Category Archives: Autoimmune disease

October 18, 2002

At my appointment with No Name this afternoon, I mentioned my increasing fatigue and exhaustion, increasing water retention, breathlessness upon exertion and increasing joint and muscle pain.  He realized that I was not prepared to leave until I had an … Continue reading

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September 28, 2002

 Zking’s Cartoons The following cartoons are compliments of my 8 year old grandson.  They depict his version of Widebertha.  Grandson hates any long car rides therefore imagining and drawing the cartoons was a great distraction.  I must say that the … Continue reading

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September 21, 2002

After my morning appointment yesterday with Nature Boy, I went to my parents’ house for lunch.  I share the humorous aspects of my appointments with them.  Discussing the ridiculous antics of these creatures we call doctor keeps me from being … Continue reading

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September 20, 2002

 This morning I had my second appointment with Nature Boy, the naturopathic doctor I saw two weeks ago.  I must say that this appointment was quite the experience.  Somehow we got on the topic of where I bought my food.  I … Continue reading

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September 16, 2002

At Risk For Losing Treatment Options? The following links describe in detail the legal actions that the College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia are currently taking against Dr. David Derry. http://www.bites-medical.org/dderry/hearing.html http://www.bites-medical.org/dderry/history.html http://www.bites-medical.org/dderry/context.html http://www.bites-medical.org/dderry/do.html http://www.bites-medical.org/dderry/media.html The following exerpt … Continue reading

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September 7, 2002

Today was my long awaited appointment with the Naturopathic doctor, whom I shall call Nature Boy.  My appointment started at 10:30 AM.   We spent the better part of the appointment going over my medical history and my symptoms.  He … Continue reading

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September 3, 2002

The phone rang this morning at 8:30 AM.  I, of course, was still deep under the covers hoping for at least another hour of sleep after a very restless night.  It was the secretary from No Name’s office.  She told … Continue reading

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August 26, 2002

The first thing I did when I got up this morning was call the director of the hospital lab here in town. He will from now on be called WeeWillyWooze. After introducing myself, I told WeeWillyWooze about my experience in … Continue reading

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August 23, 2002

Today was the day I was going to have my lab work done; the labs ordered on Wednesday by No Name and the bi-weekly sodium and potassium. When I got to the lab and presented my lab requisition, I was … Continue reading

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August 21, 2002

Today was my appointment with No Name; the appointment that I had been anxious about. Wonders will never cease. I broached the subject of Squirt and his demand for my test results. No Name assured me that Squirt would never … Continue reading

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