Now it's my turn to say, I hear you and I agree with you.
Also, to be very clear, I do not "totally reject all mainstream medicine". Nowhere near. That's a false binary split.
From experience, I use doctor's visits very, very sparingly - and when I do, I go in completely prepared and ready to resist any attempt to push me into taking a "recommended" treatment. For instance, the last time I had to consult a doctor about possible surgery, I brought a friend to take notes, prepared a list of questions, had my nurse-daughter conference call in to join us, recorded the session, and made very clear at the beginning that I was not making any decisions that day. I was very fortunate that this doctor was the kind of person who appreciated the care I was taking and how much I had thought it through.
There are a lot of very good, caring and helpful people in the medical system, and I give them a lot of credit. My nurse-daughter is such a person - and she is completely on board with all vaxxes, masking, social distancing, frequent tests and quarantining, and she dismisses all evidence the vaxxes are not "safe and effective" as fringe disinformation.
So no, I do not dismiss all mainstream medical care. I use it - but very occasionally, and very, very cautiously.
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Date: 2024-02-16 03:09 pm (UTC)Also, to be very clear, I do not "totally reject all mainstream medicine". Nowhere near. That's a false binary split.
From experience, I use doctor's visits very, very sparingly - and when I do, I go in completely prepared and ready to resist any attempt to push me into taking a "recommended" treatment. For instance, the last time I had to consult a doctor about possible surgery, I brought a friend to take notes, prepared a list of questions, had my nurse-daughter conference call in to join us, recorded the session, and made very clear at the beginning that I was not making any decisions that day. I was very fortunate that this doctor was the kind of person who appreciated the care I was taking and how much I had thought it through.
There are a lot of very good, caring and helpful people in the medical system, and I give them a lot of credit. My nurse-daughter is such a person - and she is completely on board with all vaxxes, masking, social distancing, frequent tests and quarantining, and she dismisses all evidence the vaxxes are not "safe and effective" as fringe disinformation.
So no, I do not dismiss all mainstream medical care. I use it - but very occasionally, and very, very cautiously.