Evening Mike,
Prevention and alternatives may come before 'conventional' treatment in
my consideration, but if all hell breaks loose, I admit that I am not
prepared for a major intervention, eg., life support, surgery, IV's,
sophisticated diagnostics, and so on. How many of us are?
You made some very good points. I am glad you did because they differ
slightly with mine.
Some of us fear doctors and hospitals more than we fear death itself.
I had a friend who thought much like I do. Back in the 60's, I fell out of
a tree while hunting.
He was the only person that told me not to go to the doctor. He said, the
doctor can't help so save your money.
I took his advice and got well. Of course, as you said, if the bone had
been broken and sticking out into the air,
I would have certainly thought twice about going to the doctor.
On his death bed, he told his children not to take him to the hospital. Of
course they did anyway. When he woke up, he said...... "Darn, you did it
anyway" He died at age 80 with leukemia.
In interacting with mainstream medicine under such circumstances I can
imagine the hardest thing is retaining the power -- and the will -- to
say "no." Isn't there a sort of "all or nothing" pressure -- to comply,
or else? Conventional practices don't leave much room for alternatives,
particularly when things are serious and moving quickly.
I am surprised at the number of people who really hate to go to
hospitals. At this very moment, I have a son-in-law who has had a number
of heart attacks. He had one about a week ago. He was hesitant to go to
the hospital.
He is a nurse, and got our very quickly because he did not want to
stay. Today he is going to see a cardiologist against his will. He was
diagnosed with ALS a few years back. He feels certain he does not have ALS
because all of the people he knew that had ALS has died already.
We all think he is living on borrowed time.
Of course he still has the right to resist conventional treatment and
gamble if he makes that decision.
I had to go to the hospital about 6 years ago with nosebleed. No one at
the hospital could stop the bleeding.
It continued for near six hours until the specialist came in about 8
am. It started about 2:30 am.
My blood pressure went as low as 80/50 at one time. I think that was the
closest I have been to dying, that I remember anyway.
Wayne
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