I’ve written some other posts but kept them private, for now
at least. A lot has happened since the IPhone release.
So I went to a store late the other night and bought M. a
little shirt for her birthday. I always remove hangers for the cashier. As I
did so it flipped out of my hand and I said something like sheesh, I’m sorry. I’m
really glad that didn’t hit you. She then told me a customer hit her with a
shopping cart and didn’t apologize. I was like seriously? She told me how she’s
had to develop a thicker skin working there and was brought to tears by how she
was treated on some days. I told her I understood because I work in foodservice.
She said something like wow, you’re strong. I worked in food for awhile and
went home crying EVERY night. “In retail, people think they are better than
you. In food they know they are.” Pause and think about what that means as humans. I have a post I need to clean up about how ridiculous it
is how human fuel providers are treated but that is for another time.
Her comment circled back around from a different perspective. Food service workers do face a lot of abuse
from customers. We are lucky in our establishment as we have largely attracted
kind souls. However we have not been immune to people who take out their bad
days on us.
Today’s thought on this topic is hero worship. There is
nothing people do that is more important than with what fuel we put in our bodies. You
choose to either fuel yourself with food that drags you down or food that
empowers your body. Yet this profession's staff are treated like servants.
Meanwhile what I see from my doorway are people who worship white coat
wearing humans as Gods and think that health comes from the doctor’s office. I
mean surely they MUST be better than us right? Since our country places value
with dollars, they just must be smarter than we are. Surely they must never be wrong because they spend
countless hours and enormous dollars learning about the human body…. or do
they? Nutrition is not taught in med school. That’s pretty critical in knowing
how the human body functions. Knowledge of minerals is also very important.
They don’t learn that. Immunology... nope. A couple examples... An ER doctor misdiagnosed a pain I
had. He wasn’t even close with the body part involved. You know who pegged it?
An acupuncturist. You know what helped? Restoring minerals, silica and acupuncture.
My first memory of a doctor was having a rash on the inside
of my legs cauterized. The other day I described it as torture. I don’t hold
that against my Mum. She did what the doctor told her to do, and she believed he
was doing what was needed. I remember being a little girl lying on that
uncomfortable table with my legs in the air while this man burned and scarred
the inside of my legs. I remember the sticker they gave me when he was done like
that was some kind of comfort. I remember those giant tears welling up in my
eyes. I remember my Mum’s face looking troubled to see me in pain and scared. I
remember her love as she put her arm around me as we left. I mean it did get
rid of those painful bumps. Stop… think about that. Does this sound like
HEALTHcare? My issues have always presented through my skin. A couple weeks ago
I was talking to this lovely homeopath, just because she is a bright light in
my facebook feed. Coincidentally the rash, which I have come to know is viral,
has flared. See most of our illnesses circle back to viral load. I didn’t even
have to spend six figures and years upon years of my life learning that. I
asked her if there was a cream or something to help with the pain. She told me
to keep in mind that when we see rashes, we need to be thinking about the
blood. DING DING DING!!!!
Why am I telling you this? When I was a child and endured
several of those appointments, there was no course of treatment that had
anything to do with me having a virus or even looking for a virus. That pattern
repeated several times in my life. My skin things were treated from the outside
and no doctor EVER did anything to address viral or fungal issues. SO MUCH MONEY down the drain for mistreatment. No doctor
told me that my liver and kidneys were in need of a detox. This is basic
freakin information. Just as a fever is a sign of our immune system fighting
against something so are rashes, eczema, psoriasis, acne. They are all messages
about what is going on inside of us. Treating a rash and not the cause is like
putting duct tape over a nail in your tire. Eventually the tire is going to
need repaired properly. Most of us wait
for the blowout to happen. Same with our body. The doctor isn’t hearing those
warning signs. You are. Respond to them. Learn about nutrition. Learn about
supportive herbs. Learn that health is found outside our healthcare system.
There are a few things they do well, but sickness doesn’t happen to be one of
them.
I have worse stories about doctors maybe for another time.
Circling back… why do we worship them and treat people who provide fuel for
your body like second class citizens? There is no question left in my mind that
our healthcare system has become a religious institution. I am not the first to go public with that thought. We have been trained
into thinking our health answers come from them when what they are taught is
how to medicate symptoms. They are never taught to look for the roots. What
happens when you trim poison ivy? It comes back right? The only way to get rid
of poison ivy is to pull it up from the roots. Well the only way to be healthy
is to dig for the roots to your issues. Surgery and medicine may help for a
little while, but whatever poison, which will be a combination of emotional and
physical wounds, is inside and will pop back up again. Thing is our healthcare
system is the third leading cause of death in our country. Over 700 people
EVERY DAY will die at their hands. The top two causes are heart disease and
cancer. Well if our almighty doctors knew jack about nutrition to advise us on
health, those first numbers would not be so high. If cancer and heart disease were
treated with nutrition and more natural means, not as many people would lose their lives. So
in my mind, our health care system is the SECOND leading cause of death in our
country. The first, in my humble opinion, are the carcinogens we are exposed to
regularly which are aiding in stripping our immunity, like rust in a machine. Corporations are not held
to health standards and that is something that must change if we want to live.
The way people say “My doctor said” sounds like gospel. You are responsible for your body. Look at them as coaches, not Gods. Until our healthcare and its educational system are not run by pharmaceutical companies which started in the early 1900s, it is wise to seek wisdom from practitioners your insurance will not cover when taking actions for your health. Functional doctors have FAR more wisdom than your average white coat. Nutritionists are really helpful. There are lots of different kinds of practitioners who are of real value. I am not saying all doctors are bad people; however those trained by the for-profit system simply do not have a broad understanding of the roots of illness so they are limited by their training.
Annnnd the next time you find yourself impatient because you waited too long to
eat, swallow your rage and be kind to that person who is providing or selling
you your fuel for the day. Thank them. Bless your food. Reiki your food if you
have that skill.
I cannot for the life of me understand how we have been so
indoctrinated into thinking an industry that kills over 250,000 AMERICANS EVERY
YEAR can be trusted wholeheartedly, yet some will verbally rip us to shreds if
we forget the lettuce on a sandwich. Hero worship because we have been TRAINED
to over-value degrees and bank accounts and undervalue common sense and soul purpose.
