All Hail the AMA

The AMA… helpful or harmful?

Today’s article comes to us courtesy of a reader who took such great exception to my article from yesterday.  I have never taken this type of approach previously, however, I feel that it’s important to do so in this case so that there be no disillusion as to what this year has in store with Preparedness Pro. The post yesterday was as follows, with an anonymous name and non-working e-mail address (kind of funny and ironic when you think about that aspect actually because anonymity is the ideal characteristic of someone who’s attempting to do something in secret, don’t ya think?)

“It’s been interesting to watch the evolution of your posts over the past several years. At one point I found them interesting and informative. However, now they are full of fear mongering, unfounded bias, and claims of expertise in so many areas that I’ve lost count. I suppose the final straw for me is being lumped into a “guarded” and “secret society.” I hope you never find yourself in the ER, especially my ER, at the mercy of an AMA puppet, peddler of dangerous chemicals and treatments, and member of a secret society. There will always be a place for DE, essential oils, and other holistic measures, but when your .45 or your aim lets your down, you hit that patch of black ice, or pick up a bug that outsmarts your treatments, you’d better hope one of my secret society brethren is around to help out.”

 

My response is as follows, which I believe has relevance to all of our readers, present and prospective. You’ll either come back for more or decide that this is the year you part ways with Preparedness Pro:

To begin with, I have repeatedly stated that I believe that the medicine as we practice it today in this nation has it’s appropriate time for use.  A car accident such as you describe would indeed fall into that category. In fact, I even wrote an article previously about how essential oils were useless when emergency medicine was appropriate.  That being said, I cannot back down from my characterization of the American Medical Association. They are indeed guarded and secretive. They behave on a grand scale much like the mob of old Chicago days, complete with the gross amounts of ill-gotten gains and thug tactics. They persecute socially, financially and in any other way possible any person who has the audacity to use the solutions that GOD has given us, elevating their man-made, flawed concoctions as superior to anything that the Creator could possibly provide.  We have gone from a nation practicing health care, to simply spinning it as such, when in fact we are practicing death care. In large part, due to the AMA’s excellence in marketing, we have come to be forced to bow down to their say so or risk having Child Protective Services come and steal our children away from us.  So, no sir, I will NOT back down from sharing what I believe to be the truth. To do so will bring me, I believe, much more severe consequences than your venomous words.

I am very grateful indeed to the persons who enter the field of medicine with a charitable heart and with the intentions of truly helping others. I have a

What would we do without our nurses, EMTs and specialized medical professionals?

relative who is one of the most notable plastic surgeons around. He is the one that people go to when the limb has been removed or other like scenarios.  I am grateful to him and those like him. This relative of mine is one of the most pure in heart individuals I know, as well as the most expert in his field. But if he ever had the nerve to suggest to a patient that they use helichrysum and lavender essential oils to help heal the scarring or to use anything other than chemicals to overcome the pain following surgery, then he would be chewed up as a snack by his peers and the AMA—even the same peers and association which presently shower him with praise and respect. So while you have had your feathers ruffled by my characterization of the AMA, presumably because you are a member thereof, just remember, the devil deserts his own and they (your peers and AMA) will not be there should you ever decide to step out of line with their self-appointed credentials and unquestionable wisdom.  This is because the medical professionals are indeed different and separate from the guarded secret society of the AMA, in spite of the warm and fuzzy feelings that may be fed at AMA conventions.

You take exception to the branding of the “secret society” and “guarded.”  Then tell me why is it that a person has such difficulty getting a copy of their ENTIRE medical records?  This dilemma may have made for good comedic fodder  on “Sienfeld” but it’s also a reality.

Why is it that those who have proven solutions for various ailments cannot even get an audience with the AMA or the FDA if such a solution is not patentable by the pharmaceutical industry?

Why is it that the FDA has the gall to inform Cheerios that they had better apply for a medicinal patent if they elect to continue to label their product as being beneficial in fighting cholesterol? Yes, I believe it’s a guarded society indeed if it sees Cheerios and true HEALTH care as a threat to their monetary gain.

To be clear, I will state two positions in conclusion. The body is indeed a miracle. It can perform ALL of the proper functions if provide with the proper tools and not abused with the improper tools. If given enough time, I believe that the body can indeed perform its miraculous functions, but sometimes a body has run out of time– either because of a tragic accident or ignoring the fundamentals of good health, etc. I believe that such time is when the medicine we practice in the U.S. has its place—yes, the emergency room. However, emergency room practice does NOT belong in our lives otherwise, and yet too many of us are allowing ourselves to shirk our own personal responsibility and not take any action until we end up there. That’s what  Medical Preparedness is all about to me—taking personal responsibility and using what we have been provided with NOW—outside of the delusional superiority of the AMA—to ensure that we stand as self-reliant as possible in this particular area.

Why can’t we get all of our own medical records?

Finally, the gloves are coming off this year. There is far too much threatening our self-reliance for me to stick to “safe topics”.  Wheat, beans, and water are fine but they are only a part of the solution to our creating more self-reliant lives. While I enjoy the fact that a person can create whole wheat blueberry pancakes without a grinder, such skills do little to save their lives and keep their dignity intact.  The fact of the matter is, EVERY aspect of our lives is being tread upon and polluted. Every part. And our only counter move is to stop relying on someone else to provide us with answers in EVERY part of our lives.

Thank goodness that Adam and Eve didn’t have the AMA, Federal Reserve, Child Protection Services, FDA, Unemployment, PTA, School Boards, Worker’s Compensation Plan, DEA, TSA, and unions to SAVE them from all of the challenges that they would encounter in raising a family and subsequently creating a nation. Because if they did, I doubt that you and I would ever come into existence.  We have given these entities far too much influence and credibility.

I believe wholeheartedly in panic-free preparedness.  That doesn’t mean that a few feathers don’t get ruffled during the process of getting to the panic-free state or that people won’t be inconvenienced in their present way of thinking along the way.  Knowledge and an application of that knowledge is the surest way to know that when a so-called crisis occurs, a person doesn’t have to crumble into a mess of tears and anxiety and can know that they can handle it. You may trivialize my words as bias or mislabel them as fear mongering, or attempt to discredit all that I’ve worked hard to learn, but I assure you that even with the AMA’s despicable contribution to the decay of the health and wellness of our nation aside,  an emergency room with only limited supplies, or which is reliant upon medical experts who are stuck in their homes due to a quarantine, blizzard or earthquake—will do little to allay the concerns of a population which ignores this opportunity in time to educate themselves so that they have solutions in the event of the “What if.”