Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

It's infuriating.

That in our society, we are led to believe that we can have blind faith in doctors.

That because they did all those years of study, they actually know what's good for us.

But there's 2 lessons my mother taught me, which are ingrained in me: Choose your friends carefully, and Question Authority.

As an Aries, I almost don't need to be reminded to question authority, it comes naturally. And I'm grateful for that.

Because if we let them, doctors will have their way with us, ruining us a bit at a time, 'til we're completely dependent on them and hospitals for survival. Survival, not Living.

True there are exceptions, but they are few and far between. Most doctors don't think outside the box. Cut 'em up and drug 'em is what they know. My anathema for them grows, as I see, yet another person afflicted with side effects of an idiotic and unnecessary drug recommendation.

We have, finally, a strong-enough Earth/Eco movement, growing slowly, but growing, and this time, not likely to fall by the wayside as it did in the 80's.

But what we also need is a larger network of health care professionals, like my radiology oncologist and my nurse-midwife gyn, who not only don't pooh-pooh alternative health practises, but advise them, when applicable. As adjuncts to traditional Western medicine. Depending on the problem, start with Nature. Start with remedies that aren't alien to the body, start with Nutrition and herbs.

We've chemicalled our world into a dying state. We're chemicalling our bodies into a dying state. We can no longer trust that other people know what is best for us. But then, I'm not sure there ever is or was a time we should trust someone else's judgment over our own.

A healthy Earth populated by healthy humans. It shouldn't be just an ideal, a dream. As with all ideals, they are powered by individuals. You, me, us. Demanding more. From ourselves and the professionals we rely on. Until Change Comes.