My wonderful Aunt Tora (Victoria), who lived to be 85, didn't have much use for doctors or medicine. She followed the philosophy of Christian Science and reminded me often that 50 percent of all doctors graduated in the lower 50 percent of their class. But she also chain smoked from the age of 16 until her death at 85. She said that the best doctoring was the least doctoring. Not sure I agree.
But Tora had a point. There's such a thing as too much "doctoring" and definitely too much medicine. Have you seen the ads on tv for prescription drugs? They sound great until they get to the required disclaimer warnings about side effects. Lordy, it's almost funny. "Yes, it will take care of your foot fungus, but may cause asthma, bursitis, and yes, in rare cases, cancer." This is of course an exaggeration, but it's not far from the truth. Why would anyone take a chance on the trade-off?
I go to see my doctor once a year and take as few drugs as I can get by with. I think it's a conflict of interest that doctors get paid by drug companies to recommend certain drugs to patients. I think far too many people are sick because of drug side effects and combinations.
Get the mammogram and the colonoscopy, but otherwise I say stay as far away from doctors and x-ray machines in any form as humanly possible. Doctors and hospitals will make you sick. Just my opinion.
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