Every day, I am amazed by the droves of people who use prescription drugs habitually. I have actually had people standing in front of me say "well, I don't know why I'm taking this pill here..but the doctor said I should. So, I've been taking it every day for 17 years." That sounds like a prison to me. I think I like the sound of freedom better. As Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) said in the infamous movie Dumb and Dumber.. "Mmmm, that sounds good. I'll have that."

Really? She didn't know what she was taking. Worse than that, she didn't know why!

What about this business of 'practicing medicine' anyway? What are we practicing if we aren't teaching?

From my studies, I learned that the term doctor actually means 'to teach'. What are we missing here?

Why has our medical awareness been reduced to that and why are we allowing it? I should note here that I don't "practice medicine", I teach healthy and natural options to get one to better health. I "practice naturally welcome options" for regaining and/or maintaining health. In doing this, I often see people strongly desiring to come off their medications. Their prescribing doctors are amazed that it can be done in most cases! This is what lights my fire.

I'm not insinuating that all medicine is bad. On the contrary! There is a time and place for everything. Perhaps my biggest beef with all this is the lack of effort to explain to the patient, and the public too for that matter. Surely, patients aren't that ignorant. And it's true, some patients don't ask questions when you wish they would.

How in the world is the patient supposed to monitor her progess and be responsible for her health if at first she didn't even know what she had been formally diagnosed with or what to expect once on the drug?

I understand that some conditions are hard to understand and medical science doesn't have all the answers. However, shouldn't a patient leave an office with at least a glimmer of understanding?

Rather, what we see is a system of continued carelessness. This lack of passion leads the patient to resort to "having to go back for another check up" to check his or her progress. Follow ups are always necessary, but let's just make sure the patient understands and is comfortable about what is being done or not done first.

Sorry, but today.. I feel as if I'm blowing steam about this for good reason.

I have written and maintained several blogs in previous years. This one, I should say

will forever be known as my "no nonsense" blog. What you see is exactly what you get here.

I will be upfront, honest and genuine here. I am one of few in this field who actually

believes in living a life of transparency.

So buckle up, friends. :-)