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Glenn Beck reveals serious illnesses
By LUCY MCCALMONT 11/11/14 6:19 AM EST
Conservative media host Glenn Beck disclosed he has been suffering from a serious illness that he says quite honestly, has made me look crazy.
About five years ago
I had begun to have a string of health issues, that quite honestly, has made me look crazy and, quite honestly, I had felt crazy because of them, Beck told viewers on Monday evening on The Blaze.
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Beck cited health issues such as vocal cord paralysis and strange eyesight problems that he said he thought initially was just simply a very painful form of neuropathy.
We didnt know at the time what was causing me to feel as though, out of nowhere, my hands, or feet or arms and legs would feel as if someone had just crushed them, or set them on fire, or pushed broken glass into my feet. I cant tell you how many nights my wife would sit in the light looking at the bottom of my feet to make sure there really wasnt any glass in them, Beck said.
The host said he had not wanted to reveal his health struggles until now due to personal reasons, business reasons and you name it.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/glenn-beck-illness-sick-112769.html#ixzz3Ilu1UFFO
Maeve
(42,282 posts)DrDan
(20,411 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)peace13
(11,076 posts)Glen do you think the vocal cord issue was your inner soul trying to stop you from spreading hate and intolerance. The mind and body are beautifully connected. Disease = dis ease in the body. Heal up Glen and then we'll talk.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)hang stuffed animals from the ceiling and writing incoherently on chalkboards? How about blubbering online for a 1/2 hour about his hemorrhoid surgery. No one's going to buy it Glenn. You are in fact a blithering idiot.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)In his usual vague way, he tells us
Beck eventually went to the Carrick Brain Centers in Irving, Texas, where they do crazy stuff, Beck said, adding that the center found he was suffering from an auto-immune disorder and adrenal fatigue, among other problems.
After months of treatment and completely changing the way I eat, sleep, work and live along with ongoing hormonal treatment and intensive physical therapy, I have reversed the process, Beck said.
So the timeline for his recovery is a bit vague as is where he found the time to do all that physical therapy and still look the same.
I suspect maybe his ratings are lowering and he needed some publicity?
Problem with Beck is, even if every single word about this is true, no one not plugged into his show can ever believe him.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Himself.
Myrina
(12,296 posts).... sounds like symptoms of extreme sociopathic narcissism.
Mr. Beck should be committed for his own - and others' - safety.
For a long time.
A VERY long time.
Oh, and insurance isn't going to cover that.
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Numbness in the arms and legs
Abnormal sensations, such as"pins and needles"
Painful sensations in the arms and legs
Muscle weakness
Muscle cramps or muscle aches
Heat intolerance, especially after exercise
Impotence (in men)
Problems urinating, incontinence (leaking urine), feeling of incomplete bladder emptying, difficulty beginning to urinate
Constipation
Diarrhea
Nausea, vomiting
Swallowing difficulty
Speech impairment
Loss of muscle function or feeling
Muscle contractions or spasm
Muscle atrophy
Movement disorders
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)MiniMe
(21,716 posts)There is video somewhere of him doing that in one of his crying fests.
AnnieBW
(10,426 posts)What's scary is that he was at the height of his popularity 5 years ago. So, what explains all of his followers?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Ampersand Unicode
(503 posts)"But I'm just saying."
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Is that what Beck's babbling about? Paging Aristus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison%27s_disease