1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
|
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11">
<link rel=File-List href="hospitals_files/filelist.xml">
<link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="hospitals_files/editdata.mso">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<title>DoctorYourself.com - Vitamins in Hospitals</title>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:DocumentProperties>
<o:Author> </o:Author>
<o:Template>Normal</o:Template>
<o:LastAuthor> </o:LastAuthor>
<o:Revision>3</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>4</o:TotalTime>
<o:Created>2008-01-13T13:58:00Z</o:Created>
<o:LastSaved>2008-01-13T14:02:00Z</o:LastSaved>
<o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
<o:Words>1205</o:Words>
<o:Characters>6871</o:Characters>
<o:Company> </o:Company>
<o:Lines>57</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>16</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>8060</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>11.5606</o:Version>
</o:DocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
<w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p
{font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.grame
{mso-style-name:grame;}
span.SpellE
{mso-style-name:"";
mso-spl-e:yes;}
span.GramE
{mso-style-name:"";
mso-gram-e:yes;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:#0400;
mso-fareast-language:#0400;
mso-bidi-language:#0400;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<meta name=Author content="Andrew W. Saul">
<meta name=KeyWords
content="patient's rights, hospital, nutrition, supplement, megadose, megavitamin, side effect, contraindication, surgery, complication, law, recovery, negotiation, medication">
<meta name=Description
content="Here's how to take your nutritional supplements should you ever require a hospital stay.">
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050"/>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/>
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<!-- ADD style1 ===================== -->
<style type="text/css">
#TFlag
{
float:right;
font-size:105%;
line-height:105%;
padding:.15 em;
margin:.15 em;
}
img.top
{
vertical-align:text-top;
}
</style>
<!-- END ADD style1 ===================== -->
</head>
<body bgcolor=white background="images/architek0H.gif" lang=EN-US link=blue
vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'>
<!-- ADD TFlag ===================== -->
<span id ="TFlag">
<a href="#translator_block">
Click here to translate this page.
<img class="top" SRC="images/TranslateFlag.jpg" alt="translate gadget at page bottom" height=36>
</a>
</span>
<!-- END ADD TFlag ===================== -->
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
style='mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'>
<td width=132 style='width:99.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><img width=117 height=105 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="images/logo1.GIF"></p>
</td>
<td width=16 style='width:12.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><img width=365 height=60 id="_x0000_i1026"
src="images/dystitle2.JPG"><br>
<img width=365 height=20 id="_x0000_i1027" src="images/dysaut.JPG"></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>Vitamins in Hospitals</span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</div>
<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
style='mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'>
<td width=132 valign=top style='width:99.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Vitamins in Hospitals</span> <br>
<a href="index.html">Home</a></p>
</td>
<td width=18 style='width:13.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</td>
<td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>VITAMINS IN HOSPITALS:
THE FINAL FRONTIER<span class=GramE> <span style='font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:normal'> </span></span></span></b><br>
<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Some things are known to
just not mix. There's oil and water, and then there's hospitals and
vitamins. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A hospital, by
definition, is a collection of the sick, the injured, the infirm, and the
stressed. All these situations call for larger than the normal
quantities of dietary vitamins. When is the last time you saw a hospital
or nursing home routinely give <span class=GramE>even a daily multivitamin,
let alone specific high-dose therapeutic supplements</span>? </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This can immediately
change, and you can help do it. <b>Prepare to stand firm</b> on what is
most important, and negotiate the rest. </span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 1. <i>If you want
to take your vitamins while hospitalized, bring them with you.</i> A
written statement from your doctor that you will be doing so may save a lot
of fuss. I'm not exaggerating: hospital <span class=GramE>staff
often tell</span> patients they may not take anything that the hospital
didn't authorize them to take. You can hardly count on them to provide
megadoses of vitamins. So it is a bit like a movie theater telling you that
you can't bring in your own popcorn, but they won't sell you any,
either. Vitamins are vastly more important to an enjoyable hospital stay
than popcorn is to a movie. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 2. If you are given
a plausible medical reason why you should not take vitamins, be bold and <i>ask
for written references</i>. Look up each surgical procedure or medicine
you are offered. Is there REALLY a problem with a vitamin? Complete
information on drugs is contained in the <i>PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE </i>(PDR),
found in any hospital pharmacy, library or doctors' lounge. Your public
library will probably even look it up for you if you telephone them from your
room. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The PDR lists all
prescription medications (and there is another book for nonprescription
medicines) with all their side effects, contraindications and any
nutrient-drug interactions. It is quite rare for a vitamin to interfere
with a prescription drug. Any such caution is in the PDR in
writing. The same information is on drug package inserts. Do not
assume that you doctor or nurse has memorized the nutrient/drug connections
of some 3,000 drugs in the PDR. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Surgical information may
be obtained from sources other than your surgeon. Try the public or
hospital library for the non-technical <i>Good Operations, Bad Operations</i>
by Charles <span class=SpellE>Inlander</span> (Penguin, 1993). To know
every aspect, two standard reference works are <i>Textbook of Surgery</i>,
David <span class=SpellE>Sabiston</span>, ed. (Saunders, 1993) and <i>Principles
of Surgery</i>, S. I. Schwartz, et al (McGraw Hill, 1989). </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>By the way, any doctor or
nurse who makes fun of you for being thorough probably should be more
thorough themselves. <i>Don't stand for harassment</i>, especially when you
are in the right. Tell a supervisor. </span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Unacceptable Reasons
for Stopping Vitamins: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> a. <i>"Vitamins
will interfere with your tests."</i> Just have the words "takes
vitamins" added onto any paperwork. Interpretation can readily
be made. If there is a specific and essential test or procedure that
clearly requires suspension of vitamin supplements, you can stop the day
before and resume immediately after it is over. This way you only lose a
day. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> b. <i>"Vitamins
will be dangerous after surgery."</i> Since all nutrition
textbooks indicate a substantially increased need for vitamins during
wound healing, this is illogical. Some patients have been told that
their blood-thinning medications (like Coumadin brand <span class=SpellE>warfarin</span>)
are incompatible with vitamins, especially K, C and E. First of all,
your supplements do not contain any vitamin K, because your intestinal
bacteria make it for you. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Vitamin C may lessen
clotting time, and vitamin E may increase it. Taking both allows the body to
achieve a natural balance. If you are given Coumadin, your <span
class=SpellE>prothrombin</span> time should be monitored. Since they are
constantly taking blood for some reason or other anyway, <span class=GramE>your</span>
"pro-time" can be checked often. Instead of reducing your
vitamins, doctors can simply adjust the amount of their drug. </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> c. <i>"Vitamins
are unnecessary if you eat right."</i> I say, long hospital stays
are unnecessary if they FED you right. Since they don't, supplements are
the simple answer. If you find a hospital that feeds you a
vegetarian, three-quarters raw food diet (blended or juiced for some
patients, as needed) then I will lighten up. Until then, "hospital
food" will continue to deserve its almost pathogenic reputation, and
supplements are completely justified. </span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It may be their
building, but it is your body.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Accept nothing without an explanation that is
satisfactory to you. If the nurse or doctor or aide or clerk or orderly
or anyone else "says so," ask for a supervisor. If the
supervisor "says so," ask to see the hospital administrator.
If she or he is "too busy" for such contact, leave. There are
other hospitals. If <span class=GramE>this sound like</span> shopping
for a new car, well, it very nearly is. Only this is more
important. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Remember: all
bureaucracies are most sensitive at the top. Schoolchildren
(unfortunately) know that the principal is more likely to be understanding
than the teacher they just talked back to. The Board of Education will
be even more attentive. Do not argue with a nurse, doctor or hospital
staff member. <i>DEMAND TO MEET WITH TOP AUTHORITY</i> if there is any
unresolved problem. No hospital executive wants another lawsuit.
If it takes a call to your attorney to make your point, then do it. </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Perhaps, after a tirade
like this, you expect me to grab my broomstick and wail, "I'm
melting!" I have no apology to make for asserting your right to
assert your rights. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hospitals provide
essential services and save lives. They will save even more when they
fully utilize megavitamin therapy. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>
<br>
</span> </p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Copyright C 2005 and
prior years Andrew W. Saul. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Andrew Saul is the <span class=GramE><span class=grame>author
of the books <i>FIRE</i></span></span><i> YOUR DOCTOR!</i> How <i>to be
Independently Healthy </i>(reader reviews at<i> </i><a
href="http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html">http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html</a>
) and <i>DOCTOR YOURSELF: Natural Healing that Works.</i> (reviewed at <a
href="http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html">http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html</a>
) </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For ordering information, <a
href="http://www.doctoryourself.com/order.html">Click Here</a></span> .<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="contact.html"><span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img
border=0 width=55 height=60 id="_x0000_i1029" src="images/e-mail.gif"></span></a><br>
<a href="contact.html">Andrew W. Saul</a></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>AN IMPORTANT NOTE:
This page is not in any way offered as prescription, diagnosis nor treatment
for any disease, illness, infirmity or physical condition. Any form of
self-treatment or alternative health program necessarily must involve an
individual's acceptance of some risk, and no one should assume
otherwise. Persons needing medical care should obtain it from a
physician. Consult your doctor before making any health decision. </span>
</p>
<p><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Neither the author nor the webmaster has
authorized the use of their names or the use of any material contained within
in connection with the sale, promotion or advertising of any product or
apparatus. Single-copy reproduction for individual, non-commercial use is
permitted providing no alterations of content are made, and credit is given.</span>
</p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</td>
<td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>| <a
href="index.html">Home</a> | <a
href="order.html">Order my Books</a> | <a
href="aboutme.html">About the Author</a> | <a
href="contact.html">Contact Us</a> | <a
href="webmaster.html">Webmaster</a> |</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<!-- ADD TBlock1 ===================== -->
<a name="translator_block"></a>
<br>
<div id="MicrosoftTranslatorWidget" style="width: 200px; min-height: 0px; border-color: #3A5770; background-color: #78ADD0;">
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.doctoryourself.com%2f">
Translate this page
</a>
<br />
Powered by
<a href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com">
Microsoft® Translator
</a>
</noscript>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
setTimeout(function()
{ var s = document.createElement("script");
s.type = "text/javascript"; s.charset = "UTF-8";
s.src = "http://www.microsofttranslator.com/Ajax/V2/Widget.aspx?mode=manual&from=en&layout=ts";
var p = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.documentElement;
p.insertBefore(s, p.firstChild); }, 0);
/* ]]> */
</script>
<br>
<!-- ===================== -->
<!-- Use this block only in a REPLACE statement : it contains extra characters ! -->
<!-- ===================== -->
<!-- Note: -must- "escape" the "</body>" in the s.src line on find-and-replace ===================== -->
<!-- END ADD TBlock1 ===================== -->
</body>
</html>
|
