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As-Salaam-Alaikum:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Most Merciful.

I bear witness that there is no God but He and

Muhammad is His Messenger

November 4, 2008 

Dear Believers,

            After this, I intend to make 2 or possibly 3 statements on Aphasia that I’m, by the help of Allah, overcoming. After that I don’t plan on continuing this. And I’m thinking about saying nothing further about my health—period.

Now, in this one, I intend to make very clear what ‘Conduction Aphasia’ is. This will not cover everything, because I am not a doctor. Then there is continuous research still going on regarding the brain. The fact that aphasia is rare is important. Only a small number of people have it. The scientist states that only a little over a million people in this country suffer from this condition. The type of aphasia I have is called conduction aphasia and is the rarest. The number of people who suffer from this type of Aphasia is 3-5 percent of that one million persons, according to the scientist.

What is conduction aphasia? Taken from www.neurology.health-cares.net/conduction-aphasia. “Conduction aphasia is a relatively rare form of aphasia, caused by damage to the nerve fibres connecting Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas (arcuate fasciculus). Conduction aphasia, also called associative aphasia, is rather uncommon. Individuals with conduction aphasia are unable to repeat words, sentences, and phrases. Speech is fairly unbroken, although individuals may frequently correct themselves and words may be skipped or repeated. Although able to understand spoken language, it may also be difficult for the individual with conduction aphasia to find the right word to describe a person or object. The impact of this condition on reading and writing ability varies. As with other types of aphasia, right-sided weakness or sensory loss may be present.”

Conduction aphasia is a disruption in the nerve fibers that connects the two centers in the brain for language. In order to speak normally, both language centers have to communicate with each other. In order for the language center to communicate is has to do it via the nerve fibers. A person with conduction aphasia can regain their normal speech pattern if speech therapy is started in time. After a brain injury or a stroke, the body automatically goes into a spontaneous healing, depending upon the health of the person prior to the injury of the brain, will determine how far the spontaneous healing will go. Shortly after the spontaneous healing, it is very important to get into speech therapy to further advance the spontaneous healing and possibly turn the condition around.

Research is ongoing.

Another, problem, in my case, recently, it was discovered that one of my vocal fold (cord) is 95 percent paralyzed. It was caused by the stroke I suffered last year. I am also getting therapy for it. This has to do with my voice volume and voice output. I find that kind of therapy so fascinating.

MORE ON APHASIA #4, ALLAH WILLING.

P.S.  “Time” and “tiredness” is involved when one is dealing, on any level, with a person (especially with a person in the early stages of overcoming this condition). I intend to go into something that I am only touching right now.

Generally, speaking and writing causes a person with aphasia, to experience extreme tiredness. It takes tremendous energy out of the person. A person with aphasia requires a lot more energy to speak and write. It also requires more time for that person to recuperate or recover from simply, speaking and writing.

Another factor is that therapy takes a lot of “time” and produces “tiredness” and requires time to recover from each session.

The context of this ‘problem’ ultimately has to be understood in terms of other aspects of my (or any other person’s) health condition.

As Salaam Alaikum,

Jabril Muhammad

As-Salaam-Alaikum:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

I bear witness that there is no God but He and

Muhammad is His Messenger.

October 20, 2008

Dear Believers,

 I’m calling this “Aphasia 2” because this is my second effort to help anyone who wants to understand what I’m going through, health wise—by the help of Allah. As I stated in my “public statement” I’m going through aphasia plus in terms of my health, and my effort to get well. I’m only dealing with aphasia, not the plus. In aphasia 1, I was only offering an introduction to what aphasia is, that anyone can get. I’m doing the same thing in aphasia 2.

Now, I’m asking the reader to go to: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lang.html. You will see another group who website, seeks to educate the public on an introduction to the different types of aphasia and what happens in the brain when a person speaks the written word or speaks heard word—such as you.

            By the help of Allah and His servant, the Christ I’m working to get where you are in terms of speaking and writing. Probably most of us have taken speaking and writing for granted, after we have become adults. But imagine being in my position where one day you wake up and you can’t speak or write. You can’t make emails. You can’t make phone calls, etc.

Now, how do you get out of that? As soon as I can, I will do aphasia 3; this will get you closer to where I am. A few months ago I was in a “group therapy” session. We were asked to get into a conversation/discussion on a question. It revolved around what do you find that is a problem as you are going through this condition. I was asked to speak first. Now, remember I’m sitting in a room with other people who have varying degrees of this same problem. The only persons in that room who did not have aphasia were the people who were helping us.

I stated that I find it very difficult to get others to understand this problem while you are yet, in the early stages of this condition.

If a person was to go to all of the websites regarding aphasia, that would not qualify you to really understand a person who is in this condition especially if you are not a doctor. It would qualify you to have an intelligent attitude towards a person who is in this condition. One of the first thing you will understand that a person is not insane or crazy.

As-Salaam-Alaikum,

Your brother and servant,

Jabril Muhammad

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                “Now, you may eat a lot of what you use to think was good “vitamin and protein” food but those vitamins and proteins are not there in the food anymore.

                “When the vitamins and proteins have been taken from natural food (where nature put them and where they should be eaten) you then do not have the original pure vitamins and proteins.

                “When the vitamins and proteins are chemically taken out of natural foods, it makes the food less valuable. The chemicals used to take out vitamins and proteins from their natural place in food and the chemicals used to keep and preserve the vitamins and proteins make it not safe for us to eat vitamins and proteins in pills and liquid form.

                “It is a pity that the good food is robbed for the sake of a commercial dollar.”

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From the Investigation report, I wrote: “I observed much while working in hospitals and saw that something terribly was wrong. I looked at what they were feeding the patients. I look at the many medications these patients were put on. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad words in How to Eat to Live were always on my mind, during the 14 years I worked in hospital settings. It became clear to me why these patients were not getting well and why we are seeing the same patients over and over again for the same problem.”

A friend of mine recently, stopped by my office and told me that she asked her primary care physician to recommend a nutritionist to her. She told me that her doctor told her that “there were no nutritionist around, and that insurance company does not pay for nutritionist.” Then she went on to say, that he told her, “the only way you could see one is when you’re admitted to the hospital.”

 She laughed when she told me this and remarked that her doctor just don’t want her to see one because if she does, she won’t’ have to see him again.

After she left, I thought deeply about her statement.  It was of great interest to me, because of what I learned in my own study when I was studying to become a Nutritionist and a Naturopathic Doctor.  

After observing what I did when I worked in various hospitals around the Phoenix area I thought on the fact that I always wanted to become a doctor since I was 5 years old and that’s  when I started reading How To Eat To Live book 1 and 2, by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

The American Dietetic Association, and its members, will vehemently contest what I have learned while studying to become a Nutritionist.

The American Dietetic Association licensed dieticians. Licensed dieticians mostly work in hospitals. Further on, Dr. Loomis then writes, “While licensed dietitians are competently trained, they are not generally available to the general public, unless a medical doctor refers a patient to them. But, much of their advice as members of the American Dietetic Association is suspect. The American Dietetic Association received $3.2 million in 1995 from Coca-Cola, M&M’s/Mars, McDonald’s, Sara Lee, the Sugar Association, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and its publications and practitioners often reflect bias in favor of these entities. So this brings us to the issue concerning the development of nutrition under medical control.”

It is Traditional Naturopaths and Certified Nutritionist, that has kept nutrition in the public domain, not buried in the archives of medical science to be used at the medical establishment’s convenience and contrivance, and has, so far, kept nutritional supplements and food from becoming prescription items. For me to practice nutrition—although I have my Bachelor of Science in Natural Health, Master of Science of Natural Health and Doctor of Naturopathy degrees—I still had to study further to become a Certified Nutritional Consultant (CNC).

I am, and have been among, those doctors in the fight with the American Medical Association, Food and Drug Administration and the Pharmaceutical Companies to stop the licensing laws, and give the consumer full rights to natural healing. We are in the process of stopping the passing of a bill that is in congress, right now, where they are trying to take all supplements off the market and make it so that you have to have a prescription. For instance, you will have to have a prescription to purchase vitamin C, vitamin B and multi vitamin etc.  The licensing law is designed to monopolized and control the field of Naturopath medicine and nutrition.

It was/is not my intention to by exhaustive in this article. And this is not an exhaustive one. It’s up to the reader, of this article, to make an informed decision when seeking out Alternative medicine practitioners. I hope that you will make a balanced effort in your research because your life or those you care for may depend on it. I do hope that the reader of this article has been stimulated to do further research.

I intend to follow up with part two as soon as I can, Allah willing.

Patina Muhammad ND, CNC.

A SHORT NOTE FROM BROTHER JABRIL:

As-Salaam-Alaikum:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the most Merciful.

I bear witness that there is no God but He and

Muhammad is His messenger.

September 25, 2008

Dear Believers,

          In Volume 27 No. 50 of The Final Call, I wrote three paragraphs that include this sentence. “I do not intend to spend your precious time writing about the condition (Aphasia) that Allah is blessing me to overcome. I intended to share this elsewhere, Allah willing.” I explained this in those paragraphs.

This is the “elsewhere” (www.cuttingedgeknowledge.org ) where I am now sharing this information.

          Let’s begin by going to The National Aphasia Association. This past January I was in the hospital when a nurse gave me some information of this association. I like what I read. I thought that whenever I was in a position I would, Allah willing, refer the reader to this information. Later, I intend to write why I chose this source to begin.

          Obviously, I am not a doctor, nor do I pretend to be one. I have learned, from personal experience, some doctors do not understand Aphasia.

I believe this is a good starting point to begin to clear away certain basic misconceptions about Aphasia. The people who wrote this material do not know me personally. Smile. But some, not all, of the information is relevant to my situation. Later I’ll explain this specifically, Allah willing.

To conclude, I saw at least two points in it I disagree with. I’ll get to that next time, by the help of Allah. Without some understanding of Aphasia, that I’m working to overcome, the reader lacks the reason why it took me a little over a week to finish this short statement.

Let us begin. Click here: www.aphasia.org.

          More to come, Allah willing.

          Jabril Muhammad

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As-Salaam-Alaikum:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the most Merciful.
I bear witness that there is no God but He and
Muhammad is His Messenger.
August 2008
Dear Believers,

I’ve made only a few public remarks of my health condition since I was hospitalized on February 8, 2007. These few remarks have appeared in the beginning of a very few of my articles and at the end of one article that appeared in our newspaper—The Final Call.

It did not occur to me that I would ever be compelled to make a public statement related to my health.

The basis of this statement originated on the second day after I woke up in the hospital on February 25, 2007.  I felt that it would be very educational. Moreover, I thought it would clear up some misunderstandings.

Allah blessed me to awake with a clear mind. When I awoke I saw my son, Elijah, Brother Cedric and Brother Charles. I saw them and I smiled. My first words were, “Where am I?” They answered. Then I asked, “How many days have I been here?” They answered. They told me, “Five days.” Then I said, “Well, I guess I’m not in Detroit.” We all laughed. I then asked them, “Is there anyway I can see the Minister Saviours’ Day Address?” They told me “Yes.” I was satisfied.

I was filled with gratitude to Allah and His Messiah that I was still alive, because I thought, that I might be able to do some good to help my Beloved Brother and the Nation.

Regardless to how clear my thinking was then or is now, due to aphasia—which was the effect of the stroke on February 18, 2007— I was unable to communicate (whether writing or speaking) as clear as I was able to prior to the stroke.

I learned that there are about 1 million people in America who have this condition. And then I learned that only about 3-5 percent of this 1 million have the type of aphasia I have—Conduction Aphasia. Read more click here