LOL, my mom did the same to me. I even remember the name of the hated doctor. He was Dr. Cella.
I only go now if I’m desperate. Now that I’m older I do all of the cancer preventive checks but I’m getting ready to stop all of those too.
Other lines I wouldn’t cross were pap smears and mammograms, figuring that such invasions would likely just stir up any abnormal cells in the vicinity and be more prone to trigger cancer than help me prevent it.
I don’t mistrust holistic doctors and alternative non-drug modalities, though, just to be clear... that so many alt docs have died under suspicious or mysterious circumstances tells me they were doing something right. Not to mention the common-sense approach to the body as a whole rather than a collection of random parts, and the many positive testimonials of actual healing as opposed to bandaid fixes.
And yes, a lot of friends and relatives think I’m weird, and that’s perfectly okay.
I only go now if I'm desperate. Now that I'm older I do all of the cancer preventive checks but I'm getting ready to stop all of those too.
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I'll go one better (or worse) I was taken to a doctor after a fainting spell in the 5th grade. Got put on Dilantin and meboral all through high school for seizures - even though the doctor could NEVER recreate the incident. I took myself off of it. Being so through.y medicated and zoned really screwed up my life for awhile. I didn't even know how to feel anything for years.
What I had was Vasovagal syncope. It was my mom that trusted that charlatan. If he were still alive today (and he could be, but doubtful) I'd sue the shit out of him.
I remember his name too Michael D Stein.