I read clinical research to stay alive; edit it for a living; write about it as needed. Medical learningāself-taught+paraprofessionalālimited, serves me well.
Jan 1, 2020 ā¢ 10 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
A dear friend was in palliative care, dying from a second recurrence of uterine cancer. It was a few days away from her care team finally finding the right cocktail of medications to keep her pain-free, alert, and not wracked with nausea. 1/x
She was restricting visitors. She no longer ate. I was taking dictation for what she intended as a final publication, an overview of her life's work. Her family was gathering for what all assumed would be a last farewell. Into this situation one day popped her oncologist. 2/x
Dec 10, 2019 ā¢ 12 tweets ā¢ 7 min read
I approach any conversation about food intake choices from a documented history of correlation between fat loss and improved blood glucose and blood pressure. 1/x theconversation.com/why-it-can-be-ā¦ via @ConversationUS@ConversationUS Without ascribing causation among those 3 outcomes, the fat loss has been driven by documentation and modification of diet. As a type 2 diabetic, I have to accept that my body lies to me about its needs, and I must exercise cognitive and behavioral control over food intake. 2/x
