Thursday, 21 May 2009

• The Healthcare Gestapo

  
  Thirteen year old Daniel Hauser and his parents knew something wasn't right; something was wrong inside young Daniel's body. The symptoms were not good. They knew Daniel needed some form of medical examination or treatment, and soon.
  
  The expected thing to do in cases like this is to go to your doctor to find out what's wrong. Usually the doctor will be able to find what's going on within a reasonable amount of time and prescribe something, whether it be a drug, an operation or therapy to make you well again.
  
  That is, MOST of the time.
  
  Actually, maybe I should say, SOME of the time. The mainstream medical profession does have it's pitfalls, chief among them their desire to treat symptoms rather than finding and treating the causes of illness. This practice is driven mostly by consumerism; make the patient feel better and they keep coming back, but tell them they're overweight and they'll go find another doctor that will tell them what they want to hear.
  
  In the case of more serious illnesses and things like tumors or internal problems, the all powerful scalpel is the answer. Cut 'em open, cut it out and sew 'em back up is the motto.
  
  In the case of cancer, of which I remind you there is NO official medical cure, chemotherapy or radiation are the only acceptable methods of treatment. Never mind that these treatments alone can kill a healthy person outright, they are the only acceptable measures as far as Western medicine is concerned and anyone who says otherwise is officially labeled an extremist.
  
  Daniel's mother Colleen is one of those people who don't fully trust Western medicine. As far as is known, she doesn't have mental or emotional issues, she just loves her son and believes there are better treatments for him than the scalpel and chemotherapy.
  
  But the State of Minnesota doesn't think she has a right to seek alternative treatments for her son and has mandated Daniel receive chemo, or else.
  
  So Colleen did the only thing any distraught mother would do, she took Daniel and ran. Authorities believe the duo are headed to Mexico to receive alternative treatment for Daniel and are treating the situation as an endangered kidnapping by a negligent parent.
  
  Doctors say there's a 90% chance that Daniel can be cured by chemo and I don't contest their views, but there's also a good chance he can be cured by more natural methods as well.
  
  My own Grandmother suffered with ovarian cancer for 13 long years. She received just about every treatment known to man, including chemo and radiation. I watched that regal woman suffer at the hand of the culture of cancer; the sickness itself, the endless doctor visits, the fear and the effects of the treatments all had a hellish tinge to them.
  
  She tried an operation that helped for a while. She tried a clinic in Mexico that helped her for a while. She tried small doses of chemo and radiation that helped for a while. She tried dietary changes that helped for a while, but because she could hardly eat anything she loved, was in danger of dying of starvation and not the illness. She tried everything and surprisingly, it all helped her live longer than the doctors expected.
  
  But the key is that she thought for herself. She didn't just do things because the doctor told her so, she did things because she had studied them and because she, better than anyone else, knew how much her body could take of any particular treatment.
  
  In the case of Daniel Hauser and his mom Colleen, she simply wanted to find an alternative treatment to the very invasive and toxic treatments of Westernized medice. The Hauser family believes that putting toxic chemicals in the body has spiritual effects and because of these religious convictions, wish to seek a non toxic treatment. However, her government thinks she has no right to seek those treatments for her child and has sided with the medical "profession" (remember, they're ALL practicing) in dictating what treatments she can and cannot seek for her son.
  
  That is totalitarianism my friends, and as the new socialized medical system takes shape, we're going to be seeing a whole lot more of it.
  
  I'm not knocking chemo or Western Medicine here, I myself believe we need both Western and Eastern / Natural methods to have a well rounded medical community. What I am railing against is the government getting so deeply involved in our personal lives. They have NO right to dictate what kind of medical treatment we seek.
  
  Let's say Daniel went and got chemo, but it didn't work out and he perished. Would Daniel's parents and doctors be prosecuted because they didn't do all they could do to save his life? Of course not! Everyone knows that chemo is dangerous stuff and besides, if the all powerful doctors couldn't save him, no one could.
  
  But lets say they went the natural route and it didn't work either and the boy died. You better believe the full force of government would come down not only on Daniel's parent's heads, but on those who treated him as well.
  
  Classic hypocrisy.
  
  So, next time you hear a politician spouting off about "free" healthcare, keep in mind that there will be strings attached.
  
  Studies have found that much more can be done for health through natural preventative care than through the drastic reactionary measures espoused by our society today. Yet you won't find natural medical care on any lobbying list in Washington these days, it's just too easy to claim that because it takes longer and requires more personal commitment it's not affective.
  
  No, compared to Luther's Reformation, America's present healthcare reform is no reformation at all, it's a strong armed wallop directly back to the Dark Ages.
  
  

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