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  • Posted By: bluefish @ 09/16/2008 3:29:21 PM

    It isn't the doctors that think they are god, its the patients that confir that title. They want doctors to know everything, and when they don't somehow the doc. has failed. Every profession have people with a range of expertise. Take some personnal responsability, determine if you think the doc. is being resonable if not move one. People spend more time and effort searching for a new car and test driving than they do finding a suitable doctor. If a patient does due diligence they will get what they are paying for. By the way I am not a doctor just a discriminating consumer of medicine.

  • Posted By: Anonnymoose @ 09/16/2008 2:57:47 PM

    I work in the corporate headquarteres of a big pest control company. Every month we get a phone call from a different middle-aged woman complaining about invisible bugs. We ask them to save samples. When they say that they have found the fibers of the bugs (or the egg sacs or the excrement), we send out a technician to retrieve the sample. Samples are reviewed by our three scientists (two entomologists and a biologist). The results have sometimes been onion skins, commercial threads, and grains and spices. It is almost always the same story. The women are all between the ages of 35 and 52. Sometimes they diagnose the problem on their children, and then it get particularly scary. We've had kids get on the telephone, harangued by their mother in the background, "Tell him about the bugs! Tell him about the bugs!" and then the kid goes into some sad recitation of lunacy. In every single case, the diagnosis has been the same: delusional parasitosis. When the name Morgellons Disease came about, and there was a website to whom we could direct these people, we were ecstatic, because finally we could unburden ourselves of these obsessive women who would call repeatedly and show up unannounced at our offices. Now we just send people straight to the site where they are, doubtless, given credence and sympathy and understanding (which might just be the cure in itself.).

    • Posted By: nl6871 @ 09/16/2008 3:28:35 PM

      Cant wait for the CDC to declare this disease real. Wont you feel iike an idiot.

  • Posted By: Nvrtoolate @ 09/16/2008 3:28:05 PM

    Doctors will do or say anything to avoid the real issue. They are "PRACTICING" medicine! Did that escape their brain when they recieved their first paycheck? Do they remember the Hypocratic oath? " First do no harm" They pin any unexplained disorder, symptom, unexpained reaction or anything else they don't understand on a mental illness or disorder. Hello, they have the mental problem. They just won't admitt that they don't know or don't understand or maybe they just don't give a hoot! It's always easier to blame it on the patient or someone else instead of their own inability or lack of knowledge and information. Their are only few and far between that are humble enough to admitt that they just don't know and will encourage a person to look for help in other areas. The main objective is taking as much money as they can sifer out of people and then send them away as some sort of medical deviant or "whack job psyco". Let's applaud those who are willing to give time and resourses to misunderstood problems I mean where would we be if no money ever went to any research? I'm sure every person out there has known someone who has benefitted by this process.

  • Posted By: sulano @ 09/16/2008 3:25:27 PM

    OMG! this is terrifying. This combined with all these alien sighting reports. What is this world coming to?

  • Posted By: momoftoad @ 09/16/2008 3:24:07 PM

    1950's: The pain in your stomach is an ulcer. Drink lots of milk.
    1970's The pain in your stomach is an ulcer. Take antacids.
    1990's The pain in your stomach is an ulcer caused by infection of H. Pylori, a bacteria. Take this antibiotic. Now the pain is gone.

    It's all in your head, and "crackpot science" until it is true! This happens over and over in medicine. We don't yet know it all, and I am glad this is finally being credibly investigated.

  • Posted By: Tabby8 @ 09/16/2008 3:24:04 PM

    Hi,
    This skin problem is a horrible thing to go through. I have lived with it for three years now. It has spread all over me and also to my scalp. I feel there is no hope with the doctors I have seem . My family doctor says I am doing it to myself and it won't go away until I decide to stop. This is not true. The open lesions take months to heal and then another appears. I now treat myself and am better but it is still there.
    To the doctors who don't believe, we are at your mercy, and I only hope you never have to go through this. When the day comes that this skin desease is discovered to be true, and it will be in time, I hope you look back at how we who have it have suffered.
    If I can help anyone with this desease I would be glad to tell you what I have found to help. I no longer spend lots of money for things that don't work. It has become a money making business which is ashame. I always say, "What goes around comes around."

  • Posted By: beenthere123 @ 09/16/2008 3:22:03 PM

    I've worked in two hospitals and most Drs think they are God and know everything. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. For ten painful years I indured a very painful gynecological problem, Dr after Dr told me it was all in my head. Finally found one that knew right away what it was . Vestibulitis. After a year of different treatments, surgery was my last option. Been pain free 15 years now. Any by the way I also have Fibromyalgia. This was before they did any clinical studies. There again, it was all in my head. So, unless you have absolute fact that this isn't happening, then I suggest you keep quite.

  • Posted By: CarolKnowsTheTruth @ 09/16/2008 3:21:59 PM

    Morgellons Disease May Be Linked to Genetically Modified Food
    Sunday, April 13, 2008 by: Barbara L. Minton

    The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients suffering from Morgellons Disease. The study will be done in northern California where many Morgellons patients live.

    Prior to this news, people had written off the disease as a hoax or the result of hypochondria. But recent evidence suggests that the disease is indeed real, and may be related to genetically modified (GM) food.

    ???Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food???, Whitley Strieber???s Unknown Country, Oct. 12, 2007.

    CHECK THIS OUT: http://www.carnicom.com/morgobs6.htm READ Excerpt: If I flat out told you that you had at least 4 different pathogens growing in your body right now which are reassembling in the body to turn into nanomachines which are internally microchipping you, making your whole body one big antenna so you can be easily manipulated and controlled by the ruling elite via high tech mind control technology intended to turn this into a prison planet, would you believe me?
    We all have these pathogens in us right now, even if we don't have any of the outward signs of Morgellons, which is not an actual disease- its actually the result of biological warfare being waged against us right now via chemtrails being sprayed on us from planes. We're breathing these nano particles, they're in our water and in the food chain.

    "They" know what Morgellons is,. "They" caused it!
    http://www.naturalnews.com/023004.html

  • Posted By: angryn_ne @ 09/16/2008 3:21:56 PM

    this seems to be an ongoing problem with our medical field.........the doctors are not there to help and heal as they took an oath to do !!! yet they want us to pay their out landish prices to get their EXPERTISE, or should I say their hositility behind our backs. They are constantly telling us how we feel, what we feel and what we don't and what is going on with our own bodies..........I'm sorry but I thought they were to help HEAL us.

  • Posted By: nl6871 @ 09/16/2008 3:20:39 PM

    This Meffert guy is the reason why the medical community SUCKS today. How many people has he psychologically damaged with his stand off and incompassionate demeanor. I cant believe they let this guy still practice today. The best doctors in the world take EVERYTHING into account in forming a diagnosis. How many people will now refuse to go to a doctor (and it may cost them their life) because this guy refuses to believe his patients. What happened to the oath of doing no harm. Doesn't he realize that he IS doing harm by not believing his patients. 8 years of education and this guy still is a moron!!!

  • Posted By: gesquibel @ 09/16/2008 3:19:12 PM

    It will not surprise me if this comes out to be a true "disease" if in fact that it actually is a disease. The human body surprises us every day with the amazing feats it performs and how it regenerates itself. Who knows it could be the next "mutation" humans are experiencing in our evolutionary process.

  • Posted By: kknudson @ 09/16/2008 3:17:53 PM

    I think Doctors are being too quick to dismiss patients these days. We haven't discovered all forms of life on this planet so there is no way we have found all sorts of disease yet. I do realize that there are many people who are hypochondriacts and others who are delusional, but that is no reason to treat everyone as though they are. I also realize that there is not always an easy way to describe what is going on with our bodies. It can be hard to find the proper descriptive words, so occasionally one may sound paranoid or crazy when explaining their ailments. Doctors are paid to heal and maintain health, not rush people out of the door and collect money for nothing.

  • Posted By: have-a-heart @ 09/16/2008 3:17:29 PM

    Thousands of people die everyday from illnesses that their doctors said were all in their head.

  • Posted By: Fric-Frac1999 @ 09/16/2008 1:15:18 PM

    Reading this article makes me so angry. Oh some doctors are such geniuses they can diagnose you without even making the proper investigations. Nine years ago I was in this kind of situation when I started feeling very sick. One doctor told me that I was imagining things, that really, there was nothing wrong with me. She said I was just paranoid; another doctor told me that I was just faking it to skip work. I sought another opinion and he just prescribed a multi vitamin. "I don't see anything wrong with you... absolutely," he said. Neither of them referred me to a specialist. Neither of them saw how pale I was or how skinny I had become or how tired I looked (they had all known me for years before this). They failed to acknowledge that the redness on the tips of my fingers wasn't just an " allergy to soap " but inflamation of the veins, all telltales of disease. I took the vitamins but I was still sick. I got a fever but still no one believed me. I felt even more horribly sick and desperate because nobody would believe me. When the fever would not go away I went to the ER. I spent almost a whole month in hospital undergoing all kinds of test. When I was diagnosed with Lupus they fianlly believed I had REALLY been sick and not paranoid. Only one showed some sort reaction when I showed him the hospital discharge letter; the other two doctors downplayed the illness as a sort of nothing, like the flu or a common allergy and not a life threatening, incurable disease that could easily have become terminal if it hadn't been diagnosed in time. So I truly wish that this research proves this Dr. Meffert and the likes of him so wrong. Some doctors should get off their high horse and stop being so arrogant and stop thinking they just know everything.

    • Posted By: micro_researcher @ 09/16/2008 3:16:45 PM

      I went through a nearly identical situation and was eventually diagnosed with Systemic Lupus as well. Had i been taken seriousy by physicians I would have avoided gall bladder removal, several abdominal laparoscopy surgeries and a hysterectomy. Fortunately I do research and looked into what was going on with my body and requested a physician friend of mine run some blood work, which revealed an astronomical ANA and poor kidney function. I am glad I did not have to rely on Meffert and the docs that thought things were "in my head" .

  • Posted By: angryn_ne @ 09/16/2008 3:15:59 PM

    this seems to be an ongoing problem with our medical field.........the doctors are not there to help and heal as they took an oath to do !!! yet they want us to pay their out landish prices to get their EXPERTISE, or should I say their hositility behind our backs. They are constantly telling us how we feel, what we feel and what we don't and what is going on with our own bodies..........I'm sorry but I thought they were to help HEAL us.

  • Posted By: chrisinus @ 09/16/2008 3:15:30 PM

    It's interesting - 20 yrs ago my son complained of a sensation on his back like being stung repeatedly, or sharp needles being inserted. After a few weeks he complained of a feeling like there were tiny bugs crawling around in that spot, causing him to itch and feel uncomfortable. It's been 20years and he still has a blackened mark about the size of 2 quarters where this occurred. 4 years ago I experienced the same thing, same sensations - and now have the same discoloration on my back.have si

  • Posted By: andbes @ 09/16/2008 3:14:31 PM

    Folks that's why they are called "Practicing Physicians". They are not Gods. If your doctor isn't willing to take you seriously and will disregard you like this "Dr." Meffert - move on until you you are given the care and concern that is your right.

  • Posted By: CarolKnowsTheTruth @ 09/16/2008 3:14:31 PM

    The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients suffering from Morgellons Disease. The study will be done in northern California where many Morgellons patients live.

    Prior to this news, people had written off the disease as a hoax or the result of hypochondria. But recent evidence suggests that the disease is indeed real, and may be related to genetically modified (GM) food.

    Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food???, Whitley Strieber???s Unknown Country, Oct. 12, 2007

    http://www.naturalnews.com/023004.html

  • Posted By: Anonnymoose @ 09/16/2008 3:12:08 PM

    I work in the corporate headquarters of a big pest control company. Every month we get a phone call from a different middle-aged woman complaining about invisible bugs. We ask them to save samples. When they say that they have found the fibers of the bugs (or the egg sacs or the excrement), we send out a technician to retrieve the sample. Samples are reviewed by our three scientists (two entomologists and a biologist). The results have sometimes been onion skins, commercial threads, and grains and spices. It is almost always the same story. The women are all between the ages of 35 and 52. Sometimes they diagnose the problem on their children, and then it get particularly scary. We've had kids get on the telephone, harangued by their mother in the background, "Tell him about the bugs! Tell him about the bugs!" and then the kid goes into some sad recitation of lunacy. In every single case, the diagnosis has been the same: delusional parasitosis. When the name Morgellons Disease came about, and there was a website to whom we could direct these people, we were ecstatic, because finally we could unburden ourselves of these obsessive women who would call repeatedly and show up unannounced at our offices. Now we just send people straight to the site where they are, doubtless, given credence and sympathy and understanding (which might just be the cure in itself.).

  • Posted By: sage.woman3 @ 09/16/2008 3:08:05 PM

    Bravo for the study group. Scientifically it takes human beings 1,000 to 10,000 years to integrat a foreign substance into their diet so that the body can make use of the nutrients and dispose of the waste. In the last 100 years human beings have been barraged with 1000's of new substances in the form of food, phamaceuticals, pollutants, pesticides, perservatives, electromagnetic field, etc. etc. And we are surprised that the body can't handle the onslaught. Nature will have the last say!

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