Re: Doctors who Buy Supplements -- Big Time

From: Steph (steph_at_vancouver.island)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:16:04 GMT

"Ma¢k " <ruhroh@yourenutz.com > wrote in message
news:clqp01p2t2s3g5m5df99m5bsrtrj1rh542@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:13:47 GMT, "Steph" <steph@vancouver.island>
> Huffed and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet:
>
>>
>>"Ma¢k " <ruhroh@yourenutz.com > wrote in message
>>news:8r5p01porpv4cpicialld52pvtcer584t4@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:53:25 GMT, "Steph" <steph@vancouver.island>
>>> Huffed and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet:
>>>
>>>>
>>>><awthrawthr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:1108095067.429648.156470@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> The doctors are buying one or two bottles of each item. That's hardly
>>>>> amounts that would be purchased for resale.
>>>>>
>>>>> At least two of the doctors sends some of his patients to our store.
>>>>> So
>>>>> are they buying the supplements for resale? Nope, they're doing what
>>>>> millions of Americans do, buying supplements for their own health and
>>>>> the health of their families.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>And why wouldn't doctors buy vitamins and supplements?
>>>>It's only in your curious binary view of the world that people either
>>>>take
>>>>chemotherapy OR take vitamins.
>>>>
>>>>Personally, I'd rather get my vitamins and antioxidants from nice fresh
>>>>fruit and vegetables and cabernet sauvignon.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> you are comparing chemo with vitamins?
>>>
>>> not only is that offensive but it shows the level of stupidity people
>>> like you have.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>No I wasn't comparing chemo to vitamins, as you would know if a) you read
>>my
>>posting properly and b) you didn't have a comprehension problem.
>>
>
> Then I misunderstood you.
>
>
> My nerves on the subject are a bit raw at the moment. I watched my
> birth mother suffer and die because of cancer going through multiple
> surgeries, chemo and radiation until she died. By the time the docs
> actually diagnosed the cancer and started doing something about it, it
> had already spread and they were basically just trying to extend her
> life.
>
> Now my foster mother is going through chemo after her cancer surgery.
> She has two aneurysms that still need to be repaired, she got an
> infection in one of the breasts because of the lumpectomy. The day of
> chemo is not all that bad for her, she get's sick the day after.
>
> People are walking on eggshells around me. I am stressed out and
> angry. I am praying that they got everything and the chemo does it's
> job. I am angry that she has to go through this. This is an
> incredible woman who has helped to turn my life around. I can't allow
> myself to think of what might happen without it freaking me out. I am
> also angry that I am allowing this to affect "me" in this way when she
> is the one going through it.
>
> I was so tired from lack of sleep last Friday that I forgot to check
> and take an extra insulin pen with me to work. I didn't have enough
> to last me the whole night. I work 12.5 hour shifts. So I did my
> rounds and when I completed them and some extra tasks I told the
> supervisor that I needed to take a few minutes and run home to get
> some meds I forgot. He said Okay. So I left. When I got back he
> jumped all over my case and said that he didn't know I was asking to
> leave the property. I was only gone for 15 minutes. It takes longer
> than that to go to 7-11 on a lunch break. He said he only heard me
> say that I was stepping out for a few minutes. Meaning step outside.
> I tried to explain to him it was just a misunderstanding and that I
> would make sure it did not happen again. He sent a written complaint
> to our department head and included things that did not happen and
> things I did not say. Monday morning I got chewed out by the
> department head and was told to submit a written statement of my
> version of the events.
>
> I'll find out this coming monday if I still have a job their.
>
> I had just gotten my yearly performance eval which had great marks
> across the board in every category. This past Thursday we got the
> paychecks that included performance bonuses, my was several thousand
> dollars higher than last year.
>
> Just to be safe I had all my prescriptions refilled, 3 months worth of
> everything I need.
>
> If I lose this job monday I will start working within the week as a
> Radio Dispatcher where I worked before. I spoke with the boss there
> and explained everything to him. He said that he hopes I can keep
> that job as it pays much more but that he has not been able to keep
> the shift and position I used to work filled since I left. And that
> he would be glad to take me back.
>
> Mâck©®
> Type 1 since 1975
> http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org
> http://www.diabetic-talk.org
> http://www.insulin-pumpers.org
>
>
>
> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the
> President, or that we are to stand by the President
> right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile,
> but is morally treasonable to the American public."
> ...Theodore Roosevelt
>
> (o o)
> --ooO-(_)-Ooo--------------------
>
> "I don't know half of you
> half as well as I should like;
> and I like less than half of you
> half as well as you deserve."

Sounds like you're having a hard time, I'm sorry.

My point was that idiot Kel was implying that because some doctors take
vitamins, they have no confidence in the treatments they prescribe. He
doesn't understand what a non-sequitur is, though

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