Just a bit of Medical History
I've had diabetes for the last 22 years, and it's a bit hard to remember all the drugs I have been on, but I have finally rid myself of them.
In 2009 I developed cancer, and the drugs that I took for the pain from the complications of the cancer almost killed me. If you have drugs that suppress the mid-brain, you will perhaps not breathe while you sleep and have further complications. I had some weight issues that probably helped the sleep apnea, but the drugs were the primary problem.
I was taking Zonisamide at 400 mg per evening, and enough Gabapentin to kill a horse. Both work on the mid-brain to help you sleep.
Or kill you, whichever comes first.
One of my many tumors was in my neck, and caused headaches. It had also eaten into my C2 vertebra and almost made it into my spinal canal.
In which case I would have been long gone by now.
The long muscle at the back of my neck bowed out, and my doctor mis-diagnosed the problem which is both why I was in such exquisite pain for so long, and why when I was finally diagnosed I had to go through so much chemo.
I also have mild spinal stenosis from the neck up which doesn't help. So I had quite a bit of pain for a very long time.
I think doctors are basically idiots, which is why I decided to do some research and make up my own diet for climbing down from all the funny drugs I was on and come up with a way to live with a degree of normalcy with my disabilities and other medical issues.
In 2009 I developed cancer, and the drugs that I took for the pain from the complications of the cancer almost killed me. If you have drugs that suppress the mid-brain, you will perhaps not breathe while you sleep and have further complications. I had some weight issues that probably helped the sleep apnea, but the drugs were the primary problem.
I was taking Zonisamide at 400 mg per evening, and enough Gabapentin to kill a horse. Both work on the mid-brain to help you sleep.
Or kill you, whichever comes first.
One of my many tumors was in my neck, and caused headaches. It had also eaten into my C2 vertebra and almost made it into my spinal canal.
In which case I would have been long gone by now.
The long muscle at the back of my neck bowed out, and my doctor mis-diagnosed the problem which is both why I was in such exquisite pain for so long, and why when I was finally diagnosed I had to go through so much chemo.
I also have mild spinal stenosis from the neck up which doesn't help. So I had quite a bit of pain for a very long time.
I think doctors are basically idiots, which is why I decided to do some research and make up my own diet for climbing down from all the funny drugs I was on and come up with a way to live with a degree of normalcy with my disabilities and other medical issues.
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