Well, I apologized for a "redundant" email that I thought I sent to the list and it only went to Mike! Since I saw so many on the subject between then and now, I think it's still ok to send it along and let other people know what I was thinking. (It's unedited still.)
Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Nancy B. <[email protected]> To: M. G. Devour <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 7:31 AM Subject: Re: Doctors (long) >(Open letter) > >Mike, I sincerely appreciate your efforts here to keep us >all "happy campers." We certainly don't want to discourage >anyone with a mind for science and health from posting here. >Nor those with no mind for science and health full of >questions! > >I've had wonderful experience with doctors, and generalizing >about them, implying only 2% are all right is not very >scientific and in my opinion, grossly inaccurate. I will >say, the more you need a doctor, the more you find out how >little they do know in certain areas. Guessing that doctors >only know 2% about the human body and what ails it may not >be off by much! There is so much unknown about the littlest >organism, and how much moreso the human body. Organs once >thought as useless (thymus, appendix, tonsils) today are now >found to be important to good health. This is only one >example. > >Just as with doctors, there are good automechanics and bad >ones. Some in it for the money, others for the love of cars >and fixing things. This is probably true of all professions >and occupations. > >Maybe we have too high expectations for doctors. I think >that's because we may be talking life and death, health and >welfare of a person, not a car, not a head of hair. That's >what makes them so vulnerable for "attack" from us. We can >always replace a car or grow back hair, but we can't replace >an arm that was the wrong one amputated. When we read about >things like that, we personally feel threatened. And some >of us have received bad health care. But the percent of >times malpractice occurs are far outweighed by the >occurrences that modern medicine has helped people and saved >them from untimely death. > >To bash all doctors because of a few duds is as foolish as >saying all men are bad because of the few who are >wifebeaters and deadbeats. Yet people do both, to their >disadvantage. > >I think it would be wise to avoid bashing healthcare >professionals with a broad bat. It may be useful to cite >individual circumstances on occasion to help people avoid a >dud, as with one of our members and her horrible doctor who >couldn't diagnose gall bladder disease or a broken ankle. > >It is unfortunate that many a bad doctor (and many a bad >teacher) ends up working in some small community where the >pay is lower so a job is available, and there is little >accountability to other professionals or authorities. This >seems to happen a lot. But to say all doctors or teachers >in those kind of communities are bad is very judgemental. >My favorite pediatrician moved from a suburban setting to a >distant mountain village out of state. I miss him. He >wasn't running from anything though. He was an excellent >doctor who wanted a simpler life style. Good for him! > >Generally speaking, these men and women can and should be >our allies, not names on a blacklist because of "MD". > >It was my own medical doctor who let me know about colloidal >silver to start with! He is bound by the constraints of a >good scientist and would not endorse it. But he let me know >about it so I could judge for myself whether or not to >self-medicate with it. He also provided the best he could a >reprint on possible side effects. He's open minded but >cautious and protective of his liscence. I'm glad to know >that, because you can bet he will not knowingly give me >something unethical or unproved. And personally, I can not >study every non-prescription "cureall" that comes along. I >don't have the time, the money or the brains to do this. >That's what I pay my doctors for. And I feel I get what I >pay for. That's great! I want to have reliable doctors to >fall back on if/when necessary so I hope nothing ever does >jeopardize his license! Keeping good rapport with my >doctors is important to me. > >Anyone who works for someone else knows there are >constraints on what they can do, especially if the job >requires a license. Doctors today couldn't have it worse >when it comes to accountability. The real problem is when >the patient is too ignorant, trusting or compliant to >recognize or complain about bad service or malpractice. Or >is stuck with limited options due to HMO membership, lack of >insurance, etc. It is unfortunate that research is so >expensive and competitive. Many doctors have made >observations and recorded them, but few will ever be widely >known. They go through the same frustrations we are going >through getting recognition for our findings with silver. > >I have a lot of respect for physicians. I've worked for >them, and they've worked for me. One of the best ways to >find out who's a good doctor is to ask a healthcare >professional who he/she would go to with a given problem. >That's worked well for me. > >I really wish we had more doctors and scientists on this >list. Participating here requires giving up time for >something else, though, and many people, whatever >occupation, just don't have time for that right now. > >Sincerely, >Nancy > >-----Original Message----- >From: M. G. Devour <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, July 05, 1998 1:02 PM >Subject: Doctors > > >Hi everybody! > >I'd like to make a comment about doctors, as it applies to >this >list... > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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