During the 30 plus years that I have suffered from a complex of debilitating chronic illnesses, I have experienced some good results with some allopathic approaches. I see my regular doctor about every three months, and if she suggests a new pharmaceutical drug that she thinks might help, I try it.

At best, most of them have been merely bandaids and not long term solutions to the problems. At worst, many of them were making me much sicker, and maybe even killing me, while many of the alternative aproaches that I have used are alleviating a lot of my suffering, and some are probably saving my life. This can be proved through the use of tests that are recognized by allopathic medicine.

I get a little emotional when people broadly dismiss alternative aproaches that they know little or nothing about. I can elaborate on this later, but I just wanted to say that much right now.