In a sort-of sequel to my last article on cancer, I reprise an article from 2023 that delved more deeply into the true causes of, and cures to, poor health.
When I was 47 I went to see a doctor (the last time I ever did) about something totally unrelated and (to cut a long story short) ended up with an 'autism' diagnosis.
Prior to that I guess I'd always been a little quirky and artistic.
But now I was 'autistic'.
A few weeks after the diagnosis my 18 year old son took me to one side and told me that I'd changed - that I'd become a caricature of my new found 'status'.
And he was absolutely correct, the realisation of which hitting me really hard at the time.
This sparked a lot of research on my part, which eventually led to me writing to the person who'd given me the 'diagnosis' (the process of which, looking back, was a joke) robustly explaining why I now disagreed with it, and that I wanted it revoking.
They replied fairly quickly with a standard letter (oddly) stating that I hadn't completed the diagnostic process and therefore they couldn't offer a diagnosis either way.
I tried to contact them for clarification (as I'd already been given the formal diagnosis) but I never got any more out of them, assuming that this was the only way they were willing to revoke the diagnosis (lest they'd have to admit something they weren't comfortable doing so).
I checked with my doctors surgery, who confirmed that there was nothing on my records about an autism diagnosis, or even a referral to be assessed for one.
(Looking back I probably should have delved deeper and chased things up more, but I had a lot going on at the time and I guess I was just so relieved to put this 'episode' behind me.)
So, in large part thanks to my son's honesty, I was back to being my old quirky, 'artistic' self again.
That was 11 years ago, and I haven't given a thought to the idea of being 'autistic' since.
This is not to say that there aren't those to whom a diagnosis is helpful, but I can't help wonder just how many people there are these days who, under the influence of certain 'experts', have allowed themselves to become a 'caricature' of their given label, as I very briefly did.
Diagnoses of all types, whether mental or physical, often seem to be more of a "curse" in that people start living up to them and embodying more and more of the characteristics of the condition. We are seeing that a lot in the explosion of adults suddenly getting diagnosed with "ADHD".
Some may find it liberating, but for a lot, it tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy and all-encompassing identity. The case of Rosie Gamp powerfully illustrates what happens to people when they are NOT given definitive diagnoses.
Unfortunately, too many people have been conditioned not to take personal responsibility, and so they abdicate this to the 'state', and the 'experts' it promotes.
There are also many who wear their diagnosis (mental and physical) with great pride and this is because, in part, for many of them, their 'condition' gives them an unspoken excuse not to take person responsibility, as they are now in a 'legitimate' predicament in which they need to be 'looked after' (and in extreme cases, pandered to).
And, for the main part, the people described above are in total denial of how they are so there's very little hope of 'curing' them, not least of their lack of willingness to take personal responsibility.
We raised a family of three children (now 37-41 years old) and, in their early days, we still had a family GP who knew us all well. As my children grew up, GP practices were privatised, many became corporations rather than partnerships and the intimate relationship between physician and patient was broken.
Our original family GP did not sit in front of a computer, usually chatted about our lifestyles and everyday stuff and rarely prescribed anything. He had a healthy disrespect for antibiotics and often discussed our exercise regimens, how much we walked, jogged or cycled, had sex and, apparently, was an expert on female cycles and wellness. He distrusted pharmaceutical reps.
All three children were born at home and their births were not medicalised in the slightest. We had a gas and air bottle near the bed and a rubber sheet to protect the mattress. With a midwife, of course, but she missed the third birth.
We minimised the children's vaccinations and had none ourselves. Even then, we had a "healthy" scepticism about the direction of the medical profession and their "unhealthy" links with big pharma. We didn't vaccinate our pets and they all lived long, healthy lives.
With recent illnesses in my family, I am convinced you are right about this, Miri. For instance, psychiatrists list of over 100 "diagnosed" conditions can cause havoc in people's lives. We all suffer from some psychological white coat effect.
Stay sceptical and, if you are encouraged to take any medication, do your own research on it first. I am 75 and have never been on any regular medication. Stick to sunlight and avoid artificial light as much as you can (that's another scam), exercise -- at a minimum walking, as Miri says avoid carbohydrates, get down to the weight you were when you were 21, grow plants, have pets and mix with lots of people.
Miri, I highly recommend looking into oxalates. Check out Sally Norton and her book Toxic Superfoods. Scientists have known about the effects of oxalates for hundreds of years but now hardly any doctors or naturopaths know about it, only some nephrologists but it goes way beyond the kidneys. Some of the supposed healthiest promoted foods today such as spinach, nuts, almond milk, sweet potatoes are very high in oxalates and not improving our health
Thank you Anon, and I agree with you. I'm not an expert on the subject, but I am aware oxalates are problematic, as are many anti-nutrients in plants (many plants producing substances that are toxic to mammals to stop mammals eating them!).
I bow to your knowledge of oxalic acid but my view is that the body does miracles when it needs to create or dampen substances that it needs/is in danger of. In drug studies which use a placebo group as control, the placebo group often produces substances very similar to the drug being tested.
Miri, darling, thank you for another fabulous and highly timely article!
After reading it, I was reflecting on how slowly my perspective has been changing. Even a couple of years ago, I saw cancer as a scary thing. Slowly that is changing (mainly since a friend had a diagnosis and then used massage and Lugol's (https://www.lugolsnaturals.com/pages/iodine-101) iodine supplement to get rid of it.
The fact that you can find no evidence of anyone ever having died alone from cancer, for me, is a great break-through in my programming on this subject; clearly we're being lied to about this.
After reading this, I was called by a friend who started explaining how she'd found a couple of lumps on her breast and how she'd gone to the doctor who'd told her there was a 12 day waiting list. Her mother had "died of breast cancer" when my friend was 25, so this was scary for her. She then noticed a few days later that the lumps had become smaller (basically, her husband was being a selfish man-child and, when he realised she might die, his behaviour improved a lot!)
When she told me that story I said "oh, that happens all the time" and explained what happened to my friend and she seemed really relieved. However, we'd had a conversation a while ago when she'd been saying how she wanted to lose weight so was going to the gym, but wasn't really losing weight. I asked her how she'd lost weight last time and she said walking (which I think is known to be fabulous for weight loss). So, I recommended she did that again and then, when she told me about the lumps, I said that I thought they could be caused by stagnant lymph because major lymph nodes are there and she's not massaging them enough through walking/stimulating her lymphatic system. And she then asked how she was going to ensure her husband kept behaving well (I suggested standing up for herself rather than whining like a child) and how her body clearly wants her to walk, so it's either walking or lumps. Then she got a bit cross (but in a jokey way) for my telling her these things and I pointed out that she'd called me and I am always like that (which again, she couldn't argue with).
Anyway, the point of all of this is I think your article about cancer is really helping me to see it's just another nonsense diagnosis that, really, just shows you need to make some life changes.
The more of us who see this and do this, the more this will change.
I do enjoy your articles very much. Thanks Miri. I have a friend who is wedded to her diagnosis of "hashimoto disease". She generally respects my advice on things but has steadfastly refused to move to flouride free toothpaste and get a top notch water filter as her tap water is flouridated in the midlands. Its bizarre. Instead of taking action she trots to the gods in white coats and discusses her dosage of thyroxin. I despair.
people don’t die of u diagnosed cancer because of PAIN. most deadly cancers will eventually cause severe pain that leads to diagnosis. if your abdominal pain had continued unabated then you would have eventually been forced to seek out some kind of medical care. nobody can ignore this kind of pain for very long and therefore these cancers get diagnosed before you can just die at home from them. i also disagree about the demonizing of carbs. i think a high fat diet is totally unnatural. weren’t alot of fat wild animals running around for us to hunt. after having tried all these dumb diets, high carb, moderate protein and low fat works best for me. but everybody is different. maybe it’s a blood type thing. just my thought on this, i do enjoy all your articles immensely and agree with most everything. definitely opened my eyes to the shenanigans!
I agree with most of this but situations can alter cases. I had a series of biopsies for prostate cancer after some years of PSA tests. My FIL died before 70 from this after the GP did not take his case seriously and said that he would likely not die of it as per Laurence Olivier.
As a couple when the last biopsy showed several cores of cancer we decided to go for surgery.
I remain convinced that I would not be here 20 years+ later if I did not get it removed. The resultant after effects are not agreeable but manageable if you make the choice knowing what you might expect.
The PSA test is notoriously unreliable. A friend of mine was diagnosed through repeated PSA tests but, because he had no physical symptoms, decided to ignore them. His GP gave him a physical examination, and his prostate was enlarged, but after ignoring the medication advice he was given, he has lived on for 20+ years and the prostate enlargement subsided naturally.
I appreciate your comments and am very familiar with the points you correctly make. One has to make decisions on the basis of whatever facts you have and with advice and consultations with GP's, friends and family. I found Prostate Cancer UK an invaluable resource. A decision has to be made whether one risks the metastasizing of the cancer into the bones after escaping the prostate capsule. Also if the Gleason score is of a worrying magnitude and whether it is a stage 4. We took the view that surgery was the best option at the local hospital. All the treatments have risks including watchful waiting! I don't regret my decision and believe it has given me more years.
I agree. We all make decisions based on the facts available, advice and our own knowledge of our bodies and wellness. I hope your remission continues well.
Thanks Farleyboy, all very true. In the case of obesity, a massively overlooked factor is that human BMR (basal metabolic rate, i.e., resting metabolism) has dramatically slowed down in the last 50 years. This slowed metabolism - metabolism controlling all chemical reactions in the body, including ageing - would also account for why people appear to look younger these days than same-aged people of the past, even the fairly recent past, e.g., look at a picture of your grandparents aged 20 and they typically look much more mature than 20 year olds today.
Obviously overeating and toxic foods play a role in spiralling obesity rates, and it's much easier to be obese in a modern society than a traditional one, but the slowing of the human metabolism and the effects that has had on a number of health conditions is definitely worth delving into. I wrote more about that here: https://miriaf.co.uk/food-for-thought/
I just read Part 1 of Medicine Girl’s series on peado and mind grooming. Her descriptions and details are so horrific and demoralizing as to provoke a serious question as to their probity, but others on Substack like “Wecome to Absurdistan” and “Miri”, whose bona fides seem unshakable, regularly mention this social pestilence.
If true, one cannot wonder about how Americans yearn for death, how we shrug at provoking nuclear war. One cannot wonder—only turn aside and repeat Starbuck’s cry, “Great God! But for one single instant show thyself…”
I added the comment below to this article, which explains a similar phenomenon in mental health: https://open.substack.com/pub/freyaindia/p/nobody-has-a-personality-anymore?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qmo35
When I was 47 I went to see a doctor (the last time I ever did) about something totally unrelated and (to cut a long story short) ended up with an 'autism' diagnosis.
Prior to that I guess I'd always been a little quirky and artistic.
But now I was 'autistic'.
A few weeks after the diagnosis my 18 year old son took me to one side and told me that I'd changed - that I'd become a caricature of my new found 'status'.
And he was absolutely correct, the realisation of which hitting me really hard at the time.
This sparked a lot of research on my part, which eventually led to me writing to the person who'd given me the 'diagnosis' (the process of which, looking back, was a joke) robustly explaining why I now disagreed with it, and that I wanted it revoking.
They replied fairly quickly with a standard letter (oddly) stating that I hadn't completed the diagnostic process and therefore they couldn't offer a diagnosis either way.
I tried to contact them for clarification (as I'd already been given the formal diagnosis) but I never got any more out of them, assuming that this was the only way they were willing to revoke the diagnosis (lest they'd have to admit something they weren't comfortable doing so).
I checked with my doctors surgery, who confirmed that there was nothing on my records about an autism diagnosis, or even a referral to be assessed for one.
(Looking back I probably should have delved deeper and chased things up more, but I had a lot going on at the time and I guess I was just so relieved to put this 'episode' behind me.)
So, in large part thanks to my son's honesty, I was back to being my old quirky, 'artistic' self again.
That was 11 years ago, and I haven't given a thought to the idea of being 'autistic' since.
This is not to say that there aren't those to whom a diagnosis is helpful, but I can't help wonder just how many people there are these days who, under the influence of certain 'experts', have allowed themselves to become a 'caricature' of their given label, as I very briefly did.
Diagnoses of all types, whether mental or physical, often seem to be more of a "curse" in that people start living up to them and embodying more and more of the characteristics of the condition. We are seeing that a lot in the explosion of adults suddenly getting diagnosed with "ADHD".
Some may find it liberating, but for a lot, it tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy and all-encompassing identity. The case of Rosie Gamp powerfully illustrates what happens to people when they are NOT given definitive diagnoses.
Unfortunately, too many people have been conditioned not to take personal responsibility, and so they abdicate this to the 'state', and the 'experts' it promotes.
There are also many who wear their diagnosis (mental and physical) with great pride and this is because, in part, for many of them, their 'condition' gives them an unspoken excuse not to take person responsibility, as they are now in a 'legitimate' predicament in which they need to be 'looked after' (and in extreme cases, pandered to).
And, for the main part, the people described above are in total denial of how they are so there's very little hope of 'curing' them, not least of their lack of willingness to take personal responsibility.
We raised a family of three children (now 37-41 years old) and, in their early days, we still had a family GP who knew us all well. As my children grew up, GP practices were privatised, many became corporations rather than partnerships and the intimate relationship between physician and patient was broken.
Our original family GP did not sit in front of a computer, usually chatted about our lifestyles and everyday stuff and rarely prescribed anything. He had a healthy disrespect for antibiotics and often discussed our exercise regimens, how much we walked, jogged or cycled, had sex and, apparently, was an expert on female cycles and wellness. He distrusted pharmaceutical reps.
All three children were born at home and their births were not medicalised in the slightest. We had a gas and air bottle near the bed and a rubber sheet to protect the mattress. With a midwife, of course, but she missed the third birth.
We minimised the children's vaccinations and had none ourselves. Even then, we had a "healthy" scepticism about the direction of the medical profession and their "unhealthy" links with big pharma. We didn't vaccinate our pets and they all lived long, healthy lives.
I do use the NHS's allopathic medicine for the services they are good at: some (necessary) surgery, scans (although CT scans have now been found to have very negative side effects -- https://www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr-news/detail/overuse-of-ct-scans-could-cause-100-000-extra-cancers-in-us#:~:text=The%20overuse%20of%20CT%20scans,the%20scan%20is%20clinically%20justified) and tests.
With recent illnesses in my family, I am convinced you are right about this, Miri. For instance, psychiatrists list of over 100 "diagnosed" conditions can cause havoc in people's lives. We all suffer from some psychological white coat effect.
Stay sceptical and, if you are encouraged to take any medication, do your own research on it first. I am 75 and have never been on any regular medication. Stick to sunlight and avoid artificial light as much as you can (that's another scam), exercise -- at a minimum walking, as Miri says avoid carbohydrates, get down to the weight you were when you were 21, grow plants, have pets and mix with lots of people.
Thanks Jeremy, great comment and insights.
Maybe we lied about the frequency of sex. It's hard to admit how that frequency can drop in marriage even if the intimacy is still there.
Miri, I highly recommend looking into oxalates. Check out Sally Norton and her book Toxic Superfoods. Scientists have known about the effects of oxalates for hundreds of years but now hardly any doctors or naturopaths know about it, only some nephrologists but it goes way beyond the kidneys. Some of the supposed healthiest promoted foods today such as spinach, nuts, almond milk, sweet potatoes are very high in oxalates and not improving our health
Thank you Anon, and I agree with you. I'm not an expert on the subject, but I am aware oxalates are problematic, as are many anti-nutrients in plants (many plants producing substances that are toxic to mammals to stop mammals eating them!).
The body synthesises oxalic acid. I wonder why?
In small amounts yes. Some people produce too much and get sick.
I bow to your knowledge of oxalic acid but my view is that the body does miracles when it needs to create or dampen substances that it needs/is in danger of. In drug studies which use a placebo group as control, the placebo group often produces substances very similar to the drug being tested.
I have found a low oxcalate diet is working for me Sally's book is fab😀
Here’s a poetic homage to the positive impact of socialising in public houses:
https://youtu.be/z2xdCvhvyqY?feature=shared
I so enjoy your take on things Miri
What a very unique experience you're having A breath of fresh air
I too question EVERYTHING Not many in my circle do !!! My family and friends think I'm nuts I still love them thou 😀
Miri, darling, thank you for another fabulous and highly timely article!
After reading it, I was reflecting on how slowly my perspective has been changing. Even a couple of years ago, I saw cancer as a scary thing. Slowly that is changing (mainly since a friend had a diagnosis and then used massage and Lugol's (https://www.lugolsnaturals.com/pages/iodine-101) iodine supplement to get rid of it.
The fact that you can find no evidence of anyone ever having died alone from cancer, for me, is a great break-through in my programming on this subject; clearly we're being lied to about this.
After reading this, I was called by a friend who started explaining how she'd found a couple of lumps on her breast and how she'd gone to the doctor who'd told her there was a 12 day waiting list. Her mother had "died of breast cancer" when my friend was 25, so this was scary for her. She then noticed a few days later that the lumps had become smaller (basically, her husband was being a selfish man-child and, when he realised she might die, his behaviour improved a lot!)
When she told me that story I said "oh, that happens all the time" and explained what happened to my friend and she seemed really relieved. However, we'd had a conversation a while ago when she'd been saying how she wanted to lose weight so was going to the gym, but wasn't really losing weight. I asked her how she'd lost weight last time and she said walking (which I think is known to be fabulous for weight loss). So, I recommended she did that again and then, when she told me about the lumps, I said that I thought they could be caused by stagnant lymph because major lymph nodes are there and she's not massaging them enough through walking/stimulating her lymphatic system. And she then asked how she was going to ensure her husband kept behaving well (I suggested standing up for herself rather than whining like a child) and how her body clearly wants her to walk, so it's either walking or lumps. Then she got a bit cross (but in a jokey way) for my telling her these things and I pointed out that she'd called me and I am always like that (which again, she couldn't argue with).
Anyway, the point of all of this is I think your article about cancer is really helping me to see it's just another nonsense diagnosis that, really, just shows you need to make some life changes.
The more of us who see this and do this, the more this will change.
Thank you as ever for piercing the veil!
I do enjoy your articles very much. Thanks Miri. I have a friend who is wedded to her diagnosis of "hashimoto disease". She generally respects my advice on things but has steadfastly refused to move to flouride free toothpaste and get a top notch water filter as her tap water is flouridated in the midlands. Its bizarre. Instead of taking action she trots to the gods in white coats and discusses her dosage of thyroxin. I despair.
people don’t die of u diagnosed cancer because of PAIN. most deadly cancers will eventually cause severe pain that leads to diagnosis. if your abdominal pain had continued unabated then you would have eventually been forced to seek out some kind of medical care. nobody can ignore this kind of pain for very long and therefore these cancers get diagnosed before you can just die at home from them. i also disagree about the demonizing of carbs. i think a high fat diet is totally unnatural. weren’t alot of fat wild animals running around for us to hunt. after having tried all these dumb diets, high carb, moderate protein and low fat works best for me. but everybody is different. maybe it’s a blood type thing. just my thought on this, i do enjoy all your articles immensely and agree with most everything. definitely opened my eyes to the shenanigans!
Suffering is an industry. And very profitable.
https://medicinegirl.substack.com/p/die-slowly-beautifully-and-publically?publication_id=2578406&post_id=167725215&isFreemail=true&r=1jtxc4&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Unfortunately the link for Rothschild’s wars doesn’t work any more. Hmmm.. Can you post it again somehow? Great article Miri x
Hi Miri,
I agree with most of this but situations can alter cases. I had a series of biopsies for prostate cancer after some years of PSA tests. My FIL died before 70 from this after the GP did not take his case seriously and said that he would likely not die of it as per Laurence Olivier.
As a couple when the last biopsy showed several cores of cancer we decided to go for surgery.
I remain convinced that I would not be here 20 years+ later if I did not get it removed. The resultant after effects are not agreeable but manageable if you make the choice knowing what you might expect.
The PSA test is notoriously unreliable. A friend of mine was diagnosed through repeated PSA tests but, because he had no physical symptoms, decided to ignore them. His GP gave him a physical examination, and his prostate was enlarged, but after ignoring the medication advice he was given, he has lived on for 20+ years and the prostate enlargement subsided naturally.
Biopsies can spread cancer and make it worse.
I appreciate your comments and am very familiar with the points you correctly make. One has to make decisions on the basis of whatever facts you have and with advice and consultations with GP's, friends and family. I found Prostate Cancer UK an invaluable resource. A decision has to be made whether one risks the metastasizing of the cancer into the bones after escaping the prostate capsule. Also if the Gleason score is of a worrying magnitude and whether it is a stage 4. We took the view that surgery was the best option at the local hospital. All the treatments have risks including watchful waiting! I don't regret my decision and believe it has given me more years.
I agree. We all make decisions based on the facts available, advice and our own knowledge of our bodies and wellness. I hope your remission continues well.
Thanks Jeremy I'm now 83 had surgery in 2005. I am convinced I would not be here now but for the surgery. Can't prove it of course!
Thanks Farleyboy, all very true. In the case of obesity, a massively overlooked factor is that human BMR (basal metabolic rate, i.e., resting metabolism) has dramatically slowed down in the last 50 years. This slowed metabolism - metabolism controlling all chemical reactions in the body, including ageing - would also account for why people appear to look younger these days than same-aged people of the past, even the fairly recent past, e.g., look at a picture of your grandparents aged 20 and they typically look much more mature than 20 year olds today.
Obviously overeating and toxic foods play a role in spiralling obesity rates, and it's much easier to be obese in a modern society than a traditional one, but the slowing of the human metabolism and the effects that has had on a number of health conditions is definitely worth delving into. I wrote more about that here: https://miriaf.co.uk/food-for-thought/
I just read Part 1 of Medicine Girl’s series on peado and mind grooming. Her descriptions and details are so horrific and demoralizing as to provoke a serious question as to their probity, but others on Substack like “Wecome to Absurdistan” and “Miri”, whose bona fides seem unshakable, regularly mention this social pestilence.
If true, one cannot wonder about how Americans yearn for death, how we shrug at provoking nuclear war. One cannot wonder—only turn aside and repeat Starbuck’s cry, “Great God! But for one single instant show thyself…”