Dr. Mercola October 04 2008 63,018 views
Synthetic drugs don't cure anything...that for sure.
But the right substances that balance the body do cure. I cured myself of Stage 4 cancer 10 years ago. I've recently started sharing my method for free and so far some folks are getting some good early results.
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It leads me to believe that curing cancer is easy...just like curing scurvy is easy.
The best to you.
Kelley Eidem
Is there anything that can be done for the pain and treatment of Osteoarthritis? Are anti-inflammatories part of treatment for this type of arthritis? Would be greatly appreciated to hear from you...Thank You!
In reply to INKY DINKY.... I have had osteoarthritis for almost 40 years. If I had known all those years ago what I know now...I would probably be in a lot better shape. I've had two arthroscopies and taken Viox. My doc put me on Viox because I was taking 3-6 Ibuprofen every 4 hours for the pain. Since reading this website and some others that are similar I am in less pain than I have been in for years...sometimes in no pain at all. I am taking Carlson's cod liver oil, curamin, and when my knee gets swollen..I take Conjugated Linoleic Acid for a week or so. The Curamin works almost like taking Ibuprofen...pain is gone very quickly. The Cod liver oil literally feels like it oils the joint. I wish I had known all this a long time ago because now my knees are bone rubbing on bone and I can't walk like I used to (10 miles a day). The surgery did little good except that I had a piece broken off that was getting in the way of the joint and making me fall occasionally...they removed that, but within 5 weeks...another piece broke off.
If you would research German New Medicine, you would find the cause and the cure of MS. It actually is caused by a profound conflict shock of the psyche, which then initiates a Significant Biological Special program of Nature, causing a partial shut down of parts of the sensory cortex in the brain. Once the perceived conflict is identified, it can be resolved and everything returns to normality, thus a cure. www.germannewmedicine.ca .
What is really sad is that most of us, even though we know that drugs are bad, are forced down the execution chute like animals to slaughter because if we are lucky enough to have health coverage at our jobs, the "poison" is the only thing they will pay for.I think what you are doing by disseminating this information is wonderfull. The problem is that most people in these times just can't afford the nutritional products that are out there but my employer will pay for all the drugs I can shove down my throat.What you need to do is start approaching Corporate America and show them how much money they can save by giving their employees access to information like yours and the option to funnel their health care benefits to a natural approach instead of a "chemical" one.Money talks Doc.We just need someone with the facts to put together a package to take to Corporate.I work for one of the largest Hotel/Gaming companies in Las Vegas.MGM/Mirage...100k employees and growing.We have good benefits with them and they are difinitely into promoting better eating habits and weight loss and exercise but our only health care options are the usual.Conventional medicine and drugs.Just like big pharma wants.My husband is literally dying right before my eyes.I know many of your products would help him but I can't afford them.The money that comes in every month goes out every month yet my company spent upwards of $150k in Dr/Hospital costs on him in 2008 and a dozen scrips he takes every day.I just placed an order for the Pro-Op Whey powder to use as a substitute meal for myself 2 meals a day to help me lose 60lbs before I end up in the same boat at him.That was the most I could spare out of this months budget.GO AFTER CORPORATE AMERICA Doc.That is where the answer is for hundreds of thousands of us who want to live a healthier life but just can't afford to!! Show them how much money they can save if they pay to help us get healthy. Contact Jeff Ellis at MGM/Mirage emp health benefits.
Nutritional Healing Centers:
"There is no money in cures," said Big Pharma.
You make a good point here about the body healing itself through good nutrition etc. But, there is "one" exception and that is cancer. It doesn't matter how focused you are on good nutrition, exercise, and clean living habits, you can never kill cancer cells. They surround themselves with a coating that protects them from the immune system so that the body can not identify them as the enemy as it does with bacteria or viruses. So no matter how healthy your immune system is, it won't kill the cancer cells. So, unfortunately the only treatment that can kill the cells, ends up killing the patient in the end. Sad but true.
Dr. Mercola,
I also believed that it was my decision about what was put in my own body. Not so. Four years ago, I was told that I was that I was going to get "tests" done at the hospital. As soon as I was there, they began pumping me full of benzodiazipines. Although they had my medical history and they knew that I had severe adverse reactions to certain drugs previously, they proceeded to force me to take those and many other drugs. They came into my hospital room every few minutes to ask me to sign permission papers. I did not. Even though I have no memory of this, I was fighting for my life and they broke six teeth out of my mouth forcing me to take those drugs. I will not detail the pitiful shape that I was in after four days of this "treatment". The list is too long for here to list the symptoms that I was left with, but includes damage to my liver, kidneys, heart, muscle atrophy, internal bleeding and osteoporosis. I was illegally fired from my job, and forced to get a disability designation. The insurance company took my retirement and replaced it with a tiny disability. I'm barred from getting a job outside of home. Of course this has led to financial ruin. My life savings is gone. As far as I've been able to find, there is no one to help with overwhelming legal and financial situations that this has produced. My medical records are fantasy of the imagination of a sick medical industry. Again, this was four years ago, and some of these symptoms still exist.
Please, Mr. Mercola, do not give the impression that this is a voluntary situation. Of course, I could have quit my job before hand, if I only had known the heinous consequences of following instructions. I just thought those ridiculous commercials were only a slight irritation. Now I believe that this is serious conflict, between the "trained professionals" fighting for greed and socialism on one hand, and people on the other who are fighting for their very lives.
I agree that there is very little that could be called free choice in a hospital. My sister went to the hospital because she had a bacteria in her leg and couldn't walk. An alternative doctor told us this from her testing using kinesiology. I was a bit sceptical, although I have had lots of experience with alternative medicine, and wouldn't use anything else for myself. My sister went to the hospital. They didn't figure out what was wrong with her - bacteria in the leg, known as cellulitis - until her 3rd trip to the hospital. Then it took truck loads of vancomycin dripped into her while she is in the special care unit because she has congestive heart failure. While she is there, some really worthless son-of-a-gun doing business as a doctor starts trying to force her to agree to one of these devices that is put in the heart and shocks it. I did web research and found out there were big recalls on these things. He even acknowledged that she could not possibly have it done while she had an infection. (No problem, they would wait til she was duly marinated in vancomycin.) I don't live in the same city with my sister.They started really putting the screws to her after she was on the regular floor again. They wouldn't let her get out of the bed. They started giving her drugs that made her loopy. I finally received a message on my answering machine. Some kindly soul there made a long distance call from her phone (not supposed to be possible) and left the phone off the hook so I overheard a conversation between two people about what was going on. My sister was rescued by a friend from a nearby town the next day. I mean I literally had to say to them she's leaving - you can "check her out" in the usual way or not, I don't care. But unless you are now the county jail, she's leaving. It was really scary. My sister was tough. She hollared for help. But without outside help, she'd have been a goner. These are bad dudes. They are not misguided or ignorant or too busy - just bad.
One of my grandmothers was killed in the 70s by a hospital. In the late 90s my other grandmother went through what your sister did. It took a 24 hour watch by 3 of her children taking 8 hour shifts to save her. If your parents or children ever end up in the hospital, never leave them alone, no matter the head games they play. At first the hospital will act friendly and caring and like they are working in the patients best interest (that is why you should not be there) then when you push it they will become crazed and show their truly evil side. i've been duped before and want to encourage everyone to be respectful but firm and hold your ground... don't ever leave a relative alone in the hospital!
"Legal Drug Pushers".
People 65 and over take 29 prescriptions? Wha- ?
Just as someone else is drinking my share of soda to keep that national average up...some "senior" out there (I hate that title but it does get me the discounts!) is taking my share of prescription drugs. I take one for thyroid, a lifelong condition, and the other is a bp med. Who's addfing the other 27 to their share? And remember, those figures are AVERAGES, meaning some will be higher. Great balls o' fire! No wonder health care costs are outta control!
Islander, I'm a bit confused about that. I mean, I only take one medication (for thyroid) but I have to have 2 or 3 prescriptions a year for that - I don't get one for the whole year.
So if you were taking 6 different meds and had to have a prescription filled 3 times a year, that would be 18 prescriptions. Am I making sense? Maybe it's not as bad as it sounds. 29 prescriptions - wow!
Juliean, is that the way it works?
My former HMO would only allow perscriptions to be filled for 30 days, which means I would need refills 12 times a year. Are each of those 12 refills counted as "a perscription"? If I was on two medications, I would need 24 perscriptions each year?
I think I read it wrong the first time I read it, and thought 'medications' when I read perscriptions. Silly me.
Islander, may I ask what your thyroid drug is? My problem was a nodule in the thyroid, R.side- (I requested a biopsy and no cancer was found) but I was told the Synthroid .88 would let my thyroid "rest" and the lump would go away. Two years later it's still "palpable" (to me) THEY say it's not there but the scan always shows it. (Princess and the pea) I can feel that puppy still there.
Is there ANYTHING "natural" to take instead of Synthroid for this type thing?
Also I take two drops for High Ocular Pressure (no damage to visual fields yet) keeping the pressure under control from age 34, when it was discovered to now at 61.
Someone else it taking my "other" 25 drugs too cause I REFUSE any more every time they're offered- er, pushed on me.
I would say 29 prescriptions MEANS exactly that. 29 different meds.
In 1990 just before my mother died she was on 11 different meds. I had to keep a nurses chart to be sure I didn't overdose her by mistake. I brought her to live with me (8 years) (no nursing home for my little mommie) and she had multiple health issues. Three prominent ones were a trache, colostomy and RA. I had a LOT of work but she cared for me hand and foot before I could do for myself so fair's fair.
First, Jen 47, I think you're right: 29 prescriptions means 29 different drugs. When you run out, you get a refill, or maybe a renewal, but not a new prescription per se.
My hypothyroidism was discovered during my first pregnancy, before doctors understood that this was a common and temporary occurrence. Years later, my body had adjusted to the med and there was no going back. I'm on Levothyroxin, a generic for Synthroid, I think, and it's really no big deal.
As for a natural approach, I've heard of Armour thyroid but know little about it. I prefer to stick with what has worked for me all these years. Maybe someone else can help you on that one. It's a bit complex. Good luck!