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Steve n Dallas
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Posted 10/30/2019 1:13 PM (GMT -6)
https://smile.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/arp//b07x7fmf1h/ref=pe_27540940_447762640_pe_/

I've always been interested in this. You read studies and test results and see what appears to be a Large number of people that did well on sugar pills etc....

I've always been "open to suggestions." I start feeling a lot better just sitting in the waiting room at the doctors office knowing I'm going to be taken care of.
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mattam
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Posted 10/30/2019 1:22 PM (GMT -6)
It's absolutely, positively real - and very effective in many situations. Too bad cancer cells are mostly indifferent to it
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mentor5959
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Posted 10/30/2019 5:42 PM (GMT -6)

Steve n Dallas said...


I've always been "open to suggestions." I start feeling a lot better just sitting in the waiting room at the doctors office knowing I'm going to be taken care of.

I felt that way fir many years then I learned that doctors are no different than any other profession. Some are incompetent, some are lazy, some are full of shi$....

Now when I walk into a doctor I go in to consult with them, taking ownership of my malady.
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mentor5959
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Posted 10/30/2019 5:44 PM (GMT -6)

mattam said...
It's absolutely, positively real - and very effective in many situations. Too bad cancer cells are mostly indifferent to it

LOL

So then maybe placebo only works when disease is only perceived.
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InTheShop
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Posted 10/30/2019 6:25 PM (GMT -6)
I always feel better when my doc says, "It's nothing to worry about."
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