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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Re: Reactive hypoglycemia (& the 2 accounts)
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Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 01:07:21 EST
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	Within the past month, there have been two accounts on Hypoglycemia:
Burt Campbell's heart-rending account, and Snoopy's diatribe.
	Anyone reading Burt's history cannot help but understand that not
only is Hypoglycemia a real disease, but that it is extremely debilitating.
Burt's description is classic and could have come out of a textbook (*) because
literally every manifestation is there (* or should be written into one).
	Notice the dramatic difference between Bert's Glucose Tolerance Test
sending his blood sugar down to levels that could cause loss of consciousness,
and Snoopy's "within normal limits" after 3 hours.
	Obviously, I shouldn't say that Snoopy DOESN'T have reactive 
hypoglycemia - I haven't examined him or seen his chart. My original point
was that a lot of people, including Carlton Fredericks, have scared a lot of
healthy people into thinking they have terrible diseases. Hypoglycemia is one
such disease.
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				Craig Werner
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  "Sometimes you have to run as fast as you can just to stay in the same place."