Comments on: Acupuncture, Macular Degeneration and Osteoporosis Updates

By: JP

JP — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:57:23 +0000

Iggy,

It sounds like you have good reason to disagree based on your experiences. Sadly, there are some doctors out there like that. But most people have some degree of choice as to where they choose to spend their health care dollars. If a physician treated me or my family in such a way, they wouldn’t be our physician for very long.

It’s not a perfect system out there but the only way we can “vote” in instances like these is with our dollars and by voicing our disapproval when we’re mistreated.

Be well!

By: Iggy Dalrymple

Iggy Dalrymple — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:23:45 +0000

“Don’t ever be afraid to discuss alternative treatments with your physicians.”

I disagree. My mom was blackballed and kicked out of her town’s preferred medical practice when the doc learned that she did IV chelation. My ex feels that she must keep quiet about anti-cancer supplementation, in order to benefit from her doc’s conventional expertise. My doc got angry when I suggested that she send her severely asthmatic daughter to an acupuncturist. It’s generally not a good idea to discuss altmed with lay people. Most would much prefer to die at the altar of BigMed.

By: JP

JP — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:08:41 +0000

Thanks, Oct!

Be well!

By: Oct

Oct — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:37:50 +0000

Very good information, JP. Interesting article.