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If I had your symptoms, this is absolutely the first thing I would do: http://drfuhrman.com/ask/default.aspx http://drfuhrman.com/ask/default.aspx He makes it

by edw519 16y ago

If I had your symptoms, this is absolutely the first thing I would do: http://drfuhrman.com/ask/default.aspx http://drfuhrman.com/ask/default.aspx He makes it easy to get started by email & phone. Then, as needed, he's only an hour flight or an 8 hour drive from you. He has an incredible track record helping 10,000 people with all kinds of problems who hadn't found relief any other way. As an M.D., he can adjust your drug regimen and as a natural healer, he won't be afraid to explore other possibilities often missed by other physicians. Who knows, maybe you could be Number 10,001. Definitely worth checking out.

richardw 16y ago
This is the first thing I'd do: http://quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html http://quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html
- edw519 16y ago
  ^^THIS is the reason why I normally refrain from contributing to any post regarding health, politics, religion, or popular culture. But OP asked for help and I figured that responding to a plea for help from another hn'er takes precedence over personal policy. OP needs help. I'm contributing. Unlike many of the other responders, I'm not giving advice because I am not a health care professional. So I referred OP to the best resource that I know. I figured that it was only a matter of time before some poser would play the "quack" card. Tell me, richardw, how familiar are you with Dr. Fuhrman's work? Have you read any of his books or peer reviewed scientific papers? Have you gone to any of his talks? Have you met any of the hundreds of other health care professionals that have followed his work and accepted his mentorship? Have you ever seen him personally or referred friends or relatives? Have you met any of the thousands of people he has helped? If so, please share your experience with us and OP. Otherwise, just step aside and allow OP to the receive the feedback he seeks. You're not helping.
  - richardw 16y ago
    Wow, cranky guy. I didn't mean it as forcefully as it may read. That page I pointed you at is an attempt at a quack filter. If Dr Fuhrman passes it, then great. When someone sends me an email with extraordinary claims, my first action is to Google their info with words such as 'hoax'. In this case, that page and his name came up pretty fast. So what I would do is check extraordinary claims particularly carefully. That page looks like an excellent starting point. Btw - you don't know me, so losing your rag and throwing around words like 'poser' probably says more about you than me. Get that checked out.
    - run4yourlives 16y ago
      You attacked the guy pretty harshly, basically insinuating that the dude he suggested is a quack. You should expect a response like his when you do that. If that wasn't your intent, keep a eye on your communication methods - written passages convey the tone assumed, even if that is not the tone you set.
      - richardw 16y ago
        No, that was hardly harsh. Guy claims a hero is the fixer for all ills, I point you at a quack site. Can't handle that and gets all insulting? Okay. How about 'there are many doctors on the internet who claim to be the answer to every illness. The odds that your one guy has somehow out-thought every other smart doctor to find time to fix the most intractable health issues at the rate of (10 000 / career time) is hard to believe. That he might be the one person who knows about exactly what the OP has as a condition, has a likelihood that is vanishingly small.' I reckon the issues of health are harder than programming. No programmer knows everything, and those who claim to should be ignored. Therefore, any doctor claiming to have all the answers should at the very least be treated with huge suspicion. Add in massive self-promotion and every alarm bell goes off. The guy may have some great stuff, but being presented as the sole Doctor for the New Millenium is going to get you attacked, and far more harshly than I have.
        run4yourlives 16y ago

by edw519 16y ago

richardw 16y ago

This is the first thing I'd do: http://quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html http://quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/spotquack.html

edw519 16y ago
^^THIS is the reason why I normally refrain from contributing to any post regarding health, politics, religion, or popular culture. But OP asked for help and I figured that responding to a plea for help from another hn'er takes precedence over personal policy. OP needs help. I'm contributing. Unlike many of the other responders, I'm not giving advice because I am not a health care professional. So I referred OP to the best resource that I know. I figured that it was only a matter of time before some poser would play the "quack" card. Tell me, richardw, how familiar are you with Dr. Fuhrman's work? Have you read any of his books or peer reviewed scientific papers? Have you gone to any of his talks? Have you met any of the hundreds of other health care professionals that have followed his work and accepted his mentorship? Have you ever seen him personally or referred friends or relatives? Have you met any of the thousands of people he has helped? If so, please share your experience with us and OP. Otherwise, just step aside and allow OP to the receive the feedback he seeks. You're not helping.
- richardw 16y ago
  Wow, cranky guy. I didn't mean it as forcefully as it may read. That page I pointed you at is an attempt at a quack filter. If Dr Fuhrman passes it, then great. When someone sends me an email with extraordinary claims, my first action is to Google their info with words such as 'hoax'. In this case, that page and his name came up pretty fast. So what I would do is check extraordinary claims particularly carefully. That page looks like an excellent starting point. Btw - you don't know me, so losing your rag and throwing around words like 'poser' probably says more about you than me. Get that checked out.
  - run4yourlives 16y ago
    You attacked the guy pretty harshly, basically insinuating that the dude he suggested is a quack. You should expect a response like his when you do that. If that wasn't your intent, keep a eye on your communication methods - written passages convey the tone assumed, even if that is not the tone you set.
    - richardw 16y ago
      No, that was hardly harsh. Guy claims a hero is the fixer for all ills, I point you at a quack site. Can't handle that and gets all insulting? Okay. How about 'there are many doctors on the internet who claim to be the answer to every illness. The odds that your one guy has somehow out-thought every other smart doctor to find time to fix the most intractable health issues at the rate of (10 000 / career time) is hard to believe. That he might be the one person who knows about exactly what the OP has as a condition, has a likelihood that is vanishingly small.' I reckon the issues of health are harder than programming. No programmer knows everything, and those who claim to should be ignored. Therefore, any doctor claiming to have all the answers should at the very least be treated with huge suspicion. Add in massive self-promotion and every alarm bell goes off. The guy may have some great stuff, but being presented as the sole Doctor for the New Millenium is going to get you attacked, and far more harshly than I have.
      - run4yourlives 16y ago