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Hooray for exercise beating the expensive little white pill! And as an added benefit I experienced some of the wonderous beauty in the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest.
I recently saw Michael Moore's wonderful movie Sicko. Given my feelings about the US health care system, there is no question I am one of the converted to whom it is preaching and I walked out shaking my head at how sad it is that a nation as rich and supposedly advanced as ours has such broken health care.
I find it a little amusing that the movie claims the United States ranks just behind Slovenia in health care when I was just there in May. I actually almost needed to see a doctor for an ear infection. The pharmacist I communicated with (to say "spoke with" isn't quite accurate given the language barrier) offered to have me see a doctor and asked for absolutely zero insurance information.
Another emotion hit me while walking out of the theater: despair. I mean, what really can those without health insurance, or those who fall through health insurance's cracks do? That's when I thought about this little blog here and why I started it. One of my goals it to rid myself of all dependence on pharmaceuticals. I had asthma and know that Albuterol inhalers are expensive, and I've dealt with chronic sinusitis and know that a round of antibiotics can run over $200. It is insane and I was lucky to have stellar insurance through Microsoft's carrier. It's no surprise that millions of people in this country aren't so lucky.
What to do then? Until the powers that be can learn from the socialized success stories of medicine in countries like Canada, England, and France, among others, you and I can find homeopathic, naturopathic, and other methods to cure problems the big business pharmaceutical companies want to charge you an arm and a leg for.
This blog has been going for only a few days, but perhaps it can inspire the use of non-drug solutions to help:
- Asthma - the Buteyko breathing method works. I know. I use it and went from 2x a day inhaler usage for over a decade to zero usage. I haven't used one in going on four years.
- Sinusitis - J's Nosedrops helps fight infection, especially combined with saline solution irrigation using a water pick and other non-drug solutions.
- Hypertension - Read "The High Blood Pressure Solution: A Scientifically Proven Program for Preventing Strokes and Heart Disease" by Richard D. Moore. Follow this blog. Having a low-salt, potassium-rich diet can do wonders.
My hope is that this blog can provide brief insights on all three items above using known sources and my own personal experience. It will also contain other relevant information about taking control of your health while minimizing dependence on the failure that is our for-profit health care system.
Until the next post...
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