{"id":111066,"date":"2014-01-25T11:16:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T15:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=111066"},"modified":"2014-01-25T14:12:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T18:12:34","slug":"stay-well-sparkle-pill-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/stay-well-sparkle-pill-person\/","title":{"rendered":"STAY WELL &#038; SPARKLE: Not a pill person"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109911\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109911\" alt=\"Dr. Sam Christian\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dr.-Sam-Christian-286x300.png\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dr.-Sam-Christian-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dr.-Sam-Christian-143x150.png 143w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dr.-Sam-Christian.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sam Christian MD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wat I hearin\u2019 dere nuh!?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">How did he know? He insisted he did not have prostate cancer and had no need for a medical check up. He had gone to a place where you just hold on a thing connected to a computer and \u201cit telling you right away if you have cancer.\u201d Another lady raved how they just scanned her iris (of her eyes) with a machine that automatically printed out a list of all the diseases she had \u2013 along with a plethora of expensive \u2018natural\u2019 herbs and supplements to buy (in pill form). Another had to put her feet in an electronic bath of water. It buzzed and bubbled, making a bunch of nasty looking froth. \u201cSee, all the poisons coming out of your system?\u201d They told her she just had a complete detox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">These stories paint a rather disturbing picture of 21-century health care in Dominica. Mind you, these were fairly well educated patients. They had been eventually persuaded by their families to seek proper medical attention, only to resist formal testing or decline prescription. Reason: \u201cI am not a pill person.\u201d Granted, I expect coming across one or two people like that from time, but three in one day? After all man, that\u2019s too much!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">I know the folks at the Health Promotion Unit of the Ministry of Education. I know how tirelessly they work to highlight good health practices and regular screening. \u00a0Encounters such as above, however, make it clear how much work is left to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">There are basically three beasts on the prowl seeking prey to devour. I call them:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Superstition<\/li>\n<li>Sacred confusion<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Seudo-Rasta thinking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Before elaborating on these challenges, a word of praise in order. Purveyors of such questionable wellness schemes must be credited for excellent customer service. Their marketing strategy is quite sophisticated. They reach out to prospects at work, at church and social organizations. They listen to their needs, cater to their fears, know how to make repeat customers and stimulate referrals. Arrogance and ossified bureaucracy among the medical elite provide a fertile matrix for them to flourish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Superstition<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">We\u2019ve addressed the old superstition before.\u00a0 In our grandparents\u2019 days, when someone started losing weight for no reason, it was always \u2018soukouyant sousaying\u2019 them. Even today, when people start wasting away, the first impulse is not checking to diagnose some cancer likely eating them on the inside. Instead they go to some other creole country to \u2018garday zaffeh,\u2019 to find out who\u2019s doing what to them. After bush tea, salves and portions fail, the final common pathway is coming to the doctor. By then it is almost always too late.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The new superstition is a fascination with any kind of computerized device. I remember as if it was yesterday how shocked we were as students when we first noticed a \u2018typo\u2019 in a textbook. Our teacher explained these things happen. Editors are human. They make mistakes too. Prior to that, once it was printed in a non-fiction book, we took it for gospel truth. Likewise today, once it has some blinking lights, bells and whistles and prints out a computerized report, people tend to see it as authoritative and convincing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Sacred Confusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">In what has to be the most amusing account in the entire Bible, some copycats started casting out demons \u201cin the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.\u201d The demons turned on them, beat them up saying, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+19%3A11-17&amp;version=NKJV\">Jesus I know and Paul I know, <\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+19%3A11-17&amp;version=NKJV\"><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">but who are you<\/b><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">?!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">I believe in miracles. I believe they occur at time and place of God\u2019s choosing. A mass produced miracle on demand is an oxymoron. I am more impressed by medical missionaries and religious orders devoutly serving the sick than all the theatrics from behind a prosperity pulpit. Even when a faith healer cannot heal himself, the gullible resort to cleverly devised doctrines to continue their misplaced trust. We lose too many good people from depending exclusively on the prayer of faith. Dominica regards health care as a God-given human right. Take advantage of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Pseudo-Rasta Thinking<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Rastafarianism took hold in Dominica during my high school days. It became fashionable to proclaim \u2018I\u2019m off the deaders\u2019 and \u2018off the chemicals.\u2019 Deodorant became taboo, as did Western medication and technology in general. Nowadays, many intelligent Rastas realize they cannot stop the march of science and have modified their views. There is still a hangover in certain segments of the population. Though not Rastas, they are influenced to the point of shunning pills and clinging to their bush tea come hell or high water. These are the same folks who not only cannot do without their cell phones, but also will proudly flash you the latest models. We all have our contradictions, but when it comes to health, that\u2019s precisely when we should go with the best that science has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Get a proper checkup<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Throughout the ages there have always been snake oil salesmen promising to cure all manner of illness. They whisper, \u201cWe are not nurses or doctors and we don\u2019t diagnose or treat\u201d then shout, \u201cWe don\u2019t see any cancer.\u201d The current rage is regular purging and enemas to remove toxic impurities from the body. Yet the basic fact is that just a high-fiber diet rich in fruits and vegetables confers superior health benefits to any such detox. Just ask your medical professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">We all have to choose which road to take. At the end of the day, those falling victim to such schemes have only themselves to blame when the deadly demons of disease turn on them. In a free society, government cannot over-regulate and entirely protect citizens from making wrong choices. As in any kind of business, the rule of thumb is always \u2018caveat emptor,\u2019 let the buyer beware!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Dr. Sam Christian is surgeon who runs the Urgent Care on 137 Bath Road. It offers general medical care, office surgery and acupuncture. He is Medical Adviser to the Dominica Cancer Society and author of the faith and fitness nutrition book, \u2018Mannafast Miracle.\u2019 Dr. Christian can be reached at 440-9133 or by writing to\u00a0<\/b><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"mailto:urgentcare.da@gmail.com\"><b>urgentcare.da@gmail.com<\/b><\/a><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wat I hearin\u2019 dere nuh!?&#8230; How did he know? He insisted he did not have prostate cancer and had no need for a medical check up. 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