Thought this an interesting perspective (there are two pages) especially as it is a (presumably) orthodox medicine doctor raising quite a few points that would be at home here.
Celia
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/18-biggest-problems-with-modern-medicine.html
Excellant article really liked the comment just below that said this artcile should be posted on every fridge in america would add uk to that too 🙂
thnks for posting
All too true, sadly.
Western medicine is truly amazing when it comes to surgical procedures and dealing with emergency care, but it is greatly flawed when it comes to everyday care for illnesses.
A few years ago I walked out of a gastroentologist's room virtually in tears after a very, very frustrating consultation with him. I'd paid out £200 for a food allergy blood test a few days before and it showed up some anti-body responses to certain foods, which I told him about, foolishly thinking he might take an interest and encourage me in my efforts to heal myself nutritionally. He did what I can only describe as 'sneer' at me followed by a disparaging laugh and I cannot begin to tell you how demoralising and belittling the experience was. I have been under the 'care' of several gastroentologists over the years and am frankly - almost literally - SICK of them. The distress of having medical treatment for my condition is worse than living with the illness itself. But getting people to understand that is almost impossible.
Good article, anyway.
Agreed.
Tigerlilly, EFT is great for food allergies. You can find a qualified practitioner near you at AAMET.
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Thank you for sharing this here. I am at the moment having a bit of a 'battle' with my endocrinologist re my over-active thyroid. He wants me to go on Carbamazole immediately and to take Beta Blockers for my 'racing' heart. I have declined at both appts and asked him WHY had my thyroid gone hyper? He said we would never know but I have done my research and found that stress and over consumption of Iodine are strong culprits. I used to salt every layer of food because otherwise it tasted of nothing. I have also had a stressful past 5 years with one thing after another so no wonder my poor thyroid is acting up! I found that Homeopathy was good for assisting thyroid problems and have been seeing my Homeopath since January. After my first session with her I cut out salt and have not added it to my food now for five months and I don't miss it. My hair got thicker again and my energy levels were better so I KNOW it IS working. BUT, the Endo told me it wasn't working after blood tests before the last appt. I begged to differ as I could feel the difference in my body. What he never took into account was the fact my husband had died suddenly in Feb (in between appts). After reading a wonderful book on bereavement it said that bereavement had an impact on the thyroid gland, so it wasn't the fact that the homeopathic treatments weren't working, it was my body had received a massive shock! He's now talking about urgent surgery on my thyroid or killing it off with radioactive iodine!! I have refused as this will leave me with a lifetime dependance on thyroxine and all its inherent problems. Who in their right mind would welcome that with open arms? I have challenged him on his 'evidence' as I have worked in the NHS for over 30 years and am a Comp Therapist and as everything has to 'evidence based' then I asked for his. This really threw him lol. Apparently he has never had a patient turn down his treatment plan so he really doesn't know what to do with me.
All I want is to be kept an eye on while I try to help my body with other methods other than chemical at the moment. At least the remedies are not causing me nasty side effects. He's not treating me as a 'whole' person, just focussing on my dodgy thyroid.
Love and light
reikiangel
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Hi Reikiangel.
Have being trying to use you website it isn't loding when I did a search came up the reikiangels.co.uk Hampshire is that you
Love and light
Auriel
Thank you Celia for posting this. I agree wholeheartedly! - and I've copied it for future reference!!
Brilliant Celia thank you for posting, I hope I live long enough to see the day when things will be very different, I read an article somewhere a few years ago that said the medical world will never accept comp therapiies and treating the whole person and not just the symptoms because of the threat to the billions the pharmasutical (spell?) industry which is so narrow minded, I have personal experience of having to stay on benefits total cost about £12,000 per year if you include my rent being paid for me to the tax payer because the meds I'd been offered when ill did not work (or had side effects which I then needed more meds for) but the government won't pay for a counsellor or chiropractor so I can get well quick and return to work, it's madness how many more people out there are in that position? Edited to say that My Dad paid for the counselling, I had 4 sessions and felt more than able to return to work, it cost a total of £160 for 4 sessions but the government won't pay it but will pay £12,000 to stay on benefits.
Love
Rebecca x