randibear
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one of our news shows, I think it was channel 4, said one of the biggest health issues was too many doctors giving out abx. they said the cdc is now encouraging drs to stop this practice.
I had a severe sinus infection, complete with yellow and green mucous. severe coughing and wheezing. went to doc and he said jus a cold, tough it out.
so I toughed it out another week and went back. then he says you're really sick.
no s___ sherlock...I almost yelled at him. then husband got it and was running a fever of 102. he was critically ill. same thing...oh jus a virus. we waited. he got worse. then he finally got abx.
my point is. so what happens when you get so sick and they wont give you abx?
are they liable???
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Dogsandcats
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The pendulum swings with medical issues and we are the ones being flung around.
Sometimes we know when we are sick and need an antibiotic and we get turned down.
Yuk.
How are you feeling? Do you feel better than before the surgery?
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surprise
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Yes, big news stories about antibiotic resistance.
Soooo, how come they aren't inventing better or different antibiotics? That's my big question.
And instead of blaming, say, Pediatric Dr.s who make you bring the poor sick child back literally 3 times before dispensing a needed antibiotic,
let's deal with the fact that at least 70% of all meat in the U.S. is filled with antibiotics? (I know this is just now being looked at)
But, I think the medical scientists need to get crackin' on some new bacterial remedies. And green those vaccines already.
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randibear
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I'm doing better with my surgery. I have really watch what I eat and stay close to a bathroom. when I have to go, I have to go now...
still having sinus issues. I got flagyl and amox. again...sigh..
but the doc said oh this is all this time of year. its allergies...
im beginning to think we know more than the dang ducks anyway.
and you know where I found the best doc?? y'all wont believe this...on a damn cruise ship. she was greek!!
she's the one who put the port in and said I was severely dehydrated and had been for a long time.
she was being wasted on that ship. I wanted to give her and her staff some gifts but they couldn't accept them.
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cottonbrain
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from National Resources Defense Council:
"over 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are used in food animals (and the vast majority of this use is for animals that are not sick)."
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Lymedin2010
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So lets do the math.
The CDC could care less about Lyme & us.
It was okay for them to use ABX on millions of animals for years & indirectly contaminate us.
Suddenly they "care" for our well being & don't want to hurt us with ABX? HUH?????
What the heck is going on? I think there might be something DEEPER to all this. I think they might have REALLY done their studies & discovered that NOTHING can kill this thing & the remissions and cures are really the bacteria in hibernation with a stronger immune system.
So based on that evidence they decide to not expose it & scare the public. They probably thought that the cases would be low & now that the numbers are adding up they realize they are in trouble.
There has to be something BIGGER here?
I think big pharma makes more money in treating Lyme than treating the labels, so why not spread the word & make them a whole bunch of money in treating Lyme with open ended treatment.
So who is more powerful, big pharma or the insurance companies? Who has a bigger influence on the CDC & IDSA? I think big pharma could win that battle?
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I think the docs make more money if we don't get properly diagnosed.
When they just treat the symptoms instead of the disease, we keep paying for repeat office calls and unnecessary tests, and more drugs, etc.
I was having migraines, went to the doc. He says not migraines, just a sinus infection and prescribed azithromycin.
I asked "I had a tick bite a few weeks ago, is it Lyme?" He says it's not Lyme, but refused to run western blot.
3 weeks later, I pay for another office call and another prescription, he sends me to ENT and order CT of my sinuses.
Thousands of dollars and 6 months of my life wasted! I'm so angry!!
Thank God I have dogs with chronic Lyme, so I knew enough about the disease to seek a LLMD!!
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Lymedin2010
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Well, my LLMD sent me to neuro, cardio, sleep study, joint & knee specialist. Next is lungs, so they are still sending some of us around just as well. Plus the metal test, mycotoxin tests, saliva tests....etc.
So we are saying that the docs are happy campers with misdiagnosis & as long as they make money everybody is happy?
Okay, lets think of disabled & government healthcare. Wouldn't the gov spend less money on the constant need to checkup on various Lyme issues. Isn't it more cost effective for them to treat it right the first time, otherwise it ends up costing healthcare so much more as time progresses.
Even if their pockets are greased they end up spending WAY more maintaining a chronically ill individual. Just think of all the hospital visits & all the things that go wrong along the way with someone with Lyme.
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