Personal Health Care/Personal Choices

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Lea, it's hard to find a MD who is schooled in both. Mind you, there

are medical doctors who are studying herbology, as we speak, because

so many people are asking about it. People are literally dying

waiting for surgery. It's so sad to me, when there's alternatives,

and they aren't told about it. This is an area that really stirs up

my " wrath of granny " .

When I was doing healing sessions years ago, a friend of mine came to

me and asked if I knew anything, or anyone that could help her

friend's daughter (14 yrs. old) dying of leukemia. I said, YES! and

said if her mom wants to contact me I'll put her in touch with some

alternative professionals that I knew personally that had great

results, over and over again. Her friend decided not to try anything

new and her daughter died months later. I was so sad & hurt,

imagining if it had been my daughter or son....I would go to the ends

of the earth for a cure. If they're going to die anyway, why not??? I

know fear plays a big part....and for the most part, IMHO (computer

lingo I learned from Rogene) the medical community does place fear in

people.

They told my son & wife to abort ...cuz he wouldn't live to

term. And when he was born...they said he would not live past 2 yrs.

old. He's 6 yrs. old now and just kickin' butt in life! How dare

they play God. It caused my son & daughter-in-law alot of stress and

unnecessary concern. The whole family was affected.

I don't have an ND here in Red Deer....frankly, because of finances.

Otherwise, I would. When I would ask my MD about taking a specific

herb, he wouldn't know anything about it. The pharmacists seem to be

up-to-date, quite nicely, I've noticed lately. There's a female

pharmacist at Wal-Mart here in Red Deer that is really

knowledgeable. I frequently ask her questions.

Last year, when I had spider bites, and a huge abscess - this was one

ugly reaction and I was not willing to go the Oil of Oregano route, I

thought my flesh was going to be eaten away!!!! I went to the ER and

was prescibed 2 meds at once. One was given to me before the IV

antibiotics...to make the drugs work better. Well, when I took my

prescription to the pharmacy to be filled (as I was coming in for IV

treatments 2x a day - and was to take the one med 1/2 hr. before my

IV)...the pharmacist looked up my file, as he was the one that had

the contract with the hospital in Sundre. He said, " Oh, oh...you

can't take these two together...it could shut down your kidneys. "

Oh, dear....and my left kidney is weak already. He said he'd phone

the doc and let him know.

I try to trust and stay positive, but these type of blunders have

happened to me too many times. So I am VERY cautious and ask alot of

questions. Also, when my step son Tony was 4 and choked, he was in

intensive care. I happened to be there with him when a nurse pulled

out a needle to give him. At the last second, the supervisor (nurse)

asked her, " what are you giving him? " She told her, and the

supervisor said, " WHAT!!! " He's supposed to have.........!

I am so concerned about the side effects of drugs, being so toxic and

all still. I'm going the natural route, unless I HAVE to take

something to save my life.

It's almost been 5 yrs. since my sister passed away, and

the " Tylenol " thing is still fresh in my memory.

We do have snow, and cold, cold winds. The termostat in my car went

on me the other day, so I haven't driven in 3 days. Today I took the

bus to do respite with Emma. It was fun and way less stressful than

dealing with the " crazed " Christmas shoppers out there right now!! LOL

God bless you and ....ALL-ways at ALL-times!

Love & thanks for listening - obviously I needed to share this,

Sunny xo

p.s. Hope I don't sound to " soap boxy " ...I need to take care of

myself in a way that I'm comfortable and feel safe.

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> Sunny, my doctors have taken me off all vitiamins because of the

blood- thinners. I used to take Vitiamin E and C, plus a multi vit.

and it could help my arthritis, but I need my doctors permission

first.....thank you.

>

> Do you have any SNOW, if not we will send you some...love you

too......Lea

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> Re: Re: CFS is real!

> >

> >

> >

> > CDC: Chronic fatigue syndrome is real

> > By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer

> > 11/27/2006

> >

> > A local medical director says the hardest part of getting

help

> can be

> > finding a physician who believes you.

> >

> > After years of ridicule and dismissal, chronic fatigue

syndrome

> sufferers

> > may feel validated since the U.S. government has declared the

> disease real.

> >

> > In early November, the national Centers for Disease Control

> launched an

> > awareness and educational campaign called, " Get Informed. Get

> Diagnosed. And

> > Get Help. " The campaign is aimed at educating patients and

> doctors about the

> > reality of chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS.

> >

> > Eighty percent of an estimated 1 million Americans with the

> disease do not

> > know they have it, the CDC said.

> >

> > " This is a disease that has been shrouded in a lot of mystery

> and

> > controversy. And sometimes people question if it's real or

not

> real, "

> > Centers for Disease Control Director Gerberding said

> earlier this

> > month. " We are committed to improving the awareness that this

> is a real

> > illness and that people need real medical care and they

deserve

> the best

> > possible help that we can provide. "

> >

> > " It's very frustrating (to treat CFS patients), " said

> Gray, a medical

> > doctor who once treated CFS patients but quit his Tulsa

> practice to become

> > medical director of OMNI Medical Group sponsored

> > by St. Health System.

> >

> > He said the CDC's step toward legitimizing the disease is a

> good one in that

> > it protects patients from " snake oil salesmen " and provides

> doctors with

> > evidence.

> >

> > He said one of the biggest difficulties in diagnosing and

> treating the

> > disease is finding a doctor who believes it is a real illness.

> >

> > " Most doctors have a strong bias that it's probably a

> psychiatric syndrome, "

> > he said.

> >

> > A recent study showed that doctors with loved ones or long-

term

> patients who

> > suddenly fall ill with CFS are more likely to become

advocates

> for

> > sufferers. " When they see this was not a needy person, but an

> active,

> > accomplished person who became crippled, they probably can

> reconcile their

> > preconceptions with the facts, " Gray said.

> >

> > The CDC also announced $4 million in research grants for

> studies.

> >

> > After 20 years of research, the scientific community still

does

> not know

> > what causes the disease or how to treat it. Scientists have

> revealed the

> > discovery of underlying biological abnormalities, which could

> suggest a

> > genetic link.

> >

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