I noticed someone on the Lyghtforce list-serv capitalize the HARM in Pharma
and liked that statement because of the HARM conventional meds did to me and
to folks I know in the past. HARM especially also in those huge 2-page ads
by the pharmaceutical companies (for sleeping pills, Viagra, etc.) that are
so prevalent in publications here in the United States-even in programs at
Kennedy Center shows this year! Just in case you have not seen one of those
ads, the first page-seems always to be the right hand page of any
publication-is a beautiful advertisement for the marvels of whatever drug.
When you turn the page, you see, in very small print and covering the entire
page, the warnings about "side-effects," etc. I certainly don't scrutinize
that second page. Bet no one does.



I have to retract a bit of my disgust with the pharmaceutical companies
right now, however. Our daughter in the Peace Corps who is living in a
rainforest village has just been very ill with malaria (or possibly dengue
fever), in spite of taking Larium regularly. She has no access to
homeopathy, of course, so she has to do what Peace Corps recommends, i.e.
self-treat with conventional drugs called Coartem or Malarone. After several
doses of one or the other of those, she is weak but much better. Were it not
for the miracle of cell phones, we would not even have known she was ill-or
better.



She has had problems with conventional drugs in the past, so I won't count
my chickens, but it is possible that she will be able to remain where she
wants to be because of those two; she certainly could not be there without
some conventional drug since the PC does not allow other treatment options
and malaria and dengue are rampant. If it was falciparial malaria, she may
indeed be alive right now because of the treatment drug. The blood sample
she sent to the capital city will presumably tell us, sooner or later, which
sort of parasite it was.



So, much as I wish homeopathy were an option for her and for more of the
world, I guess I will have to stop capitalizing HARM for a while, at least,
and say a prayer of thanks right now for those two conventional drugs.



Teresa (in VA)

Thank you Teresa,

you are a person with what I have called an "open mind".

Although you basically are "on the other side" you do see and
acknowledge evidence contrary to your basic belief.

Whether or not on further consideration go will go back to HARM or
maybe HArm :-) does not matter - important IMO is that you have
utilized the chance to examine both sides, and both sides with the
samed prejudice: harm to you resp. your immediate family.

Regards

Luise


On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Teresa Kramer wrote:

> I noticed someone on the Lyghtforce list-serv capitalize the HARM in Pharma
> and liked that statement because of the HARM conventional meds did to me and
> to folks I know in the past. HARM especially also in those huge 2-page ads
> by the pharmaceutical companies (for sleeping pills, Viagra, etc.) that are
> so prevalent in publications here in the United States-even in programs at
> Kennedy Center shows this year! Just in case you have not seen one of those
> ads, the first page-seems always to be the right hand page of any
> publication-is a beautiful advertisement for the marvels of whatever drug.
> When you turn the page, you see, in very small print and covering the entire
> page, the warnings about "side-effects," etc. I certainly don't scrutinize
> that second page. Bet no one does.
>
>
>
> I have to retract a bit of my disgust with the pharmaceutical companies
> right now, however. Our daughter in the Peace Corps who is living in a
> rainforest village has just been very ill with malaria (or possibly dengue
> fever), in spite of taking Larium regularly. She has no access to
> homeopathy, of course, so she has to do what Peace Corps recommends, i.e.
> self-treat with conventional drugs called Coartem or Malarone. After several
> doses of one or the other of those, she is weak but much better. Were it not
> for the miracle of cell phones, we would not even have known she was ill-or
> better.
>
>
>
> She has had problems with conventional drugs in the past, so I won't count
> my chickens, but it is possible that she will be able to remain where she
> wants to be because of those two; she certainly could not be there without
> some conventional drug since the PC does not allow other treatment options
> and malaria and dengue are rampant. If it was falciparial malaria, she may
> indeed be alive right now because of the treatment drug. The blood sample
> she sent to the capital city will presumably tell us, sooner or later, which
> sort of parasite it was.
>
>
>
> So, much as I wish homeopathy were an option for her and for more of the
> world, I guess I will have to stop capitalizing HARM for a while, at least,
> and say a prayer of thanks right now for those two conventional drugs.
>
>
>
> Teresa (in VA)
>
>

Hi Teresa,

You are really an open-minded person.

Its gr8 that you ackowledge the truth.

Sometimes the devil or evil is our best friend.

I had a similar experience with malaria.

My mom had a malaria few years back.

The best so called CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHS in our town have been treating
her for 2 weeks without any remission of the fever.

Her temperature started to cross 40 degrees C. She started to have
seizures with no signs of remission.

I was a young homeopath wanting to win the situation with homeopathy
with my mom.

Finally I had to switch to LARIAGO - antimarial conventional drug,
which though produced some nausea & vomiting but quickly cured the
condition within a couple of days.

The same happened with my sister. It was LARIAGO which cured her malaria.

This had a enlightening effect on my mind.

We have to realize that there are many ways to heal & we have to
always weigh the benefit-risk ratio & give the therapy to our patients
so that we do not lose the case.

Thanks

Regards

Somenath




On 6/4/06, Luise Kunkle <sem-pa (AT) bar-do (DOT) net> wrote:
>
> Thank you Teresa,
>
> you are a person with what I have called an "open mind".
>
> Although you basically are "on the other side" you do see and
> acknowledge evidence contrary to your basic belief.
>
> Whether or not on further consideration go will go back to HARM or
> maybe HArm :-) does not matter - important IMO is that you have
> utilized the chance to examine both sides, and both sides with the
> samed prejudice: harm to you resp. your immediate family.
>
> Regards
>
> Luise
>
>
> On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Teresa Kramer wrote:
>
> > I noticed someone on the Lyghtforce list-serv capitalize the HARM in
> Pharma
> > and liked that statement because of the HARM conventional meds did to me
> and
> > to folks I know in the past. HARM especially also in those huge 2-page ads
> > by the pharmaceutical companies (for sleeping pills, Viagra, etc.) that
> are
> > so prevalent in publications here in the United States-even in programs at
> > Kennedy Center shows this year! Just in case you have not seen one of
> those
> > ads, the first page-seems always to be the right hand page of any
> > publication-is a beautiful advertisement for the marvels of whatever drug.
> > When you turn the page, you see, in very small print and covering the
> entire
> > page, the warnings about "side-effects," etc. I certainly don't scrutinize
> > that second page. Bet no one does.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have to retract a bit of my disgust with the pharmaceutical companies
> > right now, however. Our daughter in the Peace Corps who is living in a
> > rainforest village has just been very ill with malaria (or possibly dengue
> > fever), in spite of taking Larium regularly. She has no access to
> > homeopathy, of course, so she has to do what Peace Corps recommends, i.e.
> > self-treat with conventional drugs called Coartem or Malarone. After
> several
> > doses of one or the other of those, she is weak but much better. Were it
> not
> > for the miracle of cell phones, we would not even have known she was
> ill-or
> > better.
> >
> >
> >
> > She has had problems with conventional drugs in the past, so I won't count
> > my chickens, but it is possible that she will be able to remain where she
> > wants to be because of those two; she certainly could not be there without
> > some conventional drug since the PC does not allow other treatment options
> > and malaria and dengue are rampant. If it was falciparial malaria, she may
> > indeed be alive right now because of the treatment drug. The blood sample
> > she sent to the capital city will presumably tell us, sooner or later,
> which
> > sort of parasite it was.
> >
> >
> >
> > So, much as I wish homeopathy were an option for her and for more of the
> > world, I guess I will have to stop capitalizing HARM for a while, at
> least,
> > and say a prayer of thanks right now for those two conventional drugs.
> >
> >
> >
> > Teresa (in VA)
> >
> >