Maybe this will qualify as an outrage of the week (maybe even of the year?). My friend who was healthy as a horse, started having minor bowel problems, diagnosed with IBS, put on drugs by her doctor before I could get her the Bowel Soothe, condition worsened, then kidney problems and a hint of possible dialysis in the future, then talk of carotid surgery, all the time increasing drugs and adding more, then a slight stroke, several hospital stays and an equal number of nursing home stays, (8 in all) until she is completely incoherent, and doesn’t know why she is at home or who she is, being cared for by an aging and sickly daughter and her daily intake is as follows: Amiodarone, aspirin, Atenolol, Colazal 3X day, Diovan, Effexor XR, Hydralazine 3X day, Levothroid, Lipitor, Lomotil 3X day, Norvasc, Plavix, Prednisone, and only if needed: Lortab. And – oh yes – Acidophilus! And the good doctors are still talking Carotid surgery. Can you believe it? I honestly think I’ve lost her.
Marian P.
