[QUOTE=fessie]
People who think doctors are automatically doing the “best” or course of action are delusional. Come on! Do you imagine they’re all the same? They’re all equally well-read on every subject, every development? That must be why they all agree on everything.
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Of course some doctors are better than others. Why does that mean I shouldn’t go to the doctor when I’m seriously ill? Isn’t that what doctors are for, treating serious medical problems?
[QUOTE=appleciders]
Wooosh!
I think Hal is referring to water.
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Right whoosh, wrong poster. 
Preggers! Was she preggers? Make sure you say “preggers” when you answer, whether in the affirmative or negative.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Anyone want to take a guess as to what was wrong with her?
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Appendicitis?
[QUOTE=fessie]
It’s that thing – if your tool is a hammer, then all you see are nails.
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If my tool is a hammer, can I apply it directly to the forehead of those snake-oil salesmen whose homeopathic headache “remedy” commercials instantly induce migraines?
If my tool is a hammer, can I apply it directly to the forehead of those snake-oil salesmen whose homeopathic headache “remedy” commercials instantly induce migraines?
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[QUOTE=appleciders]
Wooosh!
I think Hal is referring to water.
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I get that, actually. However, the active ingredient in homeopathic remedies is really the bullshit. That’s how you get credulous dupes to pay money for it. The water is only a delivery vehicle for the bullshit.
Not preggers, not appendicitis. But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Not preggers, not appendicitis. But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
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Really bad gas?
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian]
I get that, actually. However, the active ingredient in homeopathic remedies is really the bullshit. That’s how you get credulous dupes to pay money for it. The water is only a delivery vehicle for the bullshit.
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Ah, I see your point. Mine was that water is the only ingredient. But water with a great memory, mind you.
I suppose it makes as good a placebo as anything, though.
[QUOTE=Jackmannii]
The website which so alarmed Mom and turned her away from physicians to the services of a quack, is one of those MEDICAL CARE KILLS AND DOCTORS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW sites, feeding gullible people cherry-picked, distorted and outright wrong info in order to feed their alternative agendas.
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I was responding to this. You’re saying moms should seek only advice from doctors. My point is that doctors are not all equally skilled at curing what ails you. Sometimes their cure, the “standard of care”, sucks.
If the mother in the OP is adding homeopathic remedies to her toolkit, she might be doing exactly the right thing for her child.
I also have several friends who told me that their kids’ asthma was relieved by seeing a chiropractor. It seems odd to me, but they’re telling me it worked. Jackmaniik’s friend’s parents didn’t necessarily err by trying it, but they did err by not continuing to search for a solution that DID address the problem.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Ah, I see your point. Mine was that water is the only ingredient. But water with a great memory, mind you.
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Yours also had the advantage of being funny. And clever. Mine was just… bullshit.
[QUOTE=tdn]
But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
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Sounds like opiate addiction/withdrawal syndrome to me.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Not preggers, not appendicitis. But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
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How about gallstones?
Another physician gave me pain relievers and a pamphlet on depression as her solution to that problem. Two years (and much pain) later, I finally had the right diagnosis. And surgery.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Not preggers, not appendicitis. But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
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Ulcer?
[QUOTE=Yamirskoonir]
Really bad gas?
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You’re so close I’ll have to give it to you.
It was extreme constipation. Percoset can cause your bowels to stop moving, so it’s exactly the wrong medication.
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian]
Yours also had the advantage of being funny. And clever. Mine was just… bullshit.
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Thanks, but I can’t claim full credit. I had to visit a DHMO site for inspiration.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Not preggers, not appendicitis. But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
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Gunshot?
[QUOTE=tdn]
Not preggers, not appendicitis. But definitely something that percoset is not the cure for.
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Percoset overdose?