kimberlysteele | The Dark Age of Medicine

It's almost funny that today's doctors and medical professionals see themselves as the acme of healthcare. We live in a world that is sicker, fatter, and because of a certain therapy that was unloaded onto billions of unsuspecting dupes, deader than ever, yet medicine is still largely viewed as a noble profession.

I think the day is coming in the not-too-distant future where the medicine of the years 1950-2050 will be mocked and derided as ludicrous at best. At worst, its memory will be eschewed and shunned with unmitigated horror. The medics of our era will be condemned as barbarians; there will be no greater shame than having a long line of doctors in one's ancestry.

Medicine was bad before the Covid lockdowns and vaccine genocides. Mostly we were all trained not to see it. The 1950s and 60s brought mass polio vaccinations that caused polio, Thalidomide, and the heyday of lobotomies and shock treatments. Hysterectomy was routine treatment for almost every female reproductive problem prior to 1990 -- I know countless women of a certain age who have no uterus because it was taken out at the first sign of problems. Hysterectomy is major surgery that throws a woman into instant menopause -- no gentle transition for her, just instant cronehood. As someone who is well on her way to Hecateville, I can assure you menopause is rough enough when you don't go through it all at once. The medical barbarians of the turn of the millennium love to amputate. In fact, amputation is the only thing they know how to do, because healing is not only beyond them, it doesn't make them any money.

The New Trepanning

Speaking of lobotomy, the old way of relieving headache and pressure involved cutting out a chunk of skull the size of a coin. This treatment, done with a drill, is the idiot's way of curing a brain tumor by killing the patient. The modern medic has a fetish for outright amputation whereas the medieval medic had a fetish for cutting in the name of ventilation -- think bloodletting and trephination. At some point, it is better to humanely euthanize a patient than to subject him or her to stupid experiments.

If you watch enough afternoon television, you will have seen ads for gastric bypass. Gastric bypass is a procedure that is usually done on the morbidly obese to force them to lose weight. It involves artificially separating the usable part of the stomach to a tiny chamber in order to limit calories. So instead of striking the root of the addictive eating dilemma, the morbidly obese person is tricked into permanently maiming his or her stomach, permanently reducing their ability to absorb nutrition along with calories. Never mind that as we age, our stomachs and upper intestines do not absorb nutrients as well as they do when we are younger. The average gastric bypass "success story" is a recipe for early death, but hey, she was skinny when she died, so there's that.

I personally was not surprised to see Bad in the form of gastric bypass replaced by Worse in the form of transgender protocols. The procedures to change sex/gender will be horror story fodder for the campfires of the future, when young people will speak in low tones about how the confused were siphoned into a profit mill so douchebag butcher-doctors could prance around on TikTok pretending to be heroes. Trans is a four step process that I have dubbed with the acronym CAMA: Castration, Amputation, Mutilation, and Augmentation. Though the steps do not always happen in that exact order, CAMA really ought to be illegal, at least in the case of minors. Adults make their own decisions, but CAMA for minors involves a bunch of online, misery loves company perverts grooming the kids of liberal, naive parents into seeking permanent solutions for temporary depression. Once the child has been hoodwinked into visiting a gender affirmation clinic, the same castrating pharmaceuticals given to hardcore pedophile prisoners is included among the garden-variety serotonin reuptake inhibitors prescribed to the sad and sensitive who have not yet discovered alternatives to dangerous drugs. Once the poor child has been prevented from the normal human maturation process, he or she is "counseled" into cutting various body parts off in the surgical theater. Mutilation follows, as amputation of a penis will always leave a little stub that becomes erect and in no way resembles a clitoris because it is not that sensitive, no matter what the surgeon claims about revolutionary nerve transplant skills. In the case of the female to male transitioner, the phallus must be created from harvested arm skin or leg skin. The trans female must dilate for the rest of her life or risk her vagina closing, atrophying, and potentially creating a deadly infection to boot. If she makes it to age 90, she will still be dilating if she wants to keep her vagina. I have a vagina. I don't want to dilate it now, and you can bet your bottom surgery that I would rather eat a gun than dilate it at 90.

Fauci to Mengele: Hold My Beer

Somewhere in hell, Dr. Josef Mengele is spinning like a helicopter in rage because he could never match Anthony Fauci in greed, inhumanity, depravity, and debasement in his short term on Earth. Fauci is a monster who literally gave foster kids "of color" AIDS on purpose, including those who tried to escape. Mengele, for all of his sadistic and weird ways of starving/gassing Roma and Jews to death or infecting twins in camps, could not hold a candle to Fauci's methods of mass genocide. Mengele may have damaged and maimed members of a few generations around his own; Fauci has given the human race a Trojan horse that could gift it with an extinction a few hundred million years ahead of schedule.

Despite Fauci being the Mecha-Mengele, Anthony has yet to be sent to hell where he can give poor old Dr. Josef some pointers. There will be other Faucis -- our era cannot help creating them. As long as the naive and mentally lazy believe in magic pills and miracle cures and as long as medical grift is worshipped as earned money, we will get Fauci. The historians of the future will chuckle at the antics of the Sad Little Man, but as for us, we are still trapped in the nightmare.

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From: (Anonymous)

On the horrors of gastric bypass: things I didn't know before I knew somebody who got one:

Turns out a certain small but predictable percentage of gastric bypass patients go on to become raging alcoholics. The procedure changes the way your digestion works, so that alcohol doesn't hit your system gradually anymore-- it gets dumped straight into the duodenum and all goes into the bloodstream very quickly. So the same amount of alcohol that might have got you moderately tipsy before the surgery, will now get you sloppy drunk in minutes. Probably nobody should drink after that procedure, at all. Not everybody has the strength of character for teetotalism.

In addition, contrary to all the warnings about drinking while pregnant, most women can "get away with" (look probably still not healthy, but also not catastrophic) a small drink now and then during pregnancy. It's not totally clear where the line is between exposure without damage, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, but it's a pretty safe bet that most FAS cases involved heavy drinking and/or a liver problem. Gastric bypass probably changes that equation, increasing odds of FAS regardless of the amount consumed. If consumption is zero, not a problem. If consumption is *anything* other than zero, that's a very dicey situation. And if mum is one of those transformed-into-raging-alcoholic cases, God help everyone involved.

From:

kimberlysteele

Oh wow, that is so sad! It makes perfect sense though if alcohol is metabolized in the stomach lining, which I believe it is. Drinking on an empty stomach makes me feel like I'm about to die: hot flashes, cramping. Probably because of the assault on the stomach lining. The same thing happens with apple juice. It is also said that alcoholism is essentially a sugar addiction.

Also, I agree, the whole overreaction to a pregnant woman having a beer or a glass of wine is ridiculous. As long as she's not slamming shots at a frat party, my guess is that a little beer or wine is probably better for the baby because she can sip something and relax instead of getting all uptight over a few drops of alcohol. It's as if the mental health and moderation in the mother is actually important...

The overarching theme we see in these "treatments" is the misunderstanding and cultivated ignorance of the body's ecosystem. You cannot amputate one part of the ecosystem and then expect it will all snap back. You cannot provide one magic pill and expect that it will be an all-heal.

From: (Anonymous)

The really sad part is that a lot of women get that surgery because they think it's a solution, not just to the obesity, but to the underlying metabolic derangement that caused it. What they end up with is low-key perpetual malnutrition, uncomfortable and embarrassing digestive problems that can never be solved... and frankly, if you have kids after that, even without the alcohol issue, the malnutrition is kind of a major issue.

It is one of those procedures where the responsible thing for the industry to do is, if they offer it at all, it needs to come with an "and our professional association mandates that we offer you a free tubal ligation at the same time-- which we strongly recommend because (informed consent happens here)".

From: (Anonymous)

Indeed. What John of Patmos wrote to the church in Sardis could equally be said to the medical profession today: "You have a living name, but you're dead!"

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jpc_w

I looked into gastric bypass surgery once.

I realized you can't get adequate vitamins and minerals out of food anymore, so you must take artificial vitamin supplements for just about everything. That's not a smart play in any kind of civilizational descent scenario.

It's also possible to gain all the weight back, and if that happens conventional dieting becomes useless.

Edited (changed "the surgery" to "gastric bypass surgery" for clarity.) Date: 2023-11-08 12:06 am (UTC)

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kimberlysteele

There was (is?) a show called My 600 LB life where the go-to "solution" is bariatric surgery. The crazy part is they have to diet themselves down to 600 lbs just to qualify for the surgery. Many of them are in the 800 - 1000 lb range and require hydraulic lift trucks to get out of their houses. I wish I was kidding.

Of course this begs the question "If the morbidly obese person has to diet down to 600 lbs to qualify for gastric bypass, then why the hell bother with surgery once they get there?"

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kimberlysteele

So true. Symbolized by the Caduceus, they reflect the worst aspects of Mercury -- crass, sociopathic commercialism, theft, and trickery.

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kimberlysteele

Plus the person who does it never addresses the root of overeating, which is partly sorrow over Meatworld itself (not one of us ever look as nice as we would like ourselves to look, and the few who come close are often devoured by it) and partly a lack of diligence. Oops, I went there -- yes, overeating is at some point a choice. It is not fair that some gain more easily than others, and of course dieting creates a vicious cycle that makes losing harder with every new diet. The only rational solution is to eat with reverence and gratitude every time.

From: (Anonymous)

"Turns out a certain small but predictable percentage of gastric bypass patients go on to become raging alcoholics. The procedure changes the way your digestion works, so that alcohol doesn't hit your system gradually anymore-- it gets dumped straight into the duodenum and all goes into the bloodstream very quickly. So the same amount of alcohol that might have got you moderately tipsy before the surgery, will now get you sloppy drunk in minutes. Probably nobody should drink after that procedure, at all. Not everybody has the strength of character for teetotalism."

Do they tell people about this before the surgery? As you mention, not everyone has the strength of character for this; and I wonder how many people would refuse the surgery if they knew this issue with it...

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kimberlysteele

How many transitioners would go through the surgery if they knew the majority never have a sex drive again post-castration? How many would opt in if they knew the statistics in either case (M to F or F to M) about becoming instantly and permanently soggy-Depends incontinent because of the horrific things that are done to the urethra during "bottom surgery"? I am going to venture to say it's a big fat zero, and that's why Big Pharma likes to censor voices like mine.

The one small silver lining to the Coronapocalypse cloud was its revelation of most medical professionals as for-profit shills who could not give two farts in a barrel about actually healing people. Gotta chase that sweet, sweet unearned cheddar...

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denebalgedi777

It's really sad what happened to this country, and medicine is just about the crown jewel of the tragedy. American citizens often complain of the military-industrial complex, and they're right to because it's multiples of any other country in the world. But the medical system is many times larger. One government program, CMS, has total liabilities larger than the entire Federal deficit! That's a problem that's going to blow up in our face, and probably in a few short years given the way everything is going. It's enough to make you uneasy, given how much of our economic activity today depends on this beast grinding on. But we're overdue for a crisis and this one, along with energy descent, are probably going to be too much for the Late Great USA to bear as a unified entity. Still, we shall see.

By the way, please accept my condolences for the passing of your father. I am in similar circumstances, as my mother has cancer and my dad has had health problems for years. Of course, the recent troubles make me suspicious -- neither one had serious problems until the recent shots. But on the other hand, life spans had been trending downward even before COVID. Clearly we are living in far from a golden age. My great-grandfather lived to be over 100, and I'm not sure the boomers will make it much past their 70s and 80s. I also feel great trepidation about the youth of this nation and what the outcomes will be for them in this dawning dark age, especially with the mass genetic experimentation. That time still stands in my memory as the most disturbing and, for lack of a better word, evil time I have personally witnessed. It's hard to see the world the same ever again.

By the way, keep up the great work. This has become one of my favorite blogs of the Ecosphere, though I haven't commented much (except around the COVID times). What I love about this community is that each blog offers a bit different spin on the themes that we talk about, a unique perspective. It would never have been possible without JMG, but your own views are divergent and you talk about things he doesn't, so I keep looking forward to new posts.

Best,

Deneb

From:

methylethyl

And that's without getting into the far more common problem of doctors pushing women to get hysterectomies for any and every menopause-related problem, without exploring any other options.

Your uterus (and ovaries which generally get yoinked along with it, with hardly any consultation) are hormone-producing organs. They're also pretty big players in being able to have an orgasm, having instinctive maternal feelings, and other seemingly important things. Some women lose those capacities with the surgery, and were never warned that this was a possibility! Imagine being forty, having young children, and losing all maternal feeling from a medical procedure!

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kimberlysteele

Ugh, that is absolutely horrible! Yet another brutalist misunderstanding of the body as an ecosystem. The condemnations from the future that will be leveled upon this age will mainly have to do with the stupid idea that people are cars and can be "fixed" in much the same way as cars, by switching out an old, nonworking part.

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kimberlysteele

Thank you! Yes, I lamented about the state of Big Medicine assimilating all into its Borg hive in my Pharmakeia series. The complete takeover of all aspects of human life by Big Medicine are gross for lack of a better term.
It was under Coviditarianism I realized the religion of our times is medical grift. Health insurance is their tithe system and CVS and gigantic megahospitals like the one my father died in are their churches.

Thank you for your condolences. I hope your parents have the kind of easy passing my Dad had -- his decline was fast and he had all his mental marbles until the very last second of his life. I am grateful none of this happened during the Covid lockdowns, as I would have likely had words with several members of the hospital staff and would have likely gone in antagonistic as I had not yet done enough spiritual work at that time to keep a lid on it.

I appreciate your kind words about my blog. May the blogs of the Ecosphere continue to expand and diversify!

From: (Anonymous)

Tangential to this, one of the things I realized during the covid mass hysteria was how TRIBAL people's ability to criticize the government really is.

Historically, it was people on the political left who seemed to have a basic grasp of the corruption of the so-called "military industrial complex", while people on the right seemed largely blind to it. And yet the same left was utterly blind to corruption of the "medical industrial complex", and it was people on the political right who were better able to see what was really going on.

It really does feel like people are under spells. I remember during the aftermath of 9/11 - when I was on the "wrong" side - being so dumbfounded that so many Americans had suddenly become so pro-war and pro-military industrial complex, and refused to listen to any dissent. The limited objections to the war program came almost exclusively from the left. I concluded that the left must just have a better grasp of things like government corruption and media manipulation. Ha ha, the joke was on me, obviously. Enter TDS and covid. I was once again on the "wrong" side - although not a fan of Trump I hardly thought he was the end of the world, and I started asking questions about the covid psy-op on day 15 of "two weeks to flatten the curve" - but this time, my fellow objectors were coming mostly from the right. Clearly, the left did NOT have a better grasp of things like government corruption and media manipulation; they'd just been more resistant to one particular set of circumstances at one particular time. This time, the right was more resistant.

It feels like "the powers that be" are able to cast spells that turn some percentage of the population into mindless automatons that spout talking points, refuse to listen to opposing view points, and think and do exactly as they're told - but which portion of the population is vulnerable to any particular spell is deeply tribal. Certain kinds of approaches work on some identity groups, other kinds work on others, but nothing quite works on everyone. (I'd like to think I'm more immune than most people, but maybe they just haven't found the right "spell" to manipulate me yet? Scary thought....)

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kimberlysteele

I wouldn’t give the powers that be that kind of credit. They are almost uniformly sociopaths with a few brighter psychopaths mixed in the bunch. They bumble along, surfing their unearned wealth, until they either die or get knocked off their wave in some other way.

Tribalism is a good word for it. In my Demonic Infestation of the Left series, I speculated the current leftist demonic infestation is the pendulum swing of the Christian Right’s demonic obsession in the 1980s.

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mr_nobody1967

That probably has something to do with the fact that many transgender people elect not to get bottom-surgery. Contrapoints said in one of her YouTube videos that among the reasons that transgender people give for actively transitioning, having sex is usually on the lower part of the list.

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mr_nobody1967

I have heard that the stomach compartment that can still receive food manages to stretch itself out after the surgery as the years progress.

From: (Anonymous)

I am one of the imbeciles who had gastric bypass in 2006. Fortunately, I've had no major issues, and I live a normal life that includes a daily multivitamin and an iron supplement. It is true about alcohol hitting you VERY hard after GB as it funnels straight down to your small intestines. So, yes, you can get drunk VERY quickly, but you equally get over the buzz very quickly so I don't personally enjoy it.

Truthfully, I knew I had an addiction to food and looked far and wide into a program to help me cope with a food addiction. Guess what? I couldn't find one my insurance would pay for. I looked outpatient treatment, which really doesn't exist either. So I chose GB and thankfully have been ok. I would never recommend it to anyone. I didn't use to question the narrative back then, but I do now. My mom always said that desperate people do desperate things. She was right.