Posted on 11/11/2014 6:56:29 AM PST by Bettyprob
(CNN) -- Glenn Beck shared Monday a secret he's kept from almost everyone for years: He's been battling a serious and rare illness.
"It has baffled some of the best doctors in the world. It has frightened me and my family, as we didn't know what was happening," the conservative radio and TV host said on TheBlaze, a network he founded.
Eventually, he learned what was wrong: he had a variety of ailments, including an autoimmune disorder and adrenal fatigue.
Beck said he struggled to remember names, faces and conversations. At other times, his hands would shake and he would be forced to curl up into a ball. "While I was at Fox, the pain would get so bad that my camera crew, our executive producer Tiffany and I, had worked out hand signals so they would know when to take the camera off of me," Beck said.
"We didn't know at the time what was causing me to feel as though, out of nowhere, my hands and feet, or arms and legs would feel like someone had just crushed them, set them on fire or pushed broken glass into them."
Beck said he rarely slept, but was never tired.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012: Claimed he had macular dystrophy, a genetic disease that causes progressive blindness, and that he would go blind within a year.
I wonder what the internet video ratings were for that little performance of his last night.
He a) gave online access to the show away for free, b)trotted the wife out, c) hyped it on his radio show, and d) laid it on thick.
I think the guy is just testing the validity of his business model, seeing what average eyeball count is versus potential eyeball count when he hypes the topic thru the roof.
And for the record, his adrenal failure can be attributed to his apocalyptic worldview (which results in a constant state of nervous agitation) and his strong need to be the center of whatever circus is in town.
Could be hitting the sauce again.
It's a real mystery why few believe him.
1994 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/alcoholism, drug abuse
2008 Hospital Horror http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/3502/
2009 EMERGENCY appendectomy http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/808276-glenn-beck-had-emergency-appendectomy-yesterday-9.html
2010 Macular dystrophy http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/213858/Glenn-Becks-Macular-Dystrophy-Serious-but-Unlikely-to-Cause-Blindness
2011 small fiber neuropathy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/13/glenn-beck-talks-about-me_n_761408.html
March 2014 Glenn Beck’s Docs Really Wrecked His Day: ‘Well, Basically, You Are Being Poisoned’ http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/20/glenn-becks-doctors-give-him-alarming-news-you-are-being-poisoned/
Your military medical record sounds a lot like mine; 21 years of service, spent part of my AF career as an aircrew member and more than a decade on PRP. Other than physicals, a broken ankle and an occasion visit to the flight doc, there wasn’t much in my folder—and that was fairly typical.
Unfortunately, the base clinic and/or hospital becomes a magnet for malingerers, hypochondriacs, slackers and anyone else looking to get out of a day of work.
My best friend from my days in the Air Force spent the last decade of his career as a First Sergeant and Command Chief Master Sergeant. He ran into some of the walking wounded during his time in service and his philosophy was simple: if you’re sick, then you need to be treated. And if you’re chronically ill, you don’t need to be in the military. So, he’d suggest a medical board, or a referral to the mental health clinic. That was often enough to “cure” many of them, since the last thing they wanted was to lose that armed forces paycheck and benefits.
Unfortunately, the medical goldbricks take up a lot of space in the military healthcare system and the VA, so individuals suffering from “real” illnesses or service-related injuries have to wait weeks or months to see a specialist.
The poster child for this type of fraud is Major Jill Metzger, the Air Force officer who disappeared from a shopping mall in Kyrgyzstan back in 2006. She resurfaced three days later, her blonde hair dyed brown, and with an incredible tale of being kidnapped, overpowering her captors (she weighed less than 100 pounds) and running 30 miles to freedom (Metzger was a former winner of the women’s division of the Air Force Marathon).
Naturally, Metzger claimed PTSD and was medically retired for three years with full pension and benefits. Despite her debilitating case of PTSD, she competed in at least one marathon after medical retirement. Metzger later returned to active duty and (last I heard) she was stationed at Travis AFB, California. Incidentally, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations was told to back off on probing her demonstrably false claims of kidnapping, because her husband was an OSI agent, and she had friends in high places.
How much of the time (and money) wasted on Metzger could have gone to young men and women who were wounded in the line of duty, or vets who have been suffering with military-related trauma for years? And sadly, today’s system seems to encourage this kind of behavior; I was told by one recently-retired Army officer that some units encourage all separating soldiers to claim PTSD, since many are approved and it will (supposedly) move them up the waiting list at the VA.
I was lucky; multiple deployments and 60+ combat/combat support missions in the Balkans—in an unarmed aircraft—without so much as a scratch. My only service-related medical condition is hearing loss and I’ve never pursued it since retiring from active duty over a decade ago. But I am positively infuriated by people like the ones you describe—individuals who see the medical system as a means of avoiding work and getting more freebies.
Maybe he was taking Statins for cholesterol control.....
The FDA on Statins:
FDA is advising consumers and health care professionals that:
Routine monitoring of liver enzymes in the blood, once considered standard procedure for statin users, is no longer needed. Such monitoring has not been found to be effective in predicting or preventing the rare occurrences of serious liver injury associated with statin use.
Cognitive (brain-related) impairment, such as memory loss, forgetfulness and confusion, has been reported by some statin users.
People being treated with statins may have an increased risk of raised blood sugar levels and the development of Type 2 diabetes.
My 14-year-old dauqhter sees a rheumatoloqist tomorrow. What we thouqht was an antibiotic-resistant C-Diff infection is now suspected to be a superficial side effect of some kind of autoimmune disorder. She’s had constant joint and stomach pain for the last 2 years. First we thouqht it was related to scoliosis, which she was diaqnosed with earlier this year, but the doctors at Children’s are pretty sure there’s an autoimmune issue behind it all. She’s been tested for lupus, MS, and RA, and those came back neqative but the specialists say there are a lot of conditions that defy classification.
I hope we can find out what is causinq this and stop her constant pain. Have you been able to qet relief from your symptoms?
I suggest starting with food. A complete allergy panel...play around even if everything looks good. I dealt with ‘adrenal fatigue’ and other auto-immune issues for years. I have cut out wheat and stress and am on the road to restoration...with no medications. We have to own this cause doctors are literally practicing. I believe my faith in God has been a major factor in my improvement, first and foremost.
Around 6 years ago, Beck was on a Youtube video, in a hospital gown, seemed drugged...and he was ranting about how the hospital almost killed him.
Then a few years ago, he was going blind...no kidding, 4 years ago he said he may be blind ‘in a year’.
And then there are the endless ‘earthshattering’ revelations that never come to pass.
It is very hard to believe him on anything. I used to listen to him, and even bought two of his books - I like him. But he is constantly living in hyperbole.
You must never know who is getting up in the morning. Is it "Carpe Diem Glenn" is it going to be "Glenn in the Fetal Position" will it be "Glenn falling off the wagon", maybe "Mormon convert Glenn", perhaps "Glenn major pivot point Ghandi redux", "Prepper Get in the Bunker Glenn"...
Glen has a very strong hysterical streak that has shown itself in a number of ways.
Tentatively diagnosed by his doctors as Scroulouse.
My favorite Beck moment, I was tempted to use it for my Ringtone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pigfgxkqG9Y
I self diagnose most things. I have an auto immune disorder. Went to the doc and told her what I thought it was. She comes back and says yes.
I recently went with a heart condition and told her what I thought it was. On the second visit she says...I think you’re right.
There is such a wealth of info on the net it is pretty easy to self diagnose now.
Wow - have never heard that one. What a big drama queen.
But it can take quite a while, depending on how unusual the disease is. The doctor only has about 10 minutes to diagnose. The patient has the additional advantage of knowing his symptoms inside and out.
Do we have to subscribe to his network and listen to the broadcast on Friday to hear what this ‘mystery illness’ is??
Glenn has played his audience too many times with this kind of schtick.
Sorry Glenn, wish you well, but you lost me quite a while back.
Damn, I have the same symptoms, except I’m always tired! hell Now I know what to tell the Dr. I have, or would have if only I had Becks money.
Doctor prognosis: “Mr Beck, I have some news for you”
Beck: “What it doc? I can take it”
Doctor: You are NUTS!
Beck: Well I want a second opinion.
Doctor: Ok, you're ugly, too.
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