In the NYTimes 11/17/2002:

Here's a snippet:

By the time of the missile crisis, Kennedy was taking antispasmodics to control colitis; antibiotics for a urinary tract infection; and increased amounts of hydrocortisone and testosterone, along with salt tablets, to control his adrenal insufficiency and boost his energy.

Here's the whole article. You need to be a registered NYTimes online user, they don't spam and it is free:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/politics/17JFK.html

I don't know enough about Addisons to discern alot of what's in the article so hopefully someone here can help explain.

Betsy

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or is this like the J L Curtis thing beach

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Isn't that something?! As far as Jamie Lee goes, she may very well be as far as I know. My hunch is that she is. Was that question ever settled beach?

nope still urban legend.....beach

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Ok. Thanks beach.

This is a very interesting article! Actually also found it interesting because he took Ritalin, while it is a stimulant, it is for ADD/ADHD, If a person has ADHD, they can focus, but not if they are bored. And it allows a person to be more organized etc. the list goes on to the assets of what Ritalin and other ADD drugs can do. But wow, not really suprising, a lot of leaders are ADD, we multi task like no tomorrow, a great thing to be able to do. Oh yea, I do have ADHD, the H is for the hyper part. Ummm, the myth of outgrowing hyper activity is another thing the medical community has managed to suck at getting right as they play God.

As for the other stuff, I just had my disk in my kneck slip and spent the morning in the ER. My doc gave me prodozone pills, steriods for taking the swelling down and hoping the disk will slip back into place, as I write this, I am only sitting up because I am on pain meds too, but I am clear headed enough to think etc. The disk it the C 2 area, so it is my kneck being effected, There is a hormone replacement drug they have given me to take at night, have no idea why, but it is for something to do with this disk as well... and a muscle relaxer, that they also had shot in my butt this morning and HURT like hell!!! But in pill form now. I cannot go to work for the next few days, but have to stay home, and so I guess I will catch up on reading when the pain meds are working and I am not sleeping....there is a point to this writing by the way...

Oh yea, I dont think we can really assume much from this article because there are so many things that could have been going on with JFK. But I think it is very interesting that there was a lot going on and we hide these things. heck we had Reagans conditions hidden from us too, of course they were pretty obvious! But power for some reason seems to be associated with super human abilities if you will. That is nuts!

I do want to talk about the whole seeign a doc in the ER and being IS, but do not know where to post my thoughts and my need for others feelings etc. so will figure that out and write later, I absolutely freak out with the idea of medical treatment due to how docs are...adn first time sense I been in Jersey that I needed to go to a hospital! Oh thank god my wife was with me.

Ok, off track, and I am I admit wired a little. It was a hell of a day!
My boss thank god was super cool, and my wifes boss too. IF this letter does not make sense, please pardon me, I just need a outlet right now, medical shit just really sends me into fear, emotional spins etc. So yea I need to talk, just dont know if I should just post a thread??? Someone help me get started, cause I am over flowing with feelings from the day. I have to have a MRI next week, and possible sugery if the disk does not go back in, and I am just wanting to RUN!

Ok, well got it off my chest.... I think I need to start a thread to talk to some of ya...Natasha, Betsy, Glenn, anyone!! You guys out there??? LOL I need some support from the whitecoat syndrome I suffer from!

Peace,

Free

PS I am going to just hit send even though I feel like I have made little sense tonight.