Aspirin

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In a message dated 4/16/2003 1:27:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

SnipSnip@... writes:

<< Can O's take an aspirin a day? I read about the health benefits of it and

the list just keeps growing. >>

I do for my heart. Sure beats blood thinners. In my opinion, it's better

and safer to eat green leafy vegetables that are full of Vitamin K.

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Take hawthorne instead.

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Re: Aspirin

In a message dated 4/16/2003 1:27:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

SnipSnip@... writes:

<< Can O's take an aspirin a day? I read about the health benefits of it

and

the list just keeps growing. >>

I do for my heart. Sure beats blood thinners. In my opinion, it's

better

and safer to eat green leafy vegetables that are full of Vitamin K.

[Guest guest]

Thank you ...I've always wanted an alternative to aspirin!

Jannette

Take hawthorne instead.

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In a message dated 4/16/2003 1:27:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

SnipSnip@... writes:

<< Can O's take an aspirin a day? I read about the health benefits of it

and

the list just keeps growing. >>

I do for my heart. Sure beats blood thinners. In my opinion, it's

better

and safer to eat green leafy vegetables that are full of Vitamin K.

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In a message dated 2/21/2005 7:10:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jrkennedy@... writes:

Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood type

for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

I take a regular aspirin every day for my heart. My blood is thin but not

that bad.

[Guest guest]

Elaine Kennedy wrote:

> My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day

Why?

Elaine, The way I would look at this is to know in detail *why* he makes

the recommendation - and then address the reason in a different way.

There is no force on the planet that would get me to take aspirin once

never mind daily :-))

The above is my approach any time the doctor recommends something I

don't like or agree with. For example my endocrinologist told me to eat

a low protein diet. (May as well bury me right away!)

I asked why exactly - and she said because of kidney damage shown by

very high microalbumin excreted (essentially diabetes damage from high

glucose).

So I thanked her for the advice, jacked up my protein even higher,

added fish oil, and the next test 4 months later shows normal range

microalbumin. She does not need to know that I did it with high protein

and fish oil rather than low protein (which would have made it worse)

but I'll tell her if necessary - AFTER I fix the problem.

It depends who I am dealing with whether I fight it head on or say

thanks and do what I want anyway. I do get copies of all my records so

as to check whether it says anything stupid in there such as that low

protein diet was helpful.

But I am in charge of my health and responsible for it, not the

doctor - they are there for advice only (much as some of them act like

some sort of deity), one does not have to take the advice.

> Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

> type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

Aspirin is poison.

The Hippocratic oath says first do no harm and aspirin does harm.

These days the medical profession would not recognize the Hippocratic

oath if they fell over it (with very few exceptions). The current

version is to do whatever they want, however dangerous, as long as they

can invent a potentially worse possibility without it. Looking for a

do-no-harm answer went out the window, they no longer even try. That

bothers me a lot!!!

I suggest doing what's right for you by your own judgement - look after

your own health - the doctor has no reason to do so, he gets paid anyway.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Do you know your secretor status? Type O Secretors have the thinnest blood

of all types and do need to be careful with anything that thins their blood.

Type O Non-Secretors do not have this problem and have thicker blood than

other types. I can practically confirm this because a lot of my relatives

are O Secretors and I know they used to have problems with bloody noses and

having to hold them until it stopped. I can't think of a time I ever had a

bloody nose.

The doctor probably knows of the link with Type O, but I bet he doesn't know

the secretor part! If you don't know your secretor status then assume

you're a secretor since the odds are 80-85% of Type O's are secretors. Hope

that helps! (And yes its nice to have these few little advantages as

non-secretors!)

Tom , 41

Type O Non-Secretor

Arlington, TX

_____

From: Elaine Kennedy [mailto:jrkennedy@...]

Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:09 PM

Subject: Aspirin

My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day and as

a blood type O I have a problem with that. Of course, I can't discuss the

BTD with him or he would go all crazy and that would entail another lecture

or no doctor at all.

Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

[Guest guest]

Do you know your secretor status?

I am a type o negative secretor. I had more bleeding problems before the

BTD it is better now but have grave apprehensions about the daily aspirin

thing. Something tells me to not do this.

Type O Secretors have the thinnest blood

of all types and do need to be careful with anything that thins their blood.

Type O Non-Secretors do not have this problem and have thicker blood than

other types. I can practically confirm this because a lot of my relatives

are O Secretors and I know they used to have problems with bloody noses and

having to hold them until it stopped. I can't think of a time I ever had a

bloody nose.

The doctor probably knows of the link with Type O, but I bet he doesn't know

the secretor part! If you don't know your secretor status then assume

you're a secretor since the odds are 80-85% of Type O's are secretors. Hope

that helps! (And yes its nice to have these few little advantages as

non-secretors!)

Tom , 41

Type O Non-Secretor

Arlington, TX

_____

From: Elaine Kennedy [mailto:jrkennedy@...]

Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:09 PM

Subject: Aspirin

My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day and as

a blood type O I have a problem with that. Of course, I can't discuss the

BTD with him or he would go all crazy and that would entail another lecture

or no doctor at all.

Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

[Guest guest]

Irene asked why the doctor made the recommendation. I have no known

medical problems at the moment or I should say now that I do the BTD. I went

to him because I had a high Ferritin reading on a previous blood test and

wanted to know what that was all about. Of course to the doctor it was a

non-event, the high reading meant nothing and I should not have access to

these reports and try to diagnose myself. The reading was 193.1 which was

tagged as high by the lab. Can you tell me something about the Ferritin

test.

Elaine Kennedy wrote:

> My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day

Why?

Elaine, The way I would look at this is to know in detail *why* he makes

the recommendation - and then address the reason in a different way.

There is no force on the planet that would get me to take aspirin once

never mind daily :-))

The above is my approach any time the doctor recommends something I

don't like or agree with. For example my endocrinologist told me to eat

a low protein diet. (May as well bury me right away!)

I asked why exactly - and she said because of kidney damage shown by

very high microalbumin excreted (essentially diabetes damage from high

glucose).

So I thanked her for the advice, jacked up my protein even higher,

added fish oil, and the next test 4 months later shows normal range

microalbumin. She does not need to know that I did it with high protein

and fish oil rather than low protein (which would have made it worse)

but I'll tell her if necessary - AFTER I fix the problem.

It depends who I am dealing with whether I fight it head on or say

thanks and do what I want anyway. I do get copies of all my records so

as to check whether it says anything stupid in there such as that low

protein diet was helpful.

But I am in charge of my health and responsible for it, not the

doctor - they are there for advice only (much as some of them act like

some sort of deity), one does not have to take the advice.

> Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

> type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

Aspirin is poison.

The Hippocratic oath says first do no harm and aspirin does harm.

These days the medical profession would not recognize the Hippocratic

oath if they fell over it (with very few exceptions). The current

version is to do whatever they want, however dangerous, as long as they

can invent a potentially worse possibility without it. Looking for a

do-no-harm answer went out the window, they no longer even try. That

bothers me a lot!!!

I suggest doing what's right for you by your own judgement - look after

your own health - the doctor has no reason to do so, he gets paid anyway.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

>>Type O Secretors have the thinnest blood

of all types and do need to be careful with anything that thins their blood.

**My own experience certainly bears this out - most of my children, and dh

suffer horrendously with nose bleeds due to climate change but they are

horrendous.

I, altho never having suffered in this way, give blood regularly and apparently

women's blood usually is slower coming out than mens but they are always amazed

that mine is quicker than other men who start before me and have actually warned

me to be extra careful as I bleed so freely that they say that I could bleed to

death before help gets to me in a crash scenario.

Having said that, I've never had a problem with healing or cuts etc.

)

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In a message dated 2/21/2005 11:12:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,

tomwilson64@... writes:

Do you know your secretor status? Type O Secretors have the thinnest blood

I'm a lowly non-secretor.

[Guest guest]

This is a different concept that Dr. D'Adamo hasn't really covered, but from

my readings of Dr. Barry Sears, author of the Zone diet, there is something

else to consider about aspirin. One of the hottest topics today is about

silent inflammation and how it is the underlying cause of many chronic

conditions. Dr. Sears teaches about super hormones (i.e. that act and are

gone in tiny fractions of seconds) called eicosanoids. There were no

machines to record their presence until the late 70s. There are many

eicosanoids, but they can be classified into good eicosanoids and bad

eicosanoids based on how they cause the other hormone systems to respond.

They are like the puppet master/orchestrator of other hormonal systems.

Anyway as a rule, good eicosanoids cause vasodilatation, increasing blood

flow and decreasing general inflammation. Bad eicosanoids on the other

hand cause vasoconstriction, limit blood flow and increase inflammation.

There are precursors to both good and bad eicosanoids, in other words

substances required as building blocks for each. The primary precursor for

good eicosanoids are Omega 3 fatty acids, especially the long chain Omega

3's found in fish oil (but if you're an O be careful with high dose fish

oil, it can cause slight personality changes in some). The precursor for

bad eicosanoids is Aracadonic Acid. Common sources of Aracadonic Acid are

grain fed beef (grass fed is rich in Omega 3's instead), egg yolks, etc.

What has all this got to do with aspirin? Aspirin was a wonder drug for

years in that they didn't know specifically what it did to help things like

headaches or other inflammation related conditions other than they knew it

was a blood thinner. In light of the research into eicosanoids, aspirin has

been outed in that they now know that aspirin's beneficial effects come from

the fact that it (to whatever degree the dosage size is) mutes both good and

bad eicosanoid production. In muting bad eicosanoid production it gives the

sense of the beneficial effect because in people who are producing too many

bad eicosanoids, it temporarily removes these inflammation producers.

The down side is that it also mutes the good eicosanoids, but again only

temporarily. In this way aspirin has value for those whose lifestyle is

constantly feeding inflammation. This helps shed light on why in a country

where so many are in terrible health, doctors would prescribe a daily dose

of aspirin. The good thing is, the more you spiral upward to great health

(via closely following your BTD beneficials and lifestyle strategies related

to stress etc.) the less need you have for aspirin.

So I think of aspirin as a helpful occasional fix on the bridge from bad

habits to good habits or the bridge from a non-compliant day back into good

compliance, but I don't see it as beneficial for those who happily live in

the land of great compliance, eating beneficial foods in small meals,

balancing the proportions and keeping variety in their diet as well as

choosing BTD appropriate exercise and lifestyle strategies.

So your concerns about aspirin may be legitimate, especially in light of

being an O secretor and even moreso if you are highly compliant. Having

said that, I do not know the rememdies regarding specifically diagnosed

conditions and how aspirin might affect them other than what I explained so

do listen to your physician. They can be terribly uninformed on things like

the BTD, but they do deal with patients every day and many do strive to make

good recommendations so I always hate to belittle MDs. There was so much we

gained from Rockefeller's the funding of the medicinal approach early in the

last century that has brought many discoveries.

Tom

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From: Elaine Kennedy [mailto:jrkennedy@...]

Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:06 AM

Subject: RE: Aspirin

Do you know your secretor status?

I am a type o negative secretor. I had more bleeding problems before the

BTD it is better now but have grave apprehensions about the daily aspirin

thing. Something tells me to not do this.

Type O Secretors have the thinnest blood

of all types and do need to be careful with anything that thins their blood.

Type O Non-Secretors do not have this problem and have thicker blood than

other types. I can practically confirm this because a lot of my relatives

are O Secretors and I know they used to have problems with bloody noses and

having to hold them until it stopped. I can't think of a time I ever had a

bloody nose.

The doctor probably knows of the link with Type O, but I bet he doesn't know

the secretor part! If you don't know your secretor status then assume

you're a secretor since the odds are 80-85% of Type O's are secretors. Hope

that helps! (And yes its nice to have these few little advantages as

non-secretors!)

Tom , 41

Type O Non-Secretor

Arlington, TX

_____

From: Elaine Kennedy [mailto:jrkennedy@...]

Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:09 PM

Subject: Aspirin

My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day and as

a blood type O I have a problem with that. Of course, I can't discuss the

BTD with him or he would go all crazy and that would entail another lecture

or no doctor at all.

Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/22/2005 7:09:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,

jrkennedy@... writes:

Do you know your secretor status?

I am a type o negative secretor. I had more bleeding problems before the

BTD it is better now but have grave apprehensions about the daily aspirin

thing. Something tells me to not do this.

I'm a type O non-secretor and do not have bleeding problems.

[Guest guest]

Elaine Kennedy wrote: I went

> to him because I had a high Ferritin reading on a previous blood test and

> wanted to know what that was all about.,

It's a blood test to measure the amount of iron stored in the body.

Several different things can cause a lot of iron to be stored, for

example hemolytic anaemia or making red cells that are abnormally large

or liver problems like hepatitis or cirrhosis or effect of alcohol on

the liver or some inherited situations etc etc.

It's your right to know what your blood tests say and why. I keep a

record of all mine. It's nonsense to suggest you should not be looking

at them!! It's your body and you are in charge of it!

In your shoes I would require the doctor to explain all his

recommendations - aspirin for example - to my satisfaction. And also to

explain all blood tests and why he did them and what he thinks the

results mean.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Tom wrote:

> Dr. Sears teaches about super hormones (i.e. that act and are

> gone in tiny fractions of seconds) called eicosanoids.

I may be able to add some notes to this as well since animal fatty acids

and their eicosanoids are very important in feline nutrition (because

cats can not convert from plant fatty acid to animal omega-3 fatty acids

as humans can.)

People can convert some linoleic acid (Omega-6) to arachidonic acid

(Omega-3) and can also make a very limited amount of EPA and DHA - but

there is a limit and it is better to get those two Omega-3's from fish oil.

Eicosanoids are hormone-like compounds also called " local hormones "

because they are formed where they are to go to work, rather than

transported any distance in the body like normal hormones. Eicosanoids

is a general term to cover prostaglandins, thromboxanes, prostacyclins

and other sub-divisions of local hormones.

As you reported eicosanoids are formed from fatty acids like arachidonic

acid which is one of several Omega-3 fatty acids. The other Omega-3

fatty acids can also form eicosanoids like prostaglandins, prostacyclins

and thromboxanes: For example eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and

docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), both found in the fat of fish - that is fish

oil are Omega-3. Another Omega-3 from which eicosanoids can be made is

linolenic acid from plants (not to be confused with linoleic acid which

is an Omega-6 fatty acid.)

So there are several Omega-3 fatty acids. But all Omega-3 fatty acids

are not created equal.

They all lead to making of prostaglandin, prostacyclin and thromboxane.

Each Omega-3 has its own quality of prostaglandin, prostacyclin and

thromboxane. Some are stronger in action than others

Prostaglandin and prostacyclin are always vasodilating, and the

thromboxane component is vasoconstricting. Problem is that from

arachidonic acid the thromboxane is very strong so the net effect is

vaso-constricting. So with Arachidonic acid (found in animal fats), the

*net* result of the prostaglandin, prostacyclin and thromboxane is

vessel constriction - inflammatory.

With DHA and EPA's eicosanoid products in fish oil, the thromboxane

is weak so the prostaglandin and prostacyclin are dominant and they are

vasodilating.

So for these two fatty acids (found in fish oil), the *net* result is

vessel dilation - which is anti-inflammatory.

> There were no

> machines to record their presence until the late 70s. There are many

> eicosanoids, but they can be classified into good eicosanoids and bad

> eicosanoids based on how they cause the other hormone systems to respond.

> They are like the puppet master/orchestrator of other hormonal systems.

I would question this statement by Sears, because eicosanoids are

specifically " local hormones " . They have a local effect only. They are

not transported to cause things to happen elsewhere as is usual for a

hormone. They are not true hormones.

> Anyway as a rule, good eicosanoids cause vasodilatation, increasing blood

> flow and decreasing general inflammation. Bad eicosanoids on the other

> hand cause vasoconstriction, limit blood flow and increase inflammation.

> There are precursors to both good and bad eicosanoids, in other words

> substances required as building blocks for each.

Each Omega-3 fatty acid is a precursor to a group of eicosanoids,

specifically they EACH make a thromboxane, a prostaglandin and a

prostacyclin.

So the following statement is not correct:

> The primary precursor for

> good eicosanoids are Omega 3 fatty acids,

The precursor for *bad* eicosanoids is also Omega-3 fatty acids.

Different Omega-3 fatty acids have different effects, some have good

effects, others bad in terms of inflammation. (They have other uses in

the body besides the inflammation issues being considered here.)

What's good is that if you eat both kinds, the good ones will take over

from the bad ones in important places like the kidneys where vessel

dilation is highly beneficial.

> especially the long chain Omega

> 3's found in fish oil

Omega-3's are all long chain. Omega-6 are shorter.

> (but if you're an O be careful with high dose fish

> oil, it can cause slight personality changes in some).

That's a fishy story :-))

So is the following:

> The precursor for

> bad eicosanoids is Aracadonic Acid.

YEs but:

> Common sources of Aracadonic Acid are

> grain fed beef (grass fed is rich in Omega 3's instead), egg yolks, etc.

Whoa!! Arachidonic acid IS an Omega-3 fatty acid, and is rich in beef,

and meat in general - grass fed or otherwise.

The good Omega-3's are EPa and DHA and are found in fish rather than meat.

Aspirin inhibits good and bad eicosanoids.

So if you are eating a lot of fish oil, it will cancel the good stuff

from fish oil - which is preferentially used by the body rather than

arachidonic acid.

> So I think of aspirin as a helpful occasional fix on the bridge from bad

> habits to good habits or the bridge from a non-compliant day back into good

> compliance,

YEs, I like this conclusion.

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

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That is high. I turned orange with a reading of 79. I'm not sure of the

units or lab procedures, they may be different ranges. My doctor would do

more tests, though I don't remember the names of them, something about iron

binding capacity of the blood. He said sometimes low B12 can cause high

ferritin (?), or sometimes it's hemochromatosis. I wouldn't call it a

non-event though, I'd want to rule out problems. I give blood a couple

times a year just to be safe as my father has had problems with too much

iron, so I think I have a gene for hemochromatosis. Sorry I can't remember

more specifics! It's not serious unless it's ignored to the point of

causing damage.

Maybe you shouldn't diagnose yourself, but your lab results are your

property, so maybe you should take them and yourself to another doctor for a

second opinion. Find a doc who will work for you, with you, and not expect

you to treat his word as absolute truth. Younger doctors are my preference,

as they can get stubborn with age

Re: Aspirin

Irene asked why the doctor made the recommendation. I have no known

medical problems at the moment or I should say now that I do the BTD. I

went

to him because I had a high Ferritin reading on a previous blood test and

wanted to know what that was all about. Of course to the doctor it was a

non-event, the high reading meant nothing and I should not have access to

these reports and try to diagnose myself. The reading was 193.1 which was

tagged as high by the lab. Can you tell me something about the Ferritin

test.

Elaine Kennedy wrote:

> My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day

Why?

Elaine, The way I would look at this is to know in detail *why* he makes

the recommendation - and then address the reason in a different way.

There is no force on the planet that would get me to take aspirin once

never mind daily :-))

The above is my approach any time the doctor recommends something I

don't like or agree with. For example my endocrinologist told me to eat

a low protein diet. (May as well bury me right away!)

I asked why exactly - and she said because of kidney damage shown by

very high microalbumin excreted (essentially diabetes damage from high

glucose).

So I thanked her for the advice, jacked up my protein even higher,

added fish oil, and the next test 4 months later shows normal range

microalbumin. She does not need to know that I did it with high protein

and fish oil rather than low protein (which would have made it worse)

but I'll tell her if necessary - AFTER I fix the problem.

It depends who I am dealing with whether I fight it head on or say

thanks and do what I want anyway. I do get copies of all my records so

as to check whether it says anything stupid in there such as that low

protein diet was helpful.

But I am in charge of my health and responsible for it, not the

doctor - they are there for advice only (much as some of them act like

some sort of deity), one does not have to take the advice.

> Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

> type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

Aspirin is poison.

The Hippocratic oath says first do no harm and aspirin does harm.

These days the medical profession would not recognize the Hippocratic

oath if they fell over it (with very few exceptions). The current

version is to do whatever they want, however dangerous, as long as they

can invent a potentially worse possibility without it. Looking for a

do-no-harm answer went out the window, they no longer even try. That

bothers me a lot!!!

I suggest doing what's right for you by your own judgement - look after

your own health - the doctor has no reason to do so, he gets paid anyway.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

I know about hemochromatosis. My nephew's wife who is 47 has it and she didn't

have it diagnosed until it was too late. Her liver is damaged and she has been

on the transplant list for 2 years. If it is diagnosed it can be controlled

simply by giving blood which reduces the iron so it doesn't damage the organs.

I was surprised when I did research on it for her that 1 in 10 people have the

gene for it (which doesn't mean they will develop it). Her son who is early

20's has it but he donates blood and there is no problem.

It isn't anything to fool with. It takes a DNA test to diagnose it properly and

this has only been available within the last 10 years or so.

Re: Aspirin

Irene asked why the doctor made the recommendation. I have no known

medical problems at the moment or I should say now that I do the BTD. I

went

to him because I had a high Ferritin reading on a previous blood test and

wanted to know what that was all about. Of course to the doctor it was a

non-event, the high reading meant nothing and I should not have access to

these reports and try to diagnose myself. The reading was 193.1 which was

tagged as high by the lab. Can you tell me something about the Ferritin

test.

Elaine Kennedy wrote:

> My doctor is very adamant that I should take a baby aspirin every day

Why?

Elaine, The way I would look at this is to know in detail *why* he makes

the recommendation - and then address the reason in a different way.

There is no force on the planet that would get me to take aspirin once

never mind daily :-))

The above is my approach any time the doctor recommends something I

don't like or agree with. For example my endocrinologist told me to eat

a low protein diet. (May as well bury me right away!)

I asked why exactly - and she said because of kidney damage shown by

very high microalbumin excreted (essentially diabetes damage from high

glucose).

So I thanked her for the advice, jacked up my protein even higher,

added fish oil, and the next test 4 months later shows normal range

microalbumin. She does not need to know that I did it with high protein

and fish oil rather than low protein (which would have made it worse)

but I'll tell her if necessary - AFTER I fix the problem.

It depends who I am dealing with whether I fight it head on or say

thanks and do what I want anyway. I do get copies of all my records so

as to check whether it says anything stupid in there such as that low

protein diet was helpful.

But I am in charge of my health and responsible for it, not the

doctor - they are there for advice only (much as some of them act like

some sort of deity), one does not have to take the advice.

> Would appreciate any thoughts or ideas about Blood Type O's or any blood

> type for that matter and taking an aspirin a day.

Aspirin is poison.

The Hippocratic oath says first do no harm and aspirin does harm.

These days the medical profession would not recognize the Hippocratic

oath if they fell over it (with very few exceptions). The current

version is to do whatever they want, however dangerous, as long as they

can invent a potentially worse possibility without it. Looking for a

do-no-harm answer went out the window, they no longer even try. That

bothers me a lot!!!

I suggest doing what's right for you by your own judgement - look after

your own health - the doctor has no reason to do so, he gets paid anyway.

Namaste,

Irene

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

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[Guest guest]

My SIL is diabetic and just this year her Dr. in Seattle did the same with her.

Aspirin and a statin. My Sister in Eastern Washington, also a diabetic, had open

heart three years ago and they just started her on the same regime. The SIL

works in the med field and asked, and researched, why...just what you said, a

preventative due to their high risk. Anyway, FYI.

E.