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Fatigue / Sleep / Pain

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What Does Cancer Have To Do With It?

Top Ten Take Home Points

1. 90% of all cancer patients have these three symptoms

2. Common symptoms of chronic fatigue

3. Illnesses associated with chronic fatigue

4. Infections correlated with chronic fatigue

5. Fatigue and hormonal imbalance

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Top Ten Take Home Points (cont.)

6. Common natural herbs, vitamins and hormones

available for chronic fatigue and insomnia

7. Benefits of high quality sleep

8. Maintaining hormonal balance and high quality sleep

9. Causes and consequences of poor quality sleep

10.Regular afternoon napping equals good health

The Healing Power of Sleep

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Fatigue

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Fatigue/Sleep/PainWhat Does Cancer Have To Do With

These?

Fatigue: A chronic condition lasting greater than six mos. even with adequate rest• Symptoms:

- Decreased energy

- Depression secondary to inability to “do your

best”

- Frequent drowsiness, sleep apnea, narcolepsy

- Frequent headaches, myalgias

- Mental fog

- Social withdrawal, reclusiveness, agoraphobia

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Fatigue/Sleep/Pain (continued)

• Causes:

- Advanced Cancers - Addison’s Disease

- Cardiomyopathies - Short Bowel Syndrome

- CFIDS/FMS - HIV

- Mononucleosis - Lyme Disease

- Chronic Renal Disease - Chronic Liver Disease

- Crohn’s Disease - Ulcerative Colitis

- Social Media - Personal Stressors

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Fatigue/Sleep/Pain (continued)

• Causes: - Hormonal Imbalance - PTSD

- Hypothyroidism - ALS

- HGH Deficiency - MS

- Adrenal Insufficiency - Traumatic Brain Injury

- Chronic Depression - Parkinson’s Disease

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Fatigue/Sleep/Pain (continued)

• Natural Treatments:

- MACA - Vitamins B, C, E

- St. John’s Wort - DHEA

- Resveratrol - Testosterone

- CO-Q-10 - ERT

- Alpha Lipoic Acid - Glucocorticoids

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Testosterone for Energy

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets

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Many Benefits of Sleep

• Rejuvenates the CNS • Detoxifies the brain and spinal cord

through melatonin production• Releases HGH during deep REM sleep• Regulates and resets circadian rhythm • Reduces the body’s stress levels• Helps heal infections: viral & bacterial

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Sleep

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• Benefits of HGH: - Increases cardiac EF - Endocrine Control

- Improves lipid profile - Improves sleep

- Increases BMD - Converts fat to muscle

- Clears skin lesions - Controls body rhythms

- Heals wounds - Heals burns

- Improves libido - Retards the aging process

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• Quality of Sleep Issues:

- Poor quality of sleep due to:

peri and post Menopausal status

CFIDS / FMS

BPH

OSA/RLS

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• REM Sleep:

- Highest quality of sleep occurs 30

minutes several times nightly

- Melatonin secretion dependent

- Anti-Aging / Pro-longevity benefits

- Regulates circadian rhythm

- Mood Control

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• Benefits of Napping:

- USA ranks 30th in longevity

- Resets circadian rhythm

- Resets digestive rhythm

- Detoxifies CNS

- Aids retention

- Reduces retroactive inhibition

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Power Nap

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• REM Sleep benefits:

- Sleep quality deteriorates past age of 45 yrs.

- These hormones decrease with aging:

HGH, T3, T4, sex hormones, melatonin & DHEA

- HGH produced by the pituitary gland (Master

Gland) during REM sleep

- Infants experience REM sleep > 50% of the time

- Seniors experience REM sleep < 20% of the time

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• REM Sleep Characteristics:

- More rapid and irregular breathing pattern

- Jerky eye movements occur

- Sleep paralysis may occur

- More difficult to arouse

- Most intense dreams occur

- REM lasts only 10-15 minutes

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• REM disturbances caused by:

- Caffeine

- Smoking

- Alcohol

- Diet Pills

- Anti-Depressants

- Decongestants

- Nocturnal Pain

- CFIDS/FMS

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• Chronic Insomnia: - Affects 60% of adults over age 40

- Women 70% vs. Men 30%

- Typical symptoms and out-comes:

Poor performance level in afternoons,

inability to focus, need for caffeine or other

stimulants, increased moodiness, OSA, RLS,

narcolepsy, accelerates aging, strokes, heart

failure and sudden death

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Insomnia

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• Sleep Enhancement:

- Complete darkness

- Absolute quiet or soft music

- Sleep hygiene and positioning

- Far infrared sleeping matts

- Foods to avoid:

Chocolates, spicy foods, tomato sauces,

caffeinated drinks and fried foods

- Avoiding late evening exercising

- Sexual climax: mostly in males

(females clean house!)

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets

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Anti-Aging Sleep Secrets (continued)

• Pharmaceutical and natural sleep options - Benzos: Ativan, Xanax and Valium

- Non-Benzos: Ambien, Lunesta and Sonata

- Anti-Depressants: Elavil, Risperdal and Trazodone

- Natural sleep promoters: Valerian, Passion Flower,

Chamomile, St. John’s Wort, Phenylalanine

Threonine, 5-HTP and Melatonin

- Analgesics: Codeine – Natural Pain Killers

- Anti-Histamines: Benadryl, Zyrtec and Claritin

- Melatonin

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Natural Sleep Enhancer

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Natural Options for Sleep

• Homeopathics: - Silica

- Cocculus

- Sulfur

- Herbs: St. John’s Wort, Chamomile, Valerian,

Passion Flower and Threonine

- Lycopodium

- Arsenicum album

- Nux vomica

- Ignatia amara

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Natural Options for Sleep• Hormonal Options: Progesterone, HGH, Melatonin• Melatonin characteristics:

- Regulates circadian rhythm

- Generates Delta Stage Sleep

- Promotes REM Sleep

- Detoxifies brain and CSF

- Secretes large amounts of serotonin

- Regulates energy levels

- Promotes Anti-Aging benefits

- Useful in Breast and Prostate Cancers

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Natural Pain Killers

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Medicinal Marijuana

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• Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer (single chapter)

• Dr. Forsythe’s Natural Remedies

• Natural Pain Killers

• Take Control of Your Cancer-Kindle 2nd edition

• The Forsythe Anti-Cancer Diet

• About Death from a Cancer Doctor’s Perspective

• The Healing Power of Sleep

• Sleep and Grow Young

• Emergency Radiation Medical handbook, The Essential mandatory Guide for Citizens and Responders to Nuclear Events

• Complete Pain-Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Pain

• Understanding and Surviving Obama Care

• Anti-Aging Cures

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