[PAA-Discuss] The latest spin: There's no such thing as preventive care?!

[Anne del Prado]

When I read preventive care, I think massage, meditation, teeth cleaning, energy clearing/chakra balancing. It's about time the government make insurance companies pay for them. Do I believe they will, hahaha.... 

Anne   


From: graham2639 at mindspring.com
To: Juli3 at aol.com; rebelljb at aol.com; discuss at paa-tx.org
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:40:20 -0500
Subject: Re: [PAA-Discuss] The latest spin: There's no such thing as preventive care?!







I believe I read somewhere that it’s better to do breast self examination than mammograms, however, I could be mistaken on that. Personally, I’ve only had one mammogram when I hit age 40, and I don’t intend to get another one. I told the mammographer after she squashed my breasts in a vice that if I didn’t have cancer when I walked into the place, I damned sure had it now. My chest wall muscles were sore for days after that stupid mammogram. I just don’t see how it can be healthy for breast tissue to be squeezed in a vice and subjected to radiation even in small amounts.
 
On the subject of colonoscopies, I have no interest in getting one of those either. I don’t see how it can be good for somebody to have a lighted tube with a camera on the end shoved up one’s ass. The likelihood of the tube perforating the intestinal wall is good. This would cause the person to have a ruptured intestine which would then allow bacteria to enter the bloodstream causing septicemia. I’m out on that…………………all the way out. Try and eat lots of fruits, veggies and whole grains. Cut back on meat and dairy, and I think you’ll decrease the odds of ever getting colon cancer. Doctors always use the magical age of 40 or 50 to try and scare the shit out of people about their bodies and all the stuff that can go wrong with them.
 
In my view, so called preventive medicine is merely a way for doctors to make tons of money. Teach people how to eat and how to exercise, stop subsidizing cheap crap that is called food, encourage more walking, biking and fun activities for the whole family to get them active, obliterate poverty by closing the income gap, teach people how to grow their own food and encourage people to turn off the idiot box, get off the couch and get moving. Treat your body like a fine piece of machinery, and it’ll almost always work well for you and hopefully, won’t break down before the warranty runs out. J
 
The above listed things would go a long way in improving people’s physical and mental health sans drugs and sans expensive doctor visits and treatments.
 
Kris
 




From: Juli3 at aol.com [mailto:Juli3 at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:28 AM
To: rebelljb at aol.com; discuss at paa-tx.org
Subject: Re: [PAA-Discuss] The latest spin: There's no such thing aspreventive care?!
 

 

 

In a message dated 7/23/2010 10:24:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rebelljb at aol.com writes:

Diagnostic procedures, such as mammograms and colonoscopies, are 
designed primarily to detect diseases. They are usually not designed 
for prevention. Furthermore, since mammograms emit radiation, I worry 
that they might have the potential to increase cancer risks. While they 
might detect small, early-stage tumors, I worry that they could 
increase cancer risks.

 

Speaking as a woman (I'm 50, the age I really have to start paying attention to this stuff) who's maternal aunt was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I feel more secure getting checked.  Besides, the earlier you can detect it, the better your odds, right ? 

 

Peace, Salaam, Shalom, Juli 




 		 	   		  
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