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Tx

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Eh, I don't really believe everthing this guy says. There's one

instance where he wrote: (Most researchers consider chronic fatigue

syndrome and fibromyalgia the same disorder.)

I've never heard that term before but have heard that CFS and FM are

NOT the same syndrome. They've found that FM patients have more of

substance-P in their spinal fluid but I haven't heard them say that

CFS patients have that too. Could be wrong because I don't have CFS

and haven't read up on it that much. From what I did just read,

it's NOT the same as FM.

Also, he advises those with CFS and/or FM to NOT get flu shots, that

the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. This might be true for

CFS patients, (don't know don't have it) but I don't think it's true

for FM patients. I went ahead and got my flu shot and had no

adverse reactions of any kind from it...well except a sore arm from

the shot itself!

In a nutshell, I don't agree with his beliefs about flu shots.

{{hugs}}

Debbie

> Please read all. There are various problems here to which the

answer is there. Some we've covered completely, but we have many

newcomers. Sometimes we have memory problems and simply need

reminding.

>

>

> Tx

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>

> http://www.drlowe.com/QandA/askdrlowe/mostrecent.htm

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And for every group participant that believes one way, there is

another who believes the opposite. I for one do not think it is the

immediate allergic reactions that are the main risk of

vaccinations. I think it is the insidious damage to the immune

system that they may be causing in many of us, especially those who

are predisposed or particularly stressed. That damage is extremely

hard to track back to its origins, so it will be a long time before

there is any solid scientific evidence of the effects of immunizing

everyone for every disease that ever was.

> Of course there is always a risk when humans put something into

> their body whether it be in the form of a vaccination, or what

goes

> into their mouth as in aspartame, splenda, supplements, or even

> fried foods!. Why is that? Because every one of us is

different.

> The majority of people do not get allergic reactions to the flu

> shot. If that were the case and nobody was getting it, there

would

> be alot more deaths each year from influenza. Just like there

were

> many years ago from small pox, etc. Those vaccines helped the

> MAJORITY of people stay small pox free, as with most all

> vaccinations. But, there will always be at least ONE person that

is

> allergic to one, or more of them and that's what's always

published

> in the media. They don't report how many people were saved by

these

> things, only the negative outcome of specific things.

>

> Another thing I personally believe, is that some of these doctors

> that have all their beliefs on websites, just have too much time

on

> their hands for one reason or another. Now there are those that

> still believe they are here on earth to help make people feel

> better. I sometimes wonder why some doctors have all this time to

> update websites and/or write books. Yes, they want to make money

on

> their books and is a reason many write them. What other reason

> would they take time off, possibly, to write a book? Don't get me

> wrong, I myself read books written by doctors but I don't take

their

> every word as if it's written in stone. Same way with info posted

> on the internet. It's up to each individual person how that

> information is interpreted and to believe 100% in what a doctor

> writes, to me is not a good thing. The ratio of doctors that do

not

> have time to publish websites and/or write books is a far greater

> proportion to those that do and it just makes me wary of believing

> everything they say and goes back to the basic fundamental that

for

> every doc that believes one way, there will be another that

doesn't

> believe the same thing and will tell the flip side of the coin, so

> to speak.

>

> {{hugs}}

> Debbie

>