I
had a doctor once -Dr. Edward Workman- who worked with me. I had severe clinical
depression in 1994. He worked in conjunction with my shrink, Dr. William Clarkson.
We found out that my body would reject anti-depressive meds real fast
so Dr. Workman would change me off to another med as soon as I told him
I felt like it stopped working. We switched from Zoloft to Wellbutrin and
half a dozen other pills I barely recall all the names. But we went through
them at varied lengths over a maybe 4 month period.
In the end we "kickstarted" my brain to return to normal
function.
I
could use another Edward Workman in my life, a doctor who would work with me
and knock out some relatively simple medical issues that are preventing me from
returning to Work. But, it isn't just work. It's my entire Life that has been
on hold. I spend my days and weeks locked inside a kind of vise. I can't back
up, can't go forward, can't escape the situation I am in because Roanoke physicians
and doctors have completely dropped the ball in Roanoke Virginia.
So I got to thinking today that it is my responsibility to
at least enlighten you about WHY I BREATHE THROUGH MY MOUTH
FOR. And, of course, if you are not wanting to know just delete
the e-mail and move on now. But I'll try to be concise as possible.
I
am a large guy with a fair size brain that likes oxygen. My airways thru the
nostrils are closed and restrict my breathing. I began 6-7 years ago with a
sudden feeling that a #10 pencil had been shoved up my right nostril that hit
me very suddenly. I mentioned it to my shrink and he wrote it down in his notes
but there was no referral from him. That was the beginning and I have suffered
from restricted air ever since.
It
has caused me a great deal of breathing distress. I have been seen
by 4 different Ear Nose & Throat specialists. Not a one helped, so it seems
they all kind of agreed and thought since I was bipolar it must be "all in my
head". Well, over the past 6 years I've spent over $4,500.00 for nutrition supplements
to increase brain oxygenation and try to increase my nasal passages somehow.
Ginkgo
Biloba causes the brain arteries to expand, increasing the blood flow and the
oxygen. Chlorella is able to cross the so-called "brain barrier" so that more
super nutrition and oxygen gets in. I get chlorella from a product called Oxy-Nectar.
When I first began using it a few years ago I invented for 3+ days non-stop
but for sleeping, one idea after another, none of which I have been able to
build or get funding to work on. Plus I had other ideas after those.
I
spend my days in one level of distress or another. My nasal restriction is partly
due to extra fat that swells the inner lining, and possibly an allergy. So basically,
and apparently, if I was to lose some weight it would reduce the mouth breathing
and then
maybe the red color in my gums...
Many of my "issues" preventing me from having a life reduces down to being overweight.
My ankle and foot still bothering me, the gout sometimes acting up, many things
stop me from a life and a paycheck. I've asked a number of doctors for additional
help with weightloss and have tried here too. But I found out dieting harmed
my health really bad and set me back.
So
I got to researching it and after 18 months found the answer to probably be
a condition called "C-RP" which is Creative Reactive Protein, a blood condition
that is increased by extra abdominal fat. The source of this info was AARP Bulletin
several years ago. The report said that anyone having it was UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES to attempt weightloss as losing weight causes
a concentration of the protein in your bloodstream and it can be fatal.
That's
why dieting caused me so much distress. My life was being threatened by chemicals.
I have gobs of willpower but doctors and others have treated me badly, more
or less insulting me as if I lacked it. I do not. According to the report Dr.
Aaron, the only way I am supposed to attempt a restricted diet is in a hospital
bed with nurses checking my blood every two hours... My
thyroid leaves me a
body temperature of 96.2, 96.4 degrees if I take thermogenics, but they are
hard on my 55 year old bod.
I cannot lose weight without medical intervention unless I have a death
wish. Reduced food intake lowers my already low body temperature into the
95 degree hypothermia range where human body organs begin to clot up their
blood and die.
You and Jerri however did not give me any feeling of insult as doctors
have, and I sure do appreciate that. I have gotten real tired of that treatment,
so you guys were a breath of fresh air. But since so many of you seem to think it's causing this red color
and distress in my face,
I felt a responsibility to at least tell you what is going on.
For
a while I suspected mold was setting roots inside my nostril, causing the lining
to swell, so I started irrigating with 80% H2O/20% H2O2 and before trying that
I used AMS Health Sciences' Ionized Silver with water. Right now I use neither.
My nasal lining has dried and is sort of encrusted over so I'm leaving it alone
instead of supplying it water to drink.
So
I've been living locked in battle with white coats for over 6 years. Even Dr.
Kellam thinks my issues are in my head. I believe he thinks he is a psychiatrist.
I did not go to him for a shrink. I went to him for valid medical problems that
he has consistently refused to help me with. I had to beg him for a DMV paper
to get a handicapped parking sticker. Beg, Aaron, had to beg.
Personally I don't like doctors
making me beg for help when it was THEIR JOB
TO HELP.
It
is abusive to treat a disabled patients this way.
This
year I have had 3 close calls with death. Dr. Malenchak saved me the first time.
My lungs had suddenly filled with fluid for no reason I know of, and Dr. Kellam
was off that day. A few months later I had some kind of virus or something got
inside my skin, in the chin. It was tingling and spreading. It headed downward
towards my diseased thyroid and other neck glands.
Again, Dr. Kellam was off that day and Dr. Whitney gave
me a run of powerful antibiotic.
I lived and I recovered both times because
Dr. Kellam was already left for home.
Dr. Gerald Roller told me a thyroid infection was very much to
be avoided.
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After
6 & 7 years of many varied medical issues some of which have approached
a level of physical torture or even waterboarding, I have seen 4 Nose specialists
and oh, probably 10 doctors and I still have and suffer from the same problems
I had 7 years ago. The longer this situation continues the more the
garbage piles up in the alley, which leads doctors to think I'm a head case...
So now you know a part of what is going on with me.
I
live in a kind of hell-limbo, stasis, a suspended animation worthy
of a Space traveler to Saturn.
Doctors
at Lewis-Gale and the administrators there, doctors at Roanoke Memorial and
their administrators, and 2 doctors at the Roanoke Ear Nose and Throat, all
have decided I am human garbage when point of fact all they ever had to do was
HELP ME WITH MY EXCESS WEIGHT and they
would have avoided a great deal of pain. I've written numerous webpages concerning
these struggles the doctor's lack of caring has caused me.
All they ever had to do was do their jobs and help
me with physical issues.
So
it comes as no surprise to me the dominoes fall on me again because that has
been my life for a very long time. If you would like to know what exactly happened,
the following webpage
link will give you a good overview of how all this started in 1989. But,
I hope to God you have more going in your life than spend time reading it even
if it is a short read.
My
son
William died
watching my struggle to get medical help, and when he
died
this year from sudden leukemia all my chances went down the drain.
I spend 6 years trying to self-diagnose myself and treat myself with nutrition
products so I could have some time with him and his young family. My family.
As will be tomorrow.
Last
week the administrator (?) named Heimdall at Carillion visited my website. Lewis-Gale
administrators visted my site last month for 3 days in a row. The lawyer group
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore visited my page about them last month for several
days. Then after that I saw a courthouse bunch in Washington DC investigating
my pages for 3 or 4 days too. Physicians
and doctors have had this choice since 1989, of doing their job of healing or
listening to their lawyer advisors. So far it looks like SITTING
ON YOUR DEER-IN-THE-HEADLIGHTS
HANDS & CLAMPING YOUR HOSPITAL-DOCTOR HEART PER YOUR LAWYER'S ADVICE WAS
A MISTAKE.
They've
destroyed my life with William and what family I have and they want to stop
me legally but they cannot. I've burned them, not for the joy of burning your
enemy but because DOCTORS WHO DO NOT DO THEIR JOB SHOULD BE AT HARDIE'S WASHING DISHES
or BAKING BREAKFAST BISCUITS. And God willing I am going to help them get there where they should
been a long time ago before they hurt others.
But, young man, not in anger. hahaha If
I was to
give in to anger they wouldn't be sitting
around reading my web pages.
After
17 years artificially-prolonged disabilities I don't feel anger any more. I
suffer from the same thing concentration camp survivors have. I don't feel much
any more. Anger is a luxury I do not have. Anger takes too much energy
and I spend all mine trying to heal myself so I can make my comeback.
Today is a red letter day for me. My pain in my face has
a cause. I discovered it while taking a forced nap to escape it. I felt a muscle
tic in my right face that is popping really fast, maybe 250 twitches a minute
I expect. It's like a wire doing an electric shock dance in the flesh.
So each day, one day at a time, I try to crawl my way back
to working and making a paycheck and help what family I have left. My oldest
son is severe diabetic. He will be the next one to go. I hope it plays out differently,
hope I recover to where I can have some time with him.
One
thing I know for sure, if it happens it won't happen from the likes of the other
doctors I have seen so far. They are clock punchers. Weasels who fail and then
run to lawyers to protect them. They are, in fact, worthless scum actually.
I feel dirty just from having met them. The bottom of the barrel, Gavin, who
pretend to be doctors but do not know what the word means.
And
when they fail repeatedly they cover theirselves by claiming I'm a head case.
Sooner
or later they will know. All they ever had to do was
cause no harm.
They forgot what they were supposed to be.
In
2001 Lewis-Gale doctors told me my heart was beating in reverse order every
so often, as just an example for you. Did they offer me heart care? Pills? Therapy?
Any heart specialists see me? Nope. None of the above. They sent me home.
Get out!
I'm
here today by the Grace of God Almighty. I have been pulled
from the tombs many times than Lazarus. And
my engines?
Well, thanks for being a caring professional.
I treasure the few good physicians I find.
Wishing you & yours the best.
Woodrow M. Riley
November 05, 2006
Wrote a good page a few days ago, this link >
Doctors
are not the only people who wish by now I had returned to Work long ago...