HEALTH Care Not Disease Care

Medicine in this country is not about health or wellness or vitality.  It is about disease and drugs.  It is not about prevention, repair or restoration; it’s about maintaining the status quo, not getting any worse but usually not getting any better.  It isn’t proactive; it is reactive.  It should be focused on nutrition, exercise, balanced hormones and adequate sleep, but instead, it is a moneymaker for the insurance companies, pharmaceuticals and doctors.   

I am completely onboard for universal healthcare; however, we are all now forced to pay higher insurance premiums, to cover the expenses of those with pre-existing conditions and the eventual expenses of those who will be/have been given “one size fits all” medical care.  This means more money for the insurance companies!  What bothers me: if more people are enrolled in insurance plans that means more money in premiums (i.e.1 person at $100 vs 10 people at $100), then why increase premiums across the board when there is already more money flowing into the coffers ($100 vs $1000)???

As the standard of care in the United States is disease-focused and patients have not been given advice or instruction on the basics of healthy lifestyles over the years, doctors, bolstered by the drug companies, are quick to write out prescriptions to cover the symptoms of ailments.  But let’s not forget, the first drug will have a host of side effects, which require their own slew of prescriptions.  And the cause of these medical problems, why aren’t they being addressed!!!  Perhaps because it is more financially beneficial to insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and doctors to keep you on the drug wheel!!  It doesn’t help your bottom line, in finances or health!  You are paying for each prescription to be filled, while you are not getting any healthier. 

I am taking my health, wellness, longevity and vitality into my own hands.  I am reading about anti-aging, from the inside out.  I take vitamins and supplements.  We eat well.  We exercise.  We try to get, at least, 7 hours of sleep each nite.  I am reading about hormone loss and how greatly our bodies and, therefore, our lives are impacted.  I believe many of us are walking around suffering and chalking it up to other areas of our lives; we are in denial.  The stress we put ourselves through, live under, practice almost daily is killing us, on so many levels!  I intend to find a doctor who specializes in “breakthrough medicine”, get lab work done and have my hormones balanced (all of them: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, pregnenolone, adrenal, cortisol, DHEA, human growth (HGH) and thyroid).  I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder, which requires me to take a daily dose of hormone to maintain proper thyroid balance; however, if I can take a bioidentical instead, I will do so.   

Together, we can become a healthier & happier country!  We will have fewer who suffer disease or require long-term end-of-life care.  We will pay less in healthcare costs!  We won't be bankrolling the drug companies because we will no longer need their poison!  Doctors will see that we are educated & hold them accountable to treat us individually and that we won't stand for a 15-minute visit that ends with a flurry of prescription papers!!!

 

Eat real food!  Get moving!  Have restful sleep! 

 

It all begins with us taking the step toward longer & healthier & active lives!!!

 

Please be your health care advocate!  Do the reading and research!  Ask the questions!  Find the right doctor for YOU!  Work together to restore your youthfulness and live with vigor & energy & happiness.