| ...It is distressing... my poverty keeps me from getting timely, adequate medical attention... ...I believe that if I have been given a prescription for antibiotics as early as October 1, 2004... I would not ever have had the severe contractions... I am distressed at the plight of people who live in poverty and who are denied simple health care because they do not have money... |
Tetanus:
When gardening becomes life threatening.
Could tetanus happen to you?
When gardening becomes life threatening.
Could tetanus happen to you?
Tetanus didn't enter
my mind when a
darning needle entered
my toe. But it should
have. Tetanus is nasty,
so tetanus inoculations
are vitally important,
every ten years!!! I
hadn't had one for
about thirty years.
In the image on the
left, the right-hand
needle is an unbroken
darning needle from the
same packet as the
needle on the left that
broke off in my toe.
my mind when a
darning needle entered
my toe. But it should
have. Tetanus is nasty,
so tetanus inoculations
are vitally important,
every ten years!!! I
hadn't had one for
about thirty years.
In the image on the
left, the right-hand
needle is an unbroken
darning needle from the
same packet as the
needle on the left that
broke off in my toe.
Dear Dr. Fitzpatrick...
Thursday, September 30, I got major, extremely painful cramps in
all the muscles around my waist area. It was so painful that I
actually cried out.
I thought it was because I was so cold because I didn’t want to
put heat on when I don’t have money.
And I also wondered if it was from bad food.
I don’t know if you know this or not, but the food that is given to
people who need food is largely expired and somewhat rotten and
spoiled. The eggs, for instance, were all cloudy ...
Friday my muscles were still tight around my abdomen...
it’s been a long time since I had a tetanus shot...
I would like to get whatever test there is to identify whether or not
I have tetanus.
Thursday, September 30, I got major, extremely painful cramps in
all the muscles around my waist area. It was so painful that I
actually cried out.
I thought it was because I was so cold because I didn’t want to
put heat on when I don’t have money.
And I also wondered if it was from bad food.
I don’t know if you know this or not, but the food that is given to
people who need food is largely expired and somewhat rotten and
spoiled. The eggs, for instance, were all cloudy ...
Friday my muscles were still tight around my abdomen...
it’s been a long time since I had a tetanus shot...
I would like to get whatever test there is to identify whether or not
I have tetanus.
Dear Dr. Fitzpatrick and Patti,
...On Monday, October 4, 2004, I waited at the Emergency Room for
about 4 hours. I would have waited longer, but all of a sudden, the
cramping stopped. I moved around a bit, to see if it had really stopped,
and it had. So I decided to leave. Among other things, I wanted to get
some aspirin ... the hospital refused to give me an aspirin, and on
Monday I was nauseated as I had been on Sunday. ... I thought that
maybe nausea is associated with heart problems. And, the Bayer
commercials on telly tell me that aspirin helps.
... at the hospital Emergency Room they saw everyone that was there
before me, and then they saw everyone that came in after me. But they
didn’t see me.
...But then the pain just stopped and my muscles weren’t cramping
anymore. So I decided that if I left I could get the aspirin and then get
some rest.
...My feeling was that the hospital did not believe that I was really sick
because I didn’t have a fever.
...Next day I still felt great and I was so happy. I did a lot of things for
the first two hours, but then the pain began to come back. Only I thought
it was just soreness from how long my muscles had been cramping, so I
pushed on... in a way ... I was thinking the hospital may have been right,
that nothing was wrong with me.
Only that thinking changed when the pain became like that of an
appendicitis attack. It was just soooo intense. It made me sweat, it hurt
so much.
..Wednesday the pain was still bad, but not of the intensity of an
appendicitis attack. I couldn’t do anything, though, because as soon as I
was up for more than a minute or two, the pain’s intensity increased. I
prayed that if I stayed in bed, then Thursday (which is today) I could
have a reprieve from the pain and be able to try to get the medicine to
make the tetanus go away. I think this must be tetanus because of how all
my muscles are affected. Not “all” but pretty many, like especially those
in my mid-section.
...I will go in to Dr. Fitzpatrick’s about 9:30 a.m. because I think that it is
unwise to not have medication.
...On Monday, October 4, 2004, I waited at the Emergency Room for
about 4 hours. I would have waited longer, but all of a sudden, the
cramping stopped. I moved around a bit, to see if it had really stopped,
and it had. So I decided to leave. Among other things, I wanted to get
some aspirin ... the hospital refused to give me an aspirin, and on
Monday I was nauseated as I had been on Sunday. ... I thought that
maybe nausea is associated with heart problems. And, the Bayer
commercials on telly tell me that aspirin helps.
... at the hospital Emergency Room they saw everyone that was there
before me, and then they saw everyone that came in after me. But they
didn’t see me.
...But then the pain just stopped and my muscles weren’t cramping
anymore. So I decided that if I left I could get the aspirin and then get
some rest.
...My feeling was that the hospital did not believe that I was really sick
because I didn’t have a fever.
...Next day I still felt great and I was so happy. I did a lot of things for
the first two hours, but then the pain began to come back. Only I thought
it was just soreness from how long my muscles had been cramping, so I
pushed on... in a way ... I was thinking the hospital may have been right,
that nothing was wrong with me.
Only that thinking changed when the pain became like that of an
appendicitis attack. It was just soooo intense. It made me sweat, it hurt
so much.
..Wednesday the pain was still bad, but not of the intensity of an
appendicitis attack. I couldn’t do anything, though, because as soon as I
was up for more than a minute or two, the pain’s intensity increased. I
prayed that if I stayed in bed, then Thursday (which is today) I could
have a reprieve from the pain and be able to try to get the medicine to
make the tetanus go away. I think this must be tetanus because of how all
my muscles are affected. Not “all” but pretty many, like especially those
in my mid-section.
...I will go in to Dr. Fitzpatrick’s about 9:30 a.m. because I think that it is
unwise to not have medication.
Karen Kline
Karen Kline
| 11/14/04 -- I found a Mayo Clinic "Implementation Notice" saying that on June 2, 2004, tetanus antibody panel will be obsolete |
I found information on a New Zealand site easy to
understand:
Who gets tetanus and who is at risk?
People who have not been immunised against tetanus, or those whose last
immunisation is no longer current, are at risk of getting tetanus if they've
suffered an open wound.
In recent years, two thirds of all tetanus cases have been in persons 50
years of age and older.
Having had a tetanus infection in the past does not make you immune to
tetanus in the future. Without treatment, one out of three affected people
will die. The mortality rate for newborns with untreated tetanus is even
higher -- two out of three.
Symptoms and signs of tetanus
Stiffness of the jaw -- usually the first sign of tetanus
Stiffness of the neck and other muscles
Spasms of the neck and other muscles
Rigidity of the chest muscles
Rigidity of the abdominal muscles
Spasms and rigidity of the back muscles, often causing arching of the back
Seizures - painful, powerful bursts of muscle contraction
Irritability
Fever
Other symptoms may include
Excessive sweating
Difficulty swallowing
Hand or foot spasms
Drooling
Uncontrolled urination
Uncontrolled defecation
Tetanus can develop even after a wound which appears trivial and
uninfected.
The incubation period is five days to 15 weeks.
How is tetanus diagnosed?
Diagnosis of tetanus is based on the relevant medical history (Has there
been a break in the skin? When was the last tetanus shot received?) and
physical findings (common symptoms of tetanus).
Diagnostic tests, such as testing cultures of the wound site, are generally
of little value. Two thirds of the time, wounds test negative for the
Clostridium bacterium. Other tests that may be performed are tests to rule
out meningitis, rabies, strychnine poisoning or other diseases with similar
symptoms.
understand:
Who gets tetanus and who is at risk?
People who have not been immunised against tetanus, or those whose last
immunisation is no longer current, are at risk of getting tetanus if they've
suffered an open wound.
In recent years, two thirds of all tetanus cases have been in persons 50
years of age and older.
Having had a tetanus infection in the past does not make you immune to
tetanus in the future. Without treatment, one out of three affected people
will die. The mortality rate for newborns with untreated tetanus is even
higher -- two out of three.
Symptoms and signs of tetanus
Stiffness of the jaw -- usually the first sign of tetanus
Stiffness of the neck and other muscles
Spasms of the neck and other muscles
Rigidity of the chest muscles
Rigidity of the abdominal muscles
Spasms and rigidity of the back muscles, often causing arching of the back
Seizures - painful, powerful bursts of muscle contraction
Irritability
Fever
Other symptoms may include
Excessive sweating
Difficulty swallowing
Hand or foot spasms
Drooling
Uncontrolled urination
Uncontrolled defecation
Tetanus can develop even after a wound which appears trivial and
uninfected.
The incubation period is five days to 15 weeks.
How is tetanus diagnosed?
Diagnosis of tetanus is based on the relevant medical history (Has there
been a break in the skin? When was the last tetanus shot received?) and
physical findings (common symptoms of tetanus).
Diagnostic tests, such as testing cultures of the wound site, are generally
of little value. Two thirds of the time, wounds test negative for the
Clostridium bacterium. Other tests that may be performed are tests to rule
out meningitis, rabies, strychnine poisoning or other diseases with similar
symptoms.
Karen Marie Kline
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
St. Vincent Hospital
465 St. Michael’s Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Dear Mr. Valdez,
I am writing to you because St. Vincent Hospital, which is “classified as a
sole community provider by Medicare” has failed in its legal duty under
the ADA, title II.
I am qualified under the ADA, Title II. Tests administered through the
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation show that I’ve lost about half of
my working memory and my processing speed. These losses are a
disability.
On October 7, 2004, because I was in extreme pain from muscle
contractions in my back, I had difficulty explaining what was wrong. I
asked a nurse and Dr. Raboff to call Corrine Romero, my TBI case
manager, and tell her I was in the ER, and ask her to come to help me
explain. Corrine Romero had observed the first contraction I had, a week
earlier.
Corrine did not came. After I was released, I asked Corrine about it and
she said that no one had called her.
Because I was refused accommodation for my disability: TBI, I am
suffering from the same thing that caused me to be taken to the ER on
October 7, 2004, and this is causing me serious damage.
As a point of law, this is an ADA case and not a medical malpractice case.
This means I do not need an expert medical witness to go to trial on my
complaint that the hospital failed to provide guidelines and oversight to
ensure that my disability was accommodated.
The reason the failure to accommodate is so serious, is that the medical
records that were created in the absence of clear input from me (absent
because I was denied accommodation of my disability) are dangerously
inaccurate; “Dangerous” because those inaccurate records have been
relied upon by other ER doctors and Whole Life Clinic to deny me not
only treatment, but medical examination since October 7, 2004.
Some of the inaccuracies created by the failure to accommodate my
disability are shown on the Abdominal Pain sheet:
1. Under “Historian: patient HX Exam Limited By:” it says
2. “Pt. uncooperative” I can’t read the next bit, then “Hostile &
4. Under “started”
5. Under “time course”
7. Under “location”
8. Under “severity” “relieved by”
9. Under “similar symptoms previously”
10. Under “ROS”
11. Under “prior work up”
12. I can’t comment on “Medications” ... “see nurses notes” because I
haven’t got time to find the notes because of how long it takes me to do
things because of the loss of a significant part of my processing speed.
13. Under “Social HX” it fails to record that I said I do not use drugs.
to do the second page.
This page shows, however, that several extremely important facts were
ignored or recording in a conflicting manner (no pain in back vs. diffuse
pain in back, as an example).
What concerns me now, as it did then, is that the continuing muscle
tightness that I am experiencing is tetanus.
The tightness was so extreme that to walk across one single square foot of
saltillo tile, it took me three steps. It was so extreme that I could not bend
even an inch without making my back muscles feel like they might
contract again. The tightness was so extreme I couldn’t lift my Brita
pitcher when it had more than an inch of water because of the extreme
pressure and strain that put on my tight muscles.
In the beginning, the tightness turned to pain very rapidly; Being up more
than a minute caused pain, and that pain increased by the second.
I want to make it clear that when I talked about my muscles feeling like
they had after I had my appendix out, this was in my letter to Dr.
Bardwell, I was describing not a level of pain, but of constriction... after I
had my appendix out I couldn’t stand up straight. I got right up and
walked around, but I couldn’t stand up straight.
The day I came home from the ER I had incontinence, and I had it again
yesterday. Yesterday and several days last week I relapsed.
It is very hard to sit up and soak my foot. If I had been heard, allowed to
communicate my history with the help of my case manager, then the
hospital and doctors would have had a clear picture of what was wrong,
Failing that, they did not and I remain inadequately treated as a result of
discrimination.
I am complaining because unless I complain you will continue to ignore
the points I have previously raised, and I will never be able to feel secure
that ER or hospital care is available to me as a person with a disability.
I am extremely distressed that when I went to the ER a second time, on
October 31, 2004, the inaccuracies of October 7, 2004 appeared to affect
my visit. That is, when I was asking the doctor about my toe, he
interrupted saying that he knew what I was going to say, and I didn’t have
an infection. He did not look at my toe to make that determination. He did
not look at my toe at all. So, he must have made that determination on the
basis of the discriminatory notes from October 7. He appeared to take
nothing I said seriously and when I asked him what was wrong with me
he said I should research fibromyalgia. If I had not been discriminated
against, I would not have a medical record from October 7, 2004 saying I’
m paranoid. I really object to this kind of discrimination and its impact on
my health.
I have a web page with some pictures of my toe on it:
www.health-boundaries-bite-com/Gardening-Darning-Needles-And-
Tetanus.html .
Sincerely,
Karen Kline
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
- November 16, 2004
St. Vincent Hospital
465 St. Michael’s Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Dear Mr. Valdez,
I am writing to you because St. Vincent Hospital, which is “classified as a
sole community provider by Medicare” has failed in its legal duty under
the ADA, title II.
I am qualified under the ADA, Title II. Tests administered through the
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation show that I’ve lost about half of
my working memory and my processing speed. These losses are a
disability.
On October 7, 2004, because I was in extreme pain from muscle
contractions in my back, I had difficulty explaining what was wrong. I
asked a nurse and Dr. Raboff to call Corrine Romero, my TBI case
manager, and tell her I was in the ER, and ask her to come to help me
explain. Corrine Romero had observed the first contraction I had, a week
earlier.
Corrine did not came. After I was released, I asked Corrine about it and
she said that no one had called her.
Because I was refused accommodation for my disability: TBI, I am
suffering from the same thing that caused me to be taken to the ER on
October 7, 2004, and this is causing me serious damage.
As a point of law, this is an ADA case and not a medical malpractice case.
This means I do not need an expert medical witness to go to trial on my
complaint that the hospital failed to provide guidelines and oversight to
ensure that my disability was accommodated.
The reason the failure to accommodate is so serious, is that the medical
records that were created in the absence of clear input from me (absent
because I was denied accommodation of my disability) are dangerously
inaccurate; “Dangerous” because those inaccurate records have been
relied upon by other ER doctors and Whole Life Clinic to deny me not
only treatment, but medical examination since October 7, 2004.
Some of the inaccuracies created by the failure to accommodate my
disability are shown on the Abdominal Pain sheet:
1. Under “Historian: patient HX Exam Limited By:” it says
- “will not allow MD to move pt”
a. fails to note that movement caused painful contractions
b. fails to note guarding against extreme pain
c. fails to note TBI which I stated I have
d. fails to note that I asked for my case manager to be called to
- help me explain
2. “Pt. uncooperative” I can’t read the next bit, then “Hostile &
- Threat”
a. the contraction pain was dictating my behavior to a large extent
i. the contraction pain made me very irritable
ii. Several times I screamed, “If you want to see pain like this
- continue, Vote for Bush;” that is not a “threat.”
- a. “generalized myalgias”
- i. there was nothing general about the extreme pain from
- the contractions of my back muscles on the right hand
side.
- b. “muscle cramps” –
- i. what I was feeling and what caused Whole Life Clinic to
- call an ambulance was not cramps; it was muscle
contractions that pulled me backwards in the most painful
way that made me scream the same way I did when I
was giving birth to my son.
4. Under “started”
- a. “accidental needle” ... but what is the next word?
b. “4 weeks ago” is wrong, it happened on August 14, 2004
c. “removed 2 ½ weeks” is wrong, I removed the quarter inch of
- needle two days after it went into my toe and broke off
- d. “sa” what is that????
e. I can’t read the next two lines, but if they say that the first
- problem was “Tweek” it would be wrong because I had some
red lines under my toe nail right after I took the needle out.
Because of the lines I soaked my foot for about 4 hours a day
for about a week in Epsom salts, and I took 2 sm. Bottles of
Vitamin C. The red lines got really faint after that so I stopped
worrying about them.
- f. “Pt concerned about tetanus Tricore had tetanus” I can’t
- read the next word.
i. This line is important because I was “concerned” about
- tetanus,
- ii. whereas Dr. Raboff and Paolo G. were describing me as
- saying, “I have tetanus.”
1. the Behavior Health report describes me as
- “paranoid”
- 2. false reports of this nature are damaging
- g. “Pt claims chronic B12 deficiency resulted instability fell
5. Under “time course”
- a. “still present” and “constant” do not reflect the fact that the
- contractions stopped when I remained still
- b. “persistent since Tweek” doesn’t describe that the contractions
- started at Whole Life Clinic. I had one contraction a week
earlier, but that one sudden contraction was not in itself
ongoing. It was observed by Corrine Romero.
- a. “cramping” would have been more clear if sharp had been
- added to indicate the extremel painful nature of the contractions
7. Under “location”
- a. only the front of the diagram is marked and it wrongly shows
- my arms and shoulders as being affected by the pain
- b. the back of the diagram should have been marked: The major
- pain had been in my back when the muscles there, on my right
side, contracted.
8. Under “severity” “relieved by”
- a. “nothing” is incorrectly circled. Holding myself totally still kept
- the contractions from happening.
9. Under “similar symptoms previously”
- a. this is crossed out, whereas there was a contraction a week
- earlier
10. Under “ROS”
- a. “trouble breathing” seems half heartedly circled, whereas the
- tightening of my diaphragm muscles was making breathing
tough.
- b. “joint pains diffuse” is totally inaccurate. My joints weren’t
- painful at all.
- c. “back pain” is circled here, which appears to substantiate that
- the back side of the diagram should have been marked.
- d. “diffuse” is inaccurate since the contractions had been in
- precisely one set of muscles on the right side of my back
i. additionally, my abdominal muscles were tight
ii. my diaphragm muscles were tight
iii. my muscles on my sides were tight
iv. leg, arm muscles were not affected
11. Under “prior work up”
- a. “head trauma” noted by not fact I asked for Corrine Romero
- to help
- b. “cognitive difficulties since” but still they did not call Corrine
- Romero as I asked
- c. “has difficulty” can’t read the rest... but still they did not call
- Corrine Romero as I asked to help me clearly explain
12. I can’t comment on “Medications” ... “see nurses notes” because I
haven’t got time to find the notes because of how long it takes me to do
things because of the loss of a significant part of my processing speed.
13. Under “Social HX” it fails to record that I said I do not use drugs.
- a. this failure is apparently related to the fact extensive drug
- testing was done on me
- b. while extensive drug testing was done, the doctor refused to
- look at my toe or touch it
to do the second page.
This page shows, however, that several extremely important facts were
ignored or recording in a conflicting manner (no pain in back vs. diffuse
pain in back, as an example).
What concerns me now, as it did then, is that the continuing muscle
tightness that I am experiencing is tetanus.
The tightness was so extreme that to walk across one single square foot of
saltillo tile, it took me three steps. It was so extreme that I could not bend
even an inch without making my back muscles feel like they might
contract again. The tightness was so extreme I couldn’t lift my Brita
pitcher when it had more than an inch of water because of the extreme
pressure and strain that put on my tight muscles.
In the beginning, the tightness turned to pain very rapidly; Being up more
than a minute caused pain, and that pain increased by the second.
I want to make it clear that when I talked about my muscles feeling like
they had after I had my appendix out, this was in my letter to Dr.
Bardwell, I was describing not a level of pain, but of constriction... after I
had my appendix out I couldn’t stand up straight. I got right up and
walked around, but I couldn’t stand up straight.
The day I came home from the ER I had incontinence, and I had it again
yesterday. Yesterday and several days last week I relapsed.
It is very hard to sit up and soak my foot. If I had been heard, allowed to
communicate my history with the help of my case manager, then the
hospital and doctors would have had a clear picture of what was wrong,
Failing that, they did not and I remain inadequately treated as a result of
discrimination.
I am complaining because unless I complain you will continue to ignore
the points I have previously raised, and I will never be able to feel secure
that ER or hospital care is available to me as a person with a disability.
I am extremely distressed that when I went to the ER a second time, on
October 31, 2004, the inaccuracies of October 7, 2004 appeared to affect
my visit. That is, when I was asking the doctor about my toe, he
interrupted saying that he knew what I was going to say, and I didn’t have
an infection. He did not look at my toe to make that determination. He did
not look at my toe at all. So, he must have made that determination on the
basis of the discriminatory notes from October 7. He appeared to take
nothing I said seriously and when I asked him what was wrong with me
he said I should research fibromyalgia. If I had not been discriminated
against, I would not have a medical record from October 7, 2004 saying I’
m paranoid. I really object to this kind of discrimination and its impact on
my health.
I have a web page with some pictures of my toe on it:
www.health-boundaries-bite-com/Gardening-Darning-Needles-And-
Tetanus.html .
Sincerely,
Karen Kline
I feel sure that if I had not had nerve damage from low B12 and living in
toxins that I would not have gotten tetanus. Since I did this page two
other people have written to me to say that they had been exposed to
hydrogen sulfide and not long after got tetanus.
toxins that I would not have gotten tetanus. Since I did this page two
other people have written to me to say that they had been exposed to
hydrogen sulfide and not long after got tetanus.
I tidied this page up and increased the font size on July 4, 2006.
I added my Health Boundaries Bite artwork in, October 16, 2007.
I increased the left margin on February 6, 2009.
I added my Health Boundaries Bite artwork in, October 16, 2007.
I increased the left margin on February 6, 2009.
Note: I believe the fact I have more B12 in my system than most people my age, accounts for #3, above. Why do I have more B12 than most? I have more B12 in my system than most people my age because now that I have cognitive dysfunction as a result of undiagnosed and untreated B12 malabsorption, I am devoted to having regular shots. Plus, after I got the puncture wound and red lines appeared, I started having two shots a week, then a shot every other day on the simple theory that this is stressful and B12 helps with stress. I bet if I had not had so much B12, that I'd be suffering rigor mortis right now!!! |
| Four reasons for adequate medical attention: 1. poverty, 2. tetanus test negligently thought to prove there is no tetanus, 3. foot isn't swollen and while muscles were are tight, jaw isn't locked. 4. ER refuses to accommodate disability: cognitive dysfunction. |
After the antibiotic ran out and the lines were still there, I wanted a
refill because I felt the remaining lines might mean trouble.
The fact that my toe still had the lines -- apparently from a tiny wound
that occurred two months earlier -- and was tender when pressed at the
sight of entry, didn't seem to be able to trump the tetanus test, in the eyes
of Whole Life Clinic, or St. Vincent Hospital ER doctors.
Terrified because my voice was still faint, my chest and other muscles
tight, the lines were still apparent on my toe, and I had no strength, I
searched the Internet for information about tetanus tests. What I found
was conclusive that tetanus tests can not be used to diagnose tetanus.
I wrote an email for each source of information. Their subject lines tell
the story, but quoting all of them took a lot of space so I put them all on
a separate page, with links to the text of the emails themselves and some
links to the pages from which I got the information. (Some of the pages
have been changed since then.)
If you want to see how clear it is that no tetanus test exists for the
diagnosis of tetanus, take a look at the email subject lines.
refill because I felt the remaining lines might mean trouble.
The fact that my toe still had the lines -- apparently from a tiny wound
that occurred two months earlier -- and was tender when pressed at the
sight of entry, didn't seem to be able to trump the tetanus test, in the eyes
of Whole Life Clinic, or St. Vincent Hospital ER doctors.
Terrified because my voice was still faint, my chest and other muscles
tight, the lines were still apparent on my toe, and I had no strength, I
searched the Internet for information about tetanus tests. What I found
was conclusive that tetanus tests can not be used to diagnose tetanus.
I wrote an email for each source of information. Their subject lines tell
the story, but quoting all of them took a lot of space so I put them all on
a separate page, with links to the text of the emails themselves and some
links to the pages from which I got the information. (Some of the pages
have been changed since then.)
If you want to see how clear it is that no tetanus test exists for the
diagnosis of tetanus, take a look at the email subject lines.
Having heard that vitamin C blocks colds by changing the body's ph,
making the body inhospitable to the cold virus, I thought vitamin C might
help with tetanus. Now I wonder if the bottles of vitamin C that I took
early on fortuitously delayed the tetanus contractions: tetanus is less often
fatal the later the symptoms appear.
12/10/04: I found a site reporting a Vitamin C/tetanus/strychnine study in
which 60 two-day old chicks were divided into four groups with 15 birds
in each group.
Group 1 got 5 nanograms of strychnine sulphate (SS) (which acts about
Group 4 got 10 nanograms SS and 30 mg Vitamin C.
The results were:
Group 1: Wings of all birds stretched; some walked on toes, others kept
Group 3: Extensor paralysis of legs; severe convulsions; and all but
making the body inhospitable to the cold virus, I thought vitamin C might
help with tetanus. Now I wonder if the bottles of vitamin C that I took
early on fortuitously delayed the tetanus contractions: tetanus is less often
fatal the later the symptoms appear.
12/10/04: I found a site reporting a Vitamin C/tetanus/strychnine study in
which 60 two-day old chicks were divided into four groups with 15 birds
in each group.
Group 1 got 5 nanograms of strychnine sulphate (SS) (which acts about
- the same as tetanus);
- which is Vitamin C);
Group 4 got 10 nanograms SS and 30 mg Vitamin C.
The results were:
Group 1: Wings of all birds stretched; some walked on toes, others kept
- jumping but could not walk.
Group 3: Extensor paralysis of legs; severe convulsions; and all but
- three died.
- the others. The affected birds recovered in about 30 minutes
after the appearance of symptoms.
Pictures: 2nd week
November, 2004
November, 2004
| I was told I could not have more antibiotic because the tetanus test showed I did not have tetanus. |
| 11/27/04 Each week I have been able to be up one more minute first thing in the morning, which is my best time. After that I have to rest a half hour to get another 3 minutes, or rest an hour if I want more than five minutes. Today, however my algae eater died and I had to take it out of the fish bowl. This took longer than the 13 minutes I've built up to, but I had to do it for the sake of the gold fish. Now I have a very sharp pain in my upper abdominal muscles when I move my torso the least bit. So, it's probably time to work on this page some more. |
| My traumatic brain injury affected my health care on October 7, 2004. I was unable to be clear because of the extreme pain and fear caused by the muscle seizures. When I asked for accommodation of my disability, it was denied by hospital staff. In the absence of accommodation, my symptoms were wrongly recorded. The following letter notes the mistakes on one hospital form, alone. ER mistakes and medical mistakes in general cost lives. It pays to review your hospital medical files. Observe the number of mistakes. After I complained they stopped billing me. |
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Karen Kline
I piled these stones on 9/29/04, the day
of people on the news who said they
thought their dead relative had
Hantavirus but the doctors ignored
them. I decided I had to get home.
- before the first seizure.
This picture responses to
the ER nurse who said,
"Pretending to have pain is
a way of being lazy." An
ER doctor told me to
research fibromyalgia; the
closest he got to my toe
of people on the news who said they
thought their dead relative had
Hantavirus but the doctors ignored
them. I decided I had to get home.
| 11/14/04 - Chest very tight; scan ECG from ER which says it is abnormal. It was never explained to me. |
These pictures are from
different days, but all
on one roll of film.
different days, but all
on one roll of film.
more red
less red
The injured toe is
shiny because layers
of skin peeled off.
shiny because layers
of skin peeled off.
Point where needle entered.
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| Effect of ascorbic acid in the treatment of tetanus. Jahan K, Ahmad K, Ali MA. The effect of daily intravenous administration of 1000 mg ascorbic acid (AA) in tetanus patients aged 1-30 years was studied. In the age group of 1-12 years, 31 patients were treated with AA as additional to antitetanus serum, sedatives and antibiotics. It was found that none of the patients died who received AA along with the conventional antitetanus therapy. On the other hand, 74.2 per cent of the tetanus patients who received the conventional antitetanus therapy without AA (control group) were succumbed to the infection. In the other age group of 13-30 years, there were 27 and 38 patients in the treatment and control groups respectively. The mortality in the AA and control groups were 37 percent and 67.8 percent respectively. These results suggest that AA might play an important role in reducing the mortality of tetanus. This was supported by the fact that AA was found to mitigate the toxic effects of strychnine producing tetanus like condition in young chicks in the present study. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. 1984 Jun;10(1):24-8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...6466264 More about the enormous benefit of Vitamin C to infected/poisoned individuals, by Dr. Thomas E. Levy. |
Pictures: 3rd week
November, 2004
November, 2004
These pictures are from different
days, but all on one roll.
days, but all on one roll.
The red lines go
Only to return
Pale circular pattern around
an ear shaped reddish area.
an ear shaped reddish area.
Red streak on my left toe,
none on my right--
none on my right--
When I was taking these, I didn't have
the ones taken against the saltillo and
louvered closet doors back yet, so I
didn't yet know how much better those
backgrounds were.
the ones taken against the saltillo and
louvered closet doors back yet, so I
didn't yet know how much better those
backgrounds were.
Pictures: end November
beginning December.
beginning December.
These pictures are from different
days, but all on one roll.
days, but all on one roll.
But just a few days earlier --
the tiny white dot in the
reddest bit would not scrap
off. It appeared to be the top
of something embedded in my
toe. Could it be the poison
drawn out by the Epsom salt?
the tiny white dot in the
reddest bit would not scrap
off. It appeared to be the top
of something embedded in my
toe. Could it be the poison
drawn out by the Epsom salt?
The day after the tiny
white dot there was lots
more white stuff, lots
less red.
white dot there was lots
more white stuff, lots
less red.
Karen Kline
Here you see a corner of the
age-damaged Persian rug where the
darning needle was. You can also see
a bit of my Gazelle exercise machine
which I bought because it has a bar to
hold on to, which I needed because of
my balance problems resulting from
low B12 and the hydrogen sulfide
from the privy pit.
age-damaged Persian rug where the
darning needle was. You can also see
a bit of my Gazelle exercise machine
which I bought because it has a bar to
hold on to, which I needed because of
my balance problems resulting from
low B12 and the hydrogen sulfide
from the privy pit.
This is my beautiful chard, which I never got
to eat that year.
(I believe my Polish grandfather lived to
nearly a hundred because he grew his own
vegetables, without pesticides or commercial
fertilizer.)
to eat that year.
(I believe my Polish grandfather lived to
nearly a hundred because he grew his own
vegetables, without pesticides or commercial
fertilizer.)
Luckily I got help from a forum after the doctors failed me.
My Tetanus Journal
Things I did which helped me Survive Tetanus.
My Tetanus Journal
Things I did which helped me Survive Tetanus.
By taking masses of vitamin C (twelve 500mg tablets with rose hips) 3
times a day, each time with a mug of tea, by using Epsom salt
compresses for at least 12 hours a day; and by having B12 shots every
couple of days, the redness and lines appear to go away. Only, when I
stop the above, the lines and redness come back. Sometimes the lines are
gone when I take the compress off, but a few hours later they are visible
again.
This is the journal I kept. The ebb and flow of healing are recorded as
they happened.
It's clear that folk remedies work. I'm grateful for them, but if I'd had
adequate antibiotic, the infection would have been cleared months ago.
This way I'm still fighting it and who knows if it's doing insidious damage
that I'll find out about later.
times a day, each time with a mug of tea, by using Epsom salt
compresses for at least 12 hours a day; and by having B12 shots every
couple of days, the redness and lines appear to go away. Only, when I
stop the above, the lines and redness come back. Sometimes the lines are
gone when I take the compress off, but a few hours later they are visible
again.
This is the journal I kept. The ebb and flow of healing are recorded as
they happened.
It's clear that folk remedies work. I'm grateful for them, but if I'd had
adequate antibiotic, the infection would have been cleared months ago.
This way I'm still fighting it and who knows if it's doing insidious damage
that I'll find out about later.
Dear Dr. Fitzpatrick and Alice Sisneros,
The results are not yet back from the tetanus test ordered by Whole Life
Clinic, so I don’t yet know whether or not I have tetanus.
What I do know, is that I was in EXTREME pain when my muscles
began contracting at Whole Life Clinic on Thursday morning. That was
when a Whole Life Clinic health care provider called an ambulance to
take me to the Emergency Room.
Today, two days later, the pain is so intense when I stand, that I can not
handle more than a minute or two, and bending is beyond my capacity to
withstand the pain.
Significantly, the pain restricts my activity so severely that all I am able to
eat is Saltines which require no preparation.
Making myself a cup of coffee or green tea is such a painful undertaking
due to the amount of standing required, that if I make one cup of each a
day, it is a tremendous triumph over the pain.
I am writing to note that the hospital gave me a pain killer in the I.V., and
then several hours later gave me two 250 mg Erythromycin and a
prescription for same.
One of the hospital nurses showed me a medical book that said antibiotics
stop the toxins from forming. Apparently the toxins attach to nerves or
something.
Because tetanus, if this is tetanus, is a virus, the antibiotic doesn’t kill the
tetanus, it stops the toxins. I don’t pretend to understand this, I just know
that this sounds pretty simple and I’m pretty angry that you failed to give
me a prescription for antibiotics on the first occasion that I came to each
of you.
I came to you, Alice, on October 1, 2004, when you refused to see me.
In the past when I asked you if I could pay in the future, you said no,
that I should go to the Emergency Room, that they take people who can’t
pay.
The results are not yet back from the tetanus test ordered by Whole Life
Clinic, so I don’t yet know whether or not I have tetanus.
What I do know, is that I was in EXTREME pain when my muscles
began contracting at Whole Life Clinic on Thursday morning. That was
when a Whole Life Clinic health care provider called an ambulance to
take me to the Emergency Room.
Today, two days later, the pain is so intense when I stand, that I can not
handle more than a minute or two, and bending is beyond my capacity to
withstand the pain.
Significantly, the pain restricts my activity so severely that all I am able to
eat is Saltines which require no preparation.
Making myself a cup of coffee or green tea is such a painful undertaking
due to the amount of standing required, that if I make one cup of each a
day, it is a tremendous triumph over the pain.
I am writing to note that the hospital gave me a pain killer in the I.V., and
then several hours later gave me two 250 mg Erythromycin and a
prescription for same.
One of the hospital nurses showed me a medical book that said antibiotics
stop the toxins from forming. Apparently the toxins attach to nerves or
something.
Because tetanus, if this is tetanus, is a virus, the antibiotic doesn’t kill the
tetanus, it stops the toxins. I don’t pretend to understand this, I just know
that this sounds pretty simple and I’m pretty angry that you failed to give
me a prescription for antibiotics on the first occasion that I came to each
of you.
I came to you, Alice, on October 1, 2004, when you refused to see me.
In the past when I asked you if I could pay in the future, you said no,
that I should go to the Emergency Room, that they take people who can’t
pay.
Clear -- no line.
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Tetanus - a health boundary that bites
The needle fell out of my great aunt's sewing basket, lodged in an
age-damaged Persian rug I got off eBay, and put an abrupt end to my
brisk stride as I went from gardening to sewing.
Pulling the needle out, I wondered, "Does this mean I should give up
sewing... or sandals?" Two days later I was giving myself my B12 shot
when the tip of my toe glinted in the sun. Suspicious, I got tweezers and,
low and behold, I found a bit of broken needle. I would have liked my
toe to bleed, but it didn't.
When I put the metal splinter against the needle, I saw it was only half of
the needle's eye. In the picture you can see the smaller bit right above the
needle on the left; farther up is the hooked part of the needle's eye.
I am pretty sure the reason I didn't feel the broken bit of needle in my toe
is that I have peripheral neuropathy, which is a form of nerve damage
caused in my case by an extended period of low vitamin B12. It can also
be caused by diabetes. (I used to try to wiggle my toes while I watched
telly, hoping that the exercise would help. The nerve damage made it
hard, if not impossible, to wiggle my toes.)
I wasn't keen to prod for the hooked bit of eye even though I knew the
peripheral neuropathy made my toes numb. (When my kitty washes my
toes, the only way I know is if I see her). But, keen or not, I did it.
When I felt the tweezers hit metal, I tweezed but the hooked part was
stuck.
Perspiring from stress, I thought I'd leave the partially withdrawn eye on
the end of my toe and go to my appointment with my therapist and
traumatic brain injury case manager, but that weirded me out. Gritting my
teeth, I gave a determined, successful pull, then taped the needle bits to
the piece of paper, as you see them above.
I didn't know that a
tetanus test was
going to create a
huge problem.
My tetanus test was
.16 from "off the
top," but was in
range; Whole Life
Clinic said I didn't
have tetanus.
I wasn't allowed to
talk to a doctor or
nurse about the
results, so I called
the lab. The lady
said my reading
was high for not
having had a
tetanus shot in 30
years and she was
sorry she couldn't
talk to me.
tetanus test was
going to create a
huge problem.
My tetanus test was
.16 from "off the
top," but was in
range; Whole Life
Clinic said I didn't
have tetanus.
I wasn't allowed to
talk to a doctor or
nurse about the
results, so I called
the lab. The lady
said my reading
was high for not
having had a
tetanus shot in 30
years and she was
sorry she couldn't
talk to me.
The Vitamin C information is from vaccinetruth.org; and, while you
are there, look at the question of whether tetanus vaccine is risky.
are there, look at the question of whether tetanus vaccine is risky.
I had been given the
idea that there is a
tetanus test by a
pharmacist when I
called asking if there
was any natural
antibiotic.
There is, in fact, no
test for tetanus.
But, because I
thought there was, I
tied myself to the
results of a test,
when in fact the test
tells whether or not
a tetanus shot is
needed, not whether
or not someone has
tetanus.
I was the one who
introduced the idea
of a test after I'd
talked to the
pharmacist, and the
pharmacist was
wrong. But, sadly I
convinced Whole
Life Clinic, to my
detriment.
This issue is dealt
with further down,
to include material
showing that there is
no test for tetanus.
idea that there is a
tetanus test by a
pharmacist when I
called asking if there
was any natural
antibiotic.
There is, in fact, no
test for tetanus.
But, because I
thought there was, I
tied myself to the
results of a test,
when in fact the test
tells whether or not
a tetanus shot is
needed, not whether
or not someone has
tetanus.
I was the one who
introduced the idea
of a test after I'd
talked to the
pharmacist, and the
pharmacist was
wrong. But, sadly I
convinced Whole
Life Clinic, to my
detriment.
This issue is dealt
with further down,
to include material
showing that there is
no test for tetanus.
| Because of enormous stress from the privy pit and resultant foreclosures my neck is stiff so much I just block it out. When my jaw got really tight at one point I thought it was strain from my badly fitting partial. When I had muscle contractions I didn't have a fever. In the preceding weeks I'd felt feverish but chalked it up to stress. |
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What the U.S. government says overall and about
symptoms:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000615.htm
symptoms:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000615.htm
Symptoms
Spasms and tightening of the jaw muscle ("lockjaw")
Stiffness and spasms of various muscle groups
Neck muscles
Chest muscles
Abdominal muscles
Back muscles, often causing arching (opisthotonos)
Tetanic seizures (painful, powerful muscle contractions)
Irritability
Fever
Spasms and tightening of the jaw muscle ("lockjaw")
Stiffness and spasms of various muscle groups
Neck muscles
Chest muscles
Abdominal muscles
Back muscles, often causing arching (opisthotonos)
Tetanic seizures (painful, powerful muscle contractions)
Irritability
Fever
http://www.health-boundaries-bite.com
Your fingernails reflect your health --
Learn some warning signs --
Karen Kline
Your fingernails reflect your health --
Learn some warning signs --
Karen Kline
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