Don’t you get sick of hearing that on your TV? Or Ask your doctor. When I pray tell can you tell your doctor or ask him. Usually they are so far removed from you, you have no chance to tell them or ask them anything.
I am a Dialysis patient and the cathetor in my neck needed to be removed. This was so a better one could be placed in my arm I was told by my primary insurance carrier to get blood work done and to call my “primary care” doctor and ask for his office to do the blood work-that I should not need an appointment In this request, I was told that I would not need an appointment, just call in and ask the receptionist to arrange it and have them fax the report to my hospital where the cathetor would be removed. Well, as you may guess, the doctor would not allow me an easy entrance- He and his office took up the best part of the day and it was 4;30 pm before I got the needed blood work. This was not done without having to sit in one of the cubical rooms where he would make an appearance. The truth is, that he gave me less than 2 minutes then said follow me. He then took me to his lab down the hall where the necessary blood was taken. Now of course I was more than a little upset. You see, he could have allowed this without having my co-pay for his so-called office visit. He was not entitled to an office -or a copay as he did not advise or consult with me about anything- Just ‘follow me” as I mentioned.
How many times have you sat in their office for more than an hour. I have been subjected to as much as 3 hours before finally getting to see the doctor- and this has been with more than one doctor. One doctor who keeps a bible on his desk had me waiting 3 hours- because his girls were giving him a birthday party in one of the back rooms. When he finally came to see me, I told him that I would not be back.- and I found another Primary doctor who on my second visit had me waiting over 2 hours. So you see folks, this is as bad as it can get. I am not alone. My son with his family have been subjected to as much as 9 hours waiting to see a doctor. I have a friend who goes to the Veteran Hospital here-He and his wife were kept more than 9 hours in the emergency room before they could see a doctor. Of course, this means understaffed. It appears that too many doctors are in a state of rebellion because they are incensed at the regulations they are subject to.
]The Pharmeceuticals are a large part of the problem as they do this mega-million dollar advertising on TV. Constantly telling us to ”Ask your doctor: if this is right for you.” This statement gives your doctor the option of trying out other medications if this one doesn’t seem to help. Of course, all these chemicals in your body are not supposed to work. Your creator never intended for you to ingest chemicals as your medicine.
Our Grandparents (for those of us who are at least 75 years of age) would not dream of taking pills. Their food was their medicine. they had knowledge of herbs that would be good for them- Consequently, they did not suffer from maladies as too many of us do today. In our bible the book of James tells us, “if there be any sick among you, let him take herbs.”
It is true that in our society today, doctors are necessary and some do magnificent work in their various fields. But, it is high time, our society demands a solution to these problems . For example, ask your doctor for a ”Generic” if he is prescribing a 50 or 60.00 drug. I have seen at least a couple of times people cry at the pharmeucy window when told the pricve of their prescription.
With dialysis patients, they have excellent lab reports and physician assistants can monitor on a weekly basis your condition.–There is a dietician who helps you with your diet.. The diet then becomes the all important factor in your health. And this is not just for dialysis patients. Our bibles tell us that our food is our medicine. In the book of James, we are told, “If any among you be sick, let him take herbs.” This then is a key to our good health. Unfortunately, we do not learn this until we are suffering from some terible disease. Let us thereore not be careless about our health-
I have lived to be past 80 years of age before my Kidney failure and am thankful for this fact., May those who read this be judicious in the management of their health,.
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