Time: Thu Nov 07 16:34:05 1996 To: minutemn@pcl.net (Mike Kemp) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Medically Incompetent Cc: Bcc: Dear Mike, What can I do for you? Please be specific. "Ask and you shall receive." The King of Kings (Rex Regorum) Adveniat Regnum Tuum. /s/ Paul Mitchell At 06:11 PM 11/7/96 -0800, you wrote: >Mike Kemp writes: >> >> I am an insulin dependent diabetic, arthritic, and suffer from >> gran mal seizures. For some twenty five years I >> have provided my own counsel on medical matters. Only in the >> most minimal degree have I sought the services of a licensed >> physician, only for the prescriptions for phenobarbital and >> Dilantin (phenytoin). Occasionally I have had to subject myself to >> an examination (pay for an office visit) to get the medication, but >> I have not sought nor accepted their advice. >> Yesterday, I was declared criminally incompetent to >> mangage my medical affairs. I suppose that, considering I was my >> own physician, and offered my services to NO one else, I was >> convicted of administering an unauthorized medicine- to myself.. >> There was no complaint from the patient, but the state has acted >> on its own volition. >> This being the case, I fear that the state is taking on an >> awesome and difficult burden. A ten percent overmedication with >> one of my medicines, a product of the earth and available over the >> counter (insulin), and I would be dead in a matter of some hours, >> of insulin shock (hypoglycemia) were I not to have access to other >> products of the earth- carbohydrate foods. >> If I am undermedicated by ten percent, I will drift into >> diabetic acidosis and be seriously damaged or die in a few weeks. >> My eyes, kidneys, and my extremeties will be at risk, as a >> minimum. >> Likewise, food, carbohydrates particularly, are a problem. In >> my insulin dependent diabetic condition, food is not LIKE >> medicine, it IS medicine. I do not operate on a fixed schedule, and >> much of my food intake is on an *as-needed, when needed* basis. >> Should I fail to eat enough carbohydrates at the proper time, I will >> die or be brain damaged by hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), >> immediately. If I am fed too much carbohydrate, I will drift into >> diabetic acidosis, with damage to eyes, kidneys, extremeties, etc. >> I have little or no knowledge of how to prevent seizures >> without the use of cannabis. :) Dilantin has serious side effects, >> including rashes, headaches, neurological disturbances, and >> elevated blood sugar. It is synthetic, and is damaging to kidneys >> and the liver. Use in excess of need is obviously hazardous, and >> the process of deterining othe proper amount is often discovered >> by trial and error- error resulting in gran mal seizures. Even levels >> needed to control severe seizures are toxic. >> Phenobarbital is another synthetic, a hypnotic, and highly >> addictive. It is toxic to liver and kidneys. Proper dosage is again a >> matter of trial and error. Excess dosage results in severe physical >> dependency, a *drugged* condition, and severe problems, >> including seizures, should the drug be removed. >> I cannot in good conscience lend my opinion to the state in >> managing my illnesses. After all, they have declared me >> criminally incompetent, and are soon to sentence me. If they jail >> me, see the above discussion. If they don't, they will most likely >> put me on supervised probation (piss tests). If I am in charge of >> my medication, I am not going, on my own volition, expense, and >> peril, to tamper with the regimen which prevents my seizures and >> maintains a proper blood sugar. >> Their piss tests will show this. Having failed a piss test, >> probation would be revoked, and I would go to jail. See the above >> discussion. Hardball, anyone? Suggestions, anyone? >> >> In Liberty, >> Mike Kemp > >
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