[Dennis Kalma]

Peter, thanks for the clarification, I suspect that we will probably agree on a bunch of stuff and disagree on a bunch of other stuff.

One point I would like to make though, is that while I truly respect the medical profession and listen very carefully to my doctor, I realize that they too are human, they have many patients to take care of, are bombarded with information and sometimes cannot take the time and effort to deal with the specialty or less run of the mill cases. So when it directly affects my life, and there is available research that I can check out, I think that I am just being prudent to challenge the MD and make him defend his position.

It is just like when the electrician that wired my house on the last renovation tried to do some stuff that was borderline (within code, but not within the planned use for the area), I felt very free to update his understanding and work with him to change it, with a much better result.

Most MD's I have met are pretty narrow minded, and whilst there are many good ones, the majority come across as actually believing they are smarter than all their patients and have nothing to learn from them.

Take the example of a friend of mine with a brain tumour. She was diagnosed, told that surgery was required and it would paralyze her right side.....she didn't like that much. Off she went, did a bunch of research and found a hormonal treatment in Sweden that was successful with her disease and brought it to the attention of the doctors. One would have thought they would be extremely interested and relieved there was a treatment with a better result...but no, they went out of their way, as a group...not just one doctor...to block every attempt for her to pursue this treatement. She fought them hammer and tongs, ended up paying for everything out of her own pocket (no payment from the Canadian health care system as she was, in their opinion, suicidal). She could not even get a blood test done in advance of travelling to Europe so that they could ensure they had all the proper stuff ready for her to minimize her stay and thus expense.

She went and got the treatment, tumour is GONE, but it only has been about 18 years, so maybe it isn't really gone after all?

Anyway, only one case, can't use it to prove the rule, there are a number of others in my direct experience, but doctors are not superhuman and cannot know everything....they are mere humans like the rest of us.

Oh yeah, I am meeting my MD tomorrow to discuss the effects of Ezetrol, forgot to mention that it makes me so dizzy at times that I have to sit down...noted side effect....so again, what is the greater impact to life?

I will definitely listen to him, try all the alternatives I can physically deal with, but there will be limits to what I can and will do....after all it is MY body.

Dennis