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I choose to ignore the idea that asteroids can destroy our planet by fatal, apocalyptic impact. The earth has not yet been hit by an asteroid. QED, asteroid impacts are a farce.

Correlation != causation. I'm happy you have lived through your medical problems. But you are a data point of n=1, and I'm sure there are plenty of people who have ignored solid medical advice and died because of it.

Lastly, "medicine" doesn't happily sentence anyone to death. Doctors and nurses are people too. People who got into their career to help other people. Do you think they become a doctor just to write death pronouncements?



First, I am not a single data point. My oldest son has the same diagnosis, my youngest son is a carrier and by living with me they were both exposed to the same germs. All three of us have gotten healthier together. Second, there are a handful of people who have listened to me and seen significant improvements. Most of them are unwilling to speak up publically. They just want to get better. They don't want to be subjected to the personal attacks I routinely endure. Third, everyone seeing better results than doctors predict for my deadly condition pretty much follow some of the same general principles I follow in some form or other, including looking to diet as a major means to address their health issues.

Last, doctor's routinely dismiss people with CF and write them off. It is a very deadly condition. Most doctor's make no real effort to get soneone with CF healthier. If you have spent no time in the CF community, let me suggest you have no idea what you are talking about.


> First, I am not a single data point.

You most certainly are. Cystic Fibrosis is not a communicable disease caused by germs, it is a genetically linked ailment.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001167/

A quote: "Cystic fibrosis is a disease passed down through families that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive tract, and other areas of the body. It is one of the most common chronic lung diseases in children and young adults. It is a life-threatening disorder."

> My oldest son has the same diagnosis, my youngest son is a carrier and by living with me they were both exposed to the same germs.

They weren't exposed to the same "germs", they were both exposed to you. This is Munchausen by Proxy.

> ... doctor's routinely dismiss people with CF and write them off.

False, absolutely false. You were dismissed, not because you have CF, but because you're mentally ill.

> ... let me suggest you have no idea what you are talking about.

Which of us tried to claim that CF is transmitted by germs?


Mz may have been referring to the fact that CF patients often have chronically infected lungs, and share infections with each other when in close proximity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis#Chronic_infecti...


Thank you. Yes. We are vulnerable to infection and living together exposed us to the same things.


I did not say CF is transmitted by germs. But infection is what kills people with CF. In other words, germs.

You are trying awfully hard here to peg me as a lunatic. It makes me wonder what your stake in this is. It is rather bizarre. Most people stop arguing with me at some point. If you really believe me to insane, why bother talking to me?


> If you really believe me to insane, why bother talking to me?

If you really believe you have a medical case to make, why are you posting in a computer science forum? What's wrong with:

http://www.reddit.com/r/medicine

> Most people stop arguing with me at some point.

Yes, and I can see why -- you're inaccessible to reason.




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