No. No you do not.
Bacteria vs virus? Do I need stitches? Why do I have this cough? Wait, I need cholesterol?!
Let’s face it. You have no idea how to take care of yourself. You weren’t paying enough attention in high school biology, you were too drunk or stoned in college, and you, like almost everyone else, think that you don’t need to learn shit after you leave school. (I’m looking at you, almost every man in power right now.) So we muddle along, piecing together memories of what our parents and grandparents told us, shit we hear on the news, and maybe a friend’s advice. And whatever that doesn’t cover, we just go to the doctor… ’cause they know everything and it isn’t costing me anything. Right? Well, I hate to break it to you, that is a shitty way to go about being healthy, and if what I think is going to happen to our healthcare actually happens, well, a lot of you are not going to have that “just go to the doctor” option anymore… but hell, as i said, that wasn’t even a good idea to begin with.
Well have no fear. This world is filled with information and most of it is pretty simple to understand and incorporate into your life.
This blog is intended to help you take care of your damn self. Yes, you can do this. It’s not that hard. I know you’re scared and you have no idea what to do… and science is complicated… boo hoo hoo… shut up. No it’s not. I know you can do this. And, to be frank, you have to, like now, actually like yesterday. You may think this is all about the state of our government, and yeah, that’s some of it. But honestly, you guys have been putting the fate of your health into other people’s hands for so long, that you are really, REALLY ignorant of some basic shit. I know, I know… “but that’s why we have doctors”. No no no NO. Come on, our health system is currently a for-profit system, which isn’t the best for keeping you healthy. And even if it was, it certainly wasn’t designed to absorb your every freakin’ bodily change. And we wonder why costs are so high… sheesh.
If you need to sew back on a limb… if you need to restart your heart… if you fall down a flight of stairs into a wasp nest and then roll into traffic, then yes, you definitely need a doctor. But if you have a runny nose… come on people!
Knowledge is power. And you have given up all your damn power!
It’s time to take it back.
If you want to be healthy, and maybe help society in the process, then do your part and take care of yourself!