[Homestead] Anti-Doctor
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Tue Dec 9 12:47:45 EST 2008
Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> I watch my mother's doctors do that all the time. They look up the
> symptoms, give her a medication, then 2 more to counteract the side
> effects. She has total trust in doctors and doesn't ever question
> anything they do. She just had a radical mastectomy because they
> found one tiny nodule...they removed it in a biopsy, and it was
> cancerous, to they took the whole breast, even though nothing else
> showed up in a mamogram or MRI. I guess they figured that at 92, she
> didn't need the breast anymore. I tried to question it, but was
> roundly 'shushed' by the doctor and my mother.
>
> I take a lot of responsibility for my health; I just don't go to
> doctors. I know my blood pressure and blood sugar. I have a family
> history of diabetes, so I've already adopted a sensible diet and
> exercise program before it starts...my grandmother didn't show any
> signs of diabetes until she entered a nursing home at 97 years old
> and ate the crap food there.
>
> I like the principles of Chinese medicine, and just this week found a
> (sort of) local practitioner...if I need help, that's where I'd go.
> Their holistic approach appeals to me so much more than Western
> medicine's approach.
So Lynn, if you, tomorrow, found a lump in your breast or armpit, which
medical route would you choose, knowing that your mother had breast
cancer...
B
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“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to
hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
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