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Author Topic:   Holistic Doctors, and medicine
macaroniandcheese 
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Message 9 of 304 (416106)
08-13-2007 9:32 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by riVeRraT
08-13-2007 6:55 AM


If I went over your house to fix your heater in the middle of winter, would you like to hear me say "in about 2 weeks we will perform a test on your system, and then go from there".
your body is a bit more complicated than a heater. also, are you looking for any answer, or are you looking for the right answer? god forbid, doctors are human and limited by the advancements we have made and how up to date your doctor is on current medical research. new discoveries are made every day. do some reading and ask specific questions. "my head hurts" is not very descriptive. it's your health and they can only help you so much as you inform them.
also, a steroid that reduces swelling and allows the tissue to heal does more than "just reduce the swelling". you don't put a cast on a broken leg because it magically heals the leg, you put it on to immobilize the leg so it can heal itself right.
you may have severe allergies and irritation. you may have it forever. there is a reason our population is growing so fast, some people simply have horrible diseases that ought to have killed them.
i have terrible sinuses. they always hurt. they kind of burn like chemical seeping into my nose all the time. but as long as they don't develop into a brain infection, i'm cool. if i don't have a migraine, i'm generally pretty content with my nose pain. it's been more than a good solid year since my last sinus infection. shortly thereafter, i had an episode of nasty allergies brought on my a horrible white bush outside my window. my head hurt so bad my teeth felt like they were going to come out of my head and i missed a few classes until the damn thing stopped blooming. i'm just glad i've been okay since then.
i know people who swear by various alternative treatments. my boss loves her acupuncturist. i like to have better reasons for why a given treatment ought to work than "this will realign your warm fuzzies". personal issue, maybe.

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Message 15 of 304 (416168)
08-14-2007 9:27 AM
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08-14-2007 6:45 AM


My point is, if the technology exists to correct a problem, as it was in the past with me, then why does it take so long?
because when the body breaks it almost always does all the same things. if you have an infection or cancer or you're pregnant, your lower back might hurt and you might have a stiff neck and abdominal pain and diarhea and everything else. have you sat down and read symptom lists before? it's not like Oh! you have a rash! it must be menengitis! you might be allergic to your detergent and also present with a flu. same symptoms. most female problems share symptoms with pregnancy (cessation of menses is not universal). and even when you know specifically where the problem is,it's hard to figure out the cause. and your doctor may thing you need to have your sinuses surgically cleaned, and think you may not be ready to hear that.
When a heater is broken, I stay until it is fixed, why can't our medical system be the same way.
because some tests take a long time to run. there are other people who need care too. (you're clearly not dying. triage is a hierarchical system.) because you have to pay for the hours you spend in the hospital and i doubt you want to go inpatient for three weeks to nail down everything wrong with your head (no jokes, people. it's not the place.)
There is absolutely no good reason why after feeling a lump in my throat, that it should take 7 months before it finally gets removed.
there's a great reason. it might just be a swollen lymp node and they have to do many things with that. 1. make sure they haven't missed an infection. 2. biopsy for lymphoma. 3. scan for other invasions. 4. make sure there's a reason for it to be removed.

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Message 16 of 304 (416169)
08-14-2007 9:30 AM
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08-14-2007 6:42 AM


Re: Sinus Cavity
maybe the problem is with your ears. you might have an inner ear infection. the irritation will enflame your eustacian which connects to your sinuses. and the inner ears are responsible for balance.
or maybe your kid put a bean in your ear and it's sprouting.

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Message 21 of 304 (416318)
08-15-2007 7:54 AM
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08-14-2007 10:50 PM


Re: Sinus Cavity
When they look in my ears, they see nothing, and the hearing test was inconclusive.
i don't think you generally see an inner ear infection. there's stuff in the way, like, your ear.
i hope you figure it out though.
Edited by brennakimi, : No reason given.

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