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Love Caregiving...Just for the Health of it!

Where you'll discover tips on how to have the best in your life and career in healthcare. As always, we encourage you to Send this to a friend or colleague as a reminder that they must pursue their own happiness; it won't be handed to them!~ Patricia Raymond MD, Chief Enjoyment Officer, Rx For Sanity®

Crack U Up Party Pack

Only $20!

Want your over- fifty spouse, friend, or coworker to finally get that colonoscopy? You should get them a Crack U Up Party Pack!

Each Party Pack includes:

• THREE copies of Colonoscopy: It’ll Crack U Up, a comprehensive yet pocket-sized 52 page colonoscopy joke anthology featuring the finest in inoffensive bottom humor. They get one to keep and two to share!
• THREE pin-on lapel Butt-ons- reminding strangers they pass on the street to flash their vertical smile for colon cancer screening
• One colorful canvas tote bag imprinted with the Crack U Up logo, designed to make them the envy of your lunch bunch

Caution: Unless you don't want your child suspended, not suitable for most high schools. The Crack-U-Up logo is frowned on at many institutes of higher learning, which, to me, is a GREAT recommendation!
Bottom line… how much is your friends’ good health worth to you?
How about just $20 for all this?

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Volume 6, Issue 2: February 2007

Editors note: If you get the ezine but not the images, be not dismayed. My main website RxForSanity.com which houses the images is undergoing a major revamp, so the images may be off line for a few days. Take heart, and save the ezine-- should have the images back on your eventual reread. Don't hold your breath, tho...just enjoy the text sans the images. pr

Love the One You're With

Last week was all about love, with anatomically inappropriate hearts abounding everywhere (BTW, for next year, I highly recommend Mueller’s Chocolates from Philadelphia—I got a heart-healthy dark chocolate anatomical heart for my special folks.) But we forget at this special time of year the most important love of all—self love.

I preach about Health Care Professionals having a RSOC (that’d be a regular source of care), and let it get away from me—I discovered last week that it had been THREE YEARS since my last complete physical. In my own defense, I’ll point out that my internist is also a girl buddy, and Regina and I see each other socially pretty frequently. She looks in my publicly accessible orifices, and views socially appropriate skin lesions, all the time. But still…ooops.

In the three years, perimenopause had struck, and with it, thirty pounds had stuck. I was exhibiting signs of pre-diabetes (nocturia anyone?) and sleep apnea.

What manner of love is this? My car, a beloved Prius, gets better routine maintenance.

My wake up call occurred a week ago Thursday, raising questions about my plans for reclaiming my own health. On Friday, I had the opportunity to interview Neil Barnard MD on the air for a future Housecalls broadcast on his program to ‘reverse diabetes’—the upshot is that I’m playing with a vegan diet for the next three weeks.

Will it be sustainable? I don’t know. South Beach worked, but I couldn’t maintain. And I certainly think many animals are tasty when grilled or roasted. But given that every medical dietary article disses animal protein and fat, and praises veggies and fruit, it seems like the healthy choice.

So far, so good. On day eight, no more nocturia, no breathe right strips on my nose, and I feel more alert. I’ve had two meals with meat (out with friends), but otherwise haven’t really missed meat, eggs, milk, or cheese.

So how about you? What stickers would be long expired if you were your car? Are you up to date with your personal maintenance?

Treat your body with respect, care, and love. Start today by scheduling a complete physical.

Patricia Raymond MD

March is colon cancer awareness month. Thirty whole days when bowels are king!
To help you celebrate this grand month, we’ve got specials for you! You can get copies of the cult colon joke classic Colonoscopy: It’ll Crack U Up, instead of $5 each from Amazon.com or 3 for $10 at Rx For Sanity,

try 120 for $300 (a case rate of $2.50 each)!

And buttons? Just for you, get a bag of 100 for just $40 (a 20% savings).

These specials expire March 30th, so act now, and start the colon love flowing the entire month of March! Email plraymond@rxforsanity.com with subject "special colon offer" to start the colon fun a’flyin’!

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Dr. Patricia Raymond takes medicine seriously...and herself lightly. Dismayed by the increasingly adversarial relationships in healthcare and our loss of joy in our caring interactions, Dr. Raymond started Rx For Sanity to spread her Rx for change to her medical colleagues. The author of “Don’t Jettison Medicine: Resuscitate Your Passion For the Career You Loved” and dozens of published articles and abstracts, Dr. Raymond serves as an expert resource to the media. She established Simply Screening in 2004 to allow her to practice gastroenterology screening in an atmosphere of comfort, respect, dignity and timeliness in partnership with her patients, and hosts NPR's ‘House Calls’, a weekly medical call-in show that empowers patients to step up and accept responsibility for their own wellbeing.

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