conflict of interests?...I need an opinion (or two) :):)

January 5, 2010

Everybody wants to be a utility...with regular income into their coffers...Why heal / cure someone when the only reward for that is a lost customer / consumer?...that is why it is such a conflict of interests to even visit a shrink...they too want to keep you on their income sheet forever...it used to be considered unethical to keep someone coming to you longer than necessary...but now it is the 'smart' thing to do...as long as the ins co keeps paying...you can add the cancer society and TB society too...i donated as a kid in elementary school...and am sure that if we can put a man on the moon a cure could be found by today, if we really wanted to...lol...(born in 1951).And for the director of these organizations, it is job security...at a nice salary w/ a nice expense account...duh!--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Donna

<dscroggs44646 wrote:Donna <dscroggs44646Re: {Herbal Remedies} I need an opinion (or two) :)herbal remedies Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 10:49 AMAre they promoting natural remedies also? I am not a big believer in supporting causes when money is involved for instance, My daughter has Cerebral Palsy and is 30 yrs. oldHow many times do you think the UCP helped her??? Zero!!!!SoI don't contribute to any cause or organization any more, I'd rather find a person or family needing help or even a homeless person and offer money to them if I had it instead of these big organizations that are researching so called cures.I called our local headquarters and also the national one when my daughter

lived at home with me and point blank asked them the question as to why my daughter wasn't ever helped by them and both answers were basically the same, monies go to research and management and also the main person in charge, sitting behind his desk, taking calls for benefits, fund raisers and dinner meetings.Maybe if there is some way to start your own fund raisers for natural cures and remedies for MS would be a better alternative if you could! I think that would make you feel more positive about it.Just my 2 cents!Donna ACS> Hi Everyone,> So heres the story. My mother raised us to believe that antibiotics > are terrible and natural remedies are the ONLY remedies. So when she > was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in the 80's - she refused to > take any of the medicines available at that time, understanding that > whatever meds the doctors would give her, might help

one symptom but > cause many more..>> After she passed away in 2002, I started joining the annual MS > Walkathon which is the National MS Society's huge fundraiser (they > raise over 3 million bucks etc etc...) Anyways, in the last 2 years i > have learned a lot more about natural remedies, and it occurred to me > the other day that maybe working hard to fund raise for the National > MS Society might not be such a smart idea. The fact is they promote > steroids and other types of conventional meds... and I'm suddenly > realizing that maybe its silly of me to put my money towards an > organization that doesn't really line up with my values on health.>> So my quandary really is, what would you do? Would you continue to > fundraise and join in the walkathon each year ? would you suggest I do > some research and find out if the MS Society supports

research on > natural medicine as well - and if not, should i not participate?>> Anyone who is interested in giving me their 2 cents on this, i would > really appreciate it because im trying to figure out what i should do.>> thanks so much for reading -> Deborah L.>> ---Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at

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