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Feb 19·edited Feb 19Liked by Jeff Childers

Some time ago I was sporting a 105 temperature, severe flu like symptoms and hallucinating about Aztec temples and dead relatives to which the doctor in charge of my "care" was quite adamant that I just needed to work through a nasty virus. At the prodding of my wife - who is far more intelligent than I - the doc begrudgingly took a closer look at the wilted piece of celery before her (yours truly). Turns out I had pneumonia and a dandy little case of sepsis to boot. Aaaand, here comes the IV. That was heavenly. Wife 1, Doctor 0.....and I go on to enjoy a few more pizzas.

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Docs these days are trained to look at computers and lab results, and many forget to look at the patient.

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Feb 19Liked by Jeff Childers

Had a friends mother-in-law go to the ER with what they thought was a UTI. The ER physician basically said she had a fever here are some antibiotics and Tylenol. Wouldn't even test her for UTI. They returned home and later in the evening had to call an ambulance as her fever spiked to 107. She had a UTI which had turned septic because they didn't treat it earlier. What are they teaching in medical school these day? Are they only learning how to ask people's genders and how to make sure to get someone's pronouns correct. It seems like you are taking your life in your own hands when you seek medical treatment. You definitely have to push back. It's like these "doctors" are on another planet.

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I worked in health care. These days ALWAYS ALWAYS ask lots of questions, go behind them and verify that their advice is sound given the circumstances and your own research , and get second or third opinions. Also read the book DON'T LET YOUR DOCTOR KILL YOU by Erika Schwartz MD.

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In one of Del Bigtree's recent episodes, The Highwire, he stated that 58% of people polled are now doing their own medical research.

So all those years ago when I was doing my own research and everyone thought I was crazy, they've now joined me. YAY!!!!!!

One of the best links I found on C&C was Dr. Clark's, The Cure for All Diseases:

Free Pdf download in this link:

https://drclarkstore.com/products/the-cure-for-all-diseases

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Austin, Yes the media, medical establishment went after those that did their own research were unqualified to do so. Yet around the Black Friday and holiday sales, the media encouraged everyone "to do your own research" to get the best deals.

Need to buy a toy at the best price--do your own research. You want to survive a medical intervention--don't do your own research.

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Pregnant? Research the heck out of car seats and nursery schools. Just be sure and jab your kids with “vitamin K” and HEP B (of all things!) the instant they pop

out of the

birth canal. Don’t read up on that at all.

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Yes, Dr Hulda Clark was excellent!

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Doctors routinely use Google for diagnosis. However, if the average person does this, you’re a hack.

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You can also download a free PDF version. Easy to search.

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Yes! DON'T LET YOUR DOCTOR KILL YOU! A very good slogan!

The doctor we use mostly for blood work told us the Killer Jabs were safe and effective. I asked him why he said that. Well! It was because he 'did the research'.

Translation: the doctor read the Big Pharma literature! And there! That should settle all doubts!

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We're dealing with "corporate automatons" now who are "speaking the corporate jargon"--THEY'RE NOT REAL DOCTORS anymore!

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Pretty much all of the universities’ medical schools are now funded by pHarma.

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One of my favorite doctor influencers Dr Ken D Berry (family physician in TN) wrote. Book entitled, “LIES MY DOCTOR TOLD ME” which is a great book!

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Another great one: “LIES I TAUGHT IN MEDICAL SCHOOL” I forget the author…

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I took my SO to the ER last weekend for severe pain. He’s very stoic about pain, as he lives with pain daily. It was so intense that night, he was uncontrollably crying out. I practically raced to the ER, almost learning how to make my car into a flying car. At the ER, the first doctor, who was seeing the same level of pain I was, asked some questions and because he had prior conditions, I could see the doctor’s mind start closing, fitting his pain into one of the preexisting categories, which was also the easiest to treat. I was like- wait. He’s been living with that for 2 years. It has never hurt, never mind this much. That broke through the cognitive barrier and so he called a surgeon to assess. The surgeon had the opposite attitude, thankfully. Now I’ve been misdiagnosed or given shrugs my whole life by conventional medicine (since 6 yo that I can recall and I am GenX so many decades) so I’ve learned to assume the worst. (If not for alternative medicine, I’d be long dead. My will to live was shot at one juncture and when that goes, it isn’t long after that you go). So I was really attuned to the nonverbal communications that usually accompany the average corporate medical practitioner and recognized I needed to challenge the theory of my man’s case. I can see how many people would simply accept the verbal reassurance of any intervention offered up, hoping that it’s all resolved and that it isn’t a bigger deal. It’s human nature. Denial, wishful thinking, rationalization, are common defense mechanisms we turn to in crisis.

The surgery went superbly, by the way. I was grateful to that surgeon. Credit where it is due. People at large need to develop their relationship with their gut (instinct; intuition; somatic intelligence). Your frontal lobe activity can be fooled (rather easily, unfortunately). Our human bodies are built to survive. That intelligence is much harder to fool.

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Good for you, for your persistence. What I've been seeing is a total lack of intellectual curiosity. Doctors shrug, say they don't know, and send me home. You must have something easily diagnosable or treatable, or they just flat aren't interested.

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They never ever want to hear about any type of home remedy that might actually work. And they hate that we read the internet.

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ABSOLUTELY true - everything you have stated here. MUCHAS GRACIAS, Dorothy (how's Toto these days - (smile)!!

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And remember that iodine, garlic and oregano oil will kill sepsis.

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I swear garlic is a miracle drug. A cut-up clove 1-3 times per day.

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All three at one time - or taking just ONE of those. I was taking "oil of oregano' for inflammation a few years ago - that was HORRIBLE. What kind of iodine and what 'potency'??

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You can buy oil of oregano in gel caps. Our favorite brand is Oreganol. North American Herb and Spice brand. ( oregano oil P73). We also have put a couple drops under tongue for sore throats and it is unpleasant. But not as unpleasant as a sore throat. 🤪🤪

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p.s. If I or a family member had sepsis yes, I would throw all of them at it, but carefully spaced and with diet to support healing too. Raw garlic crushed in broth for example is a meal which does multiple beneficial things at once.

I use Lugol's 5% but very sparingly because I have no underlying conditions but am still toxic from a lifetime in the pool/fluoridated supplies etc.. Two drops internally in the morning would keep me awake all night for example.

Each person must learn what they can handle because each body is different. Sorry I can't be more specific to you personally, but there is a protocol to avoid overloading detox pathways. It's really worth trying to get one's head around. It's extraordinarily valuable.

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Oregano oil in capsules is a fantastic antibiotic, I use other things for inflammation so ymmv.

If you scroll just up or down you'll see a collection of Earthclinic links; each is to one of the three mentioned powerful natural antibiotics and has all the relevant details.

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Sharon, if you put some avocado or olive oil in a spoon, and then add the oregano oil drops to that... it goes down much easier! I use oregano oil for ear aches as well...

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I love Italian food!

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Thank you for the reminder!!

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I bet you that's a great book - My daughter is on her fourth uti in 9 months and my daughter solved it herself with a tik tok video because her dr.'s (Primary, urgent care, ER, Nurses, etc) did nothing except prescribe the exact same antibiotic for the exact same length of time - (4) times. They don't even pretend to have knowledge anymore. They look up the protocol and read what it says.....

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What did your daughter do, exactly? I tend towards chronic UTIs too. :(

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It's a little bit of a long story but here's my best shot: After UTI#4 in well under a year, we tried multiple things, including seeing a urologist and a naturopathic Dr. What happens is the antibiotic does not get all of the bacteria and what is left is covered by biofilm - this is best described here: https://uqora.info/blogs/learning-center/biofilms-and-their-role-in-recurrent-utis Garlic suppositories & a protocol of supplements HELPED a lot but did not prevent the existing uncleared bacteria from re-emerging. The urologist said in order to overcome the biofilm - she simply needs to stay on the antibiotic for an additional (3) days and then come back for a highly sensitive pcr test done in her office. By taking this test, she can SEE if the bacteria is fully cleared or not. She'll take the test weekly for two weeks. Then take uQuora regiment for 1-2 months. In that time frame - radically cut back on sugar and abstain from alcohol plus clean diet. Once fully cleared, you can then do all the necessary steps to prevent a NEW infection. That's the current plan.

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Also, had a friend's husband who had been hiking in Canada. While she was out of town, he became delirious and some church members took him to the local ER. The doctor in the ER accused him of being drunk which would be impossible since he never drinks alcohol. Turned out he had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He got a tick bite in Canada.

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Or depressed…it’s always depression. I remember a case of “hysterical blindness.” It wasn’t.

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The only thing depressing is when you go to the doctors office (occasionally it has to be done) and they ask you all those depressing questions to see if you are depressed. It's a suggestive selling (antidepressants) ploy.

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Just happened to me at a recent physical! (I HAVE to get regularly bc of migraines). First question out of the gate…do I ever feel depressed?! How is my mental health? Really?? And then proceeded to prescribe 3 diff tests, one a bone density….I’m 51 🤨

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🎯

Our kiddo wanted to why they had to answer the depression screen at their last visit. “I wasn’t going to answer anything ‘yes’ because then you had to fill out the back of the questionnaire and I don’t like filling those out.” 🤣🤣🤣

I told our kiddo they never have to answer any questions they don’t want to.

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Gender is a word they came up with in the '60s. Male or female, period.

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Gender used to be only used in context of which pronoun to use for males (he, him) & females (she,her).

As usual Leftist Libs twist words & use that skill to their advantage.

Abortion became reproductive rights. What’s reproductive about snuffing out a human life?

Same-Sex marriage is another. God instituted “marriage” between a man & a woman.

I’d rather please my God than any man(kind).

Same-sex unions maybe, but not marriage.

Btw, most dictionaries started evolving the definition of marriage years ago easing up to today.

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Looking for books for a toddler these days is like navigating a cow pasture.

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I don't know how old you are but when I was a kid "How To Eat Fried Worms" was a rite of passage. I was recently looking for a copy for my son and I found out it's banned. Gay porn for kindergarten, fine, wholesome book for young boys, banned.

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Hunt antique stores and used book shops. I find lots of good old children's books there. If you know a title, Amazon usually links to a used copy available somewhere.

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You have a way with words and images, Fred!

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Always makes me cringe when I hear them say "reproductive healthcare" as a euphemism for abortion. As if killing an unborn child is healthcare. Or reproductive. Kind of the opposite of both. But, it's also telling in that they know their position is unpopular or they'd call it by its real name.

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Alfred Kinsey and his cohort came up with the word, "gender." That should give us the best reason not to use it...

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I always say gender only applies to language…when I took French in high school, there were two genders, “masculine” and “feminine “. C’est tout!

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Perverts. Even word perversion. Figures!

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And then there is the word 'Partner'. Words like Husband and Wife are semi-outlawed (discourage) because they point too much towards sex distinction. Oops! I mean gender distinction!

Their mis-use of language is Word Sorcery ... and the casting of spells to daze the mind. But the good news is that this bit of Black Magic is not working out as well as it used to.

The best thing to do is to never use 'their words'. Never misuse the word 'gender'. Always use husband and wife, not my partner (unless you are a cowboy or cowgirl with a friendly greeting ... Howdy Partner!). And so on.

I am, for example, loathe to use 'vaccine'. I much prefer Death Jab or the like.

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I do appreciate the word "partner" when someone literally means "we are living together / de-facto but not legally married", which is more common these days. Or, "we are long-term 'dating' (sleeping together) but haven't decided if we'll move in together yet". But I prefer the word "spouse" (or just husband/wife, if being specific) for someone who is actually married.

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I thought they picked it because nouns in Romance languages, those descended from Latin, are classified in gender as masculine, feminine, or neuter, allowing them to pretend it's a word used in biology to imply more than two biological sexes.

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Fla Mom ... this is what I think too. And as a sort of advertising trick as in ... take something real and really suggestive, and draw a thread from that real thing to something else unrelated (like The Product) ... and plant an emotional connection to where it otherwise would not exist.

In reality, gender in contemporary mis-usage is the thread of 0 + 0 = 0 to into the land where nothing has any meaning, including our natural existences.

Think of it all as Word Sorcery and the Casting of Spells.

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“Reproductive rights” is a twisted notion. To reproduce or not is a right. Not killing lives we reproduce is a responsibility.

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I read up in Wikipedia on the 1994 invention of "Reproductive Justice"; a conspiracy of Academics and malcontented quasi-science Progressives; but they want consenting, informed individuals (from early childhood on) in charge of every facet of their personal sexual health and function...not society, the State, church, just the medical-science experts to educate and advise (awash in State funding) and the healthy, stable, rational individual

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Mostly the perverts came up with it. IMO, gender is only "real" insofar as it's a set of roles that society/history/culture assign to people according to their biological sex. My thought is that this is part of why the leftists wanted to create and "own" the concept of gender: to upend history and cultural norms.

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I saw a video where all of these I guess they were medical students not interns yet we’re taking some kind of woke pledge instead of the Hippocratic oath. It’s frightful.

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Yep! My dad was ultimately taken down by a Dr that declined to treat him for a UTI (of which he was susceptible thanks to spinal stenosis weakening his bladder muscles and necessitating use of a catheter to drain it) and then a nurse at a rehab facility that made the command decision to cancel an appointment with his Rehab Dr…whatever happened to “first, do no harm”?

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So unnecessary and sad. I'm so sorry to hear that about your dad. Sometimes I think they just write off older people.

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You can buy UTI test strips in the drugstore in the aisle with the AZO products. A definite unisex item.

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Too woke. Too concerned with DEI and gender affirming care

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Yes! They don't do physicals anymore, just annual wellness checks.

Forty minutes and all they do is check your blood pressure, ask you questions, and ask you if you want the flu and cov vax.

What happened to looking at people's eyes, ears, and nose, checking their skin for unnatural moles, listening to their heartbeat and breathing, etc etc? The specialists are just as bad.

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As an NP for over 18 years, we were trained to do annuals, annual physicals, do lab work and of course take people’s blood pressure, pulse etc. The point is; suddenly and unexpectedly, we were told not to do that any longer and it was just before COVID. Funny how things aligned?!?!

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Oh wow! They used lockdowns to erase all expectations about 'normal' even with visits to the doctor. Nefarious.

I can't believe people aren't complaining about not getting what they're paying for, especially Medicare retirees who have large monthly payments taken out of their social security checks and dish out hefty co-pays with every visit.

I was referred to the only endocrinologist in my area by my GP, had to wait six months, paid my $60 co-pay, only to have her tell me she doesn't deal with sex hormones -- but could prescribe levothyroxine to me, which I had already tried and had problems with, which was why I was there. She hustled to find other options when I said I just paid $60 for this -- but it was a big waste of my money.

The whole system is an incredible scam now.

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EZ-You need a good naturopath. They know hormones. Yes you pay out of pocket, but at least you get actual care. I use my insurance for specialists and major medical.

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Good suggestion. Will pursue that.

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My daughter got referred to an endocrinologist last month at major medical center about 3 hours from home for a perplexing situation. We really liked the doc and he seemed very interested in her case, ordered a boatload of tests. Then, when we checked out, we were told the next available appt with him is...... Christmas Eve. And you are not allowed to go with another provider there. 🤦‍♀️ A big waste of time, money and hope.

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As someone recommended above, go to a naturopath. Send the test results in advance -- you were lucky your endocrinologist did the tests as I had problems with that. It's an avenue worth trying if you can afford out of pocket.

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Some biologists aren’t equivalent. Tried Synthroid?

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The issue was that I wanted more than the TSH test and had gone to the doctor to get testing of sex hormones and other aspects of thyroid (T4 to T3 conversion). I'd read the literature and had doctors in the past who'd been willing to do that and established that the conversion was the problem. But no, you have to go to an alternative doc and pay out of pocket to get those tests and treatments.

But thanks for the suggestion!

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I’ve been on Synthroid for 25 years. Recently lost my taste and smell (no covid) and in my research I see that long-term Synthroid use can be a cause. Don’t know the mechanism though, or what if anything I can do. Or if I can get off of it. Working with a homeopathic doctor at the moment, but homeopathy is slow and “try this, try that.”

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Sorry, biologics!

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Not "doing sex hormones" may be the out to avoid transing people.

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Touching and proximity changed with Covid big time. My doc always checked but I know how special he was. He died of an aortic aneurysm 2 year ago. Yes, he was jabbed. My new pulmonologist is younger and not as touchy feely. My PCP is great. She checks everything she can get to with my clothes on and asks about the rest!

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Like my dermatologist who inspected me from across the room.

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But he had a light treatment to sell me for my psoriasis!

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😮 That doesn't rise to any standard of care, especially since masks and gloves will save them!! 😜

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Our family lost our exceptional, old school, caring, Christian Lyme doc to a pulmonary embolism 2 years ago. He was full of life, vigor and joy at age 70 with no plans to retire. We heard he took the J&J jab so he could travel. Truly irreplaceable and a great loss to so many 😞

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My doctor was 69 and planning heart valve surgery when he turned 70, just like my dad had done. I told him at one point that my biggest fear with my terminal condition was that he would retire. He said he was never going to. Prophetic! He got the mRNA vaccines. I think he said Pfizer. I couldn't go to the memorial service at a local high school auditorium but my grandson worked security that day and said there were over 400 people there. He was well loved.

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My dermatologist NP says take off as much of your clothes as you are comfortable with, and put on the robe. She is very thorough!

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Damn, really? Hope y’all ignored that piece of advice. Funny also how after eons of “aspirate,” nurses were instructed not to aspirate. Still not quite sure why the strong push, as actually aspirating blood is really rare.

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Most of the questions they ask at the annual "wellness check" are from a list provided by HHS, and are designed (via double negatives and repetition) to get you to state that you're feeling hopeless and depressed. BOOM! Another client for psycho meds!

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Don’t forget the question that evolved in the last decade or so…”do you feel safe at home?”

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Which they often ask in front of people you might have brought with you. ( experience when taking my parents to assorted doctor appointments )

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Hahaha! 🤯

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I'm guessing they keep measuring blood pressure to have 'data' to prescribe statins, which about 40% of US adults take and half of men over 65.

Ka-ching ka-ching for big pharma.

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I refused those, even my liberal PA said I would prescribe them for you but you wouldn't take them would you, I am like "nope!"

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There is no evidence statins are helpful to women of any age or to the elderly. They only help middle aged men who already have heart disease and evidently that is because they are anti-inflammatory.

A male friend of mine had a heart attack at 51. They gave him statins. He was dead of another heart attack within a year. Maybe they are more helpful to others but I really wonder.

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Good for you!

I feel fortunate that I read the book "How to Stop Your Doctor Killing You" by a British doctor named Vernon Coleman, which gave me encouragement and tools for saying no.

I recently had a nurse tell me I was the only patient she'd encountered in a long time who isn't taking meds (here in the US). Probably because I moved here from the UK where the NHS pays for the meds and not the patient so they don't prescribe wantonly. The NHS is about cost control rather than making profits from patients. That system has its own flaws, but it's a much better and fairer system than the one here in the US in my experience.

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A common side effect of statins is Type 2 diabetes!

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It seems as if everyone I know makes appointments for this "wellness" visit to doctors. How insane! You go to a doctor even though you feel fine? I thought they were for sick people. But I've now crossed that reason off my list. Maybe I'd show up at an E.R. for a broken bone, but I'm still thinking on that one.

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My medicare plan incentivizes you with $15 on a debit card if you do a wellness check. Must be they were having trouble getting people to do these!

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Mine too! The robo calls for my “in-home 😳😖wellness visit” come at least weekly. And I get a $40 Visa gift card for letting a stranger into my house to check my BP and make sure I am “safe”. Grrr!

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From my children's intake forms: Are there guns in the house? Do your parents watch news shows, how many hours, what networks?...

I answered only the medically necessary questions and returned the 5 page form to the medical assistant, mostly blank.

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When I went for my last (about 5 years ago) Medicare wellness visit they wanted me to draw hands on a clock & asked me what the date was!!! I answered “how do you think I got here by myself if I didn’t know what day or time it is???” Never went back for one of those. So demeaning!

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We don't answer any questions that are not pertinent to the reason for the visit, we only go when absolutely necessary and we love our doctor - he has been my doctor since I was a teenager and he has been my husband's doctor since we were married over 30 years ago. During a visit several years ago re: concerns for aging family members, he told me that the reason they ask older patients to draw a clock is that people in the beginning stages of cognitive decline don't draw a clock normally, i.e., draw a circle, add the 12, 6, 9, and 3 numbers first, and then add the rest of the numbers. That way, the numbers are evenly spaced around the clock. People with cognitive deficits tend to start at 12 or 1, and then continue on around the clock face, but the spacing is all off.

Still, I get your point, it is insulting.

Mrs. "the Knife"

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I wait until the waiting room (when I rarely go to Dr) to fill out forms so I can answer only questions that I find relevant and appropriate. If you try to do them online, as they push you to do, it won’t let you leave any of those questions blank.

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Lie or tell them something vague. Seriously, people.

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Not to mention to ensure your rights are taken away, e.g. 2nd amendment

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Exactly…you beat me to it.

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I lied in the last one, just to see if they’d label me depressed. I didn’t lie hard enough. It was useless, the “ wellness check up “

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But disability makes me go or they threaten to review my case.

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And an associated charge for this "mental health evaluation". So infuriating. I respectfully decline.

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I decline very disrespectfully. They want to make you look less than capable.

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EZ - don’t forget the Canadian ‘health’ system where they’ll also kindly offer medical murder.....

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You do seem to have the kindest doctors!

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For my last 7-8 blood pressure checks, I have had to instruct the tech on the proper protocol for taking an accurate blood pressure. And that means elevating the cuff to heart level, both feet on the floor, not chatting during the test and having the proper size cuff. One time I had to argue with the tech as she tried to use too small a cuff and finally pointed out that she had caused a bruise on the previous occasion. She consented to using an appropriated sized cuff and magically, my blood pressure numbers matched my readings from home. Since they use these numbers to push blood pressure drugs, is this on purpose?

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How about the brisk march from the waiting room to the back room for the bp check. I’ve complained about that as well and had the Dr do a second check after I’m in the exam room for a while.

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But they're so important and their time is so valuable, CarO Lyn! Of course you must march briskly and get a bp reading that requires meds so the appointment is worth their time.

Good for you insisting on a second check!

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That's outrageous. Good for you getting the tech to do it properly.

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Yes, those “wellness visits” appear to be a way to push vaccines.

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The "wellness visits" for children are definitely to administer and push vaccines on the kids. Worked so well for the kiddos that they now do the same for all the adults. No reason for annual wellness visits for any age.

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Yes! Back when we had insurance and our boys were babies/toddlers, I would take them in regularly like youre 'supposed to'. Once the doc mentioned some eczema under one of their arms (happens often w them in winter, especially during a growth spurt) ad to put aquaphor on it. I knew that (tho i dont use aquaphor) but duh, moisturize. Get the bill for the wellness check and everything was covered EXCEPT for $75- a "consultation fee". Because she said use moisturizer on dry skin for a baby. Make it make sense.

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My doc asked me if I wanted him to bring up vaxes anymore because I always say "no, thanks". I suspect either he's getting people upset that he's pushing them or he's afraid I'm going to spout the research, or both.

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Just like for babies

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That’s so true. It’s disgusting. I do go to a private medical organization now and I have a wonderful PA. She does a pretty good job and asked a lot of good questions. My son is dating a wonderful Christian ER doctor. She advises her patients looking for a new primary to get PAs. She says the doctors are far too busy, and many of them very arrogant and prideful. the PAs I’ve had for the most part have been very good and much more concerned and take their time and ask good questions. There’s always an exception, of course.

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Good suggestion. My doctor is actually not bad as he works in a small practice in a rural area, but he's a long drive so it would be good to find someone closer. If it snows I'm in trouble getting on his schedule again. Maybe a PA is a solution.

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All of that stuff is for the specialists. They need to make sure YOUR money gets spread around evenly to every corner of the industrial medical complex.

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My GP has us there for at least an hour and he goes through EVERYTHING.

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This is my experience too.

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Don't forget the Big Pharma $$

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How could we forget big pharma. Every country in the entire world except the US and New Zealand BANS big pharma's direct to consumer advertising on tv etc. Connect THOSE dots!

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Absolutely true. Very few with diagnostic skills if under 45 yrs of age. They're pumping mindless idiots out of med schools as fast as they can. Everything is pass/fail... rarely is there a fail.

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There are some out there who are in it for the right reasons and eschew corporate medicine. Our new doc is 32 years old. Friend of my daughter's from Christian college days. Came home to practice in our rural area. Very hands on and extremely gifted with some additional modalities including cranial sacral and acupuncture. He is everything you want a doctor to be and more. His practice is out-of-pocket or by subscription with additional charges for the various modalities. All extremely reasonably priced by design. We are blessed and pray he can continue with his vision.

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Funny anecdote (sad really); made a call on a relative from a FB image that his doc had overlooked. May have saved his life.

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Not just mindless idiots, but DEI students. Imagine your surgeon is someone who was passed through medical school just because of the color of their skin, not their merit and they are going to do open heart surgery on you???Scary!

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Exactly right. Thank you! ☺️

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I got the bad covid toward the beginning of this whole fiasco. I did Dr. Zev Zelenko’s protocol, used Ivermectin from my feed store 😝 and wasn’t too worried. I became increasingly miserable so I finally went to the ER, thinking I had pneumonia. Mind you, I was 57 and have only been to the ER maybe 3 times in my life. No drama queen here!

That nurse MADE me take a covid test (shocker—not)! I told her repeatedly, NO and I didn’t want a pregnancy test, a STD test nor a strep test, either. I wanted my

lungs listened to/x-rayed. She refused to listen to my lungs, initially! WHEN have you gone to the doc and NOT had them listen to your lungs first??? She refused a lung x-ray despite my begging. She tried to put me on “run-death-is-near”. I refused. Finally, she listened to my lungs and said, “I think you may have pneumonia. There’s a definite crackling in there” as

though she herself had come up with that idea. UGH. Maybe 2 hours in, she discovered I def had pneumonia.

I could’ve strangled her with her barely

used stethoscope.

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Bingo!

My granddaughter was in the NICU and the neonatologist NEVER came and examined her. Perhaps on admission but def. not daily. As a now retired NICU nurse I was shocked.

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Docs will be replaced by A.I. soon. Bots programmed with a sympathetic smile and evil intentions.

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In which case, you just need a "politically incorrect" AI to ask for a second opinion. (Check out Gab AI for an example. You can literally chat to Hitler if you like, lol.)

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I am AGHAST at the INHUMANE treatment we now receive at most "corporate doctors' offices". The last time I went to have an 'annual check up' to an "off the system" GP practice 25 miles from my home--the doctor actually TOUCHED me (felt my lymph nodes, thumped on my back while listening with his stethoscope--things I haven't had done in DECADES from "big corporate practices"!) I cannot afford to go back there as they are a "pay in cash or credit card - NO INSURANCE is accepted". I loved their level of care and now I'm back with "corporate medicine" as I don't have the income I did 2 years ago when I went to the GOOD doctors.

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So many stories abt doctors and patients remind me more of the car guys hooking up your car to look into whatever mechanical issue you described.

There’s really no need for so many legit mechanics these days. Just hook up the cat and read the readout. Get someone to address that readout.

Same could be said for docs. Just get a machine.

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You are 100% correct.

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So true! I think of them as a net, to either swoop you into the rest of the medical merchants, or to dispense an overpriced pill that you will have to buy, possibly for the rest of your life.

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I’ll never rely on anything a doctor says these days! They are wrong too often and barely do their jobs anymore, plus they are still pushing these jabs!!! They haven’t learned anything from all the dead and injured patients, nor do they care to! Malpractice is a thing of the past now so everything goes! My neighbor died about six years ago from sepsis. She was elderly and should have been kept in the hospital for more evaluations. They sent her home and she died the next morning from sepsis….surprise surprise. Everyone really need to pay attention to the health of their families and themselves!! I’ve cared for my parents for ten years and it wasn’t the doctors who kept them healthy and alive! Plus my dad died from heart issues in August 2021 that were caused by them overdosing him on Amiodorone in 2019, and yet in 2021 the idiot doctor tried to do it again. I discovered it and challenged it, but it had already damaged his heart, but at least it stopped the other damage to his other organs. The doctor refused to acknowledge what they did and said if he didn’t keep taking the toxic medication then he would no longer see him! I found a new cardiologist that confirmed he was overdosed! Same goes for diagnosis my mom received. Plus many hospitals don’t care now if they had a reaction to a medication! If they want to give it, then dammit, they will damn well do it, except when they have an advocate that stops it!! Be ready to fight folks! I had to also do this for my husband in 2022….they wanted to kill him for the covid dollars….we stopped it!

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Often an internet search will find more info than what the docs want to get into. They really seem to be lazy/ignorant or simply corrupt (bought off by big pharma).

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The interview of Mercola by Del Bigtree posted yesterday addressed why doctors don't seem to think. I agreed with the assessment by Mercola that med school weeds out cognitive thinkers, and rewards regurgitators. Also, the debt load is so crushing the doctors are essentially slaves to those who control their license to practice .

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This is one of the key outcomes stressed by AMD (A Midwestern Doctor). He publishes a very popular 'Stack that covers the root causes of many of today's medical cabal outcomes.

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It’s an important Substack. Changes lives and deepens our understanding of our bodies. Learning about Zeta potential from AMD has been a game changer for me.

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Having read those posts, I would love to hear how you applied the info and about your results!

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I love reading AMD …often quite lengthy and complex, but extremely well written and informative.

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a young family member of mine is in an MD/PhD medical school program specializing in psychiatry. We got into a brief discussion about the risks and benefits of jabs and I didn't even try to talk about the Covid jab, but focused on Gardasil, which a friend of mine's daughter took in senior year of high school and became completely neurologically disabled, lost her scholarship to college and is still living at home 10 years later. I mentioned that as a mom, the risk was too high for the low reward of somehow preventing them from HPV, which can be treated without a jab and often resolves on its own. It was like talking to a brain that couldn't load or compute the idea that if even one child is ruined and the benefits aren't clear, it's not worth it to risk it for others. She, no lie, said well, that's not entirely correct, because "research shows" that it's a coincidence - that teens in that age group actually frequently have seizures and you can't tie it to the jab, so in the final analysis, the number of people "helped" outweighs the number of people destroyed (my word, not hers). It was pointless to continue, so I just ended the convo by saying, well, you wouldn't be happy if it was your child who was permanently injured and could never go to college or medical school for that matter. .

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We have a friend whose daughter "worked on that vaccine" while she was a student at Dartmouth.... "you can trust that it is good..." 🤯🤯🤯

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Since our kids had a classmate who was injured, and because we were in a Christian community, we had been doing what research we were able to find from the beginning, albeit very limited, since big harma hides everything. But since they used fetal cells for it, it was a no go. But what completely sealed the deal for me was the additional marketing campaigns pushing the jabs on the boys -- that didn't happen until they got greedy and realized that news of injuries to girls were getting out and they were losing revenue. Dr. Yoho in his substack points out that the second largest set of jab injuries behind the covid jab is from the Gardasil jab. People are too trusting -- it's so sad.

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I haven't seen the interview the interview, but that is my husband's view exactly. That they weed out any doctors who would think for themselves from the getgo! And that debt is a fabulous means of control, not only of doctors, but a growing number of people in our society. It's why many people weren't brave enough to say no to employer jab mandates. They needed that job too much already swimming in debt.

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That's why we have always been pay as you go people. That is what allowed me to lose my job ant 50 and never get another one. We always saved, and lived within our means. the only debt we ever had was a house, and in the first 20 years, a car. Anything ancillary , like furniture, and these days, will only be financed with debt if it is 0 % interest. if somebody wants to give me free money, I'll take it.

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Slip across the southern border and then slip back across. I heard it's $5,000 and a phone + a ticket to somewhere

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It's a great way to live!

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Just missed Jeff’s ~8:30 post and got busy with my 3 dogs. It’s in here around comment #196. I’ll put it here as well.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/02/18/ican-legal-victories.aspx

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Thanks, Janet! I try to look at "newest first" later in the day!

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Plus they never look at the side effects of medications, which too often are the problem! If anything, that really exposed itself in 2020 and thereafter, it’s the complete and intentional ignorance of many doctors, nurses and other practitioners and they don’t care who dies on their watch now!

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My mom's PCP tried to get her to take a new medication while she was on palliative care which he said would help her heart. I'm thinking to myself. "if it would help her heart, then her cardiologist would have given it to her." She was already on multiple medications including a very strong heart medication. I researched the drug and the main side effect was bladder infection. We were there to visit him that day because she had a bladder infection. He just couldn't believe that we didn't want to give her the additional medication. 🙄

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This does not surprise me at all. Can you tell me the medication? My mom has recurrent bladder infections and now she has to take heart and blood pressure medicine for AFIB/hypertension. We have to do our own research. I did switch to a new doctor for her in the last six months and so far I have been somewhat impressed with him and he knows not to recommend things we already know are their drugs of choice like statins! Those are not good whatsoever. My dad got dementia from them after he was on them 25 years and it was too late when I discovered it and weaned him off. The damage had to be done. I hope your mom recovers. Plus he actually recommended not getting the Watchman device implanted that the cardiologist wanted to do. He said he wouldn’t do it to his mom or grandma! That shocked me! He asked if he could treat the AFIB! Completely shocked by all of it so far!

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The medication was Jardiance. Her PCP was praising it as a great new miracle heart drug. The following is from Drugs.com

Before taking this medicine

You should not use Jardiance if you are allergic to empagliflozin, any of the inactive tablet ingredients, or if you have:

severe kidney disease (or if you are on dialysis).

To make sure Jardiance is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have or have ever had:

***a bladder infection or urination problems;***

a genital infection (penis or vagina);

problems with your pancreas, including surgery;

have a history of amputation;

have type 1 diabetes or have had diabetic ketoacidosis;

have a decrease in your insulin dose;

are eating less, or there is a change in your diet;

alcoholism, or if you currently drink large amounts of alcohol;

if you are on a low salt diet, you are eating less, or there is a change in your diet;

if you are 65 or older; or

liver or kidney disease."

As the article says, we told her doctor. He totally ignored us. Mom had been ill for many years and lived way longer than expected. We were glad that she did survive 4 heart attacks and we are thankful for the cardiologists who saved her each time. She barely survived the last one and then lived another 9 months and saw her 2 great grandchildren born and was able to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with them. I know seeing her great grand babies made her so happy and that was such a blessing for me.

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Also, for recurrent bladder infections, check all medications for possible side effects. Review caffeine intake. Coffee and especially tea have tannins which can irritate the bladder. Reduce or eliminate sugar. Eat foods with probiotics. Just some suggestions that could help with bladder infections.

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Do you have a source for accurate info on the Watchman? A friend, 83, has one. He's at the ER at least one or more times a week now.

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That's absolutely malpractice. I'm so sorry, that's completely disgusting

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My child had to go to the doctor for what turned out to be tonsillitis. So I said: if the doctor wants to prescribe you ABs, ask him about side effects. The doctor's response? "There are no side effects."

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That is malpractice.

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Most people aren't aware that antibiotics can even cause loss of hearing/deafness. My godmother lost her hearing after taking strong antibiotics. I understand that sometimes strong antibiotics are required, but they do have side effects.

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Of course they do! It's outrageous that a doctor would say there aren't any.

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What a totally ignorant statement. There are always potential side effects. Every prescription will include a paper with the side effects in small print. Every prescription advertised on TV will list some of them. The problem with most doctors these days is that they only read the promotional literature provided to them by the pharmaceutical companies.

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True. I wish I would have been there, to give the man a piece of my mind about his quality as a doctor.

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That’s true. I was prescribed an antibiotic before dental work by my hip replacement PA. I looked it up and also some very revealing YouTubes warned me about life changing side effects to this particular AB. No thanks. I’m just fine.

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Janet - which antibiotic, please?

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I’ve heard that before also… 🔥🔥🔥

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Not just the side effects, but the overlapping / reinforcing side effects. Many older folks are on multiple RXs, and those can conflict with each other, with harm to the patient.

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Yes- we should always check drug interactions ourselves. Drugs.com dies a good job.

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Yes, I use this site often! Very good information and they list all the conflicting medications! Something doctors should do BEFOREnthey prescribe something!

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If the disease doesn't kill you the meds will.

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My MD Retired cousin calls it “Cookbook Medicine “; just follow the book, don’t think

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Stealing this! Don’t sue me🥺

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I believe we are ALWAYS are own best health advocates…always research everything before taking “their” advice!!

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Wait BFM...doing your own research? How dare you!🤓

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The Drs hate it when you question their advice. These days most of us know more than they do!!

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I am more accurate than most doctors. I self-diagnose my issues all the time and they just won't listen until I keep telling them check it, then low and behold it was what I said! I know my body, I've been living with it and its issues for decades. At least my kiddos' pediatrician listens to me. Told him last week when we showed up that my kid had strep and an ear infection. Yup, exactly what he had. Doc was impressed, I told him I'm not stupid. If I'd have wanted to be an M.D. I could have been, I just can't stand body fluids lol (and I couldn't afford to do school that long either). He at least listens to me because I've proven over the years to know what I'm talking about and have yet to be wrong. Too bad about my not being an M.D., at least then I could write scripts

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Our fabulous old-school doc was taught and practiced:

“Listen to your patient; he is telling you the diagnosis.”

― William Osler

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I think a large part of the problem with Drs is they don't have time to listen and their egos won't let them listen too much to the patient☹️

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Sorry for your loss, as an NP, I’ve seen the changes over the years! Everyone should keep a huge bottle of Vitamin C in their cupboard. As per Dr. Paul Marik, (FLCCC) as humans, we are one of the mammals that have lost our ability to produce endogenous vitamin C (us and gerbils or was it hamsters). When we are stressed, we should be taking handfuls of vitamin C, although IV is in his protocol.

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Thank you! Yes, Vitamin C saved my life when I was young and they gave me toxic asthma medications. C completely minimizes asthma! I have never taken another asthma medication in 50 years! I use liposomal C to really boost the milligrams if I am getting sick or have family that is! It gets in your system fast.

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Always use whole food vitamins, not synthetic.

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wily-I was hoping someone would post Dr. Marik's complete protocol for sepsis here

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Char- I have it saved but can not post screen shots. Marik’s sepsis protocol is 200mg of thiamine every twelve hours. 1500mg ascorbic acid every six hours. And 50mg hydrocortisone every six hours. This IV cocktail for two days reduced mortality from 40% to 8.5%.

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Cheeky NonGMO. -Have wondered if these could be taken as preventive--in supplement form--if feeling flu-ish?

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Yes, oral does not get to the heart of the matter, but whenever you are stressed, either physical, mental or perceived, vitamin C really cannot harm you. You will have expensive pee and there are some "experts" if you can call them that, say "it doesn't work", but I disagree! If it works for you, then do it. Linus Pauling won the Nobel peace prize for his work with chemical bonds https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1954/pauling/facts/

The only big issue, with large doses, diarrhea may occur. (it seems I'm on a roll today about the sh*ts).

Here is the Oregon state university info on it: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-C

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Cheeky non GMO--concise, thank you.

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I copied this from a comment by Tonya on the 9/1/23 C&C:

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Marik protocol

If sepsis is even suspected, start immediately in emergency department; don't wait for confirmatory testing/diagnosis. Time is of the essence.

*hydrocortisone: 50 (or 100) mg IV q6 hourly for 4 days or until discharge from ICU

*thiamine: 200 mg IV q12 hourly for 4 days or until discharge from ICU

*ascorbic acid: 1.5 g IV q6 hourly for 4 days or until discharge from ICU

https://rumble.com/v1lahhj-academias-war-on-dr.-paul-marik.html

(Start at 33:28)

NPR: National Public Radio

https://wholefoodsmagazine.com/columns/vitamin-connection/the-marik-protocol-for-deadly-sepsis-is-already-saving-many-lives-the-roles-of-vitamins-c-and-b1-thiamine/

BeckersHospitalReview: How a mix of vitamins and steroids could cure sepsis: 6 things to know

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/how-a-mix-of-vitamins-and-steroids-could-kill-sepsis-6-things-to-know.html

CriticalCareReviews: Video with Paul Marik

https://www.criticalcarereviews.com/index.php/meetings/485-ccr-meetings/ccr-meeting-2017/2896-the-cure-for-sepsis-with-paul-marik

DailyMail: Has this doctor found the cure for sepsis? Emergency care physician says vitamin C can prevent patients from going into organ failure

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6569799/Emergency-care-physician-says-vitamin-C-cure-patients-sepsis.html

Emory: Clinical trial testing vitamin and steroid combination in sepsis patients underway at Emory

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/10/sevransky_victas_trial_for_sepsis/index.html

LifeExtensionMagazine: Sepsis: Is There Now a Cure?

https://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2018/9/As-We-See-It/Page-01

NursesUSA: Could Vitamin C Be the Simple Solution for Sepsis?

http://nursesusa.org/article_vitamin_c_for_sepsis.asp

PhysiciansWeekly 2018: IV Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone, & Thiamine for Sepsis

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/iv-vitamin-c-hydrocortisone-thiamine-for-sepsis/

PulmCCM 2018: Vitamin C cocktail for sepsis: randomized trials to test efficacy

https://pulmccm.org/critical-care-review/vitamin-c-save-lives-sepsis/

WebMD 2018: Vitamin Cocktail for Sepsis Getting Wider Test

https://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/news/20180521/vitamin-cocktail-for-sepsis-getting-wider-test

WholeFoodsMagazine: The Marik Protocol for Deadly Sepsis Is Already Saving Many Lives: The Roles of Vitamins C and B1 (Thiamine) - An Interview with Dr. Paul E. Marik, MD, FCCP, FCM, MBBCH

https://wholefoodsmagazine.com/columns/vitamin-connection/the-marik-protocol-for-deadly-sepsis-is-already-saving-many-lives-the-roles-of-vitamins-c-and-b1-thiamine/

ClinicalTrials.GOV: Vitamin C & Thiamine in Sepsis

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03592277

CritCare: Vitamin C: The next step in sepsis management?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883944117310596

CritCare1: Ascorbic acid, corticosteroids, and thiamine in sepsis: a review of the biologic rationale and the present state of clinical evaluation

https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-018-2217-4

CritCare2: Evidence is stronger than you think: a meta-analysis of vitamin C use in patients with sepsis

https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-018-2191-x

NEJM: Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Hydrocortisone for Sepsis Patients

https://www.jwatch.org/na44358/2017/07/18/vitamin-c-thiamine-and-hydrocortisone-sepsis-patients

PharmTher: Vitamin C for the treatment of sepsis: The scientific rationale

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163725818300706

PulmCCM: Vitamin C cocktail for sepsis: randomized trials to test efficacy

https://pulmccm.org/infectious-disease-sepsis-review/vitamin-c-cocktail-for-sepsis-randomized-trials-to-test-efficacy/

PulmCCM2: Could vitamin C save lives in sepsis? These hospitals aren’t waiting for proof.

https://pulmccm.org/critical-care-review/vitamin-c-save-lives-sepsis/

PulmCrit: Metabolic sepsis resuscitation: the evidence behind Vitamin C

http://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/metabolic-sepsis-resuscitation/

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Thank you for all of these.

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It is guinea pigs. It's okay, those "pocket pets" are easy to confuse! 😂

Mrs. "the Knife"

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And Vitamin D! Nursing home residents are likely the most sun deficient folks you know.

But, I don't know if the in-house nurse will distribute these life saving supplements along with the evil pharmaceutical drugs they give out per prescription - unless they're prescribed (ha!).

Also, a family member will have to buy the supplements and sometimes they can't afford them, or live too far away to get someone to see that their loved one gets what they need. It's a very difficult situation for the elder and their family.

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What kind of vitamin C do you recommend and where do I get it?

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I get mine from life extension

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I have just started using NutriBiotic Ascorbic acid powder; one ingredient.

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If you have any friends in nursing homes, friends who seem to be in La-La Land all day, check their daily meds. You'll often discover that the facility is keeping them doped up and dumbed down, intentionally.

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I can't speak to nursing homes, but we went through a similar issue with my mom.

Long story short: Diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer a year and a half ago (no jabs, former smoker and has dementia), got lucky with immunotherapy, but with all of the ongoing changes in her health she ended up on several "meds".

It got to the point that we were seriously considering home hospice a few months ago. I had moved in with her after the diagnosis, was here primary caretaker and it was starting to be overwhelming

We questioned why she was on all of these meds when she appears to now be cancer free (Praise God!). Her doctor, bless him, took her off everything. That was almost two months ago.

In less than two weeks, she went from unable to wipe her own backside to walking around without even a cane.

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It was SOP in geriatric medicine when I trained in family medicine in the '80s to review all drugs annually and try to get rid of as many as possible.

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My, how things have changed. And in this case, NOT for the better.

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Praise God indeed!

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Lord bless her, and you. That story should be required reading for all assisted living facility directors!

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This is despicable! I’ve kept my parents out of there and have cared for them personally. Lost my dad in August 2021, but at least he never had to go to a nursing home. Now my mom is really struggling and I am doing everything to keep her home. What these facilities are getting away with now is criminal!! It’s all about the money, and short staffing purposely because it’s easier to drug them up!

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