i'm pretty sure this is why the bad kitty keeps saying stuff like "the first step in curing stupid is giving people a megaphone and listening to what they have to say," mr ludwig.
I have credentials out the wazoo: A.B. magna cum laude from Princeton; B.A. with First Class Honours from Oxford (a First in Greats!); Ph.D. from Harvard; and a J.D. from Yale Law School. And nobody pays attention to me, because I do not have the right beliefs.
I don’t have what you have but I’m in healthcare and people who aren’t don’t believe me either. Okay, guess you know everything ‘Person who can’t read a study to save their life’
Goobervers is accutrate. Those Goobs all look funny, are clumsy, often obese, and clearly have very low iq or dementia. They expel any intelligent person telling them the inconvenient truth, posing a threat to their false beliefs, and that is probably why they can stay in power. I find it very interesting that intelligent people do not organize good political alternatives, forming rainbow coalitions, challenging these Goobs. I also find it very interesting & bizarre that people in general do not support more intelligent people.
Not surprising. How do you get to be an MD? Not by questioning the official narrative, that's for sure. Their whole life, they did what they were told, when told to do it, and followed the rules they were told to follow. Boat rocking was not, and for most, will not, ever be their thing.
....and to be so clueless that you dont understand that the 3rd and especially the 4th dose vaxxaholics have more than likely damaged their immune systems leaving themselves compromised and now the sickest ( i believe) cohort. The only question is have they damaged their immune system permanently. TBD......and the band played on.....
How many "boosters" it will take to make it so obvious that even the densest confirmation bias victim will see through their fog is anyone's guess. Should we be taking bets? This can only continue going in one dierction.
Before covid, doctors were ppl that wore boots and a cape in my eyes. I would’ve jumped off a bridge per their rec. Now many are the worlds most tendentious, sanctimonious and misguided sales ppl for big pharma and nothing more. Few things are sadder to me.
I would never have jumped off a bridge over the request of doctors.
I remember I went to the Dentists office as a kid, and there was a dentist there, who like me, was overweight. Only he was very overweight at the time, He walked me and my dad back to his private office and weighed himself and had me weigh myself as well and warned me about gaining weight and not to be like him. I've struggled with my weight most of my life, and that encounter taught me early and often that doctors are people too and just as susceptible to bad thinking/habits as anyone else.
He did care. And he was right in warning me about the problems of being overweight. I could give you a list of them. My point is that I don't have any illusions about doctors being at a higher level than us.
I suggest you hit the rabbit hole on seed oils and gut-destroying vegetables. Most of these are available on YouTube and Apple podcasts
Biohackers Lab - my old ski racing coach, Alison Gannett, has an interview on how she’s using an 80% fat keto diet to keep brain cancer at bay and goes over how she probably got cancer as a world champion free skier (hidden sugars and stress)
Ivor Cummins, the Fat Emperor
Paul Saladin, Carnivore MD
Low Carb Down Under (You Tube, the Denver 2020 conference is the best, couple dozen excellent presentations)
Peak Human with Brian Sanders
Most of these guys have done interviews with Ben Bikman, Peter “from Hyperlipid,” Nina Teicholz who wrote Big Fat Surprise, and some of the first doctors who had to go to court against medical boards like Tim Noakes, MD, South Africa, and Brian Fetke, MD, in Tasmania for promoting real solutions to diabetes and weight gain and heart disease.
I got into Ivor Cummins as a result of his great Covid related material that I heard on the Tom Woods show.
another reason I find it hard to believe doctors blindly is the food pyramid. They've been wrong about that since 1950 and we've been paying for it ever since.
While I've seldom acted upon it, I'm aware of some of the criticism of the official (USA) food recommendations. I first heard about this stuff in the 1980s. For those interested, you could research the changing USDA (?) food pyramid. Questions: it's not like diet is brand new to science. That begs a few questions: Like why would it change? Sure, science may make new discoveries, but something as basic as food? A plausible corrupting influence is (of course) money. It's no secret that the US government subsidizes agriculture. Among the biggest are corn, milk, meat and so forth. Leaving the issue of subsidy aside, comes the problem of promoting various products -- especially if they're not particularly healthy for the citizenry.
Seed oils have been pushed on usprobably because of a better profit margin. But the heat extraction and longevity due to cleaning of these oils makes them hazards to our cell membranes. Animal fats are more stable and now believed to be more natural less processed and therefore more health promoting
We were somewhat poor so mom sent me to a dental school to be the students' patient, and get my many cavities filled for free. Mr. Freiler was my fave student. Whispered lots of new cuss words into my ear as he struggled to learn the trade. LOL
Jimmy: not trying to highjack this but want to offer help (as hopefully one of the good doctors). We have an App called PROPORTIONFIT that can help you with weight loss. Just introduced. App is free but video content has to be purchased. Use code DEBUT to get it for only $10. Trust me--I'm a doctor!! (That's supposed to be humor). Honestly--it's a simple and effective method for better weight and health . Just search for PROPORTIONFIT on your device's app store.
This sounds like a better way to lose weight than my recent weight loss due to amputation via diabetic cellulitus. Sure, I lost weight, but I lost my lower left leg as well.
That's not the weight loss you want!! Hopefully this method can help you. Never too late! It also helps with spiritual, financial and mental health, if you want to use those elements too (optional). Good luck and let me know if I can help.
There are some podiatrists next door to my Chiro. I was thinking of seeing one of them, even came in to ask questions. Now I see they require masks. That tells me they don't know how germs and viruses work and/or they like authoritarianism. Not doctors to see...ever.
Boots, I went to the derm the other day and they had a sign on the door saying the CDC requires masks . . So add ignorance of civics to germs and viruses. I was all too happy to point out them that the CDC has zero authority to require anything of anyone.
About 15 years ago I noticed a small red patch on the calf of my leg. Went to a dermatologist who cut a sample and it came back “cancer” so I went back and he cut it away. I watched my dad, a red head, go to the skin doctor every 6 months in later life to deal with sun damage from younger days so I was prepared to follow his example. I noted that the guy I went to had the rep (self-promoted) of being the best in the area as awarded by the group of doctors he was associated with. I think it was mentioned in his Yellow Pages ad or on some framed piece of paper in the hallway between exam rooms in the office. And he projected a quiet confidence also. So, after the leg thing he explained I should come back every 6 months so he could keep an eye on things. So, the first time I came back, I go in an exam room and he had an apprentice in there he was apparently mentoring. I take off my shirt and they start examining the skin. They are conferring like I am not even there. He’s got a can of super cold spray to instafreeze any small problems they find. She: “what’s that?”
He: “That’s a harmless (tech name) “
She: “What about that?”
He: “Good” (((SPRITZ))) (Kaching! $10)
She: “What’s that?”
He: “Not sure.” (((SPRITZ))) (Kaching!!! $10)
She: “That?”
He: “Darnd if I know…(((SPRITZ))) (Kaching! $10)
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Ten minutes later , looking at a spot between my eyebrows where I have a small spider vein dot-thingy on the Ajna Chackra, he says, confidently, “Want me to take care of that for ya?”
“OK” I sez, thinking why not, I’m already here anyway. He brings me to the laser set-up and starts cooking away line by line until he’s satisfied that the whole thing has been vaporized.
As I leave the office he warns me that I should, at my age and with my skin, be sure to come back twice a year. A few weeks later, my adja spider vein dot burns are healed and the spider veins are still there, hale and hearty! Since then , I must have missed 30 semiannual appointments, living dangerously at risk of cancer! (KACHIIIIING!)
Had a patient leave a 1 star review on google last year because I would not comply with their assertion that I wear a mask. The irony is that they called me arrogant and rude and that it was clear which side of science I was on 🙄
I do not wear a mask in my clinic. I have had only one complaint in a year and that was a patient whose leg I saved by diagnosing a limb threatening infection and arranging his admission to the hospital. Go figure. I also tell my patients they can remove theirs as they provide no protection. If patients ask and they usually do not, I advise them against vaccination based upon my own experience and reading of the evidence. Most patients like most doctors I know are sheep and are very proud that they are "fully vaxed" or in the case of doctors that they have recommended vaccination based on the "science".
Boots, I used to work for a company that sold custom orthotic shoe insoles, (for $300+ a pair). Naturally I used our products, (free!) although my feet were fine. Within months I started having pain and quit wearing them, and ended up getting a new job in a different field. Then a friend gave me a book to read called "Run Free", and I found out that the entire orthotics and athletic shoe industry was built on bad science! Our feet are designed to develop strength through natural means. Highly supportive orthotics and cushiony shoes WEAKEN our feet! Deja vu, huh?
I’m in CA blue state. I have had mixed experiences. You just have to try to not accept wearing one and see what happens. You can choose to still wear if you want if they insist, or you can choose to walk out. I choose to walk out of my GP office when they insisted and found another doctor to help with my issue.
I just got done passing a kidney stone at home. Never considered going to the hospital or contacting a doctor even though I was in quite a bit of pain for a few days. Death's door at this point is the only thing that will drag me to the ER.
There are doctors like that. You won't hear about them. Because they are not very active on social media, instead of being a media monkey, they are doing their jobs. If they ever prefer to make an appearance and draw attention on social media, they get banned anyway.
My black-pilling experience came when I was about 10 years old. I had some issues fitting in at school and was subjected to special ed, therapy, Ritalin and when that didn't do what they wanted it to do, phenobarbital. The phenobarbital aggravated my existing problems and made me fly into uncontrollable rages. I very nearly wound up in the state hospital before they figured it out. A ten year old! I now inform my doctors that I am not willing to blindly comply with everything they want--I am in charge, not they.
This happened to me as a 13-year old. I had an insane episode after one day on and was immediately taken off. I hurt my hands and head from self injuring (bashing things), thankfully not permanently. It was more or less the end of my parents' experiments in pharmacy. They felt horrible.
I'm not quite at the stage of having confidence in doctors that we saw in excellent 1990 film "Dances With Wolves." (spoiler alert) Lt. Dunbar (played by Kevin Kostner) is wounded in a battle. He sees that he's about to have his leg amputated. Choosing to die instead, he puts on his boots somehow and escapes on a horse, seeking death in battle. Actually, not spoiler alert: let's just say he survives and keeps his limbs. This rather graphic depiction of 1860's medicine is fairly accurate.
Anyway, I'm not quite as averse as the fictional Lt. Dunbar was, but I've moved in that direction. You could say I was livid when my primary recommended Paxlovid.
Although online I am very outspoken, with Doc I may keep quiet. I've gotten good service in the past and do need primary care linked to the insurance system. So unless they bring up the issue, there's really no need to lambaste them with my more-or-less prepared tongue-lashing e.g. "How long are you going to remain complicit in a corrupt system? How many hundreds of thousands of people have to die before you admit you screwed up? And you wonder why patients no longer trust you? You trust the FDA and the CDC? Are you out of your fucking mind???" 😵
No, sometimes it's better to hold one's tongue, especially when I'm still getting net positive service from professionals. Also, there are still doctors that have more freedom, are reputed to prescribe the elusive Ivermectin etc. upon request. They may be strictly fee for service, but that has its benefits too. Especially, as may be likely, they are independents and don't have to jump through the hoops of a plan administrator or whatever "profits first" recommendation the FDA or the CDC is touting that week. Living in Florida has its benefits; perhaps I should avail myself. No law says I can't keep "insurance doc" for routine care.
On a different track, but useful to the thread: on my mid-teens, while playing hoops at grandma’s driveway, I landed on my right foot and immediately felt the most insane pain I ever (to this mid-50s days) felt. Because there was no obvious swelling or lack of mobility, it was determined that a visit to ER wasn’t necessary. The pain went away, I could walk fine, but once in a while I would trip and **bang** the pain was back. Then it started hurting at night, waking me up at wee ours. Movement would help and soothe the pain. So, we go see the specialist, who recommended regular steroids injections to reduce inflammation. Every single shot was like being hit on the foot by a hammer. I think I endured one year of this, up to a point in which the shot was just unbearable and I simply told my folks “that’s it. I’m not going back there”. That’s when my folks finally got a 2nd opinion... and about a month or two later, I underwent a simple surgery to remove a benign tumor (osteoid osteoma) from the side of my heel. And pain and problems gone.
As the f...ing bureaucrat is telling me to take a f...ing shot cuz it’s good for me, sorry, I already graduated.
Yeah it happens with my boy and schools too. Conformity is a must but not everyone's mature enough to meet the demands of first grade with not daily behavior reports. It was to my surprised at an ARD meeting that they wanted me to medicate my 6 year old. No way. Once we temporarily went back to daily reports and I was able to adjust my son's humming and paper cutting behavior thru punish and rewards he changed. I did not even know nor did he do these things at home. His teacher was caring for her sick relative so she was not at her best. She retired 3 years later. The next year his 2nd grade teacher never sent a note home and had great comments. He was an exemplary student thru high school except for that 1st grade blip. Advocate for your child or the system will attempt to recreate your child into zombies to simplify their job.
I have a good friend whose son was, I think, seven, that would be second grade, when he and his wife got a letter telling them they had to go in to meet with the staff of the Westborough, MA school system because of a problem with their son. He and his wife went in and met a teacher and an administrator who told them that their son just couldn't hack it in regular classes and had to be put into special needs classes.
His mother, to her shame, was going to go along. After all, they were -gasp- educators. They were -gasp- professionals.
My friend said no way. They had a long argument, the resolution of which was that they'd give my friend's son a battery of tests and see how he did.
He scored off the charts. It turned out he was just bored to tears by the inept "teaching" of these -gasp- educators in the Westborough, MA school system.
These -gasp- educators, these -gasp- professionals would quite possibly have ruined my friend's son's life by putting him on the highway to oppositional defiance and acting out all because these pretentious boobs were so incompetent that they did not realize their teaching was at the pace of tectonic movements to him. Rather than try to understand why he wasn't going along with everything, these Westborough, MA -gasp- educators saw someone who wasn't sufficiently obedient and that was the only thing that mattered.
His parents took him out of the Westborough, MA school system and enrolled him in a local Montessori school where he did extremely well.
Absolutely. We advocate for our boys all the time. It has been a struggle at times, but worth it. My oldest is starting his senior year in high school and was very difficult when he was younger, but usually around the time they hit puberty, everything takes care of it self if you don't mess them up with drugs. My middle son is an aspy, and some teachers love him and have great success with him, others not so much. He will probably out grow some of the social awkwardness also, but we have also refused to put him on any drugs just to make the teachers life easier. We get the daily reports also.
Sometimes I can not help but laugh at what he did. They have these social skills classes, and they were talking about something and the teacher asked my son to tell her how he think she feels right now? He responded with, "Based on your body language and tone of voice, I believe you are experiencing feelings of embarrassment and inadequacy since you showed up to class unprepared to teach today." (Yes he really does talk that way)
She was so mad when she called. Later on though, she sent an email and apologized to us for being so angry and admitted that he was right when he called her out in front of the class, she had a rough morning and wasn't prepared for class.
I can't wait to see how he turns out. My wife and I joke he could either grow up to be Elon Musk, or Dr. Evil.
I love your antedotes they take on those special memories recited over campfires. Big of the teacher to acknowledge being human. Teachers are special they maintain relationships with our kids that help define our kids future relationships. Like your son I too am direct, luckily my spouse complements and guides me with my timing and phrasing.
In my mid twenties I became lactose intolerant first time I ever needed to use a doctor they told me everything was in my mind and I was stressed out and gave me muscle relaxants so I went to the library checked out every book about stomach issues gave up all the foods that caused them coffee chocolate strawberries etc figured out it was lactose. Lactose as a binder. So I always doubted that the medical system after that. I used a food diary and my symptoms would occur 12 hours after I had my latte.
I'm sure those healthy young MDs that were quadruple vaxed would have "been grateful for the protection the vaccines gave" if only they had gotten that fifth shot already...
Remember that the medical profession is a government-enforced cartel, thus suppressing competition and private, impartial accrediting organizations, which is the only cure for incompetence.
State involvement in medicine has been an unmitigated disaster. Literally every single major problem in the sector is result of government.
Good point. There are some personality and intra-institutional power struggles in medicine that had somewhat far-reaching effects that really can't be blamed on the state because they occurred before any major state intervention in medicine.
Exactly. How I got thru plane geometry and chemistry in large part. I avoided algebra altogether. I’m sure I could get it now but why bother at 74. Don’t miss it much.
My one lasting takeaway from math class is that it is impossible to divide any number by Biden’s IQ. The answer, to the extent there is one, is said to have no meaning, just like Joey himself.
We probably got Ba5. It left us dizzy, low energy (likely dehydrated and hypoglycemic, so we took carbs and water) after fever and aches cleared, with anosmia. It took a couple of days to get to 90% and we were at 95% after a week.
We used a naturopathic/allopathic approach--elderberry concentrate and calcifediol and zinc. Fever/aches cleared after 48 hours. No rebound, but lots of sinus drainage. All have comorbidities except the child.
it's almost like these anti-science doctors are taking an unproven drug. The trials for Paxlovid were on unvaxxed patients. There is no evidence that it helps the vaccinated... so why are they taking it?
Seems like for those who are unvaxxed the ride is quite smooth these days. I worried myself sick about my 25 yr old who was the last remaining family member to have never been infected at all, bc he has some health issues. He finally got it a few weeks ago. I had my stockpile of supplies ready to go and delivered them to his house, but he didn't need them. Back to work in a few days.
We three, all double vaxxed, had it in April. Teenager scooted through. Husband with all the co-morbidities AND a chronic cough was next. Then me. We took IVM, but perhaps not enough. We were 7-15 days clearing it
Don't forget to take care of your gut. Eat: plain yogurt with live cultures; fermented sauerkraut; non-GMO fermented miso; kimchi. Drink: kefir with live cultures. This list not all inclusive.
On the pharma side I have HCQ, IVM and Zinc, antibiotics and dexamethasone. Haven't needed any of those in a long time. My new go-to's are a nebulizer, pulse-oximeter, thermometer, and for nebulization I use sterile saline, food grade hydrogen peroxide, and Lugol's iodine. I have albuterol and Budesonide too if needed. I think that's pretty much it. We do a variety of vitamins and supplements but that's a whole 'nother story haha
Good to see someone who is like-minded. I have all these supplies that I keep on hand as well. I also make Fire Cider to take with the first scratchy throat or other signs that you are unwell. I also keep my Vit D levels up where they need to be for a good immune system. I also take vitamin and mineral supplements.
No, not familiar with that one. If I can't find horseradish I don't let that keep me from making my brew. I don't use hot peppers either as I they are too harsh for me.
I use dehydrated elderberries, grated ginger root, chopped onions, chopped fresh garlic, turmeric, and grated horseradish, and put these ingredients into a quart jar of Apple Cider Vinegar that you let sit for a few weeks. Then strain into another jar adding unfiltered honey to your liking. I take a shot of this every few hours when I am fighting off an upper respiratory infection. It keeps me from developing bronchitis. Many recipes are similar and can be found online of course.
FLCCC has a good list. There are lots of lists online, they are fairly similar. I use enteric coated proteolytic enzymes instead of aspirin. Also lots of olive leaf extract. Fresh lemon juice with fresh ginger in raw honey a few times a day. Nourishing Herbal infusions. Have a nebulizer on hand
Oh yes, aspirin (or whatever that is that you use, I imagine for blood thinner?) is a must!
Love the lemon/ginger/honey idea, I'd add turmeric as well. Nebulizer is a Godsend and such a no-brainer, drives me nuts that I've put the word out dozens of times but no one listens or plans ahead, so I bought an extra so I can loan out and not be caught lacking.
remember that indian doc that wanted to punch on the face antivaxxers ... the third vaxx got him ... dont wish bad on stupido jalid but you can play roulette so many times ...
The thing about this is, that when you realize how badly they lied to us about Covid and the shot, you begin to question ALL their treatments. What else are they just pushing on us for Big Pharma? Like statins… better do your research on that one as well, folks! Number one prescribed Rx and yet, heart disease has not improved since this drug came on the market…it’s at an all time high, and that’s before all the current adverse effects….
Cholesterol has been a con from the 50’s. Studies contrary were actually destroyed and hidden. The issue that clued me into the deceit of modern medicine
I'm getting there: I take a satin and more recently a med for high blood pressure. It's surely time to research those drugs and ask if I really need them. After being prescribed (but refused) Paxlovid, I have a new-found appreciation that many medications do little better than placebo. Note! I am by no means anti- all drugs. Surely some are highly effective, perhaps even safe. But it's the ineffective or potentially harmful I wish to avoid.
It's one thing to be clueless, quite another to tweet that cluelessness to the universe....
i'm pretty sure this is why the bad kitty keeps saying stuff like "the first step in curing stupid is giving people a megaphone and listening to what they have to say," mr ludwig.
Another reason we need not censor speech.
hahahaha
You know what? This is funny as all hell. But, also scary as hell.
These are the same type of people who run our Government.
A Gooberverse without limit.
Another favorite new word for me to spread.
"Gooberverse. Thank you 🙃
It's the dumb leading the blind! It doesn't get any better than that!🤭🤢🤮
But, but, but...credentials!
I personally think credentials are a cloning experiment gone bad...
I have credentials out the wazoo: A.B. magna cum laude from Princeton; B.A. with First Class Honours from Oxford (a First in Greats!); Ph.D. from Harvard; and a J.D. from Yale Law School. And nobody pays attention to me, because I do not have the right beliefs.
I believe in you, cuz you get it.
I don’t have what you have but I’m in healthcare and people who aren’t don’t believe me either. Okay, guess you know everything ‘Person who can’t read a study to save their life’
Goobervers is accutrate. Those Goobs all look funny, are clumsy, often obese, and clearly have very low iq or dementia. They expel any intelligent person telling them the inconvenient truth, posing a threat to their false beliefs, and that is probably why they can stay in power. I find it very interesting that intelligent people do not organize good political alternatives, forming rainbow coalitions, challenging these Goobs. I also find it very interesting & bizarre that people in general do not support more intelligent people.
Thanks for the new word! Love it!
Without the vaccine, my cluelessness would have been so much worse.
Lololololololololol!!!
Badda Bing!! 😎
Not surprising. How do you get to be an MD? Not by questioning the official narrative, that's for sure. Their whole life, they did what they were told, when told to do it, and followed the rules they were told to follow. Boat rocking was not, and for most, will not, ever be their thing.
What do you call someone who got a D on all their medical school exams?
"Doctor."
A teacher?
A deector? (I know, I’m killing the joke...)
....and to be so clueless that you dont understand that the 3rd and especially the 4th dose vaxxaholics have more than likely damaged their immune systems leaving themselves compromised and now the sickest ( i believe) cohort. The only question is have they damaged their immune system permanently. TBD......and the band played on.....
How many "boosters" it will take to make it so obvious that even the densest confirmation bias victim will see through their fog is anyone's guess. Should we be taking bets? This can only continue going in one dierction.
Being stupid is like being dead. When you’re dead, you don’t know you are. Same thing as when you’re stupid.
Before covid, doctors were ppl that wore boots and a cape in my eyes. I would’ve jumped off a bridge per their rec. Now many are the worlds most tendentious, sanctimonious and misguided sales ppl for big pharma and nothing more. Few things are sadder to me.
I would never have jumped off a bridge over the request of doctors.
I remember I went to the Dentists office as a kid, and there was a dentist there, who like me, was overweight. Only he was very overweight at the time, He walked me and my dad back to his private office and weighed himself and had me weigh myself as well and warned me about gaining weight and not to be like him. I've struggled with my weight most of my life, and that encounter taught me early and often that doctors are people too and just as susceptible to bad thinking/habits as anyone else.
sounds like he actually cared
He did care. And he was right in warning me about the problems of being overweight. I could give you a list of them. My point is that I don't have any illusions about doctors being at a higher level than us.
Then he taught you at least two things right there. Lately not seeing that kind of brave honesty.
True, now he would have been fired for warning me about being overweight. He probably now would have been told to embrace my "body positivity."
good point. sad.
Check out Brad Marshall and Paul Saladino. Seed oils may have contributed to both your problems.
You need to listen to this. https://youtu.be/RT86U6_tRns
I suggest you hit the rabbit hole on seed oils and gut-destroying vegetables. Most of these are available on YouTube and Apple podcasts
Biohackers Lab - my old ski racing coach, Alison Gannett, has an interview on how she’s using an 80% fat keto diet to keep brain cancer at bay and goes over how she probably got cancer as a world champion free skier (hidden sugars and stress)
Ivor Cummins, the Fat Emperor
Paul Saladin, Carnivore MD
Low Carb Down Under (You Tube, the Denver 2020 conference is the best, couple dozen excellent presentations)
Peak Human with Brian Sanders
Most of these guys have done interviews with Ben Bikman, Peter “from Hyperlipid,” Nina Teicholz who wrote Big Fat Surprise, and some of the first doctors who had to go to court against medical boards like Tim Noakes, MD, South Africa, and Brian Fetke, MD, in Tasmania for promoting real solutions to diabetes and weight gain and heart disease.
I got into Ivor Cummins as a result of his great Covid related material that I heard on the Tom Woods show.
another reason I find it hard to believe doctors blindly is the food pyramid. They've been wrong about that since 1950 and we've been paying for it ever since.
While I've seldom acted upon it, I'm aware of some of the criticism of the official (USA) food recommendations. I first heard about this stuff in the 1980s. For those interested, you could research the changing USDA (?) food pyramid. Questions: it's not like diet is brand new to science. That begs a few questions: Like why would it change? Sure, science may make new discoveries, but something as basic as food? A plausible corrupting influence is (of course) money. It's no secret that the US government subsidizes agriculture. Among the biggest are corn, milk, meat and so forth. Leaving the issue of subsidy aside, comes the problem of promoting various products -- especially if they're not particularly healthy for the citizenry.
Seed oils have been pushed on usprobably because of a better profit margin. But the heat extraction and longevity due to cleaning of these oils makes them hazards to our cell membranes. Animal fats are more stable and now believed to be more natural less processed and therefore more health promoting
As a kid, I had a dentist who smoked while he tortured me.
We were somewhat poor so mom sent me to a dental school to be the students' patient, and get my many cavities filled for free. Mr. Freiler was my fave student. Whispered lots of new cuss words into my ear as he struggled to learn the trade. LOL
Hilarious a smoking drill agent literally.
not if you are fauci ... now it takes some sort of special sauce to work for the .gov in your nineties ...
If there is one person I could put up as an example on why the swamp needs to be drained, it is Fauci.
Jimmy: not trying to highjack this but want to offer help (as hopefully one of the good doctors). We have an App called PROPORTIONFIT that can help you with weight loss. Just introduced. App is free but video content has to be purchased. Use code DEBUT to get it for only $10. Trust me--I'm a doctor!! (That's supposed to be humor). Honestly--it's a simple and effective method for better weight and health . Just search for PROPORTIONFIT on your device's app store.
This sounds like a better way to lose weight than my recent weight loss due to amputation via diabetic cellulitus. Sure, I lost weight, but I lost my lower left leg as well.
That's not the weight loss you want!! Hopefully this method can help you. Never too late! It also helps with spiritual, financial and mental health, if you want to use those elements too (optional). Good luck and let me know if I can help.
At least that dentist cared enough to make a positive? Impression on you. Those who cover their eyes are less compassionate
No doubt the dentist was a heavy influence on the lad, offering his opinion on weighty matters. 😎
There are some podiatrists next door to my Chiro. I was thinking of seeing one of them, even came in to ask questions. Now I see they require masks. That tells me they don't know how germs and viruses work and/or they like authoritarianism. Not doctors to see...ever.
Boots, I went to the derm the other day and they had a sign on the door saying the CDC requires masks . . So add ignorance of civics to germs and viruses. I was all too happy to point out them that the CDC has zero authority to require anything of anyone.
Go somewhere else John. The mask have to be rejected. Pay the "price" to find someone else. It won't take very much of your time.
We have to take a stand on the small stuff like this...or it will go on forever.
Not to mention the fact that going to a doctor that uses a totem to stop germs may not be the best medical choice
I want to go in wearing a garlic crucifix, and say "oh no problem, I have one of these instead."
Like!
Love it!
And write a letter telling them why you are.
About 15 years ago I noticed a small red patch on the calf of my leg. Went to a dermatologist who cut a sample and it came back “cancer” so I went back and he cut it away. I watched my dad, a red head, go to the skin doctor every 6 months in later life to deal with sun damage from younger days so I was prepared to follow his example. I noted that the guy I went to had the rep (self-promoted) of being the best in the area as awarded by the group of doctors he was associated with. I think it was mentioned in his Yellow Pages ad or on some framed piece of paper in the hallway between exam rooms in the office. And he projected a quiet confidence also. So, after the leg thing he explained I should come back every 6 months so he could keep an eye on things. So, the first time I came back, I go in an exam room and he had an apprentice in there he was apparently mentoring. I take off my shirt and they start examining the skin. They are conferring like I am not even there. He’s got a can of super cold spray to instafreeze any small problems they find. She: “what’s that?”
He: “That’s a harmless (tech name) “
She: “What about that?”
He: “Good” (((SPRITZ))) (Kaching! $10)
She: “What’s that?”
He: “Not sure.” (((SPRITZ))) (Kaching!!! $10)
She: “That?”
He: “Darnd if I know…(((SPRITZ))) (Kaching! $10)
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Ten minutes later , looking at a spot between my eyebrows where I have a small spider vein dot-thingy on the Ajna Chackra, he says, confidently, “Want me to take care of that for ya?”
“OK” I sez, thinking why not, I’m already here anyway. He brings me to the laser set-up and starts cooking away line by line until he’s satisfied that the whole thing has been vaporized.
As I leave the office he warns me that I should, at my age and with my skin, be sure to come back twice a year. A few weeks later, my adja spider vein dot burns are healed and the spider veins are still there, hale and hearty! Since then , I must have missed 30 semiannual appointments, living dangerously at risk of cancer! (KACHIIIIING!)
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I'm glad you did. What was the response?
Had a patient leave a 1 star review on google last year because I would not comply with their assertion that I wear a mask. The irony is that they called me arrogant and rude and that it was clear which side of science I was on 🙄
I do not wear a mask in my clinic. I have had only one complaint in a year and that was a patient whose leg I saved by diagnosing a limb threatening infection and arranging his admission to the hospital. Go figure. I also tell my patients they can remove theirs as they provide no protection. If patients ask and they usually do not, I advise them against vaccination based upon my own experience and reading of the evidence. Most patients like most doctors I know are sheep and are very proud that they are "fully vaxed" or in the case of doctors that they have recommended vaccination based on the "science".
what a bully!
Boots, I used to work for a company that sold custom orthotic shoe insoles, (for $300+ a pair). Naturally I used our products, (free!) although my feet were fine. Within months I started having pain and quit wearing them, and ended up getting a new job in a different field. Then a friend gave me a book to read called "Run Free", and I found out that the entire orthotics and athletic shoe industry was built on bad science! Our feet are designed to develop strength through natural means. Highly supportive orthotics and cushiony shoes WEAKEN our feet! Deja vu, huh?
So true. And I had knee pain in "regular" shoes that disappeared when I switched to Vivobarefoots.
Vivobarefoots is what I wear when necessary. Otherwise, I'm barefoot. I'm so happy I found that brand.
Wow! Thank you for that!
No choice in my blue state. Any medical office/service requires those who come in to wear masks.
I’m in CA blue state. I have had mixed experiences. You just have to try to not accept wearing one and see what happens. You can choose to still wear if you want if they insist, or you can choose to walk out. I choose to walk out of my GP office when they insisted and found another doctor to help with my issue.
Well, I'm in New York State and that's not the case here, which is good because I'm not wearing them
I think it's both, both at the same time.
I had to look up "tendentious." And I have a MA in Lit (ok, not English...) AND do crossword puzzles! 😎
I just got done passing a kidney stone at home. Never considered going to the hospital or contacting a doctor even though I was in quite a bit of pain for a few days. Death's door at this point is the only thing that will drag me to the ER.
There are doctors like that. You won't hear about them. Because they are not very active on social media, instead of being a media monkey, they are doing their jobs. If they ever prefer to make an appearance and draw attention on social media, they get banned anyway.
My black-pilling experience came when I was about 10 years old. I had some issues fitting in at school and was subjected to special ed, therapy, Ritalin and when that didn't do what they wanted it to do, phenobarbital. The phenobarbital aggravated my existing problems and made me fly into uncontrollable rages. I very nearly wound up in the state hospital before they figured it out. A ten year old! I now inform my doctors that I am not willing to blindly comply with everything they want--I am in charge, not they.
This happened to me as a 13-year old. I had an insane episode after one day on and was immediately taken off. I hurt my hands and head from self injuring (bashing things), thankfully not permanently. It was more or less the end of my parents' experiments in pharmacy. They felt horrible.
I'm not quite at the stage of having confidence in doctors that we saw in excellent 1990 film "Dances With Wolves." (spoiler alert) Lt. Dunbar (played by Kevin Kostner) is wounded in a battle. He sees that he's about to have his leg amputated. Choosing to die instead, he puts on his boots somehow and escapes on a horse, seeking death in battle. Actually, not spoiler alert: let's just say he survives and keeps his limbs. This rather graphic depiction of 1860's medicine is fairly accurate.
Anyway, I'm not quite as averse as the fictional Lt. Dunbar was, but I've moved in that direction. You could say I was livid when my primary recommended Paxlovid.
Although online I am very outspoken, with Doc I may keep quiet. I've gotten good service in the past and do need primary care linked to the insurance system. So unless they bring up the issue, there's really no need to lambaste them with my more-or-less prepared tongue-lashing e.g. "How long are you going to remain complicit in a corrupt system? How many hundreds of thousands of people have to die before you admit you screwed up? And you wonder why patients no longer trust you? You trust the FDA and the CDC? Are you out of your fucking mind???" 😵
No, sometimes it's better to hold one's tongue, especially when I'm still getting net positive service from professionals. Also, there are still doctors that have more freedom, are reputed to prescribe the elusive Ivermectin etc. upon request. They may be strictly fee for service, but that has its benefits too. Especially, as may be likely, they are independents and don't have to jump through the hoops of a plan administrator or whatever "profits first" recommendation the FDA or the CDC is touting that week. Living in Florida has its benefits; perhaps I should avail myself. No law says I can't keep "insurance doc" for routine care.
On a different track, but useful to the thread: on my mid-teens, while playing hoops at grandma’s driveway, I landed on my right foot and immediately felt the most insane pain I ever (to this mid-50s days) felt. Because there was no obvious swelling or lack of mobility, it was determined that a visit to ER wasn’t necessary. The pain went away, I could walk fine, but once in a while I would trip and **bang** the pain was back. Then it started hurting at night, waking me up at wee ours. Movement would help and soothe the pain. So, we go see the specialist, who recommended regular steroids injections to reduce inflammation. Every single shot was like being hit on the foot by a hammer. I think I endured one year of this, up to a point in which the shot was just unbearable and I simply told my folks “that’s it. I’m not going back there”. That’s when my folks finally got a 2nd opinion... and about a month or two later, I underwent a simple surgery to remove a benign tumor (osteoid osteoma) from the side of my heel. And pain and problems gone.
As the f...ing bureaucrat is telling me to take a f...ing shot cuz it’s good for me, sorry, I already graduated.
Yeah it happens with my boy and schools too. Conformity is a must but not everyone's mature enough to meet the demands of first grade with not daily behavior reports. It was to my surprised at an ARD meeting that they wanted me to medicate my 6 year old. No way. Once we temporarily went back to daily reports and I was able to adjust my son's humming and paper cutting behavior thru punish and rewards he changed. I did not even know nor did he do these things at home. His teacher was caring for her sick relative so she was not at her best. She retired 3 years later. The next year his 2nd grade teacher never sent a note home and had great comments. He was an exemplary student thru high school except for that 1st grade blip. Advocate for your child or the system will attempt to recreate your child into zombies to simplify their job.
Or do your child wrong in another way.
I have a good friend whose son was, I think, seven, that would be second grade, when he and his wife got a letter telling them they had to go in to meet with the staff of the Westborough, MA school system because of a problem with their son. He and his wife went in and met a teacher and an administrator who told them that their son just couldn't hack it in regular classes and had to be put into special needs classes.
His mother, to her shame, was going to go along. After all, they were -gasp- educators. They were -gasp- professionals.
My friend said no way. They had a long argument, the resolution of which was that they'd give my friend's son a battery of tests and see how he did.
He scored off the charts. It turned out he was just bored to tears by the inept "teaching" of these -gasp- educators in the Westborough, MA school system.
These -gasp- educators, these -gasp- professionals would quite possibly have ruined my friend's son's life by putting him on the highway to oppositional defiance and acting out all because these pretentious boobs were so incompetent that they did not realize their teaching was at the pace of tectonic movements to him. Rather than try to understand why he wasn't going along with everything, these Westborough, MA -gasp- educators saw someone who wasn't sufficiently obedient and that was the only thing that mattered.
His parents took him out of the Westborough, MA school system and enrolled him in a local Montessori school where he did extremely well.
Exactly. One wrong turn. my son too was bored. now at 23 years he is an electrical engineer.
Absolutely. We advocate for our boys all the time. It has been a struggle at times, but worth it. My oldest is starting his senior year in high school and was very difficult when he was younger, but usually around the time they hit puberty, everything takes care of it self if you don't mess them up with drugs. My middle son is an aspy, and some teachers love him and have great success with him, others not so much. He will probably out grow some of the social awkwardness also, but we have also refused to put him on any drugs just to make the teachers life easier. We get the daily reports also.
Sometimes I can not help but laugh at what he did. They have these social skills classes, and they were talking about something and the teacher asked my son to tell her how he think she feels right now? He responded with, "Based on your body language and tone of voice, I believe you are experiencing feelings of embarrassment and inadequacy since you showed up to class unprepared to teach today." (Yes he really does talk that way)
She was so mad when she called. Later on though, she sent an email and apologized to us for being so angry and admitted that he was right when he called her out in front of the class, she had a rough morning and wasn't prepared for class.
I can't wait to see how he turns out. My wife and I joke he could either grow up to be Elon Musk, or Dr. Evil.
I love your antedotes they take on those special memories recited over campfires. Big of the teacher to acknowledge being human. Teachers are special they maintain relationships with our kids that help define our kids future relationships. Like your son I too am direct, luckily my spouse complements and guides me with my timing and phrasing.
In my mid twenties I became lactose intolerant first time I ever needed to use a doctor they told me everything was in my mind and I was stressed out and gave me muscle relaxants so I went to the library checked out every book about stomach issues gave up all the foods that caused them coffee chocolate strawberries etc figured out it was lactose. Lactose as a binder. So I always doubted that the medical system after that. I used a food diary and my symptoms would occur 12 hours after I had my latte.
wtf, that pisses me off. Sorry D. Twain
What was yours? Mine was Levaquin after having a poor reaction to ceflex years before. My tendons hate them for it.
There's a reason it has a Black Box warning.
I hope you're doing better, Donald.
Me too. That is bad stuff.
Sounds like those vaccines are working really well 🙄
Safe and effective; that’s what I heard. ; )
Uh, I think you mean Safe and Effective™, right?
Wouldn't want to get a nasty letter from Pfizer's IP team.
I'm sure those healthy young MDs that were quadruple vaxed would have "been grateful for the protection the vaccines gave" if only they had gotten that fifth shot already...
When people are telling me I’m not a real doctor, but it’s ok because I’m not the third leading cause of death in the country. ---> 🥰
What is "iatrogenesis" for 400, Alex?
i think that's part of the "hypocritic oath," right mr tom?
I'm starting to believe that a lot of doctors are not particularly bright, just really good at rote memorization.
Remember that the medical profession is a government-enforced cartel, thus suppressing competition and private, impartial accrediting organizations, which is the only cure for incompetence.
State involvement in medicine has been an unmitigated disaster. Literally every single major problem in the sector is result of government.
well, except maybe for the arrogance. i think most doctors probably had lots of that all on their own.
Good point. There are some personality and intra-institutional power struggles in medicine that had somewhat far-reaching effects that really can't be blamed on the state because they occurred before any major state intervention in medicine.
<sad trombone noises>
^^^THIS.
How many doctors ask you what you're eating when you visit? Zero. They are paid pharmaceutical dispensers, that is all.
Exactly. How I got thru plane geometry and chemistry in large part. I avoided algebra altogether. I’m sure I could get it now but why bother at 74. Don’t miss it much.
My one lasting takeaway from math class is that it is impossible to divide any number by Biden’s IQ. The answer, to the extent there is one, is said to have no meaning, just like Joey himself.
Paxlovid. LOL.
Wait until they get their rebound c0vid.
They just think the first go round THIS time is back, the paxlovid rebound is devastating. Where is tony these days?
We probably got Ba5. It left us dizzy, low energy (likely dehydrated and hypoglycemic, so we took carbs and water) after fever and aches cleared, with anosmia. It took a couple of days to get to 90% and we were at 95% after a week.
We used a naturopathic/allopathic approach--elderberry concentrate and calcifediol and zinc. Fever/aches cleared after 48 hours. No rebound, but lots of sinus drainage. All have comorbidities except the child.
Had you had a round of Covid before or do you think this was the first time around?
We think we had it a couple of times before. Flu-like symptoms only.
it's almost like these anti-science doctors are taking an unproven drug. The trials for Paxlovid were on unvaxxed patients. There is no evidence that it helps the vaccinated... so why are they taking it?
https://youtu.be/hAj7Qlhi4fQ
Just wait until they're asking about the horse paste.
👏👏👏can’t wait!!!
If they do, make fun of them.
They'll just rebrand it with a fancy new name. Nobody will know the difference.
MisterEdlovid has a nice ring to it.
Bwahahah!
JimP your pretty damn good of late
You’re very kind to old folks, Ryan.
Equine Puree™
did you really trademark that?
if so, bravo
Paxlovermectin?
perfect. lmao!
He lost me at "i have friends"
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LOL!
Seems like for those who are unvaxxed the ride is quite smooth these days. I worried myself sick about my 25 yr old who was the last remaining family member to have never been infected at all, bc he has some health issues. He finally got it a few weeks ago. I had my stockpile of supplies ready to go and delivered them to his house, but he didn't need them. Back to work in a few days.
We three, all double vaxxed, had it in April. Teenager scooted through. Husband with all the co-morbidities AND a chronic cough was next. Then me. We took IVM, but perhaps not enough. We were 7-15 days clearing it
Just collecting supplies now myself for the coming fall/winter season. What was in your stock pile of supplies?
Don't forget to take care of your gut. Eat: plain yogurt with live cultures; fermented sauerkraut; non-GMO fermented miso; kimchi. Drink: kefir with live cultures. This list not all inclusive.
On the pharma side I have HCQ, IVM and Zinc, antibiotics and dexamethasone. Haven't needed any of those in a long time. My new go-to's are a nebulizer, pulse-oximeter, thermometer, and for nebulization I use sterile saline, food grade hydrogen peroxide, and Lugol's iodine. I have albuterol and Budesonide too if needed. I think that's pretty much it. We do a variety of vitamins and supplements but that's a whole 'nother story haha
Good to see someone who is like-minded. I have all these supplies that I keep on hand as well. I also make Fire Cider to take with the first scratchy throat or other signs that you are unwell. I also keep my Vit D levels up where they need to be for a good immune system. I also take vitamin and mineral supplements.
I forget to make fire cider every Fall! It takes weeks, so by the time I remember ( or find horseradish) it's past Spring.
Do you use Gladstar's recipe?
No, not familiar with that one. If I can't find horseradish I don't let that keep me from making my brew. I don't use hot peppers either as I they are too harsh for me.
Fire Cider? I must know! :)
I use dehydrated elderberries, grated ginger root, chopped onions, chopped fresh garlic, turmeric, and grated horseradish, and put these ingredients into a quart jar of Apple Cider Vinegar that you let sit for a few weeks. Then strain into another jar adding unfiltered honey to your liking. I take a shot of this every few hours when I am fighting off an upper respiratory infection. It keeps me from developing bronchitis. Many recipes are similar and can be found online of course.
FLCCC has a good list. There are lots of lists online, they are fairly similar. I use enteric coated proteolytic enzymes instead of aspirin. Also lots of olive leaf extract. Fresh lemon juice with fresh ginger in raw honey a few times a day. Nourishing Herbal infusions. Have a nebulizer on hand
https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/I-CARE-Early-Treatment-Protocol-V1-June2022.pdf
https://www.swansonvitamins.com/p/source-naturals-wellness-formula-180-tabs
Oh yes, aspirin (or whatever that is that you use, I imagine for blood thinner?) is a must!
Love the lemon/ginger/honey idea, I'd add turmeric as well. Nebulizer is a Godsend and such a no-brainer, drives me nuts that I've put the word out dozens of times but no one listens or plans ahead, so I bought an extra so I can loan out and not be caught lacking.
Turmeric is a good add in. Also a pinch of cayenne. I take cayenne pills :) Totally agree about the nebulizer. So simple, but so effective.
Sounds like a Medical Emergency!!!
What do you call the person who finished last in med school? A doctor. https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-do-no-harm
Sadly, not all of these doctors finished last…it’s not possible.
No. we get to finish last.
I refuse
Go get em gurrl!
Schroedinger’s buyers remorse
super clever btw
Yes, booster up you retarded sheep. That’s the ticket.
remember that indian doc that wanted to punch on the face antivaxxers ... the third vaxx got him ... dont wish bad on stupido jalid but you can play roulette so many times ...
who what?
wait, what happened to him?
He deceased in his sleep.
Damn. RIP
wow!
The thing about this is, that when you realize how badly they lied to us about Covid and the shot, you begin to question ALL their treatments. What else are they just pushing on us for Big Pharma? Like statins… better do your research on that one as well, folks! Number one prescribed Rx and yet, heart disease has not improved since this drug came on the market…it’s at an all time high, and that’s before all the current adverse effects….
The list goes on and on….
You're right! Nobody is going to take care of your health, except you.
But most people would rather have pills and cheesy poofs.
Cholesterol has been a con from the 50’s. Studies contrary were actually destroyed and hidden. The issue that clued me into the deceit of modern medicine
I'm getting there: I take a satin and more recently a med for high blood pressure. It's surely time to research those drugs and ask if I really need them. After being prescribed (but refused) Paxlovid, I have a new-found appreciation that many medications do little better than placebo. Note! I am by no means anti- all drugs. Surely some are highly effective, perhaps even safe. But it's the ineffective or potentially harmful I wish to avoid.
This is a great article
https://sebastianrushworth.com/2022/06/14/should-the-patient-really-get-the-drug/
Oh the poor dear supervxxxd.
It should be called pavlovid.
Ding ding, Fauci has spoken.
Yum. Pavlova—extra fruit and cream please. Sorry. I got that wrong although it’s safe and effective for treating sweet tooth.