Those who know me, know that I do not like, or trust, medical doctors. They continue to spread propaganda that is brainwashing the public. Misinformation, falsehoods, and outright lies continue to spew out of the mouths of the medical community. They rely on the unwary and the naive to believe everything they tell them, without question.
There was a time when Roman Catholics and other Christians were made to believe that if they did not confess their sins on a regular basis, they would go to a horrible place known as hell. Today we have doctors, nurses, and their staff convincing people that they must undergo every conceivable test in order to ensure that they will not become ill. This includes medical professionals who practice dentistry, ophthalmology, and veterinary medicine. Veterinary hospitals play video recordings in their waiting rooms, with the urgent message that if you do not bring your pet in for “wellness” checkups every six months, you might then be responsible if your pet becomes ill. Some veterinary clinics have gone so far as to make pet owners wait in their automobiles for hours until a clinician retrieves their pet from them; and after the doctor has performed his diagnosis, he calls the owner on their cell phone with his findings. My pets have always been honored as a member of my family. Not accompanying them into the clinic, where they will be handled by strangers, is absolutely unacceptable. A few months ago when my 14 year old cat became quite ill, and there was only one vet open on a Saturday morning, my cat and I had to endure this disreputable treatment.
I once made the mistake, when my youngest daughter was around 8 or 9 years old, of allowing a dentist to perform a root canal on her. He insisted that I remain in the waiting room, from where I could hear her crying. He would not allow me to go into the room with her. Later that afternoon we discovered that this incompetent man had done the root canal on the wrong tooth!
I have put off taking care of a bad tooth because I do not have dental insurance. The dentist that I previously went to told me that my old amalgam filling had cracked. It needed to be replaced with a new composite filling. Since I had moved out of the area, I wanted to find a dentist who was closer. When I began to call some local dentists, I was thoroughly disgusted by their marketing tactics. I was told that they would not accept the x-rays taken by my old dentist and that it was necessary to get new x-rays every 6 months. This, I knew, was untrue and exposure to x-rays can cause cancer. I called another dentist who said that I might need a crown, I might need a root canal, and other treatments which could increase the cost of repairing one tooth to nearly $2,000, up from the $500 that my old dentist had quoted me. When I inquired about possibly just having the tooth pulled, I was told this could not be done by a regular dentist and that I would have to go to a dental surgeon.
Many years ago I went to an ophthalmologist. The doctor kept yelling at me because I could not hold my eye still for the glaucoma test. He said that I was going to break his machine if I did not hold still. When I left there, his waiting room was filled. Apparently, he ushered patients through his clinic like clockwork, about one every 10 minutes. I was probably putting him behind schedule and cutting into his profits.
I believe that doctors serve a purpose when it comes to broken bones and sewing up injuries; but on average, I think they inflict harm far more than they actually help people. I am grateful that I am not as gullible as most. I would like nothing more than to see the giant collective medical ego deflated, and to see more people taking responsibility for their own well-being. It is time that the great lie is exposed. Doctors do not want to make you well. They want to make you sick so that you have to keep returning to them. You are the source of their profit.
