CURE Quote
Mrs K. herself. ‘I don’t know that I want it treated,’ she said. ‘I know it’s an illness, but it’s made me feel well. I’ve enjoyed it, I still enjoy it, I won’t deny it. It’s made me feel livelier, friskier, than I have in twenty years. It’s been fun. But I know when a good thing goes too far, and stops being good. I’ve had thoughts, I’ve had impulses, I won’t tell you, which are—well, embarrassing and silly. It was like being a little tiddly, a little tipsy, at first, but if it goes any
further . . .’ She mimed a drooling, spastic dement. ‘I guessed I had Cupid’s, that’s why I came to you. I don’t want it to get worse, that would be awful; but I don’t want it cured—that would be just as bad.— Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and other clinical tales, 2008Archives
Monthly Archives: January 2016
The Medicines Myth
What are medicines for? What do medicines do? Your first instinct might be exactly wrong “Medicines cure disease“. Isn’t that what medicines do? No, it is not. I researched the top selling prescription medicines of 2011 (you can see the list … Continue reading
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The Love Cures
Which illnesses can only be cured by love? You might be surprised. Let’s suppose you have scurvy. You feel tired and weak all the time, irritable and miserable. You have pain in your legs, and your skin is breaking out in … Continue reading
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The Cure is to Address the Cause
Every illness has a cure. How can we find the cure? Every illness has a cause. How can we find the cause? It’s obvious that every illness has a cure, obvious that every illness has a cause, but most of the time, when … Continue reading
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I Cured my Plantar Fasciitis and Nobody Gives a Damn
According to MERCK, the authoritative manual of diagnosis and therapy, there is no known cure for plantar fasciosis, AKA plantar fasciitis, AKA Calcaneal Spur Syndrome. The 2011 edition ends its analysis with “For recalcitrant cases, physical medicine, oral corticosteroids, and … Continue reading
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The Entireties of Illness, Disease and Cures
The healthiness of each individual is whole, extending to and including our illnesses. As we move from healthiness to unhealthiness – we might become ill. Sometimes, illness can attack even the healthiest person. “Every illness can be cured. No disease can be … Continue reading
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