Posted on 12/07/2014 8:47:45 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
As my dear friends’ fifty something daughter faces up to five hours of surgery this week to remove leaking silicone breast implants, I just wanted to use up a few lines of type to express my shock and awe at what has become the PRACTICE of Medicine in this country. And indeed, PRACTICE, becomes an apt word as I meditate on what is happening to my friends and relatives at this time of the year.
When she was twenty, my new friend was implanted with silicone because her breasts were “little.” She wanted to be appealing to men, I guess. So some doctor did just that; put in her young breasts sacs filed with a substance very foreign to the human body, namely silicone. Webster’s gives a chemical definition of silicone and ends with this amazing description of something far too often injected into the human body: (silicone) is “characterized by relatively high resistance to heat, water, etc, and (is) used in oils, polishes, etc.” Here apparently, the etc refers to things such as industrial products. And as for the human female breast?? Gee, wouldn’t you think many years of vaunted, American medical training would infuse you with the notion that something used in industry just may not be all that compatible with the female part of the anatomy designed to give nurture to another human being?
Well, in describing to my friend what she was facing, her plastic surgeon told her that the silicone becomes just like honey and attaches itself to everything in the body it finds. She told me her mouth tastes like burning pepper, her legs move all of the time, she feels terrible, she feels like red ants are biting her all over! She’s had bladder cancer and kidney stones. The implants...
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
A decadent culture does have its consequences. Physician’s ethics and behavior merely reflect the values of the population they serve. Also no real conservative should ever forget that Obama was not elected and reelected in a political vacuum.
within 10 years, up to 30 percent of patients have their implants removed or replaced, according to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2011 silicone breast implant report. Part of the reason is just standard wear and tear, said Malcolm Roth, American Society of Plastic Surgeons president and chief of plastic surgery at Albany Medical Center. “Patients shouldn’t think of these as lifelong devices.” ...
Another concern is capsular contracture, which occurs when the body recognizes the implant as a foreign body and constructs a collagen shell around it. Sometimes these collagen shells remain pliable and go unnoticed, but in up to 20 percent of women with implants, they can harden and squeeze the implant, causing discomfort, disfiguration, and rupture.
“It’s essentially like a thickened sort of scar that forms around the implant that subsequently causes pain, distortion of the shape of the breast, to the point where the implant actually moves,” said Anand Deva, head of plastic surgery at Liverpool Hospital in Australia. “What was before a soft and palpable implant becomes like a hard rock.”
To make matters worse, these particular implants are filled with industrial-grade silicone, instead of medical-grade, which could contain unregulated and dangerous chemicals.
“They used industrial grade silicone; I cannot believe this,” said polymer chemist Judit Puskas from the University of Akron, who is developing new implant materials. “You have all kinds of additives in there that are carcinogenic.”
My mother was a nurse. She never trusted doctors. When we were young we rarely went to the doctor. My husband and I are 55. We do not go to the doctor, we eat healthy, take supplements and exercise. I stay as far away from the medical community as possible.
Every time I see an ad on TV touting a new “wonder drug”, I laugh when it takes twice as long to list the negative side effects of the drug vs. the potential benefits.
And I say to myself, in 5 years or so, we’ll be seeing ads from a bunch of slip and fall lawyers, telling you to call an 800 number to file a claim based on the harm (and deaths) caused by the very same drug.
http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/dietary-guidelines/
Dietary Guidelines
Posted on January 1, 2000 by Jill Nienhiser
Eat whole, natural foods.
Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do.
Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry, beef, lamb, game, organ meats and eggs.
Eat whole, naturally-produced milk products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, cultured butter, whole cheeses and fresh and sour cream.
Use only traditional fats and oils including butter and other animal fats, extra virgin olive oil, expeller expressed sesame and flax oil and the tropical oils—coconut and palm.
Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, in salads and soups, or lightly steamed.
Use whole grains and nuts that have been prepared by soaking, sprouting or sour leavening to neutralize phytic acid and other anti-nutrients.
Include enzyme-enhanced lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages and condiments in your diet on a regular basis.
Prepare homemade meat stocks from the bones of chicken, beef, lamb or fish and use liberally in soups and sauces.
Use herb teas and coffee substitutes in moderation.
Use filtered water for cooking and drinking.
Use unrefined Celtic sea salt and a variety of herbs and spices for food interest and appetite stimulation.
Make your own salad dressing using raw vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and expeller expressed flax oil.
Use natural sweeteners in moderation, such as raw honey, maple syrup, dehydrated cane sugar juice and stevia powder.
Use only unpasteurized wine or beer in strict moderation with meals.
Cook only in stainless steel, cast iron, glass or good quality enamel.
Use only natural supplements.
Get plenty of sleep, exercise and natural light.
Think positive thoughts and minimize stress.
Practice forgiveness.
It does seem out of control, though. It's becoming a rite of passage to get new hips and new knees. A handful of acquaintances have done well, with complete recovery in a reasonable time span. Most others, it's been a long road, and with varying degrees of success. A few have died from complications from the surgery and/or hospital stay.
Will bookmark. Thank you.
December 5 2014, 1.32am EST
Four reasons I won’t have a prostate cancer blood test
As a consultant oncologist, Ian Haines sees men in paid consultations who want second opinions about how to proceed with their PSA or biopsy results.
Cancer Council Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia yesterday released new draft guidelines to help GPs counsel men who ask about prostate cancer tests. They advise GPs to explain the pros and cons of testing and, if the man wants to proceed, to give him a prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test every two years between the ages of 50 to 69.
Over the past few decades public health messages have drummed into us that early detection and treatment of diseases are key to good outcomes. Add to this the celebrity testimonials for prostate tests and non-celebrities who tell us their PSA test “saved their life” and it’s easy to see why men think the tests are beneficial.
While some prostate cancers are harmful and require treatment, many are not. So the prevailing wisdom – that early detection and treatment is best – doesn’t necessarily apply. At least 70% of men over 70 have prostate cancer detected in autopsies, and only 3% of men die because of prostate cancer.
I’m a 60-year-old male oncologist who has practised full-time for 36 years. Having “skin in the game” I’ve followed the testing debate closely since PSA was first used for screening in the early 1990s. Based on the evidence, if I was asymptomatic, I would not choose to have PSA test. Here’s why.
1. PSA is a poor testing tool
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is an enzyme secreted in large amounts by normal as well as cancerous prostate cells. Only small amounts of PSA leak into circulation from a normal prostate, but this increases with any prostatic disease, benign or malignant.
An elevated PSA very often does not indicate cancer. Just one in four men with a positive PSA test will have prostate cancer.
PSA tests also miss many cancers. A 2003 study found that 21% of men who had a “normal” PSA of 2.6 to 3.9 at the end of a seven-year study did, in fact, have prostate cancer. Of the men with a PSA of 2.5 or less, 15% had cancer.
2. Prostate cancer isn’t like other cancers
The point of a cancer screening test is that it can reliably detect lesions that, if removed, will reduce the chances of that patient later developing a life-threatening cancer.
This is certainly true for polyps and bowel cancer screening. It is also powerfully true for precancerous lesions of the cervix and cervical cancer. It is somewhat true for mammography and precancerous or early invasive breast lesions.
It is not at all true for prostate cancer screening. In the majority of cases, prostate cancer behaves more like an indolent condition and does not pose any threat to the patient’s natural life span. This proportion of men dying of other causes continues to increase in the PSA era.
The only prostate screening study showing an advantage for screening has very serious flaws, which have also been noted by the head of the American Cancer Society Professor Otis Brawley and Professor Richard Ablin, who discovered the prostate specific antigen in the 1970s.
3. Surgery won’t always cure you
The only study comparing radical surgery with no treatment found equivalent outcomes.
It concluded:
Among men with localized prostate cancer detected during the early era of PSA testing, radical prostatectomy did not significantly reduce all-cause or prostate-cancer mortality, as compared with observation, through at least 12 years of follow-up. Absolute differences were less than three percentage points.
Radical surgery “cures” six in seven cases of prostate cancer. But this does not remove the uncertainty and doubt for men with prostate cancer, as most of the six in seven who are “cured” did not require treatment and most of the one in seven with dangerous cancers requiring cure will not be helped by the treatment.
4. Detection and treatment comes with side effects
One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Their lives will be profoundly changed by this cancer diagnosis, whether or not they proceed with treatment.
I do not want the anxiety, depression and relationship changes that follow diagnosis, radical surgery, active surveillance or any regular monitoring.
I do not want to be impotent, which is very likely after radical treatment, or have urinary incontinence.
Even before treatment commences, after an abnormal PSA result, men are referred for a prostate biopsy: a surgical procedure that, even though it can indicate cancer, cannot give reliable information about how that cancer will behave.
I do not want the 1-2% risk of life-threatening infections caused by prostate biopsies.
Bottom line
I’m happy to take active positive steps to improve my health where it is proven that the benefits of the intervention outweigh the costs. But I’m not prepared to have my life ruled by a regular blood test like PSA that has no advantage.
http://theconversation.com/four-reasons-i-wont-have-a-prostate-cancer-blood-test-35085
Only a homosexual or a severely deranged “man” would allow his companion, girlfriend, or wife to even consider a breast implant.
The total volume of lymph (which is part of the immune system) in the body is almost twice that of blood.
The body has pumps for lymph, right?
Nope —lymph fluid’s job is important but it’s lazy. It has no pumps, just channels, or locks, sort of like the Panama Canal has.
Lymph moves when YOU move —it piggybacks on your muscle movement.
What that means is that if you lead a very sedentary life (never running, never jumping, seldom walking) then a pretty important part of the immune system is just sitting there.
It’s like the Paris garbage workers all going on strike. The city gradually fills up with garbage, right?
That’s YOU, if you never walk or exercise.
You always are chastised to exercise, but you’re never told WHY, and that, among other reasons, is why.
Sometimes they are better than SitComs, from a morbid sense of view. We mute the commerical so we can read such gems as "may cause suicidal thoughts", "may cause uncontrolable urge to defecate" (or words to that effect), etc.
More than once wife and I look at each other and ask "Can you believe this?" This is one area I am glad for government intervention as without those full disclosure laws, the advertisers will be mum about the side effects.
And sometimes the problem is so mild and the side effects so hideous, you wonder if they are parodies.
Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do.
Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry, beef, lamb, game, organ meats and eggs.
Eat whole, naturally-produced milk products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, cultured butter, whole cheeses and fresh and sour cream.
Use only traditional fats and oils including butter and other animal fats, extra virgin olive oil, expeller expressed sesame and flax oil and the tropical oils—coconut and palm.
Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably organic, in salads and soups, or lightly steamed.
Use whole grains and nuts that have been prepared by soaking, sprouting or sour leavening to neutralize phytic acid and other anti-nutrients.
Include enzyme-enhanced lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages and condiments in your diet on a regular basis.
Prepare homemade meat stocks from the bones of chicken, beef, lamb or fish and use liberally in soups and sauces.
Use herb teas and coffee substitutes in moderation.
Use filtered water for cooking and drinking.
Use unrefined Celtic sea salt and a variety of herbs and spices for food interest and appetite stimulation.
Make your own salad dressing using raw vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and expeller expressed flax oil.
Use natural sweeteners in moderation, such as raw honey, maple syrup, dehydrated cane sugar juice and stevia powder.
Use only unpasteurized wine or beer in strict moderation with meals.
Cook only in stainless steel, cast iron, glass or good quality enamel.
Use only natural supplements.
Get plenty of sleep, exercise and natural light.
Think positive thoughts and minimize stress.
Practice forgiveness.
And stay off websites where sensational, negative, political posts and threads are the norm.
That’s a good one!
Actually some women choose to have implants after a mastectomy as part of reconstruction. What husband or boyfriend has the veto right over that?
and a copy of Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants by Andrew Chevallier.
Reveiw this video for longevity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__a7ZfztCo
and "SLOW EXERCISE" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K05Db4WGxXg
LOL.
I thought that women who have implants were air heads. I was wrong.
They’re silicone heads.
Warning labels should be tattooed on those implanted breasts for all to see. And they say cigarette smoking is bad for you. LOL
Seriously, do guys really like those fake breasts? why don’t they just take sacks of silicone and play with that?
Only women who have gone through mastectomy should be given implants - if they so choose. They’ve been through a lot.
Thank you, Peyton. Of course, in this case, you are right. Please excuse me while I abort a severely disabled foetus conceived by incest-rape.
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