each year. After hailing the traditional “permission to come aboard?” it was a
few moments before Captain Russ stuck his head up from below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You bet, son. You must be from the paper. Come
aboard and have a seat in the cockpit while I grab a cup of tea. You want
anything?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Tea sounds good.” John sat next to the
old-style wooden-spoked steering wheel and tried to guess what each of the
myriad coils of line hanging everywhere was used for. He wondered if the range
of colors from bright yellow, to red, green blue , purple, and every braided
combination and thickness really helped to identify them all. As the boat rocked on the gentle swell,
the dock lines creaked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Green tea OK?” the captain called from the
galley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Sure. No sugar.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Ydj-4_Iero/T5gY1IQY9NI/AAAAAAAAIKo/jgFyYvbiTHs/s1600/sugarpoison.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Refusing The Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health by Russell Stamets ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608 and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4 tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC " border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Ydj-4_Iero/T5gY1IQY9NI/AAAAAAAAIKo/jgFyYvbiTHs/s320/sugarpoison.png" title="" width="213" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You’re damn right no sugar!” was the Captain’s
growled reply. “We don’t even stock that poison on board.” John could hear the
water pump thump a second or two as the teapot filled and he smelled the
faintest waft of propane from the stove.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Right. I guess nobody argues that it’s not poison
anymore.” John now had an idea why he’d been sent here.”Say, Cap’n, didn’t you
have something to do with proving that?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The spry old guy climbed from the cabin below
with 2 steaming cups, handed John one, and took his time settling onto the slick
waterproof cushion, the kind that squeak a little when you sit on them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Not really. I wasn’t a scientist, or a
physician or anything. I just helped spread the word.” He dipped his teabag a
few times, waiting to see where this was going. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Until now, John wasn’t sure either. But he
had a hunch this guy was one of a handful of bloggers from 30 years ago who
were raising the alarm about processed food and sugar years before the warning
labels and eventual strict controls came along in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Don’t be so modest, Captain! If I remember
right, you put your money where your mouth is and tested these theories on your
own body, right?” It was dark in the cockpit, but John could see the gleam in
Cap’n Russ’ eyes as he leaned back and recollected.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Well, they were sure different times. Back
then, EVERYONE was addicted to sugar. Hardly anyone realized the danger. There
were these canned drinks called sodas that contained a hundred times the amount
of sugar as what’s set as the legal limit now. And what’s horrible is, they let
kid’s have ‘em. Hell, mom’s actually bought them FOR their kids. The schools
had vending machines full of them. I used to drink one called Dr.Pepper. I
remember it was so carbonated it really tickled your nose.” The captain itched
his nose sympathetic to the memory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Yeah, as I research this, pieces of that
picture seem pretty surreal. What made you leave the ‘opium den’, so to speak.”
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The captain chuckled, “Opium den. That’s a
good way to put it. The sugar and the saturated fat had a hold on nearly
everyone. I got lucky though. Me and a few million other canaries in the coal
mine got sick from it early enough to do something about it.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Lucky?” John had to balance his tea for a
minute as the wake from the passing powerboat rolled Ouija a few times. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Sure. The rest of the sugar addicted world
was sick too, but didn’t know it. They thought dying at 70 or 80 was normal. Except
for a few heretics, nobody had a clue. Nobody connected all the ways everyone
died, failures of heart, brain, immune system, and any other organ, to the
garbage we were eating.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“But you did?” John was amazed at how long it
took some old geezers to get to the point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Well, when I was told I had an irreversible
metabolic disorder called “diabetes” back in ’09 I quickly learned that it was
kind of like an early old age. Diabetics actually died from the same kind of
cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and other body malfunctions as anyone else,
just sooner. There was a connection back then between sugar and diabetes, but
not the right one. People thought a genetic error just made us sensitive to it.
Sugar wasn’t viewed yet as the culprit. I originally quit it just to buy time
and keep my blood sugar out of the red zone until a cure like a beta cell
transplants came along. It was another couple of years before I realized that
quitting sugar and most processed food in addition to swapping out a high stress
lifestyles was the cure.” The captain paused to sip his tea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“But what was all this I read in the archives
about some kind of hormone that people had to carry around in pumps or needles
and inject themselves with?” The thought gave John a queasy shiver.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Oh my God, son, it was like something out of
the Twilight Zone. Insulin. The best that science and medicine could come up
with back then was a f*cking shot in the stomach! Most of the research and
money went into new devices to deliver it. People walked around with devices
clipped to their belt and tubes inserted into god knows where. It didn’t even
treat the disease, just one symptom. And the worst thing was that many used it
as an excuse to keep drinking soda and pizza. The stupidity of human kind...”
The captain shook his head and muttered something unintelligible, Pop-eye
style. John steered him back again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“So Cap’n, what led you to see the truth as
we know it now, that most disease is related to toxins from diet and stress?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I just thought that the whole insulin thing
was batsh*t insane. I researched. I looked toward eastern medicine. Seems
obvious now. It was all right under our noses. It’s a shame it took so many
years before the establishment got it.” The old man frowned, obviously re-tasting
something bitter. Then he got up, and extended his hand. “I’m afraid I have to
say good night. Need my beauty sleep you know.” The happy twinkle had returned
to his eye.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ok, Captain. I hope it’s OK to follow up if
I need more for the story. John shook the calloused hand, trying not to wince
at the strength of the grip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You bet. Come back when there’s breeze, and
we’ll take the old girl out for a spin.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I will.” And John knew he would, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">___<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-19611034860489680072012-04-24T08:16:00.002-07:002012-04-24T08:16:32.142-07:00A Mascot, Huh?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I suppose it would be nice to
have something to replace the beer logos that might’ve adorned my baseball caps
once upon a time. I thought about a little Buddha. He’s kind of my shoulder
angel. But he’s not really suitable as a mascot. People might get the wrong
idea. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tNJKCSCoZJA/T5bCpwOyw5I/AAAAAAAAIIA/hftdXDQfjzY/s1600/mralmond.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tNJKCSCoZJA/T5bCpwOyw5I/AAAAAAAAIIA/hftdXDQfjzY/s200/mralmond.png" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Almond</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So why not my good buddy Mr. Almond? He’s
without question my #1 junk food replacement. A bag of him and his cohorts are with
me at all times. I consume pounds of these wonderful nuts. There’s plenty of
science showing their benefit for diabetics. The fibrous nature of Mr. Almond
makes him very nice and slowly metabolized. He almost counts for nothing as a
carb because of his un-rushed progress in my gut. He’s a healthy influence on
other carbs and sugars too. If I eat something with a higher glycemic index
along with a handful of Mr. Almond, he’ll slow them down too. And for me, a nut's fat is a needed replacement for the animal saturated fats (including dairy) that I must shun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Almond is wonderfully low maintenance. He
stores a long time, doesn’t need refrigeration, He certainly doesn’t crush
easily so he can be tossed in the backpack along with tools and end up no worse
for wear. California seems to grow a gazillion, which must help keep the cost
so low. At least compared to my ex-best-buddy Mr. Potato Chip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I suppose he could use a little graphic
design help. With only a sideways glance you might mistake him for South Park’s
Mr. Hanky Poo. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>___</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-4607857362787631122012-04-23T12:02:00.000-07:002012-04-23T12:11:01.657-07:00How Social Can You Be?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">As Health Activists, our mission is to
communicate our message. As of this point in 2012, there have never been more
choices for extending your audience reach. Your blog by itself is a great
central location, but it’s a pretty small piece of real estate for people to
actively search out. There are a range of additional tools that can complement
your and send your message further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many of you are active on Twitter, which is
great. Choice use of hashtags and links in your tweets can expose you much more
broadly, especially if what you say is helpful or interesting enough that
someone wants to retweet it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your social networking sites are a great
resource. LinkedIn and Facebook are not only another place to post a link to
your blog, but any discussions or groups you participate in adds to your
credibility.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/OWU2UBNXTrE?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You also need to think visually if you want
to maximize the chances of reaching the the largest number of people who might
be interested in what you have to say. In addition to making sure you include
some kind off graphic in every blog post, pin that graphic to a Pinterest board
and any others that might be eyecatching and relevant to your followers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What about You-Tube? It’s pretty hard to argue with
the penetration that video has. And with people’s attention spans these days,
it could be your greatest hook. I’ve been experimenting for a while now with short
Captain Russ diabetes videos like this one. This book trailer is the final tip
for the day. The reach of ebooks is exploding. The built-in marketing of Amazon
and Smashwords is a huge leg up. Don’t write a book expecting to make any
money. Do it because it provides a concise method of detailing your helpful
knowledge. Every bit of communication about the book also provides a way to get
people back to your blog where they can continue to benefit from your
expertise. Ebook publishing is not difficult. I'd be happy to share what I've learned from my project if you're interested.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-89326023849068938832012-04-22T11:06:00.000-07:002012-04-22T11:17:58.922-07:00Sticky Note For My Forehead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iaSqmo_RUhc/T5BGDgLbPdI/AAAAAAAAHK0/KxiiNNV-Vl8/s1600/EatMoveChill2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Refusing The Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health by Russell Stamets ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608 and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4 tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iaSqmo_RUhc/T5BGDgLbPdI/AAAAAAAAHK0/KxiiNNV-Vl8/s1600/EatMoveChill2.png" title="" /></a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-78750554745624232922012-04-21T10:00:00.000-07:002012-04-21T10:00:02.560-07:00Health Activist Writers Month Challenge -Mad Lib poem<br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All in determined went my blueberries meditateing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">on a cynical activity of green<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">into the fibrous reggae .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">comfortable non-alcoholic smartphone<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ed sustainable and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the insulin-free peace<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">life-changing be they than victim-like
creativity<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the balanced healthy peace<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the healthy insulin-free peace .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">comfortable healthy focus at a strong
understanding<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the calm almonds<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">raspberries at strawberries went my blueberries
meditateing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">meditateing the sunflower seeds down<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">into the fibrous reggae .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">comfortable non-alcoholic smartphone<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ed sustainable and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the zen pasture fed beef<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">content be they than hopeful healthy green tea<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the non-alcoholic strong peace<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the sarcastic sustainable n peace .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">comfortable sarcastic oatmeal at a green salmon<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the doubtful onion<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">poodle at green chile went my blueberries
meditateing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">meditateing the quinoa down<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">into the fibrous reggae .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">comfortable non-alcoholic smartphone<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ed sustainable and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the doubtful salsa<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">experimental be they than rogue meditation<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the heretical inspired peace<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the critical broad-minded peace .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">comfortable critical acupuncture at the
determined quinoa<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">the broad-minded non-violence<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">All in determined went my blueberries
meditateing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">on a cynical activity of green<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">into the fibrous reggae .<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">comfortable non-alcoholic smartphone<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ed sustainable and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">my ketch moderate poodle before.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">- Russell &<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.languageisavirus.com/madlibs/ee-cummings-all-in-%20determined%20%20%20.html"><span style="color: #996633; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">e.e.
cummings</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-28415109689275615372012-04-20T08:49:00.000-07:002012-04-20T08:49:00.662-07:00Breaking News<br />
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man mixes paleo-style diet, supplements, activity and acupuncture to cure
autoimmune diabetes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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lone self-researcher<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Berthoud, April 20, 2012 – A researcher
living in northern Colorado has identified a mix of eastern and western
medicine techniques that halts the attack on insulin-producing cells in the
pancreas and regenerates them – a breakthrough discovery that may ultimately
help millions worldwide with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes avoid insulin and
live normal lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The work on the multi-year project was led by
blogger/poet Russell Stamets of the LADA group and researchers from the Health
Center of Integrated Therapies. The results are recently published in Stamets’
ebook <i>Refusing the Needle: A Diabetic’s
Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health, </i>available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">Smashwords.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Our work shows that pancreas function in
late-onset autoimmune diabetics, and possibly all type 1’s, is recoverable. My
drop in A1c to normal levels accompanied by a rise in C-peptide is
unprecedented,” says Stamets. “None of the components of this treatment regimen
is new in itself, but this appears to be the first time equal weight has been
given to the diet, supplements, activity, and stress reduction aspects.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In persons suffering from type 1 diabetes,
the immune system launches a misguided attack on the insulin-producing beta
cells, resulting in the cells' decline of insulin production and eventual loss
of function.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Without insulin, the body's cells cannot
absorb glucose from the blood and use it for energy. As a result, glucose
accumulates in the blood, leaving the body's cells and tissues starved for
energy. That's why people with the disease must inject insulin and monitor
their blood glucose levels constantly. To cure type 1 diabetes, it’s necessary
to develop methods to increase beta cell replication and activation, hence the
potential therapeutic importance of the current study.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In his work, Mr. Stamets devised a modified
paleo diet (included whole grains and legumes) combined with a supplement set
designed at glycemic and damage control and immune system function along with
significant lifestyle changes including consistent activity and acupuncture and
meditation for stress control.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stamets recorded significant drops in A1c
after 5 months, leveling off in the normal range (about 5.8) and remaining
steady as the study continues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This means that the increasing push to put
any diabetic immediately on insulin, and the accompanying costs to our
healthcare system and diabetic’s quality of life, may be misguided,” says Stamets,
who along with his acupuncturist/nutritionist, and with oversight from his
physician D.O. have committed to continue the self-funded study.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The challenge, admits Stamets, is to find
support for long-term studies, which are difficult to fund, particularly in
lines of research with un-patentable findings, no matter how great the success.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey Hon, I've invited these guys over tonight. Hope you don't mind. I'll pick up a six-pack of Red Stripe on my way home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bob Marley <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carl Sagan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark Twain<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ben Franklin<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not positive about Carl and Maya, but I’ll bet all these folks
have a sense of humor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Each is a survivor for one reason or another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every one connects our everyday human existence with something
greater.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All 5 communicate creatively, uniquely, and beyond their “group”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They’re all inclusive types that will honestly listen to each
other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It wouldn’t surprise me if, by the end of the night, everyone is jamming together, singing, playing guitar, spoons, whatever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com019001-19271 County Road 7, Berthoud, CO 80513, USA40.279525668812909 -105.0073242187538.721523168812908 -107.53417971875 41.837528168812909 -102.48046871875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-91285742243193477982012-04-18T08:59:00.001-07:002012-04-18T08:59:35.307-07:00Dashboard Idiot Lights<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 18 of the Health Activist Writers Month Challenge prompts us
to grab a book, flip it open, point to a phrase, and run with it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the short stack of the non-digital books I’m currently reading
you can spot <i>MARINE DIESEL ENGINES</i>,
by Jean Luc Pallas. Since my new floating home (come September) may only be
kept off the rocks at times by one of these faithful beasts, I have some
motivation to know them intimately. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On page 212, in a section on oil pressure, my finger lands on the
phrase, <b>“When the light or the buzzer comes on, the engine is already suffering
from lack of oil.” </b>Okie Dokie. Good to know. If you see it, it’s probably too
late. Like in the middle of the night close to a lee shore you’re being blown
onto. Fortunately, the subtitle of this page turner of a book is <i>Maintenance and Repair Manual</i>. Pallas
gives loads of considerably more useful tips to increase the odds that you
never see the low pressure warning light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So you can take it from here, right? Substitute your own health
focus into the analogy and debate the pros and cons of preventative maintenance
vs. repair. The idea of no warning certainly resonates with me. My pancreas
appeared to be beautifully handling everything a typical beer-guzzling, pizza
chomping full blooded American male does. Until the moment it didn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One way to proceed would’ve been to accept the prevailing wisdom
that this autoimmune malfunction was a genetic manufacturer defect and that this engine
would never run normally again. I could’ve accepted the permanent towboat of
shots of insulin and kept eating my pizza. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But life behind a towboat would stink, literally. The whole point
of a sailboat is to escape that kind of exhaust and cost. I couldn’t stomach
the thought of it, literally. When the engine quit, I grabbed a wrench and a
flashlight and went below to the engine room. Fortunately, the tide was turning
and the wind eased a little. I had a few hours before my ship would ground on
Complications Reef. It was pretty scary. There was no manual for curing a Type
1 LADA diabetic. I changed the oil, put in clean fuel, reconditioned the
injectors, and promised my precious 80-horse Yanmar I’d forever go easy on the
throttle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As dawn broke, with just a few hundred yards to spare, I held my
breath and pressed the starter. She sputtered to life. Exhaling, I realized I’d
used at least one of this cat’s nine lives. My diesel runs smoother now, and
cooler than before. I keep my promise, and take the time to find clean organic fuel. The fruits, veggies, and
fish are well worth it. I also don’t kick her or swear at her, or put her in unhealthy
situations. I know I should have been doing all this long ago. But here was no
warning light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">tags</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;">: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural,
alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-50954585231027438992012-04-17T08:42:00.000-07:002012-04-17T08:42:06.228-07:00Calculated Risk<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A “lesson learned the hard way” is one of those common phrases
that seems a little strange after you stare at it a while. I was trying to
think what a lesson learned the easy way would be. Or the fact that some of
these things are more like skills acquired. I thought about commenting on one
hard to accept truth that I resisted believing for years. It has to do with a
fundamental difference between most men and women. It has taken me decades to
deal with the fact that logic and intent counts for absolutely nothing. All my
learned lessons from science and mathematics about cause and effect and the
shortest distance from point A to B have to be suspended when communicating
with the opposite sex. But I don’t think I’ll go there. I’d have to use logic
to describe it and so the message might be lost on at least half the audience. (Note
tongue in cheek.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FTLOgSDMIlQ/T42OKCkzoJI/AAAAAAAAG_8/U_pB6Bra6VM/s1600/6832806735_d096db4642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Refusing The Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health by Russell Stamets ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608 and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4 tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC " border="0" height="144" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FTLOgSDMIlQ/T42OKCkzoJI/AAAAAAAAG_8/U_pB6Bra6VM/s200/6832806735_d096db4642.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomedical_scraps/6832806735/sizes/m/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Ephemeral Scraps</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turning from the altar of Logic is really just a subset of a
bigger lesson anyway— the lesson of how to listen. In some ways, reliance on
logic makes you think you don’t have to listen. Thought flows to thought,
action to action to result, predetermined. A logical guy knows what the next
thing said will be, or should be. Pretty stupid, I know, now. It just never
occurred to me that there was more truth than logic out there. Truth you can
hear if you listen. I know now there is a background whisper of universal truth.
I’m sure it’ll take the 2<sup>nd</sup> half of my life to tune the hearing aid
appropriately, but it’s clear that the entire answer guide is continuously
broadcasting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I won’t second guess my deafness to date. Sure, I
should’ve listened to my wife and my body and the universe all along. But I
haven’t lost any of the three. Is it part of the definition of a hard lesson
learned that you survive the teaching of it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">tags</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural,
alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938871435397801525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773836260637999880.post-34310535555283018182012-04-16T10:09:00.000-07:002012-04-16T10:09:35.683-07:00The Point of the Pins<h2>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The life that might've been</span></h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--pyREavAH_0/T4xLNeUtJvI/AAAAAAAAG-Y/G2JLuBNTcdo/s1600/insulin+and+vial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="___ Refusing The Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health by Russell Stamets ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608 and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4 tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC " border="0" height="230" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--pyREavAH_0/T4xLNeUtJvI/AAAAAAAAG-Y/G2JLuBNTcdo/s320/insulin+and+vial.jpg" title="" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">symbol of a tethered, punctured life<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladytaz/1836553797/sizes/m/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Melissa</a>)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The life that is</span></h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OgCnR_vavME/T4xL4_9xCRI/AAAAAAAAG-g/CHtje1vgXOY/s1600/2012-04-04+16.10.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="___ Refusing The Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health by Russell Stamets ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608 and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4 tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC " border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OgCnR_vavME/T4xL4_9xCRI/AAAAAAAAG-g/CHtje1vgXOY/s320/2012-04-04+16.10.07.jpg" title="" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">symbol of the very best the universe has to offer</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">All that stands between</span></h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jFVJimpzG9o/T4xNl6WG3tI/AAAAAAAAG-o/wzcmiBeSgVs/s1600/IMGP0052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="___ Refusing The Needle: A Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health by Russell Stamets ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608 and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4 tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative, diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle, HAWMC " border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jFVJimpzG9o/T4xNl6WG3tI/AAAAAAAAG-o/wzcmiBeSgVs/s320/IMGP0052.JPG" title="" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">symbol of clean living and kick-ass health</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The life that might’ve
been</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">, if I had not questioned the
mantra that an autoimmune diabetic’s only choice is insulin. It’s a dependent
life. Dependent on fridge space for the insulin, batteries for the devices, and
nearby hospitals for the inevitble lows that accompany a medieval treatment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The life that is</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, is such a contrast. No fridge on this boat, and no need puncture
oneself in between wave crests. And a deserted beach, far from EMT, is a joy,
not a worry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All that stands between</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> these alternate endings to a LADA diagnosis are pounds of
almonds, bushels of berries, stringers of fish, and an unending supply of even,
deep breaths, drawn and exhaled between the smiling lips that emanate from a
sustainable life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i>Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health</i>
by Russell Stamets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">ebook available for all devices at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and for kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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