Oh, the high colonic. The use of it has been attributed to increasing your health. John Harvey Kellogg of cornflakes today, of course, is said to have used them to manipulate the intestinal flora. In the late 1800s, he founded a sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan. During this time, he promoted a vegetarian diet as …
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Oh my God, some people make you just want to drive the sparkle pony bus right off a cliff (I prefer riding my rainbow unicorn into the sunset, but we all have our thing, master). There’s nothing quite as much fun as waking up in a cold, drafty castle with moisture everywhere. It always sets …
Or why everyone relapses As always, a patient presents to the ER with a dependence on prescription drugs. In the workup of the patient, I found the usual pattern with opiate prescribing. Use over time creates tolerance and starts an increased need for medication. In the current prescribing climate, we want the person to …
From the drafty hospital home to my drafty castle and face first into my coffin…Oy the crick in my neck. Holidays are tough in the hospital. If there is a time that anyone wants to be there less, I can’t think of it. Last night, I was called to evaluate a depressed/suicidal person. All the …
