This is one of those “where my thoughts took me…” articles, so hang in there with me!
Friday evening our 14 year old cat was suddenly in pain and had trouble walking. I sat on the floor with her, and had the sensation of harsh pinching in her front leg.
It was after office hours, so my husband brought her to the emergency clinic. A few hours later he returned home with a slightly woozy cat (a small dose of morphine for the pain).
The doctor told him that our cat threw a blood clot (which is very painful) and that her heart rate was 210 beats/minute and they heard a heart murmur. Our cat was sent home with heart medicine (beta-blocker / anti-arhythmic) to slow her heart rate down, to be given three times a day; and we had instructions for low dose aspirin regiment for the blood clot.
Come Saturday, I reluctantly gave her the first dose of heart medicine – everything in me screamed that this was wrong! However, I had never ‘felt’ a blood clot before…maybe the doctor was right.
Sunday morning, I gave her another dose of heart meds and a small dose of aspirin (as per the doctor’s instructions). Again, I couldn’t give her the three times a day heart med dose.
On Monday, I brought our cat to her regular vet. Diagnosis? Heart was fine; no sign of a blood clot.
I explained to the doctor that I had a hard time giving her the meds as prescribed by the emergency vet. She said it was probably a good thing I hadn’t.
She also said that something may have been pinched – or that perhaps she had arthritis and hurt herself when jumping down from the couch earlier, especially since she was overweight – causing more stress on her joints.
Our cat starts her diet tonight and her heart meds were donated for those who really need it and cannot afford it.
This experience led my thoughts to:
I have one leg slightly shorter than the other, so I have orthotic inserts to balance me out.
I have been doing great for over a year, and suddenly couldn’t walk right and had back and hip pain.
The wonderful man who does my orthotics asked me what have I been doing to mess my feet up? I really hadn’t a clue.
He then told me that he has found hormone imbalances can, in essence, reshape the foot.
My jaw dropped. I told him that my thyroid meds have been discontinued and this has messed me up.
That led my thoughts to:
The FDA has recently decided to ram-rod the natural pharmaceuticals. The consequences? My and countless others, meds are no longer available. The FDA has removed them.
My meds are no longer available, compliments of the FDA, and my body is not in good shape.
Why has the FDA interfered with natural pharmaceuticals? Because of the chemical pharmaceuticals. (In a very watered down version) the FDA is owned by the chemical pharmaceuticals.
Instead of making sure that the deadly stuff that did make it through to us (examples: the ‘fillers’ used in baby formulas that killed and/or damaged many infants and the prescriptions meds from China that used lead paint, fillers, etc. and damaged / killed others here in the US, etc) didn’t happen, they are turning on the chemical pharmaceuticals ‘competition’ – the natural pharmaceuticals that were actually wonderful for us and our bodies.
Because of the health-reform approaching, many cannot afford western medicine and are seeking alternative medicine (and this will increase, unless we allow the FDA to completely shut those down!).
I am not saying western medicine practices or all chemical pharmaceuticals are bad; I am saying that each of us is responsible for our bodies and must explore what we each need.
This is America! The land of freedom! What’s happening? Where is our freedom going? Why are we not taking a stand, and responsibility, for our own care?
It is our government! They work for us!
I was fighting listening to “me” about my cat’s medicines; my hesitancy and ‘compromise’ probably saved her life.
I fought the FDA to keep them from sticking their noses in the natural pharmacy’s businesses – but not enough people spoke up.
Where is the line, everyone? When will we take responsibility for our government, and our health-care?
Isn’t it time to stand up and be heard? Or will you wait to see what other rights and freedoms will we give up next?
We have the right:
- To speak up.
- To be healthy.
- To be free.
We have the responsibility:
- To speak up.
- To be healthy.
- To be free.
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