Just A Thought
Aug. 1st, 2005 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The next time I go to the doctor with a nasty upper respiratory infection and he tells me not to take over-the-counter remedies because they're all lousy and ineffective, and that instead I should take his six-page handout of home remedies, would someone please remind me to smile nicely, nod, and then go home and take the damn sudafed anyway?
I'm an open-minded girl, and I'm sure that many of the home remedies are good ideas - I'm a big fan of tea with honey and lemon, and I know to drink lots of water and soup, and I've got a stash of rose hip tea and willowbark tea just because. But spending four hours unable to breathe reliably while contemplating his instructions to eat five raw cloves of garlic a day, gargle with cinnamon tea, and dose myself with slippery elm oil was just ridiculous. And where the heck would one even find slippery elm oil even if you wanted it?
So this morning, honey and lemon and cinnamon tea aside, I am breathing and happy thanks to the miracles of the modern chemical war on germs. I'm sure my doctor would be quite dissapointed in me, but at least I'll have enough air to speak my apology....
I'm an open-minded girl, and I'm sure that many of the home remedies are good ideas - I'm a big fan of tea with honey and lemon, and I know to drink lots of water and soup, and I've got a stash of rose hip tea and willowbark tea just because. But spending four hours unable to breathe reliably while contemplating his instructions to eat five raw cloves of garlic a day, gargle with cinnamon tea, and dose myself with slippery elm oil was just ridiculous. And where the heck would one even find slippery elm oil even if you wanted it?
So this morning, honey and lemon and cinnamon tea aside, I am breathing and happy thanks to the miracles of the modern chemical war on germs. I'm sure my doctor would be quite dissapointed in me, but at least I'll have enough air to speak my apology....
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Date: 2005-08-01 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-01 01:28 pm (UTC)also ,didyou get my email with choli bits?
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Date: 2005-08-01 01:45 pm (UTC)Email with choli info recieved; I'm actually about to start pinning it together. Wish me luck....
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Date: 2005-08-01 01:54 pm (UTC)good luck. it isn't hard, jsut convoluted. clip corners, it makes thisngs work so much better! (why yes, i learned this after nto doignit for hte first prototype...
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Date: 2005-08-01 09:37 pm (UTC)_M_
(/me is wondering if this doctor has ever heard of asthmatic bronchitis)
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Date: 2005-08-01 03:13 pm (UTC)When confronted with a doctor who is pushing the herbal remedies instead of over the counter ones, ask him or her what the actual studies on their herb of the month club cure has actually been... Yes there have been a large number of traditional remedies that have been proven to be useful. However the vast majority of them have little to no effect other than as a placebo.
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