heiwalove
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hi everyone,
i just wrote an entry about dr. j's trial in my online journal. you can read it here, if you'd like.
also, if anyone's up to it (i'm certainly not, so i understand if you're not either), i could use some help responding to the first comment i just received. i'm too exhausted, both physically and emotionally, to attempt to address any of this right now. but reading that response made my insides hurt, and if someone has the time and energy to tackle the issue, i would be soooo appreciative (again, i totally understand if it's too much).
if you do decide to respond, please be civil (which i know takes A LOT of energy - energy i don't have at the moment)- the woman who wrote the comment is actually a good friend of mine.
otherwise, feel free to just read the entry and say hello.
~heather.
edited to add: ok, i just responded, but i'm afraid i make no sense. it's so hard to explain to people who haven't been affected by lyme, just how important dr. jones is and how devastating it would be if he lost his license. it's almost like i'm trying to explain the basics of a foreign language that the other person has never even heard of before.
sometimesdilly
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dear Heiwa-
the dispute seems to be between you and your friend.
I'm sorry that you're having it, and that you're not feeling supported. that must feel especially bad and disappointing after your very exhausting and full experience at Dr. J's hearing.
i wish for you that your friend had at least waited for a more appropriate and kind time to disagree with you.
glad you came here too, though. it gives me chance to say i'm so glad for YOU that you were able to go, and relieved for Dr. J that you and others gavwe him the support that he so needed that day.
sending you a great big hug. take care of yourself today, and be proud.
love,dilly
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To be honest with you, I would cut this person out of my life. Why try to explain to someone this dogmatic and lacking in ability to see that an allegation of wrongdoing is not necessarily the correct way to improve public health practices in lyme disease? Whatever happened to innocent until proved guilty? She has already passed judgment while admitting she knows nothing about the case!!!
Your replies were heroic. But it is clear that her mind is closed. And she is certainly not trying to be supportive to you.
What does she think about all the children who have suffered from lack of treatment caused by the very "experts" that this state medical board is using in the case? But why bother asking her. This is a small mind which has only room for one idea. It is stressful for sick people to surround themselves with cold criticizing negative people.
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3greatkids
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Great job Heather.Dr.J and the children are fortunate to have you on their side.
Give her "Bobby",maybe his speech appealing to Americans as human beings to regonize other human life as sacred and deserving of the highest respect,would open her mind.
God what are we doing to the children of this country?
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Thank you Heather for your entry and blog. I am very interested in any facts or details as they come out.
I agree with Lou about your friend, and also your responses.
This woman Kat has convicted him before all the facts, and Dr. J's defense, has come out.
DPH isn't going after him because of prescribing the abx. It is going after him for the last part of the allegation: he continued to treat the kids in spite of negative test results. That is the issue.
We all know lyme is a clinical diagnosis. But the DPH does not want it to be. They are putting the issue "How to Diagnose Lyme" on trial.
This is a political trial.
We should all be scared that this is even happening.
From my point of view, IF Dr. Jones did prescribe the abx over the phone, he should get a slap on the wrist, no consequences, and pages and pages of commendation should be written in the board's opinion.
I wonder how he is holding up under all this pressure. If it were me, and I was 77, I would just throw in the towel.
Heather, keep us posted on what's going on in the courtroom. And take care of yourself during this stressful process.
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I responded on your blog, and basically wrote a book.
How awful you had to face this after putting yourself out there for something you (and I) believe in strongly. Your comments were great. That person obviously thinks they're on the moral/rational high ground, which is pretty disturbing since they haven't bothered to look into the issue. It's frightening to think of all the doctors who are guilty of doing the same.
I agree with others who say be careful about having this person in your life, especially if she/he maintains that you're playing this suffering game - that's just criminally hurtful, ignorant bs.
For the rest of us who are not personally involved, I think it's good to confront people like this publicly because (in addition to defending someone who deserves defending) so many people out there think just like them or somewhere in between, and you never know who's open to learning something.
Take care.
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heiwalove
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ldfighter, thank you so much for your wonderful response. so much more coherently and thoughtfully laid out than i am capable of at the moment. i am the first to admit that this is an extremely emotional issue for me, and i am no good (at least not right now) at engaging in a rational debate about it. so, thank you, from my heart.
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heiwalove, you are very welcome. I completely understand what you're saying and have been there. Despite my tone on your blog trust me, I know what it's like to be overcome with emotion about this and unable to respond to people in our lives who say hurtful things out of ignorance - it's awful and yet in the long run I believe it makes us stronger and wiser. Hang in there, you are definitely not alone! Posts: 621 | From US | Registered: Jun 2006
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