So, now we have a different type of health care….for elderly. And while we are beginning to work out again at the Y like we used to do in Virginia, we had to have instruction yesterday on the equipment, because all the machines function differently, although they do the same job. So, today we start again but after we go have blood drawn for husband to determine if he needs the thyroid meds he stopped taking.
We both stopped taking ALL of our meds except those absolutely necessary, well, and quercetin with C, D, and Zinc. We see that as essential. But we wondered for some time why his diarrhea wouldn’t stop, and he kept losing weight. Well, stopping ALL his pills stopped the diarrhea. Imagine that! So, taking all those prescriptions and supplements were CAUSING the diarrhea!
When we told the doc, he said many elderly come in with whole lists of drugs they take, and he’d like to cut them out one at a time, but it’s scary for folks, and there’s no way to determine which would do harm. So, it’s a common problem.
Drug companies profit. Folks get sicker, not better. Ugh.