You are absolutely 100% correct. I was proud to become a nurse. Today, I'm embarrassed to say that I was. I went into the profession for all of the right reasons. We were taught well back then. The patient was #1. We made a positive difference back then, honestly, we did. Little by little, everything started to change, and that is when I got out of the hospital. The handwriting was on the wall. I got out after 23 years of being in.
So, guess where I landed for the remaining 15 years of my career? In a law firm as a Medical Malpractice Nurse Paralegal, plaintiff side. Poetic justice.
Very impressive post. I copied many of your links and am looking forward to reviewing them!
Yep, I implicitly trusted the medical establishment for many years. Things used to be a lot different. We, as nurses, in addition to following physician orders, treated the whole patient. How would you want your mother or father, husband or child to be treated? Hands on care, comfort measures, ambulation, good nutrition, skin care, etc., whatever that particular patient required. Then things really started going downhill in the late 1990's.
The past 5-6 years, I developed a strong interest in herbal/plant medicine and have a fantastic herbal teacher nearby who teaches a few programs every year. I have learned so much from her.
Yep, they should, but the ones I know are not. It is DENIAL, through and through. I don't understand the mentality of anybody who cannot say, "I was wrong."
I'll never forget when this whole CoVID bs started in Jan. 2020. I was initially concerned. At that time, I was recovering from a total knee replacement, going to PT, and had a lot of "down time" which I took advantage of to learn as much as possible about this new and fatal virus. Very quickly, I discovered things were not adding up correctly at all and, additionally, my favorite response to the many frightened people was this: "I'll be concerned when I start seeing random people dropping dead in the streets."
Anyway, fast forward to the very end of 2020 and early 2021when the vaccines became available and people were losing their minds and traveling for hours to get their shot. So, I am on the phone talking to best girlfriend who still works as a nurse in an inner city local hospital. She knew that I was not going to obtain the vaccine. Her immediate response was she would not take care of a patient if they refused the vaccine, and I said, "So, If I came into your ER and required life saving treatment, you would refuse to treat me and care for me? Without any hesitation, she said "YES." I'll never ever forget that.
I live in Lancaster County, PA - Amish Country. Raw milk is a staple among the Amish. They do not drink pasteurized milk. They are 1,000x healthier than most Americans.
If you're not used to drinking raw milk, as I was before relocating here, it takes a little time to adjust to it. The trick is to take it slow and easy at first.
Last month an Amish dairy farmer won a court battle allowing him to continue to sell his raw milk products outside of PA. This ruling followed a very contentious legal battle between Farmer Amos Miller and the PDA (PA Department of Agriculture). It's very possible the PDA will appeal to a higher court. The laws in PA regarding raw milk sales are very murky, however, poor Amos Miller has been in conflict with state and federal regulators since 2016. He has also gathered some national "celebrity" attention from critics of government regulation.
Not all states permit the sale of raw milk. A total of 29 states permit it, however the focus is not on the retail level but rather on purchases closer to the milk - meaning farms. 12 of these 29 states (PA is one of them) allows farm sales of raw milk with no license.
There are also cow-sharing programs in which consumers buy a share in the animal's care and upkeep which affords the consumer an interest in the cow's production. There are only 9 states that make cow-sharing programs illegal. 23 states have no explicit law, and the remaining states all allow for cow-sharing as a way to get raw milk when you want it.
Even though PA's Milk Sanitation Law allows for the legal production of raw milk, it is a strict process for both pasteurized and unpasteurized products, AND raw milk is tested even more rigorously than pasteurized.
I love Sunday's! Thanks, Uncle!