well meaning people who make us mad

[Guest guest]

How about the well-meaning people who tell

us that all that medicine is bad for us and too much lying around is bad for

our health. I am talking about the dreaded herb people. The herbs they sell will cure

anything, or at least make the pain go away without meds. Of course their

herbs cost a lot and they can’t really tell you what is in the pill or

bottle. When you ask about double-blind studies they look at you with a

blank face. When you explain that, they give you testimonials from people

they know or met. When I mention herbal companies have no FDA

supervision, they say the FDA is crooked. They tell you everything in

their product is natural and I think “so is hemlock and magic mushrooms”.

If I eat the mushrooms from my back yard I will get sick or maybe die. I

explain “everything is natural”, God made all the ingredients on

the earth but that doesn’t make them all healthy. I am not

poo-pooing all herbs but we need to be careful, as careful as the meds we use. The

trouble is, herbs are not regulated. Example: 2cc’s each hour

of a particular herb might make someone feel better but they might put 1/10th

of a cc in a bottle mixed with water and tell you it has the herb that makes

you feel better and to take ½ cc once each day.

I hardly ever mention the meds I take.

I especially don’t tell about my pain and sleeping meds.

From: t4bess@...

Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 6:23

PM

To: lupies

Subject: SUNNY

sure your not faking it. Why are you

walking so slow. what are you just lazy? oh I see your pooping another pill. I

have gone through this for so many years I say nothing because I get so tired

of the remarks even at times from the Doctors

Norma Jean

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