Re: Your not sick your making it up!

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Greetings Bob,

Unfortunately, the " all in your head " myth was

actually a part of much standard medical literature in

the U.S. over 30 years ago. It's part of the old

adage: " You can't unring a bell! "

Of course, any physician who still clings to this

obsolete idea obviously hasn't updated him or herself

for over 3 decades and needs to spend more time on

current medical updates.

Naturally, there are few M.D.'s who still hold to this

old dx, but there apparently remains many lay persons

who have not forgotten or are still reading outdated

sources. These may be the same people who think that

'alternative' medicine makes more sense than modern

science and that homeopathic meds can cure all ills.

Sure, the " all in your head " advocates are also lazy

copouts, not wanting to have to be responsible, caring

relatives and friends, so that they can shift all the

concern for your serious medical condition back to you

and rationalize that there is nothing that they can do

to help.

If anyone has an " all in your head " problem, it is the

one's that are in denial over our very real Still's

Disease suffering.

Of course, the level of general medical education in

U.S. society is alarming and the unbelievable

unaffordable medical care costs leaves way to many

unable to afford contacting their docs to ask

questions concerning other members of their social

contact group.

All we can do is suggest websites that present concise

explanations about the seriousness of our disease.

It's always difficult when dealing with persons that

think they know more than doctors without researching

information themselves.

Cort

--- " Bob (Old Goat) Himes "

wrote:

> Hi Folks:

> Hopefully Ya'll will receive this e-mail

> tonight? We just

> arrived home this afternoon and I am somewhat out of

> sorts as I am in quite

> a bit of pain as I drove the entire way from PA to

> FL and it rained all the

> way to GA. Of course we took three days and two

> nights to make the trip and

> I am mentally and physically beat! I have a lot of

> e-mails to answer and a

> lot of thank you cards to send out and I will get

> started on them ASAP. What

> I did want to address is KIRKs problem of Family not

> wanting to acknowledge

> that he is sick. We had the very same problem when

> my Daughter was so sick

> with STILLS and they all kept telling her it was all

> in her head and she was

> making it up. Not her mother and I but her in laws

> who are very, very aware

> of what transpired now. It's just a shame that she

> had to DIE for them to

> realize that she really WAS SICK!!! KIRK if that's

> what it is going to take

> for them to realize that you are sick, tell them to

> go P..s Up a rubber rope

> If I had their address I would write them a letter

> and if you wish me to

> do so I will? Let me get off my soap box right now

> and try to get some rest

> as I haven't had much sleep either as I have seen

> that you haven't either so

> folks take care and be pain. We LOVE Ya'll!

>

> " WE WILL WIN "

> Love Ya'll

> " NEVER FIGHT FAIR "

> Bob & Carole

> Dad & Mom

> Panama City, FL

> Please visit the International Stills Disease

> Foundation Inc Web Site at www.stillsdisease.org/.

> Please make all tax deductible donations to the all

> volunteer, International Stills Disease Foundation

> Inc .,1123 S. Kimbrel Ave. Panama City, FL 32404.

> Thanks!

>

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