[JustPiper]

Lurker, we have gone over alot of records and research on Michael and it is a matter of doubting MS's veracity for it was his implication of the potassium problem. Even if Terri dieted and used too much sodium or didn't get enough potassium, yes it could reek hell on her health. But we believe that any health excuse is just a matter of fueling MS. With many affadavits to the contrary, physical abuse is extremely indictive of what truly happened to Terri.

I've seen potassium and sodium deficiency and what it does is not pretty, but in Terri's case to many of us it is not even an issue.

[Normally a Lurker]

Lurker, we have gone over alot of records and research on Michael and it is a matter of doubting MS's veracity for it was his implication of the potassium problem. Even if Terri dieted and used too much sodium or didn't get enough potassium, yes it could reek hell on her health. But we believe that any health excuse is just a matter of fueling MS. With many affadavits to the contrary, physical abuse is extremely indictive of what truly happened to Terri.

I've seen potassium and sodium deficiency and what it does is not pretty, but in Terri's case to many of us it is not even an issue.

This issue has never been a matter of "MS's veracity." He's not the one who found that there was a potassium deficiency. It was the doctors.

You might want to look at posts # 1734 and 1760 in this thread:

Posted by Conservatish to Normally a Lurker On News/Activism ^ 10/28/2003 6:07 PM EST #1,734 of 1,832 ^

As it stands, Terri's potassium deficiency was established upon her admission to the hospital after her collapse. The $1.5 million award does NOT establish that the potassium deficiency existed PRIOR to that. They were punitive damages for the doc not CHECKING, which is wholly different from establishing that it existed while Terri was under their care.

Posted by Conservatish to Normally a Lurker On News/Activism ^ 10/28/2003 6:47 PM EST #1,760 of 1,832 ^

You're welcome, Lurker. My pleasure. Felos said something about this on LKL last evening. The two docs were sued (OB/GYN and regular doc) because they never did blood work to see why Terri wasn't getting pregnant. Their theory, and I stress THEORY, is that the potassium deficiency existed prior to her collapse and if blood tests were done by either of those docs, it would have been detected and her collapse prevented. It's a nice theory and they were lucky that they had a sympathetic jury. Neither, however, establish that the potassium deficiency existed prior to her collapse.