Guest guest Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 IF you want to get well?!? http://www.hacres.com/testimonies/testimonies.asp?strterm1= & strterm2=Fibromy algia & submit1=Search + D-Ribose http://www.bioenergy.com/store/main.aspx Although that certainly does NOT seem to be the case. Seems as if you just want sympathy and help. You have the info you need. Up to YOU from here! " Cooked food is dead food, raw food is live food! " Live strong & long! P.S. You can thank me later. On Behalf Of princess bride Sunday, November 02, 2008 4:38 PM Illness, raw food, needing help, and this board Hi. I posted a while ago that I am, in about 10 days, going to be mostly bedridden and completely alone in Seattle...with no friends, support...nothing. I don't know what I expected, but I hadn't read the board much, and here's my reaction now. I am vegan, but do not eat raw. I don't have the energy to get food often, let-alone prepare food, let-alone prepare raw food. If I could get raw meals, would I eat them? Yes. I would give it a dedicated `try'...but, I am not capable of it. I know this may sound horrible, selfish, and mean...but after reading the posts for awhile, I'm really annoyed, and think that some of you may be seriously `turning off' newbies like me by your `know-it-all' attitudes. First. You have made a choice about what YOU want to do, and what works for YOU. However, many of you seem to think that it is the `morally right' CHOICE for everyone. Honestly, as someone who's a `newbie', I am pretty disgusted by the incredible arrogance and self-righteousness shown during the conversation about right-to-die issues (although it's so, so common in most of the threads). Let's just say that I think kindness and compassion are more important than `being right', and I'd pull those qualities out of the bag when thinking about what OTHER PEOPLE choose to do about the ending of their life. I have met many raw-foodists who are on a quest for immortality, and it's been an incredible turn-off for someone who's just thinking about adventuring into the raw food realm to meet the extremists that seem to be dominating this board. Let's just say that I can't imagine being friends with most of you, and you do NOTHING, NOTHING to make me want to go completely raw...especially if I become someone who thinks it's the answer for everyone. Surely raw foodists are not immune from going thru excruciating deaths. And, I don't think choosing to die is an EASY choice. How dare you say that!. You're not at that point in your life, and believe me, if you ever are, you'll be a hell of a lot more humble than you are sounding right now. Secondly, I pleaded for help, for people to help me out. I got two offers. One person did write back, the second flaked on me. While it was generous for the first person to offer to help at all, I cannot, will not, and do not want people in my life who think it's okay to force their experience, and `answers' on me. With illnesses like fibromyalgia, there IS no one answer, so all my red flags go up when someone tells me they've found `the answer'. Having said that, at least she offered to help. At the risk of sounding like a total brat, why are the rest of you interested in talking people's ears off when they're not interested, and trying to get your families and friends to change, and blaming other people for their own illnesses, lalalala....but when someone honestly asks for help, and is willing to try to transition to raw food...where are you??? I understand that talk is so much easier than action, but at some point, leading by example, without proseletizing (sp?) goes a lot further. I know this as a vegan, who's decided to stop yelling at people, but who's decided that gently leading by example is much more effective. In short, most of you have turned me off EVER joining a raw-foodist group...and I am truly disappointed that no one has offered to humbly help me out, to whatever degree we both think will work. Although honestly, unless it was someone who was also pretty disgusted by the arrogance shown in these threads, I don't think I'd even want you as a friend. If there's anyone who would like to help me in this time of crisis, and is willing to help with no strings attached as far as lecturing, etc. goes, I would appreciate your time, caring, and compassion to no end. But you have to have a sense of humour about it all. Even while I'm eating lasagna. Because I'm not and never had planned on going 100% raw...but I would like to eat maybe 50% raw, which would be about 50% more than I'm doing now. Tirade done. Peace out, chill out, and with compassion for those who are ill, and for those who will be one day but who think they're *ahem* `immune'. Harriet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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