ENDO Messages for August, 2005: Re: The monster under the bed

Re: The monster under the bed

From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Aug 6 12:09:49 2005

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Great job, Jenn! I couldn’t agree with you more! Unfortunately, I think that even if doctors were doing research on endometriosis it would be to find another drug to treat it not a treatment to cure it. There is no money is a cure. There are billions of dollars in pharmaceuticals. I know that this sounds cynical, but it is the truth as I see it and have experienced it for many years. I have been seeing doctors for 16 years ( since I was 9 years old) about pain and messed up periods and have been given every drug on the market. Whenever I return to the doc and tell them that I didn’t get relief from the drug or that my situation was worsened, I have either not believed or condescended to. How could a medication not work!? Pharmaceuticals are magic, aren’t they? That is what doctors are taught to believe. All through their training and then throughout their careers they are constantly bombarded by the message that drugs are the answer to all problems.

Not only have I been going to doctors for years, I have also worked in a doctor’s office. It was appalling to me to see how the pharmaceutical reps paraded around the office, offering the doctor vacations, dinners, and whatever else as long as he would sell their goods. It sickens me. While doctors and pharmaceutical companies are fattening their pockets, women are getting sicker. Then when their wonderful drugs don’t take away our pain we are made to feel as if it is our fault! They should all feel ashamed.

Maybe if enough women band together and cry out against this injustice, we can make a difference.

At Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Jenn wrote: >
>You know we try not letting it affect us, we try to fight it with all
>our might, we try to be strong, we don't want to recive pitty, NO I AM
>FINE it is our famous quote,
>So why does this evil presence, this monster know our weakness, it
>sneeks up on us then it unleasheses the beast,
>though when it comes and starts to eat us at the inside all we can do is
>sit there, lie there and let it happen,
> WHY CAN'T WE FIGHT THIS? Are we too weak? Are we to scarred,
> then what why can't we get up be strong and fight this battle?
>You know why we can't
> - Nobody is willing to give us the weapons
> - Nobody is willing to show us ITS weakness
> - Nobody knows where its hiding
> - We are to afraid to confront it
> - our soldiers won't start the battle
>- the weapons don't hurt it or make it bleed, they give it a high our
>pain is temporarly gone, its like we are giving the monster a high. Keep
>feeding it drugs.
>Really it makes sense this is a monster that we know nothing about.
>
>How can we fight something if we don't know its weakness ( it knows
>ours)
>How can we prepare ourselfs if we don't know where it lives
>How can we stop this never ending battle if we don't know what causes
>this monster to start living with us
>We don't know how or where or when or what
>We need to know We need to fight this battle
>ENOUGH IS ENOUGH We need to do something
>We need to fight this.
>I am tired of the soldiers just handing us weapons its time for them to
>go and fight this battle
>Find out the cause do some reasearch.
>
>Lets FIGHT THIS.
>This is our lives we want to live them, enjoy them, and not let our
>children get bitten by the monster.
>We need to protect ourselves BUT HOW ?
>
>--
>Thankyou bella - JENN
>

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