Hi everybody! I'd like to make a comment about doctors, as it applies to this list...
On 4 Jul 98 at 16:45, Dameon wrote: > You are correct. 98% the "doctors" in this country are scum. At > best, they are educated idiots. *Some* surgeons *may* be an > exception: When I had 12 hours to live because of a bad appendix > that was leaking poisons into my system, I was grateful for > surgery. In *some* cases they *are* necessary. It worries me to see this sentiment expressed by so many folks on the list. We *all* have had bad experiences, and some nothing but. I've got no problem seeing that. If the MD's, the AMA (or equivalent in your country) and the pharmaceutical companies had even most of the answers, none of us would need to be here. I'm sure every epithet you can dream up may be rightly applied to some doctors. But, as Dameon admits, sometimes they *do* save lives. Probably more often then we would like to admit. I would have been a widower with two small babies to raise were it not for modern antibiotics and the diagnostic and treatment skills of a particularly *good* obstetrician. I only feel the need to defend doctors because I think it's necessary that at least *some* of them be willing to help us. And I would go so far as to say that some are victims of the "system" as much as we would be if we didn't fight back. Any doctor asking us for info on alternative treatments faces *far* more hostile regulatory, political, and economic threats than any of us do. We had a bad time with Tom Clayton, who was on the list for a while back in Dec-Feb. He was undiplomatic and too impatient to deal with us and it didn't work out. On the other hand, we've got Doc V. in Italy (Hi Raul!) who's posted to the list several times and been well recieved. Further, I have no idea who's reading this right now that won't post for fear of attack, from us or within his/her own profession. I say any physician or scientist willing to share knowledge with us and meet us half way ought to be welcomed, or at least tolerated. If they're civil, I don't *care* if it's hard for you, but be civil back. It would help if they would leave their "authority" at the door and meet us as intellectual equals. I hope at least a *few* will be able to do that! <grin> I don't know what kind of ground rules we need. But I think the list is evenly divided between those who have no use for doctors at all and those who, like me, would appreciate any help that's freely given (and the rest could probably care less!). I'm open to your thoughts and ideas on this. Anybody wanting to correspond in e-mail or on the list is welcomed to do so. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@mail.id.net ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
