okay, class. put aside the science of chronic illness for today; right now, we are going to focus on the math. i just picked up my prescription for natural thyroid hormone and, along with it, a helpful brochure on how to
titrate (that's chemistry and we'll handle that another day) my dose and maximize the drug's effect. i will add to this my daily numbers. ready?
i have to take my temperature
3 hours after awakening,
3 times per day,
3 hours apart for
5 days and average each day. my temperature should be a bit above
37 degrees celsius but will more likely be close to
35 degrees. i should start with
1-
7.5 mcg capsules,
2 times per day and build up in divided doses of
15 mcg's to anywhere from
125 to
225 mcg's. the drug has to be taken
1 hour before eating or
2 hours after and
12 hours apart. i should be careful not to let my blood sugar drop and should many small meals per day. for each meal, i should eat
3 parts of protein to
1 part unrefined carbohydrates. i should eat between
60 and
70 grams of protein per day. i should avoid drinking water
1/2 hour before, during or after food. i should drink at least
6 glasses of water per day. add to the thyroid pills,
1 to
4 -
12.5 mg capsules of io-plex daily with food, for
3 to
6 weeks. add
1-
250 mcg capsule of chromium per day. take
1 capsule twice daily of guggulipid. take
1 to
4 capsules of ashwaganda. take
5oo mg of tyrosine
3 times per day with meals. take
1 multi-vitamin per day. and
1 capsule of
1000 or
2000 mcg b-12 per day.
need a breather? c'mon, you can do it! keep going...
for nausea, i take
6 nux vomica granules
15 minutes before or
1/2 hour after food. i take
3 vitamin d pills
3 times per day with food.
2 types of calcium
4 times per day with food.
1 cup of chinese tea
2 times a day,
1 hour after food.
2 neck stretches
1 time per hour. foot exercises
10 reps,
3 times per day.
5 different hand exercises,
10 reps,
3 times per day.
45 minutes of stretching,
1 time per day.
20 minutes of walking when possible. meditate for
15 minutes,
2 times per day. and it's all finished off with
10 mg of melatonin,
45 minutes before bedtime and
9 hours of rest.
more or less.
now. here is your homework:
if one sick person leaves their bed at
9:15 am and has to do
10 repetitions,
3 times per day of
12 different stretches and needs
6 small meals; and the another sick person leaves their bed at
7:30 am and has
2 appointments with specialists --each of whom tends to be between
30 and
70 minutes late-- who are
11 km's apart... when will they ever meet for coffee?
do i have any high-level mathematicians reading this? can we get a formula for dosing, exercising and time management, please? for now, i will drink my new vanilla tea and switch to physics: a body at rest tends to stay at rest.
