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| Sorry, we're not going there. At least not until it's necessary. |
OK, so maybe the title sounds a bit condescending,
but this naturally healthy Grandma is ticked off. I'm so tired of
these rheumatology fellows (fresh out of medical school and newly
brainwashed) pushing drugs that I don't need on me. And I'm even
sicker of their supervisors backing them up in the name of funding.
I used to think that was just a
conspiracy theory, but speaking from experience, I can now tell you
it's the truth.
You may disagree and you're certainly
entitled to your opinion. But when my doctors recommend that I take a
medicine that's been proven lethal to more than a few patients and is
not intended to be given to those who do not tolerate meds well, like
me, I smell something stinky and it's not my feet.
That's because:
*I have a very low tolerance for most
medications and my doctors all know it. In my lifetime, there have
only been 2, count them, 2 prescription medications that I can
tolerate. That would be prednisone and penicillin.
*The reason they are supposedly
suggesting this medicine is because I have not been
able to tolerate any of the other meds except prednisone, which is
coincidentally inexpensive, been around a long time and does not earn
them any bonus money.
*The physicians website (not web-MD or
the equivalent) I consult with specifically states that this new
medicine they want me to try should not be given to anyone with
tolerance issues. In fact, the first thing you see if you have access
to this site is a huge warning label to that effect in red and black.
The site is restricted to licensed physicians. I got around that.
Shhhhh
*I have caught my doctors flat out
lying to me concerning the side effects of the last medicine “we”
tried that I also could not tolerate but which they do
receive funding for dispensing in an effort to keep me taking it,
even though it was not improving my condition in any way whatsoever,
according to their own lab tests.
You guys, I'm pretty much done with the
kinds of doctors we have these days. I'm having a lot of promising
results with changing my diet, taking high dose nutritional
supplements and exercising more frequently. So much so that I have
myself down to 5 mg. of prednisone daily. Plus, the way I am feeling
(which is about 90% better) indicates that I will be able to
eliminate prescription drugs within a year or so.
Now, I'm no fool. I know there's a
chance with the Lupus that there may come a time when I absolutely
have to try extreme measures. It's just that I know this is not that
time.
So the real question is, “Why would
you put someone who is doing better using natural methods on a more
extreme drug?” And the logical answer is because it benefits you,
the doctor, monetarily. (Because it's certainly not beneficial to me,
the patient in any way.)
Sorry, sweetie, I won't poison myself
to line your pockets with gold. Thank-you and have a nice day. I
don't hold it against you. I know you're just doing what you've been
brainwashed.... I mean taught to do. I'm off to look for a
real doctor. You know, one who thinks of me as something more than an
ATM machine.
