Energy

Energy. It changes form but never dies or disappears. All things, organic and inorganic share one thing in common. They are made up of energy, energy that is always present in the universe.

Of late, I have begun experiencing the energy within me. I can actually tune into the electrical changes that occur in my body and through meditation and study have learned this energy has always existed and will always exist in one or more of the many dimensions or planes in which it comes to be.

Do you realize the significance of this fact? We never die. More to be revealed later.

Update

In September I began having palpitations, usually in the evening. I was fitted with a halter monitor which I wore for 48 hours. No abnormalities were observed. I began course of 35 session of ECP and have 10 more to go. The palpitations continue and are accompanied frequently by PVCs. Two nights ago, I had a bout of midsternal chest pain, probably angina. My BP was about 140-150/80-90 at the time. There was some mild sweating. This lasted about half an hour. Th next night, while taking my BP with a digital cuff that beeps when the heart beats, I had a 5 second runof pretty fast taachycardia. The pulse had been reading in the mid 70s before this event and was reorded at 111 after the tachycardia. There were abolutely no symptoms at this time.

I havean appointment with my cardiologist on October 14. I will keep those interested posted.

Belated Update

It's been several months since I last posted here. I guess that's a sign that all is going well. It was, at least with my coronary artery disease and angina.

However, about two weeks ago I began having some strange sensations in my chest during the evening while I am simply relaxing or reading a book. These feelings are not pain, they aren't even discomfort. It's like the feeling a teenage boy gets when he falls in love for the first time and I haven't even dated lately.

I noticed my BP, which usually is around 90/50 during this hour was in the 140's over 80's and my pulse thast is usually in the high 50's or low 60's was in the 70's to low 80s. For some, my BP medications have stopped working as well as they had before.

So, I am going to see a cardiologist later this morning. I will let you know how it turns out.

A Letter to the Editor

Six years ago, I urged Bill Clinton to get a second opinion instead of blindly opting for a quadruple coronary artery bypass. A few months before his surgery, I had been told by an Indianapolis cardiologist that if I did not undergo a quintuple bypass, I would probably have a massive heart attack or stroke within a few months. I opted for treatment from Howard Wayne, MD, FACC, FACP, of San Diego. Now, six years later, I am doing great and Bill Clinton has had to have two stents placed in a coronary artery.

Most patients who undergo coronary artery bypass surgery undergo the placement of stents or even another bypass five or six years later. In April, it will be six years that I began treatment with medication for my coronary artery disease and angina.

Dr. Wayne is gone now, but his web site is still up and as valid as ever. Check it out: http://www.heartprotect.com/

Routine exams result in under diagnosis and under treatment. The stethescope and EKG will detect heart disease in 10-20 percent of future victims. The stress EKG will detect 10-15 percent more. Not until the heart disease is far advanced and often too late to treat will these tests become abnormal.

Invasive tests (angiograms) result in over diagnosis and unnecessary surgeries. Angiograms cannot image the small arteries that make up the heart's microcirculation. A coronary artery may appear to be obstructed, but the muscle it goes to often functions normally and is in no danger because the blood supply comes from microcirculation.

Noninvasive tests involve placing radioactive detectors, sonar devices, electronic sensors, pulse transducers and microphones on the chest. No catheters, tubes or needles enter or "invade" the body.

These noninvasive tests image and permanently record:
localized abnormalities of motion and heart muscle due to obstructive coronary artery disease.
flow of blood in heart muscle.
thickness of heart's muscular walls.
dimensions of the heart's chambers.
structure and motion of its valves.
obstruction or leakage of valves.
heart murmurs: their origin and the vloume, velocity and pattern of blood flow through each valve.
duration of each phase of the cardiac cycle.
normal and abnormal heart sounds.
systolic and diastolic heart function.
fraction of blood ejected each beat.
Noninvasive tess are extremely sensitive in the early detection of heart disease. Heart disease, if present, will be found with resting tests in 85-90 percent of patients, even in those without symptoms. Exercise tests with noninvasive studies will identify almost all of the remainder.



Once heart disease is found, surgery is usually not needed, despite what an invasive cardiologist might say. Predisposing conditions, once identified, can be treated and eliminated, without surgery.



Drugs which reduce the workload of the heart, protect it, and improve its blood supply and function then can be given. The same noninvasive tests used for early diagnosis may be used to monitor the patient's progress. These can be compared with previous tests in order to optimize treatment and to detect and treat adverse changes even before symptoms appear.



If you find this too hard to believe, check out my blog. I started it in 2004, when I began Dr. Wayne's treatment. I am living proof that even when your cardiologist tells you you need immediate quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery, it ain't necessarily so.



My blog is at http://wordworks2001.blogspot.com

I told him so!

Six years ago, I urged Bill Clinton to get a second opinion instead of blindly opting for a quadruple coronary artery bypass. A few months earlier, I had been told by an Indianapolis cardiologist that if I did not undergo a quintuple bypass, I would probably have a massive heart attack or stroke within a few months. I opted for treatment from Howard Wayne, MD, FACC, FACP, of San Diego. Now, six years later, I am doing great and Bill Clinton has had to have two stents placed in his coronary arteries.

Dr. Wayne is gone now, but his web site is still up and as valid as ever. Check it out: http://www.heartprotect.com/

Gays in the Military

A letter I emailed to Senator Bayh and Senator Lugar

Let me preface this letter by stating I am a retired US Army master sergeant who served from 1968 to 1988. Also, I am a confident heterosexual who does not feel threatened by the presence of gay soldiers in the army.

I have known and worked with gay and lesbian soldiers from basic training and throughout my entire career. This was before the ridiculous Don't Ask Don't Tell policy went into effect.

From 1977 through 1980, I had an extremely flamboyant medic who worked for me. He was one of the best soldier-medics I ever led and I never heard one complaint about him from the soldiers he treated for injuries, and many of those soldiers were Green Berets.

Some of the gay and lesbian soldiers I served with were in the closet. Some were openly gay. At no time did I ever believe their sexual preference jeapordized the mission.

I AM BECAUSE WE ARE

This documentary film gave me new respect for Madonna. You can view it at http://www.iambecauseweare.com/ .

I hope after you watch it you might contribute to Madonna's charity, Raising Malawi. I have designated this organization as my official Facebook birthday gift. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/birthdays/254606 .