General fitness, health and nutrition · Public discussion

What would you do if...

Started by Dave Wickware · · Last activity · 15 posts · 417 views

This thread is locked and is currently read-only.

Thread navigation

Jump through the discussion

Go to the original post, the replies on this page, or the latest preserved contribution.

Thread details

What we know about this thread

Original section
General fitness, health and nutrition
Published
30 May 2004
Last activity
4 June 2004
Original author
Dave Wickware
Posts
15
Discussion status
Public discussion
Total views
417
Views / 30 days
0

The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Showing posts 1–15 of 15
Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Text size
  1. Lets say that you have some disease or condition that has
    been treated by your doctor until he has nothing further to
    offer. At some point he must tell you that he can see no
    hope and that you are terminal. Now you have a decision to
    make. You can accept his word (some do) and go about
    preparing for your demise, or you can decide to fight to
    continue living (many
    do). So, you then proceed to find additional opinions on
    your condition. At this juncture, some seek addition
    medical opinions and some seek alternative means. If the
    additional medical opinions end with a terminally ill
    diagnoses, those people also seek alternative therapies.
    Some folks here appear to be so against alternative ways
    that they would advocate accepting the hopeless diagnosis
    and recommend quietly dieing, to others. The question I
    pose is, what if it was yourself? What if it was your
    child? Would you still refuse to try an alternative
    therapy? Would you not be willing to spend any any amount
    of money as long as you had some hope of extending your
    life? Would you not then find talking to others who had
    been in your situation about how they had successfully
    solved their problem with alternative means, of value?

    I am writing this as a man who has lived those questions.
    This is not hypothetical for me. I don't know the correct
    answer for YOU. But I surely know the correct answer for me.
    I have talked about having cavitation surgery on June 7.
    Some here have told me it is a scam. It is difficult for me
    to even contemplate the inappropriateness of that comment.
    That person does not have the ight to even say that to me. I
    will be having that simple surgical procedure, at a cost of
    $150.00 CDN, by the way, in the hope that it will eliminate
    chronic infections which limit my physical abilities. I am
    doing it because I have talked to a number of people who
    have had serious systemic diseases eliminated by this
    procedure.

    Can you begin to imagine the impact of discovering that a
    simple little procedure, performed with a local anesthetic
    in a dentists office, in 30 minutes could eliminate a major
    source of many diseases such as heart disease, cancer,
    diabetes, arthritis and other systemic diseases?

    I will be letting you and lots of others know my results.

  2. Quoted message said:

    Subject: What would you do if...
    From: "Dave Wickware" [email hidden]
    Date: 5/28/2004 6:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time
    Message-id: <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    I will be having that simple surgical procedure, at a cost
    of $150.00 CDN, by the way, in the hope that

    a/scraping away at your jaw bone is FAR from simple little
    procedure...

    b/anyone who would do it for a mere $150 is
    suspect...are you getting an anesthetic?? or a bullet
    to bite for the pain??

    just some questions..

    hawki.....

  3. "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Lets say that you have some disease or condition that has
    been treated by your doctor until he has nothing further
    to offer. At some point he must tell you that he can see
    no hope and that you are terminal. Now you have a decision
    to make. You can accept his word (some


    do)

    Quoted message said:

    and go about preparing for your demise, or you can decide
    to fight to continue living (many
    do). So, you then proceed to find additional opinions on
    your condition.


    At

    Quoted message said:

    this juncture, some seek addition medical opinions and
    some seek


    alternative

    Quoted message said:

    means. If the additional medical opinions end with a
    terminally ill diagnoses, those people also seek
    alternative therapies. Some folks here appear to be so
    against alternative ways that they would advocate


    accepting

    Quoted message said:

    the hopeless diagnosis and recommend quietly dieing, to
    others. The


    question

    Quoted message said:

    I pose is, what if it was yourself? What if it was your
    child? Would you still refuse to try an alternative
    therapy? Would you not be willing to spend any any amount
    of money as long as you had some hope of extending


    your

    Quoted message said:

    life?

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud activities
    are primarily about those making health care claims, not
    about those consuming them. Healthfraud is about medical
    ethics and the science of medicine, matters which are not
    necessarily of major interest to the health care consumer.
    The health care consumer could help, however , by
    demanding better standards of evidence from any claiming
    have useful remedies.

    You have been advised that the surgery is not likely to help
    you, and that dentists know nothing about emphysema, but it
    is up to you what you do. No one will hold it against you.
    Or they shouldn't, even if we think those treating you are
    either fools or villains.

    Quoted message said:

    Would you not then find talking to others who had been in
    your situation about how they had successfully solved their
    problem with alternative means, of value?

    If you haven't learnt yet to take WWW testimonial with a
    huge grain of salt, you eventually will.

    Peter Moran

    The ethical and scientific concerns are completely
    different.

    Quoted message said:


    I am writing this as a man who has lived those questions.
    This is not hypothetical for me. I don't know the correct
    answer for YOU. But I surely know the correct answer for
    me. I have talked about having cavitation surgery on June
    7. Some here have told me it is a scam. It is difficult


    for

    Quoted message said:

    me to even contemplate the inappropriateness of that
    comment. That person does not have the ight to even say
    that to me. I will be having that


    simple

    Quoted message said:

    surgical procedure, at a cost of $150.00 CDN, by the way,
    in the hope


    that

    Quoted message said:

    it will eliminate chronic infections which limit my
    physical abilities. I


    am

    Quoted message said:

    doing it because I have talked to a number of people who
    have had serious systemic diseases eliminated by this
    procedure.

    Can you begin to imagine the impact of discovering that a
    simple little procedure, performed with a local anesthetic
    in a dentists office, in 30 minutes could eliminate a
    major source of many diseases such as heart disease,
    cancer, diabetes, arthritis and other systemic diseases?

    I will be letting you and lots of others know my results.

  4. "Hawki63" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Subject: What would you do if... From: "Dave Wickware"
    [email hidden] Date: 5/28/2004 6:36 AM Pacific
    Daylight Time Message-id:
    <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    I will be having that simple surgical procedure, at a
    cost of $150.00 CDN, by the way, in the hope


    that

    Quoted message said:


    a/scraping away at your jaw bone is FAR from simple little
    procedure...

    b/anyone who would do it for a mere $150 is suspect...are
    you getting an anesthetic?? or a bullet to bite for the
    pain??

    just some questions..

    hawki.....

    He gives a local anesthetic from a very well known dental
    surgeon who has been doing these procedures for 18 years.
    His fee is according to the Canadian dental fee schedule.

  5. "Peter Moran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Lets say that you have some disease or condition that
    has been treated


    by

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    your doctor until he has nothing further to offer. At
    some point he must tell you that he can see no hope and
    that you are terminal. Now you have a decision to make.
    You can accept his word (some


    do)

    Quoted message said:

    and go about preparing for your demise, or you can
    decide to fight to continue living (many
    do). So, you then proceed to find additional opinions on
    your condition.


    At

    Quoted message said:

    this juncture, some seek addition medical opinions and
    some seek


    alternative

    Quoted message said:

    means. If the additional medical opinions end with a
    terminally ill diagnoses, those people also seek
    alternative therapies. Some folks here appear to be so
    against alternative ways that they would advocate


    accepting

    Quoted message said:

    the hopeless diagnosis and recommend quietly dieing, to
    others. The


    question

    Quoted message said:

    I pose is, what if it was yourself? What if it was your
    child? Would you still refuse to try an alternative
    therapy? Would you not be willing to spend any any
    amount of money as long as you had some hope of
    extending


    your

    Quoted message said:

    life?

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud activities
    are primarily about those making health care claims, not
    about those consuming them. Healthfraud is about medical
    ethics and the science of medicine, matters which are not
    necessarily of major interest to the health care consumer.
    The health care consumer could help, however , by
    demanding better


    standards

    Quoted message said:

    of evidence from any claiming have useful remedies.

    You have been advised that the surgery is not likely to
    help you, and that dentists know nothing about emphysema,
    but it is up to you what you do.


    No

    Quoted message said:

    one will hold it against you. Or they shouldn't, even if
    we think those treating you are either fools or villains.

    Quoted message said:

    Would you not then find talking to others who had been in
    your situation about how they had successfully solved
    their problem with alternative means, of value?

    If you haven't learnt yet to take WWW testimonial with a
    huge grain of


    salt,

    Quoted message said:

    you eventually will.

    Peter Moran

    The ethical and scientific concerns are completely
    different.

    Quoted message said:


    I am writing this as a man who has lived those
    questions. This is not hypothetical for me. I don't know
    the correct answer for YOU. But I


    surely

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    know the correct answer for me. I have talked about
    having cavitation surgery on June 7. Some here have told
    me it is a scam. It is difficult


    for

    Quoted message said:

    me to even contemplate the inappropriateness of that
    comment. That


    person

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    does not have the ight to even say that to me. I will be
    having that


    simple

    Quoted message said:

    surgical procedure, at a cost of $150.00 CDN, by the
    way, in the hope


    that

    Quoted message said:

    it will eliminate chronic infections which limit my
    physical abilities.


    I

    Quoted message said:

    am

    Quoted message said:

    doing it because I have talked to a number of people who
    have had


    serious

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    systemic diseases eliminated by this procedure.

    Can you begin to imagine the impact of discovering that
    a simple little procedure, performed with a local
    anesthetic in a dentists office, in 30 minutes could
    eliminate a major source of many diseases such as heart
    disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis and other systemic
    diseases?

    I will be letting you and lots of others know my
    results.

    So did you answer that you would rather die than face your
    own ignorance? As for testimonials...your words of warning
    have no power, I am already a living testimonial for what
    you struggle to not see.

  6. In article <40b7bb78$0$2823$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-
    01.brisbane.pipenetworks.co

    m.au said:

    "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Lets say that you have some disease or condition that
    has been treated by your doctor until he has nothing
    further to offer. At some point he must tell you that he
    can see no hope and that you are terminal. Now you have
    a decision to make. You can accept his word (some


    do)

    Quoted message said:

    and go about preparing for your demise, or you can
    decide to fight to continue living (many
    do). So, you then proceed to find additional opinions on
    your condition.


    At

    Quoted message said:

    this juncture, some seek addition medical opinions and
    some seek


    alternative

    Quoted message said:

    means. If the additional medical opinions end with a
    terminally ill diagnoses, those people also seek
    alternative therapies. Some folks here appear to be so
    against alternative ways that they would advocate


    accepting

    Quoted message said:

    the hopeless diagnosis and recommend quietly dieing, to
    others. The


    question

    Quoted message said:

    I pose is, what if it was yourself? What if it was your
    child? Would you still refuse to try an alternative
    therapy? Would you not be willing to spend any any
    amount of money as long as you had some hope of
    extending


    your

    Quoted message said:

    life?

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud activities
    are primarily about those making health care claims, not
    about those consuming them. Healthfraud is about medical
    ethics and the science of medicine, matters which are not
    necessarily of major interest to the health care consumer.
    The health care consumer could help, however , by
    demanding better standards of evidence from any claiming
    have useful remedies.

    Precisely. The problem with all too many alt-med
    practitioners is that they take advantage of the very
    desperation of such patients to push their remedy. Most
    probably do it with good intentions, truly believing that
    their remedy "works," but that does not excuse them. A
    person treating a patient, whether doctor or alt-
    practitioner, has an absolute obligation to tell the patient
    what is known about the course of treatment proposed, what
    its risks are, and what the likelihood of its accomplishing
    what is claimed for it. In order to be able to give such
    information, such information must be known, and the best
    way for it to be known is through clinical trials.
    Practitioners like Hulda Clark, who claims to have the "cure
    for all cancers" or the "cure for AIDS" make such claims on
    the basis of essentially no data or on the basis of data
    that is so flawed that it is meaningless.

    --
    Orac |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
    |
    |"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do
    |you inconvenience me with questions?"

  7. "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Hawki63" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:20040528134833.07406.00000080@mb-
    m03.aol.com...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Subject: What would you do if... From: "Dave Wickware"
    [email hidden] Date: 5/28/2004 6:36 AM Pacific
    Daylight Time Message-id:
    <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    I will be having that simple surgical procedure, at a
    cost of $150.00 CDN, by the way, in the hope


    that

    Quoted message said:


    a/scraping away at your jaw bone is FAR from simple
    little


    procedure...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    b/anyone who would do it for a mere $150 is
    suspect...are you getting an anesthetic?? or a bullet
    to bite for the pain??

    just some questions..

    hawki.....

    He gives a local anesthetic from a very well known dental
    surgeon who has been doing these procedures for 18 years.
    His fee is according to the Canadian dental fee schedule.


    Hawki thinks that fair pricing in medicine should be
    outlawed. Keep those Mercedes humming........

  8. "Orac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <40b7bb78$0$2823$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-
    01.brisbane.pipenetworks.co

    m.au said:

    "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Lets say that you have some disease or condition that
    has been treated


    by

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    your doctor until he has nothing further to offer. At
    some point he must tell you that he can see no hope
    and that you


    are

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    terminal. Now you have a decision to make. You can
    accept his word


    (some

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    do)

    Quoted message said:

    and go about preparing for your demise, or you can
    decide to fight to continue living (many
    do). So, you then proceed to find additional opinions
    on your


    condition.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    At

    Quoted message said:

    this juncture, some seek addition medical opinions and
    some seek


    alternative

    Quoted message said:

    means. If the additional medical opinions end with a
    terminally ill diagnoses, those people also seek
    alternative therapies. Some folks


    here

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    appear to be so against alternative ways that they
    would advocate


    accepting

    Quoted message said:

    the hopeless diagnosis and recommend quietly dieing,
    to others. The


    question

    Quoted message said:

    I pose is, what if it was yourself? What if it was
    your child? Would


    you

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    still refuse to try an alternative therapy? Would you
    not be willing


    to

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    spend any any amount of money as long as you had some
    hope of


    extending

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    your

    Quoted message said:

    life?

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud
    activities are primarily about those making health care
    claims, not about those consuming them. Healthfraud is
    about medical ethics and the science of medicine,
    matters which are not necessarily of major interest to
    the health care consumer. The health care consumer could
    help, however , by demanding better


    standards

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    of evidence from any claiming have useful remedies.

    Precisely. The problem with all too many alt-med
    practitioners is that they take advantage of the very
    desperation of such patients to push their remedy. Most
    probably do it with good intentions, truly believing that
    their remedy "works," but that does not excuse them. A
    person treating a patient, whether doctor or alt-
    practitioner, has an absolute obligation to tell the
    patient what is known about the course of treatment
    proposed, what its risks are, and what the likelihood of
    its accomplishing what is claimed for it. In order to be
    able to give such information, such information must be
    known, and the best way for it to be known is through
    clinical trials. Practitioners like Hulda Clark, who
    claims to have the "cure for all cancers" or the "cure for
    AIDS" make such claims on the basis of essentially no data
    or on the basis of data that is so flawed that it is
    meaningless.

    This dental surgeon is not an alt-med practitioner he is
    main stream mercury using dentist. He told me the risks, he
    told me it won't likely make any difference and I signed a
    waiver to that effect. What is so very sad is that he had to
    do it to protect himself not from me, but from persecution
    from his own College of Dentistry.

    I will let you all know if I survive this event. Based on
    the discovery of this problem and all the research that has
    been done (I posted it previously and Jan re-posted it)
    showing the results I can expect, I am making arrangements
    for the walk a round of golf with Dave day. So far I have 9
    CPGA golfers, and 6 medical doctors and a host of others who
    have actually witnessed my healing over the past year.

  9. "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Peter Moran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message


    news:40b7bb78$0$2823$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-
    01.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    >

    The ethical and scientific concerns are completely
    different.

    Quoted message said:


    I am writing this as a man who has lived those
    questions. This is not hypothetical for me. I don't
    know the correct answer for YOU. But I


    surely

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    know the correct answer for me. I have talked about
    having cavitation surgery on June 7. Some here have
    told me it is a scam. It is


    difficult

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    for

    Quoted message said:

    me to even contemplate the inappropriateness of that
    comment. That


    person

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    does not have the ight to even say that to me.

    If you have the right to be going on about a treatment of
    which you lack the expertise to evaluate and of which you
    don't even have any sure personal knowledge, others who
    know a bit about human pathology and disease have the
    right to assert that it is a scam. You could have gone and
    had the treatment and kept quiet about it. You also, I
    suspect, knew well that it would provoke adverse comment
    before you posted.

    This is a worse than average form of quackery. Firstly it
    involves an invasive treatment that will inevitably have
    risk, or ongoing discomforts, or create the need for further
    procedures for some. Secondly it is not being advised for
    unexplained facial pain, wherein the idea of cavitations
    could remotely have some merit (although postulating bizarre
    pathological processes never previously noted), it is being
    advised for serious conditions even for cancer, with utterly
    no evidence at all that it is likely to be of benefit.
    Illustrative of this is the [censored] and bull story fed to you
    about sinus infections from cavitations from wisdom teeth
    causing your recurrent chest infections.

    I think that if I were as desperate as you I might also try
    treatments that have only a small likelihood of working, but
    that does not justify armies of quacks exploiting those who
    are gullible as well as desperate. It also scarcely excuses
    the arrogance of those so blissfully ignorant of medical
    matters as to do the quack's advertising for them.

    Peter Moran

  10. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Dave Wickware said:

    "Orac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:orac-EA7395.21114428052004@news4-
    ge1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <40b7bb78$0$2823$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-
    01.brisbane.pipenetworks.co
    m.au>,

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud
    activities are primarily about those making health
    care claims, not about those consuming them.
    Healthfraud is about medical ethics and the science of
    medicine, matters which are not necessarily of major
    interest to the health care consumer. The health care
    consumer could help, however , by demanding better


    standards

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    of evidence from any claiming have useful remedies.

    Precisely. The problem with all too many alt-med
    practitioners is that they take advantage of the very
    desperation of such patients to push their remedy. Most
    probably do it with good intentions, truly believing
    that their remedy "works," but that does not excuse
    them. A person treating a patient, whether doctor or alt-
    practitioner, has an absolute obligation to tell the
    patient what is known about the course of treatment
    proposed, what its risks are, and what the likelihood of
    its accomplishing what is claimed for it. In order to be
    able to give such information, such information must be
    known, and the best way for it to be known is through
    clinical trials. Practitioners like Hulda Clark, who
    claims to have the "cure for all cancers" or the "cure
    for AIDS" make such claims on the basis of essentially
    no data or on the basis of data that is so flawed that
    it is meaningless.

    This dental surgeon is not an alt-med practitioner he is
    main stream mercury using dentist.

    Who has apparently figured out he can increase his practice
    income by adopting some altie fad diagnoses and treatments,
    such as "cavitations."

    Quoted message said:

    He told me the risks, he told me it won't likely make any
    difference and I signed a waiver to that effect.

    So let me get this straight. He told you that the procedure
    probably won't help you, but will have risks, and you wanted
    it anyway?

    And why on earth would you trust a practitioner who tells
    you that the SURGICAL PROCEDURE (and make no mistake about
    it, what he proposes to do about your "cavitations" is a
    surgical procedure) will likely make no difference in your
    symptoms but is willing to do it anyway if you sign a
    waiver (and, of course, pay him is fee)? To me, such
    actions bespeak a questionable, at best, sense of
    professional ethics.

    Quoted message said:

    What is so very sad is that he had to do it to protect
    himself not from me, but from persecution from his own
    College of Dentistry.

    In the U.S., having a patient sign such a waiver would not
    protect a dentist or doctor from either prosecution by the
    State Medical Board or from malpractice suits. I doubt it
    would in Canada, either.

    Quoted message said:

    I will let you all know if I survive this event.

    Why would you think you wouldn't survive? Survival wasn't
    the question, even among those of us like me who are
    extremely skeptical of the whole concept of "cavitations."
    Existence of the claimed diagnosis and efficacy of the
    proposed treatment were. True, given what you've told us,
    you aren't in the greatest of health; so there is certainly
    a higher than average risk from the anaesthesia, but it's
    still pretty unlikely you would die from this.

    --
    Orac |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
    |
    |"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do
    |you inconvenience me with questions?"

  11. Jeez! Blah, blah, blah, blah and you run in tight
    little circles.

    "Orac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:orac-EEA241.17073929052004@news4-
    ge1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...

    Quoted message said:

    In article
    <[email hidden]>, "Dave

    Wickware said:

    "Orac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:orac-EA7395.21114428052004@news4-
    ge1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...

    Quoted message said:

    In article


    <40b7bb78$0$2823$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-
    01.brisbane.pipenetworks.co

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    m.au>,

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud
    > activities are


    primarily

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > about those making health care claims, not about
    > those consuming


    them.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > Healthfraud is about medical ethics and the science
    > of medicine,


    matters

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > which are not necessarily of major interest to the
    > health care


    consumer.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > The health care consumer could help, however , by
    > demanding better


    standards

    Quoted message said:

    > of evidence from any claiming have useful remedies.

    Precisely. The problem with all too many alt-med
    practitioners is that they take advantage of the very
    desperation of such patients to push their remedy.
    Most probably do it with good intentions, truly


    believing

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    that their remedy "works," but that does not excuse
    them. A person treating a patient, whether doctor or
    alt-practitioner, has an


    absolute

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    obligation to tell the patient what is known about the
    course of treatment proposed, what its risks are, and
    what the likelihood of its accomplishing what is
    claimed for it. In order to be able to give such
    information, such information must be known, and the
    best way for it


    to

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    be known is through clinical trials. Practitioners
    like Hulda Clark,


    who

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    claims to have the "cure for all cancers" or the "cure
    for AIDS" make such claims on the basis of essentially
    no data or on the basis of


    data

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    that is so flawed that it is meaningless.

    This dental surgeon is not an alt-med practitioner he is
    main stream


    mercury

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    using dentist.

    Who has apparently figured out he can increase his
    practice income by adopting some altie fad diagnoses and
    treatments, such as "cavitations."

    Quoted message said:

    He told me the risks, he told me it won't likely make
    any difference and I signed a waiver to that effect.

    So let me get this straight. He told you that the
    procedure probably won't help you, but will have risks,
    and you wanted it anyway?

    And why on earth would you trust a practitioner who tells
    you that the SURGICAL PROCEDURE (and make no mistake about
    it, what he proposes to do about your "cavitations" is a
    surgical procedure) will likely make no difference in your
    symptoms but is willing to do it anyway if you sign a
    waiver (and, of course, pay him is fee)? To me, such
    actions bespeak a questionable, at best, sense of
    professional ethics.

    Quoted message said:

    What is so very sad is that he had to do it to protect
    himself not from me, but from persecution from his own
    College of Dentistry.

    In the U.S., having a patient sign such a waiver would not
    protect a dentist or doctor from either prosecution by the
    State Medical Board or from malpractice suits. I doubt it
    would in Canada, either.

    Quoted message said:

    I will let you all know if I survive this event.

    Why would you think you wouldn't survive? Survival wasn't
    the question, even among those of us like me who are
    extremely skeptical of the whole concept of "cavitations."
    Existence of the claimed diagnosis and efficacy of the
    proposed treatment were. True, given what you've told us,
    you aren't in the greatest of health; so there is
    certainly a higher than average risk from the anaesthesia,
    but it's still pretty unlikely you would die from this.

    --
    Orac |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
    |
    |"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do
    |you inconvenience me with questions?"

  12. "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Jeez! Blah, blah, blah, blah

    You finally are posting what you are reallysaying.

  13. Quoted message said:

    Subject: Re: What would you do if... From: "Peter Moran"
    [email hidden] Date: 5/28/2004 2:21 PM Pacific Standard
    Time Message-id: <40b7bb78$0$2823$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-
    01.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au>

    "Dave Wickware" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Lets say that you have some disease or condition that has
    been treated by your doctor until he has nothing further
    to offer. At some point he must tell you that he can see
    no hope and that you are terminal. Now you have a
    decision to make. You can accept his word (some


    do)

    Quoted message said:

    and go about preparing for your demise, or you can decide
    to fight to continue living (many
    do). So, you then proceed to find additional opinions on
    your condition.


    At

    Quoted message said:

    this juncture, some seek addition medical opinions and
    some seek


    alternative

    Quoted message said:

    means. If the additional medical opinions end with a
    terminally ill diagnoses, those people also seek
    alternative therapies. Some folks here appear to be so
    against alternative ways that they would advocate


    accepting

    Quoted message said:

    the hopeless diagnosis and recommend quietly dieing, to
    others. The


    question

    Quoted message said:

    I pose is, what if it was yourself? What if it was your
    child? Would you still refuse to try an alternative
    therapy? Would you not be willing to spend any any amount
    of money as long as you had some hope of extending


    your

    Quoted message said:

    life?

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud activities
    are primarily about those making health care claims, not
    about those consuming them.

    Dave didn't ask for sermon, he asked what would YOU do???

    Quoted message said:

    Healthfraud is about medical ethics

    Oh?? WHICH ones????

    Would you say Dr Wilson had no medical ethics???? WHY did he
    remain on staff???

    WHY did you defend him EVEN THOUGH without a doubt he
    committed FRAUD. COVER_UPS and REPEATED DELIBERATE
    VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS???????

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    , by demanding better standards

    You thought the standards of Dr Wlson were A OK.

    Quoted message said:

    You have been advised that the surgery is not likely to
    help you,

    By those of *organized medicine* who also deny
    cavitations,EVEN THOUGH THERE IS PLEANTY OF PROOF.

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    even if we think those treating you are either fools or
    villains.

    But Dr Wilson is a stand up guy who remains on staff.

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    If you haven't learnt yet to take WWW testimonial with a
    huge grain of salt, you eventually will.

    Peter Moran

    If you haven't learned by now the LIES from organized
    medicine and the double standards, you just read
    another example.

    The FACTS are Peter Moran is BLINDED!!!!

    And didn't answer the question.

    Jan

  14. (Jan) said:
    Quoted message said:

    Subject: Re: What would you do if... From: "Peter Moran"
    [email hidden]

    Quoted message said:

    This is all quite valid. It is why healthfraud activities
    are primarily about those making health care claims, not
    about those consuming them.

    Dave didn't ask for sermon, he asked what would YOU do???

    Jan has a control problem. Poor Jan.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Healthfraud is about medical ethics

    Oh?? WHICH ones????

    Would you say Dr Wilson had no medical ethics???? WHY did
    he remain on staff???

    How did Dr. Wilson get into the conversation??
    Diversion. Poor Jan.

    Quoted message said:


    WHY did you defend him EVEN THOUGH without a doubt he
    committed FRAUD. COVER_UPS and REPEATED DELIBERATE
    VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS???????

    Poor Jan. All she can do is hurl personal attacks against
    posters with whom she disagrees.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    , by demanding better standards

    You thought the standards of Dr Wlson were A OK.

    I wonder what Jan Drew thinks of the standards of Hulda
    Clark. Kaboom!!

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    You have been advised that the surgery is not likely to
    help you,

    By those of *organized medicine* who also deny
    cavitations,EVEN THOUGH THERE IS PLEANTY OF PROOF.

    Ad hominem attack. Poor Jan.

    Quoted message said:


    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    even if we think those treating you are either fools or
    villains.

    But Dr Wilson is a stand up guy who remains on staff.

    Hulda Clark has the cure for ALL illnesses. Oh, that is
    right. Jan just thinks that Hulda is "mistaken". Indeed!!

    Quoted message said:


    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    If you haven't learnt yet to take WWW testimonial with a
    huge grain of salt, you eventually will.

    Peter Moran

    If you haven't learned by now the LIES from organized
    medicine and the double standards, you just read
    another example.

    Jan DRew is one to talk about lying as lying comes second
    nature to her.

    Quoted message said:


    The FACTS are Peter Moran is BLINDED!!!!

    More attacks. Such hatred. I hope Jan Drew gets some help.

    Quoted message said:


    And didn't answer the question.

    Cue Jan to say I did not answer Bubba's questions. Indeed!!!

    Aloha,

    Rich

    Quoted message said:


    Jan

    -------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------

    The best defense to logic is ignorance

  15. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Dave Wickware said:

    Jeez! Blah, blah, blah, blah and you run in tight little
    circles.

    I always know I've made a point you can't answer when you
    are reduced to childish little comebacks like the above.
    It's a legitimate point, and my pointing out what would be
    obvious to anyone with some common sense clearly makes you
    uncomfortable. Why would you trust a practitioner who tells
    you that the surgical procedure he proposes to do about your
    "cavitations" will likely make no difference in your
    symptoms but proposes to do it anyway--but only if you sign
    a waiver promising not to sue him (and, of course, pay him
    his fee)? To me, such actions bespeak a questionable, at
    best, sense of professional ethics.

    I always thought you were exceedingly gullible when it came
    to altie claims, but I never suspected you were that
    gullible. This point has nothing to do with whether the
    proposed treatment is "alt" or conventional, either.

    --
    Orac |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
    |
    |"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do
    |you inconvenience me with questions?"

Active in the last 60 minutes

Active in this thread

0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total

No signed-in users are active right now.

No known search crawlers active right now.