Changes and New Strikes!

I have heard it said many times that this Earth finds us a destructive force and sometimes it takes our lives, whether it is from natural causes, natural disasters, or from the foods we eat one way or another is seems to have a hand in our demise.  Sounds Science Fiction doesn't it.  What if you found out that it might not be?

Science has told us over the years that as man populates this Earth he removes vital things in keeping it a thriving source of our survival.  "What do you mean?" You ask.  Look at a city, the buildings go up but what gets removed?  Trees, grass, plants the very things that help give us oxygen, the very things that help keep this world cool with shade and other sources.  What is happening out there?  Have you noticed that each year we get hotter and hotter? 

Now, I do believe in God and I do also believe when science mentions a past, such as the dinosaurs, we should be listening.  A population of creatures that became over whelming to this planet and it some how finds a way to wipe the slate clean and start over.  Look at the Bible how it talks of the flood and the earth starts over again.  Are this things just a coincident?  I don't think so and the Bible talks of it happening again, but this time in a FIRE.  What is this earth doing, but heating up?

Ok, so what does that have to do with my health?  Well, let's just day I am learning each day.  First, I got rid of the salt and the changes in food flavors has really changed.  I learned to appreciate their flavors, their natural goodness and yet, I get struck with a new blow.  One that makes me wonder how bad this earth really wants us to change, how much we have been ruining it along with ourselves.

My most recent visit to the doctor reveled that I am borderline diabetic.  Now, to be honest I have heard many people say they have been told this, but something in the talks with my doctor has opened my eyes to a change I must do and then much more.  I will explain.

Many of the foods we eat are not healthy for us, sure you knew that, but did you know some of the foods we can only afford are what is making us FAT?  Did you know that you are told it is health but in reality it is causing something to happen that we can understand, we can't grasp, and we can't fight?  Well, the last part is wrong.  My doctor was telling me some of the foods we eat actually build up a sugar level in our bodies and no matter how hard we work out we just can't fight it.  It stores in our bodies and begins the bulge we so strongly wish to defeat.  Ok, another sci-fi movie pun, but it really is true!

I again will be fighting to save my health and prevent a disease that is plaguing our country as well as our loved ones and we didn't know it was preventable this whole time.  Obesity has brought on this diabetic plague and has claimed body parts, illnesses, much more and in some cases death.  Why?  The answer lies in your refrigerator.  FOOD!

Now, let me just say I am no expert, but I am human and I will do like many...LEARN!  Learn to fight, learn to stand strong, and learn to defeat it before allowing it to get the best of me.  How?  Well, let's just say the old saying..."ONE DAY AT A TIME!"

Are you ready to journey with me?  One thing after another has struck me down but I refuse to lay down and take it.  Support of my fantastic wife, friends, fans, and family have kept me pushing harder and harder to beat each challenge I have been given.  So, let's fight this one too and together get healthier and stronger and hey, who knows, maybe even happier with ourselves.

First step, accept yourself for the way you are!  Remember you are your own worst critique and the only way you will be happy is when you are happy with yourself.  I admit it isn't easy looking in a mirror and saying I look like Jabba the Hut and I am happy with that.  (No I don't look that way, but I am using that as an example cause I say that about myself alot.)  So, what you have to do is look in the mirror and say, "Ok, I look this way now, I might have these problems now, but I AM going to get them under control and take back my life as I want it to be."  If you are happy with things now, then why change?  A great deal of people are NOT happy with themselves now and look for the answers out there and how to fight against them. 

Together we can.  People supporting each other, people encouraging each other, and people putting their foot down saying I AM going to change.  No, this is no 12 step program, this is grasping life by the hands and saying you WILL make a change.  Once you have done that, we can start with the next thing, talking about our foods.

Let me just say, if you have NOT like a Facebook page I started called Just Weight, you should.  I will post tips there.  I will post things that will help, but I will also try and I mean try my hardest to keep this blog going to encourage you (the reader) as long as you do me one favor.  If I miss posting, message me and tell me!  Together we can do this, we can lose weight, we can gain strength, and we can take our lives back! 
ARE YOU WITH ME?

Personal Blog Journey Day 5

I know what you are asking, "Where is day 4? Why did it skip to day 5?"  There happens to be a couple of reasons.  First and most important was I skipped taking some meds, not the ones for the thyroid but some other important pills.  Anyway, I reaped the results of that from aching joints, to extreme swelling, to pure BLAH and in the end nothing happened in the day.

Oh yes, I went on the air and I sounded great, but behind the scenes I was in major pain and begging for it to go away.  Not the first time I have gone on the air like that and I am sure it won't be the last.  To be honest I always think of you fans first.  You guys are what keep me going with the station, the shows, and anything else that you like.  You guys are awesome and deserve great things like last nights show.  WOW, I will say it was a blast.

Today, I am doing better and feeling a small amount of joint pain.  The nerves in my legs aren't screaming so that is another good sign.  I was planning to get out in the yard, but it is hard to tell what the weather is gonna do.  Looks like the skies are going to break open and unleash a watery wrath on us.  So, I will just take it easy today and plan out the show tonight as well as get more podcasts up for you guys.

Hopefully, you are liking these blogs and honestly, if you have questions or would like to know more things, tell me, either here or on Facebook.  Either way, I will respond.  Also, get ready, I am about to start another kind of blog, more of a story.  Details coming soon.

One more thing, would you rather a daily or weekly report?  Dailies can be tough to do, but I would like to hear from you.

Personal Blog Journey Day 3

Day 3:

I woke up feeling more energetic today and ready to face the world.  The funny thing was I fell back to sleep two hours later.  However, I think my body is finally adjusting to all the meds and I am getting more energy.  I know it isn't all that I should have but it is enough to start doing things.  Big plan with this is, weather permitting, I will try to get out and cut the yard some.  I know I will look funny doing it with a cane, but at least it will get cut.  It's a jungle out there.

I ate spinach today and with no salt... I think I remember why I gagged on it as a kid.  To tell the truth the best thing you can add to it is vinegar.  Oh the flavor is divine!  If you haven't tried it you should.  When you get the right amount of vinegar on it you will know, too much oh you will know.

I did cheat and grabbed a soda, but it is just one.  Felt a touch of a headache coming on so I thought I would try the soda and see if that was the cause.  I have also noticed I am getting hungrier than normal.  I mean I really don't eat that much, but lately I feel like I could devour a whole buffet and not be satisfied.  It is almost like I am gaining a new appetite for food.  My fear is I would give in and ruin the chances of losing weight.  Any Ideas?

Personal Blog Journey Day 2

Day 2:

Already from the time I woke up to now I could tell today is going to be one of those sluggish days.  I push myself to get things done because I know they have too, but if I really did as my body feels I would still be in bed.  I am sure the slow rain outside doesn't help any with the gloomy, coolness it is giving off.  It is a lazy day, however, I am pushing to move around and get through the day.

My wife made fajitas today and as the taste buds are waking up I could so taste the onion and bell pepper she added to them.  It was again a party in my mouth telling me what I have been missing with the salt.  I do warn who ever decides to try and cut the salt out of their life, keep bananas handy or you will suffer some nasty cramps. 

Funny thing with this sluggish feeling I have, ideas are coming to my mind.  More of a lazy man product, you know those products, the grabber to reach across for an item or even a remote so we don't get up to change the channel.  Heck I remember asking my father why don't we get the TV with a remote.  He said "Why you are my remote, now go change the channel."

Ideas are a good thing, at least they keep me thinking and planning what to do when I get those spurts of energy and move forward.  Today, well, I am reserving my energy some to make sure the shows go off tonight without fail.  Let's see what tomorrow brings, I hope enough to be productive on some major projects.

Personal Blog Journey Day 1

For some time I have had this blog page and never had a creative use for it.  Many of you have sent me messages suggesting I should take you on a journey and many of you have asked about my health.  Why not take a journey on both?  I am really not one to talk much about myself, but after having this last surgery and getting to know more about life, I feel it would be great to share both with you.

Today is actually the 31st day since I had the surgery removing the two tumors and my thyroid.  The scar still heals and even itches as it heals but that isn't what has made this an interesting journey thus far.  The first night they let me eat and the nurses were telling me I was to totally take salt out of my meals.  Salt?  One nurse described to me it would cause me to bloat up and swell, a function that our thyroids help prevented.

31 days later and ZERO salt picked up, things have changed.  Who would really look at salt as being so bad since it added so much flavor to your food?  I mean do we really think things taste that bad so we throw a blizzard of salt on our food?  I would say yes to that at the way I have seen people of this last month drowning their food in salt.

To be honest, I thought I was going to go crazy not having salt on my food, not getting that familiar flavor that I so craved.  Ok, I never really drowned my food in it, but I did use it enough to tell a difference when I don't use it. Food started to taste bland and sometime just horrible, but I am doing my body good according to them.

Today, 31 days salt free, I ate a raw carrot and for the first time I tasted this carrot like never before.  It was like FOOD PORN!  I know that sounds bad, but when you are starving and you watch some cooking show you are doing some wild things too that many would tell you looks just like porn.  My taste buds dances and celebrated a flavor I have long forgotten.  Sure I have eaten carrots before, but when you dowse your food in salt your taste buds seem to die off and food doesn't taste the same.  However, now that I have gone this long I have started seeing many different changes in food and drinks.

Two days ago, I drank my first Dr. Pepper since surgery.  I vowed to just totally cut them out, but his headache hit me hard and nothing would take it away.  Someone suggested a soda and so I opened a Dr. Pepper.  WOW, the flavor was out of this world.  I taste it like never before and it was like winning the lottery in your mouth.  (FYI, I never finished the drink but it did take the headache away.)  The very next day I wanted to experiment with taste since I could see things were different already so I tasted a Coke.  Again a huge WOW in my mouth as I realized that soda is very strong flavored.  Now I can see why they say if you put a screw in one over night it would be eaten up by the Coke.  Don't know how true it is, but I will say the flavor was powerful and totally different.So I guess the interesting news there is our food has many amazing flavors without us changing them with salt.

As for health, I would lie if I told you I was 100%, I don't think I will ever be, but I will say I see changes there too.  For example, the tumors on my thyroid destroyed many things for me such as giving me neuropathy along with other unhealthy bouts in my body.  I got mood swings, changes that affected others, and some changes that well, I will never get to take back.  I will say that I am getting a better use of my legs back and don't suffer as much pain in them as I did before and I have less numbness in them too.

A major side effect from all this is I have a large Vitamin D deficiency.  What does that mean you ask? It means for my body, I will get sluggish and sleepy quite a bit, they say the calcium won't absorb as it should, and other things.  They do plan on attacking it, but it won't be until they see how the thyroid replacement meds work on my system.  Once they have some idea there they can attack the Vitamin D problem and hopefully get me back on my feet and running circles once again.

I will try to do this daily as many say I should, and I am sure it won't be as long as the first but it could be fun and maybe a learning process for myself and others who may be in the same boat.  Maybe it might even help someone who like me didn't know they had tumors on their thyroid until they were extremely large.

So comment, let me know what you think, ask questions, or what ever you feel, I will respond, and like I said, hopefully we can learn together.

2012 and Health

As many of you may or may not know a great deal of my health issues look to have revolved around 2 tumors that were growing on my thyroid.  This past Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, I had major surgery removing the tumors and the thyroid.

According to the doctor the largest tumor was about the size of his fist.  That is large!  The good news is, it was NOT cancer and I will be ok.  Now it is healing time.  According to what I have learned about the origin of this tumor and the effects it had on my body I may recover through some of the major health issues that it plagued on me over the years.

They said that the tumor literally absorbed all the chemicals my thyroid was to produce and caused neuropathy in my legs, created a HIGH amount of calcium in my kidneys creating massive stones, and many other issues.  I don't share much of my health issues with everyone, but for those who have heard me on the shows I have discussed these.

So you ask, what does this all mean now?  First, I start recovery.  They say it will be 6 to 8 weeks before I really can start normal routines.  However, this doesn't mean I can't write or even start something new, like focusing on a blog.  Also, 2012 is the year that many things GREAT will happen.  Finally the return of "The Mortal Vampire" book, some releases of other books, and don't forget TMV Cafe!   If you haven't been there yet, you are missing out on the growth of the station and the amazing family that is uniting together.

I love my fans!  To be honest without you guys anyone that is anything doesn't go anywhere without fans.  I try my best to dedicate everything I do for you guys.  If I fail in areas I learn from you and improve in the next section.  So to be honest it is all because of YOU that I will be trying new things this year including a blog section that I have neglected over time.

You tell me, what would you like of a blog?  What is interesting to you and what would make it the ideal thing?

Pairanormal Friday, February 25, 2011

Last time we discussed Movie Curses and how they affected those around them. The question still remains can they travel outside of the film? What if you knew a car from a movie was cursed, would you still buy it? Props and more leave the sets and are sold to people regularly, could that curse be given to you and if so what could you do? 


Join us as our Special Guest, Best Selling, Award Winning, Author Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc sits down with us and talks about these curses and more.  Andrea has been an AMAZING and THRILLING guest in past shows and she returns by popular demand to help us continue this topic.


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Introducing...

Who is EW Bradfute? 

EW is an Author, Screen Play Writter, Producer and Radio host. He has become a name in both Hollywood and Radio. You can hear EW's voice regularly on Pairanormal a internet radio show he produces 2 nights a week.

"Mr. Bradfute is a mysterious storyteller that captured my attention from the start. The ending left me wanting more, because I honestly still have no idea who the Mortal Vampire truly is! The Mortal Vampire: Second Bite is the first book in a Suspense/Thriller series that I would highly recommend and will definitely be reading as the stories seek another victim. Mr. Bradfute is a new name to the literary world and I know we will be hearing more from him in the future!" Crystal of Crystal's Book Reviews.

"The Slasher by E.W. Bradfute reminded me of my college days, of those scary walks across campus late at night, where every shadow hid a possible axe murderer and a falling leaf would have me skittering for cover." Author Ann B. Keller

Review on Screenplay

"I liked this one...kept my interest until the end with a twist to boot. I felt like I was watching a Sunday night who dunnit mystery. A vampire is on the loose in San Antonio...he sucks the victims' blood in daylight. Massive numbers of bodies are found dead with the same mo...including the police captain's son and a newbie officer. Weird things happen and all seem to center around the local hospital. There's a shooting scene at the hospital, a martial arts fight between the vampire and a dude, a severe car crash and lots of scene changes to support the plot." Purrarri Pictures

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