Monday 27 November 2023
WARNING: DON'T JUST BLINDLY TRUST YOUR DOCTOR!
WARNING: DON'T JUST BLINDLY TRUST YOUR DOCTOR:
Yesterday I woke up feeling dizzy, and a lot of belching, so consulted with my local doctors surgery, on -ine of course,.
Fair enough a doctor phoned e back within a few hours and asked me the symptoms then prescribed me some pills which I managed to get to collect at the local chemist.
Before taking them I read the enclosed leaflet - ithe leaflet with the pills prescribed for the dizzziness read "read this leaflet first".
At the end of quite a long list of people that should not take the pills it iincluded if ...
"Elderly (65 years or over)"
I am almost 74!
The pills that he prescribed for the belching warned "may cause dizziness"!
So this morning I went back on line to the on-line surgery which one can only do between 7.30 and 9.30 and asked what I should do - should i take them or not or could he prescribe something safe?
So doctor just phoned and said i can take the pills and ignore the warning on the label as "we use it every day, it's one of the best ones - you can take it!"
The essential question, who to trust, the doctor or the leaflet warning - the latter, of course, serves as disclaimer - they all get paid - do doctors usually tell patients to ignore the leaflets that come with prescription medication - what consequences for a negative reaction - more pills? Why bother putting in the leaflets unless they are meant to serve as disclaimers - does the doctor mean ignore all the information and warnings or is he being selective? Presumably the warnings are based on patients experiences. Should we just ignore all safety precautions and hope for the best?
The dizziness has passed without me taking them - basically it's a choice between believing the doctor and believing the leaflet given by the manufacturers - I'd rather not believe either - especially as I told the doctor that i was doing a lot of belohing and he prescribed another pill and on that leaflet it said "may cause dizziness".
My previous surgery i went as i was getting arthritic pains in my shoulder and he gave me dihydrocodeine and on the flier it said "may cause contipation" - it did after just one pill - so i went back and told hom (actually by phone of course) so he gave me cocodenol - it said on the flier "may cause constipation". So i never took them anyway. I geuess they would have earned more money prescribing me laxatives. Instead I started eating cherries which it is said eases arthritis.
They did. I told the nurse and she said she never knew that and said "some of these alternative medicines work wonders". I told her cherries were a fruit and have been eaten for thousands of years and grow in my garden, and it is the modern pills that should be called alternative medicines.
We have to remember that these doctors are earning quite large salaries despite compaining about their hours - to be qualified they have to pass exams but they don't actually have to care.
Monday 20 November 2023
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Enjoy it while you can
A lot of people complain that they don't feel peace or joy or love or
freedom, or are confused, fearful, hopeless, lost or simply don't
know why they are alive or what;s it all about.
Most of
them seem to think they will find answers in friendship or family,
fame or fortune, achievements or possessions; many blame others, the
government, their bosses, their families or friends and many blame
themselves.
There are those that believe in one "God"
or another, or no god at all - they have their own beliefs and
disbeliefs, or philosophy, or teachers that they think will lead them
to an answer, even if as yet they have not.
There are
those that have hope and those that have no hope. There are the rich
and the poor, the educated and not so educated, the young and the
old, the servants and the masters, the healthy and the sick.
One
thing we all eventually know - one day we will leave all that behind
- and many of us think that THEN we will know.
In the
meantime, we are alive.
So we can think if life in this
world as a huge supermarket that we are allowed into for a while -
let's say 24 hours.
Let;s say we have won a ticket to use
whatever we want in that shop for one day, for free - maybe some
items are restricted to some people, maybe not. But there is a lot to
choose from and to enjoy, alone or with others.
Thing is
we know that we will have to leave empty handed - so what is the
point?
My friend said there is no point. I said so what
about holidays, food, music, company, sport etc - it will all end.
"Precisely", he said, "what's the point".
Well
all I could say is what is the point of not trying to enjoy "it"
whilst we can?"
We all came through one door and we
will all be going through another door - alone. In between those
doors is life.
So in that life we should at least have a
choice to try to enjoy that life for what it is, an opportunity to
feel peace, love, freedom, clarity, understanding, appreciation or a
choice not to
So for those that want those things, how can
we gains PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE that does not demand one set of beliefs
or a regionalise over another - and that does not cost what we cannot
afford.
I am so glad that my teacher Prem Rawat showed me
how (over 50 years ago now) and that he is still about, travelling
the world, speaking to people, making videos, just telling them about
the opportunity that he offers. He has set up a series of short
videos, called PEAK (available through the TimelessToday app on your
phone), free of charge, that people can work through at their own
rate.
The OPPORTUNITY is there - the next step in up to
you because IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU!
By continuing to support cannabis prohibition laws, politicians and others are:
By continuing to support cannabis prohibition laws, politicians and others are::
unduly interfering with the Human Rights of a Private Life and choice and practice of belief, contrary to Human Rights laws
enabling criminal organisations and even terrorist groups to make huge tax-free profits from sales
creating unnecessary obstacles for people in need of good quality and clean cannabis
driving people that fear the consequences of growing cannabis in their homes into the hands of uncontrollable, often unscrupulous and dangerous and untaxed suppliers and criminal gangs
putting at risk the health and wellfare of victimless cannabis consumers
opening the gateway to hard drugs through dealers
putting children at risk - illegal dealers usually have no agree restrictions
punishing people that have done no harm to others
costing the public purse many millions of pounds annually through the cost of policing, court proceedings and prisons
unduly preventing and alienating those criminalised from taking certain jobs, renting accommodation, obtaining insurance and limiting travel.
enabling huge profits for shareholders such as the spouses of government ministers through businesses such as British Sugar, GW Pharmaceuticals - such as the husbands of Victoria Aitkins and Theresa May.
Putting at risk many people that have no alternative than prescription pharmaceutical drugs t=and that could be using cannabis.
Stifling research into the many benefits of cannabis such as its environmentally-friendly and safe utilisation as a source of fuels, plastics, solvents, paints, cloth and medicine
