RE: Freedom Friday: Fringes of the Internet Full of Dangerous Information, or otherwise?
Great post! And I totally agree. I have a YouTube channel called FreethinkingHealth - this is not a shameless plug, honest! I'm just mentioning it because it's relevant. It turned into a channel about using a controversial treatment for my underactive thyroid, so it's not really of interest unless you have a thyroid problem.
I chose the name FreethinkingHealth because I didn't want to be hemmed in to a conventional medicine direction OR an anti-conventional medicine direction. I want to consider all types of treatment, and if a treatment has not been subjected to rigorous medical testing, as long as I am fully aware of this, it's my INFORMED choice to take the risk of trying it, if I choose to do so.
But on the other hand, I fully appreciate what conventional medicine has to offer too. I wouldn't be alive today if it wasn't for antibiotics, as I had a very serious illness as a child.
So I totally agree, whatever type of treatment you use, it's all about questioning and making informed choices.
Oh that's supercool. Yes, totally, we don't want to be hemmed in by what we are told to take or think about our health at all!!! And balance is perfect.... I have NO objections to transparent and effective treatment via conventional medicines and damn, thank god for my father's cancer treatment as there just isn't enough reliable info about cancer alternatives here that have been tested. And as I said, I'd be dead without my ventolin inhaler. It's OUR choice to be informed - stop nannying me! I hate condescending doctors that scoff at, say, me asking about whether turmeric might help - he should be: 'well, the studies here, here, and here say that....' - in an ideal world, that'd be an awesome doctor, wouldn't it?
Absolutely! Though it is difficult for doctors to keep up with all the health research news, so as long as they're not condescending about it, I understand their dilemma.
Sorry to hear that your father has cancer, but it's great that he's getting good treatment. My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago, and she had the dilemma of having to decide whether to have chemo or not. She was told it would increase her chances of survival by 15 percent. She decided to have it, and had a dreadful reaction which made her terribly ill. But eventually she was given the all-clear. Conventional medicine helped her, though there are never any failsafe choices.
A more distant relative was very sick with breast cancer and she chose the natural medicine route. She did a lot of juicing and asked her doctors for mistletoe treatment, which I have heard has been used by members of the Royal Family, and is actually available on the NHS in the UK (though few people know about it). I'm not sure whether she took conventional treatment as well, as I heard all this from her sister, however I do know that she has also been given the all-clear.
Good news on both counts! Dad got the all clear too!! It was a tough year and it made him so ill but sooo grateful he is better. Wow that's amazing about the mistletoe!! I'll have to look into it!!!
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That is fantastic that your Dad got the all-clear. We have so much to be thankful for.