This is the best clarity I can provide regarding where I'm coming from, dear HN & patrix,
Like the character Brooks in
Shawshank Redemption we’re all institutionalized. We’ve become so accustomed to being told what to do by allopathic authorities that once we break free of their clutches we feel lost to a certain extent. We tend to gravitate towards the leadership of anti-establishment figures for guidance to fill in the power vacuum. In so doing, we feel the need to tout the virtues of our new leader to others. Telling them how they should live and what they should eat (The King is dead. Long live the new King.). Big mistake.
Personal health is a personal journey. We should be able to make choices free of coercion from others and not feel the need to coerce others. We should tell others what works for us personally not what will work for them. Who am I to tell you how to live? Instead, I’ll tell you how I live by sharing my personal experiences.
This time last year I had a routine annual checkup with my primary care provider. She’s a lovely well intentioned person. My first visit I provided a blood/urine sample and went back two weeks later for the results.
Her: Overall, your numbers look good (Whatever that means).
Me: Right on.
Her: Your LDL (“Bad” cholesterol), however, is slightly high so I’m going to prescribe—
Me: No thanks.
Her: Excuse me?
Me: Sorry, doc, but I don’t believe in “bad” cholesterol.
Her: What do you mean?
Me: I mean I don’t believe in “bad” cholesterol and don’t feel the need to lower it with statins. Not to mention their negative “side” effects, you know?
Her: (Smirking) Are you sure?
Me: (Smiling) Positive.
Her: OK.
She knows better than to ask me about vaccinations. You may be wondering why I have healthcare insurance and why I don’t avoid allopathic medicine altogether. That’s because I believe there is a place for it. Allopathic medicine is emergency medicine and nothing else. If I get in a catastrophic car accident, then my life could be saved by an ER surgeon. Outside of emergency care there’s no place for allopathy in healthcare. Not only do they not know the first thing about keeping you healthy, they’re (inadvertently) most responsible for getting you sick in the first place.
Iatrogenic
adjective
1. relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment.
Same time last year I went in for an eye exam. The optometrist was a nice enough guy. I filled out a bunch of paperwork and went into the examination room. Right off the bat he told me that everything sight-wise falls apart after 40 we just have to learn to deal with it… He checked my eyes and had me read the charts. Then he proceeded to type away on his keyboard.
Me: So what’s the prognosis, doc?
Him: You’re not too bad.
Me: The numbers, doc. What are the numbers?
Him: You’re 20/20 near and farsighted.
Me: Cool. So I’m good to go?
Him: (Pointing to a selection of glasses) Your insurance covers all of these. They’re basically “over-the-counter.” You know, just in case you have trouble reading the back of a credit card.
Me: I’ll pass. But thanks anyway.
Him: Are you sure? They’re free.
Me: I’m positive. But thanks just the same.
Suffice to say, if I’d started using the glasses then my eyesight would slowly begin to deteriorate and I’d need stronger glasses which would further deteriorate my vision necessitating even stronger glasses.
I don’t believe in good-bad cholesterol, bacteria, fungi, etc. Authority isn’t my truth. Truth is my authority. I try to keep it simple.
Vaccines are the "gateway drug" that suck us into allopathic hell in early childhood and pharmaceutical medications further accelerate the downward spiral.
In the not too distant future general practitioners will go the way of the “dinosaur.” It will be specialists across the board. Moreover, the diagnosis of “diseases” will be performed by computers. Currently, MRI reports are computer generated.
People say, “Wow it’s like
The Matrix. The machines are taking over.”
I say it’s more like the hospital scene from
Idiocracy. The created can never surpass their creator. They’re only taking over if we think they can take over. Speaking of
Idiocracy, all these arguments over microorganisms remind me of the rubes’ fascination with electrolytes.
Seriously, WTF are electrolytes?
Happy New Year everyone.
