Glenn Beck Describes His Medical Tests
- Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:05am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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For the most part, Glenn Beck knows what he doesn’t have: cancer, lupus, or secret Diet Coke nanobots eating through his system. On his radio show Wednesday, Beck updated his listeners regarding his stay at Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute over the last four days, and said his medical problems are not life-threatening.
Beck explained that he may have Raynaud’s disease (which could explain the lack of feeling in his hands and feet) and small fiber neuropathy, but didn’t speculate as to the cause of either. The Raynaud’s he described as “common,” while the neuropathy, he added, could be “kind of dicey.”
For now, doctors do not know what is causing partial paralysis of his vocal chords. But, Beck said, they think the issue could be a virus, instead of a problem with a “major nerve” in his head.
“I had two MRIs, two CAT scans and then I was going into the PET scan, and they said, ‘We’ve read all of the others we don’t think you have cancer,” Beck told listeners on Wednesday.
“I want you to know that I’m not dying,” he assured.
(Editor’s note: the above information was added as an update. The original story and the video clips are posted below.)
Needles, electric shock, and radioactive isotopes. Glenn briefly discussed his recent medical tests on Wednesday’s** radio program, while promising more details in the coming days (including what doctors did and didn’t find)*:
*UPDATE:
Glenn couldn’t keep his listeners in the dark for long, and decided to update them on what he may or may not have:
**The comments occurred on Wednesday’s radio show, not Monday’s as was originally reported.
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Comments (446)
LovinUSA
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:32amBless you sweet man, we all look forward to seeing and hearing from you a million,trillion more times …. God is by your side, we have asked this of him, ps; loved the picture with the Boo boo !!! Keep your chin up better days are getting closer!!!! xoxoxoxoxo
Report Post »rdk
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:31amWell, we know for sure that you are alive and kicking. Sometimes it is good to just sit back, relax and smell the roses.
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:29amThe half Obama refers to Glen, is the half that has caught onto what he is doing to us, and who he really is, he was not expecting people to find him out so readily, he underestimated the AMERICAN PEOPLE the ones with the natural born citizenship certificates….The people called “WE THE PEOPLE”…..
Report Post »maxstout
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:27amMay God in Heaven bless you Mr. Beck with the miracle of healing!
Report Post »You are ALWAYS in my prayers and I am Thankful for you!
LovinUSA
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:35amDitto !!!
Report Post »Iliketea
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:55amLike wise !
Report Post »Teribssn
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 1:13pmTriple Ditto! Prayer works Miracles!
Report Post »Mike777
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:26amGod bless you Glenn.
Report Post »Jack Rackham
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:25amYou and your family are in our thoughts and prayers Glenn.
Report Post »Stacey
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:25amWe Love You Glenn.
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:23amMr Beck I am keeping my prayers for you and your family in the ones that I give to the Almighty; indeed it is good that some major things have been eliminated – cancer especially according to your radio show, Equaljustice is right that all of your home enviornment may need to be checked, my sister survived heavy metal poisioning that had leeched into her house water.
I wish only the best for you and your family; let the spirit of the Almighty insipire, guide, and protect you.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
swigs
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:22amThink Positive and eat your veggies…
Report Post »:)
broker0101
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:22amGlenn will prove to be an unimaginable embarrassment to his disciples… I mean followers…. I mean fans.
Stacey
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:29am…..huh….you mean like you are?!
Report Post »Kataklysmic
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:55amOh, concern troll is concerned…how sweet.
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:22amBroker, apparently your mother didn’t teach you “YOU CAN’T SHAME TRUTH.”
Report Post »CrystalClear
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 12:43pmBroker of stupidity? Another useful idiot on the march. “Yes we can” – remain useful idiots forevermore.
Report Post »icansayit
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 1:36pmBroker0101. Sorry to learn about how your parents never had children.
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 1:45pmMy guess is that Broker is trading in souls because it looks like he lost his in the latest market crash.
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 2:13pmTrolling a thread like this is like being the ‘smartest’ guy who habitually ate paint chips as a kid.
Report Post »Mozarker
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 2:29pmBroker, as my old buddies on construction work used to say about folks like you . . . . “The best part of him ran down his Momma’s thigh.”
stingerhp
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 4:56pmSuch a dolt…………..
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 5:52pmHow did your parents get through it?
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 6:06pmBroker sounds like he needs some attention today, poor little fellow. Semper Fi.
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriotJoey
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 8:03pmNot a chance!
Report Post »Ahhsick0
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 2:19amI like how these FOOLS make this FALSE PROFIT richer and riche. But let’s be honest, it’s not diet drinks, disease or even drugs and alcohol……IT’S GOD TRYING TO STOP THE FALSE PROFIT
Report Post »aarongarn
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:54amThose of you who don’t like Glenn, listen or watch Glenn every day for two weeks, then see how you feel about him. If you’re right about him, your viewpoint should only be strengthened. But if you’re wrong, you will look back on those days as a turning point in your life. Either way, you win. Give it a try.
Report Post »Testdrive08
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:22amJust hope it’s not MS. I wish that you could rest more and be in conflict less. That you could feel balanced in thought and heart. Just know that we are all with you and HEAR you. Thank you for all you do. Remember…. your health is the only thing you can control. xxx Now GO REST.
Report Post »will
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:20amKeep the faith Glenn. Our prayers are with you.
Report Post »IGRAMAF
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 12:38pmYes! We are praying for you Glenn, please get well we need you
Report Post »theninthplanet
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:19amHopefully the nanobots inside of you unionize, and they’ll go on strike and get nothing done.
RightUnite
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:34amReally???? Got lame???
Report Post »countrysideflair
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 1:42pmThis is the difference between liberals and conservatives. Conservatives pray and do what they can to help everyone that is hurting… Liberals just hope you die fast and get out of their way.
Report Post »NDSue
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 3:22pmI’m thinking that rightunite and countrysideflair are overreacting, and that theninthplanet was not slamming Glenn.
If Glenn jokes that “secret Diet Coke nanobots (are) eating through his system,” then it’s perfectly OK to wish that “Hopefully the nanobots inside of you unionize, and they’ll go on strike and get nothing done.”
Theninthplanet: Are you saying you hope they (the nanobots) FAIL? How dare you!
Report Post »(sarc – for the literalists out there!)
Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 4:37pmSounds like you have a nano-brain, it’s a problem with all idiot liberals (socialists). Semper Fi.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 5:51pmdude…that was funny… :)
Report Post »aarongarn
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:43amWhat lame? Calm down. That was funny.
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:19amI love Glenn. Hope everything turns out good for him. He should have left out the Nagasaki comments though. That’s nothing to joke about.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 1:37amIt was 65 years ago and a half a world away. Wasn’t as insensitive as you make it sound.
Report Post »Besides, I’ve already heard 9/11 jokes from SNL… the very city that was affected 10 years earlier.
smokie
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 2:16pmThat’s what they tell you at the lab. They use Nagasaki as a comparison. Don‘t know if it’s in the technical pamphlet, but they said this to me, too.
Report Post »theninthplanet
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:17amMMMM…. diet coke is delicious….
Report Post »babyboomer57
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:43pmYes it is delicious. I was reading the comments and wondered why are so many of us being nosy about Mr. Beck’s personal health? It is none of our business, but since I can comment, I hope you get to feeling better soon Glen Beck. I need to attend your History classes.
Report Post »istillbelieveinmyUSA
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:17amGlenn check your inner circle, be careful of those closest to you….
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:49amhmmm…….. Trust no one…….??? This is a very sad world. 2 Timothy 3:1-7
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:17amJeez! Glenn if what‘s wrong with you doesn’t get to you first, sounds like the tests are gonna do you in! Make sure those doctors aren‘t working for Obama’s new healthcare Czar!
Seriously, hope all things work out well for you and they find out what is wrong and have a plan for a cure.
All my prayers and well wishes to you…
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:17amMy bet is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with Glenn physically.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:38amI know personally that STRESS can cause a host of physical problems and reactions that are unexplainable from a medical position. I can only imagine how much stress he is in. Glenn, take a vacation with you and your family. It will help, I’m sure,
Report Post »charliego
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:44amDitto to Whitefang’s reply comment
USNRET04
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:13amAdd your comments
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:14amI’m guessing it is aspartame, from his diet soda he drinks. I had a family member who was extremely ill for years, and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. She started with some of these same symptoms Glenn has experienced, and it evolved into something far more severe.
She couldn’t walk more than a few feet without resting, she couldn’t talk but for a whisper, and her eyesight was very bad, among many other serious health issues that arose over time. This is a girl who was very healthy before the symptoms started. She drank 2-3 diet Cokes a day and used other aspartame products like sweeteners in her coffee and sugar free gum. It took about a year for her health to come back, but now she is 100% healthy, with the only dietary change being no aspartame.
USNRET04
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:18amSo, what exactly are you implying?
Report Post »Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:19amDid you notice he started complaining about tingling and numbness about the time he started working out? I’m just saying.
Report Post »Get well soon Glenn, we’re praying for you.
A1955Rosie
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:21amThere are many a patriot that PRAY you’re correct.
Report Post »dusanmal
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 12:07pm@Rogue comment on Aspartame … Possible, in my country of origin (and some other places) all drinks with aspartame carry warning label as to “do not consume more than 2 liters per day, larger amounts can be toxic”. Mr Beck by his own account does consume large amounts of Coke Zero which has this in it.
RCScrolls
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 12:23pmSame thing started with me when I was 45-46 just older age,
Report Post »im 52 now everything of life just takes a toll on our bodies
Brooke Lorren
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 2:30pmI have personally experienced aspartame poisoning myself. For me, it affected my memory. I thought that I was getting early onset Alzheimer’s in my 20s. I couldn’t remember the names of kids in my day care class, where I put my cars; I couldn’t even keep straight the characters in the Lord of the Rings movie as I was watching it. I would read a paragraph and couldn’t remember what I just read. After one weekend of not consuming aspartame, my memory slowly started to come back. I’ve been aspartame-free for six years now, and my memory is a lot better.
All of Glenn Beck’s symptoms are symptoms associated with aspartame poisoning. There are more than 92 of them. Would it really hurt him to switch to regular Coke for a week to test it out? Artificial sweeteners are actually worse than sugar for people that are trying to lose weight. I don’t think the vision can come back, but the numbness of the hands could start going away if that is the problem.
I also have a friend who used to black out about 30 or 40 times a month. It was aspartame poisoning. She stopped drinking Diet Coke, and now she only blacks out 7 or 8 times a year.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5888166/is_glenn_beck_suffering_from_aspartame.html?cat=5 ~ how aspartame could match Beck’s symptoms
http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html ~ some of the 92+ side effects associated with aspartame
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 2:38pmI forgot where I put my car keys that is… not cars. It wasn’t that bad, lol. At the time I only had one car anyway.
Report Post »PowerPC
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 8:51pmPeople with Auto-Immune disorders are susceptible to Aspertame poisining and other side affects caused by this chemical. If Glenn has an auto-immune disorder the best thing he could do is to quit drinking that junk. I will not touch a diet drink no matter what sweetener it has in it. I have a recently diagnosed auto-immune disorder which can be deadly. I am not going to speed things along drinking a man made sweetner in a soda. I cannot blame sweetners for my condition since i have never liked diet drinks simply because they taste like a can full of chemicals.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:16amYou are still in our prayers Glenn
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:24amUntameable Kate thanks for the support yesterday of my artwork. I also hope for the swift recovery of Mr Beck.
Report Post »charliego
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:39amKate–I missed ‘the artwork’ of snowleapord3200. Can you repeat the URL? thanks, charliego
Report Post »charliego
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:43amKate,I found the URL in snowleapord’s earlier post, thanks. Will take a look-see and reserve judgement until viewing
Report Post »istillbelieveinmyUSA
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:16amYeah, like slick Willie knows anything about “sane” behavior or what is publicly acceptable…
Report Post »Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:15amGodspeed Mr. Beck. I truly hope you feel better soon…
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 11:20amWell put Vespucci. My sentiments exactly.
Report Post »lainab
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:14amWe are ALL praying for your swift recovery, Glenn!
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:13amGod Bless you Glenn our prayers are with you
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 3:32pmGlenn — glad you are back ..
Prayers for you and your family.
Report Post »butler180
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:13amYou and your family are in my prayers.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:12amWe are praying for your health Glenn.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 12:18pmAbsolutely – Be well Glenn!
Report Post »heebster
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 12:46amDoes he really feel the need to air this publicly?
Thank God he’s rich enough to afford all those medical tests.
JJ Coolay
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 1:32amHeebster, do you need to ask that question? Seein how he DID air it publicly, I’m guessing he did in fact feel the need to do so.
I think given the fact that he is a pretty big personality, maybe he feels he owes it to his audience to let them know how he’s faring. And why not?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 1:33amBy the way… ever heard of health insurance?
Report Post »Joseph_Plumb_Martin
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 1:34amOdd,peripheral neuropathy can be caused to long term drug and alcohol abuse
JJ Coolay
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 1:38amJoseph… not sure if you know Glenn’s past or not, but he is a recovering drug and alocholic addict.
huufarted
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 1:59amSTFU and bite me heepster you left wing plant. Gawd i hate twits !!!
chernor alpha yayah bundu
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 2:06ammay allah grant you good health and long life you and your family are in my five daily prayers every day amin
lbteacher
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:59amI am praying for you and your family!!
djpiquette
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 7:19amBe Well Glen. Take care of yourself because your doing the Lord’s work here in this time of tribulation.
Report Post »Keep it up.
GeneralGeorgeHThomas
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:21amYou are 100% correct Heebster! He should be poor so the taxpayer could pay for them!
Report Post »karij
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:20amThere are those of us who are grateful to Glenn and care about his well being. He knows this, and so he tells what is going on because he considers us his extended “family”. My life has changed profoundly since I found Glenn Beck. I want to know how he’s doing. He needs to stay strong so he can continue to lead this “Great Awakening” of the American people. Please take care of yourself Glenn! I am proud to be a member of your peaceful army….sending peace, love and prayers your way.
chickenhead
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 12:11pmOne day at a time brother,God willing!
Report Post »tammylynn
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:32pmPraying for your health Glenn!
Report Post »Heebster, you make a great point for those of us against Obamacare…only the rich will be able to afford the tests and treatment that the health care system will not be willing to give…Britains have even been denied provided medications if they dare seek tests or treatment outside of the system. Many have lost their lives because they can‘t afford to go out of the system and the system won’t provide what is needed when it is needed.
MimiR
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:31pmThe most common cause of peripheral neuropathy is Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, one of the most common heritable conditions in the US, of which you are undoubtedly ignorant. But thanks so much for accusing my grandmother of being a drug addict. What kind of hateful person ARE you?
Report Post »LiveLifeHealthy
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:54amI believe Glen is a force for good in this Nation
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:35amMy prayer is for his soul! that Glenn would come to know Jesus, has He is revealed in the Bible, and not in the “book of Mormon”, which is NOT God’s revelation. I pray that Glenn gets saved !!
What good would it do for anyone to be delivered from some life threatening illness, only to be cast into a “devil’s hell”, (having not receive the “gift” of the Holy Ghost, Salvation”) at the end of their life??
eternity is coming, and with it Heaven or Hell, its one or the other for everyone leaving “THIS” life??
Bruce // servant to King Jesus
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