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Re:Backyard Cyanide by teruakohatu on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:40PM (#43349899)
I am truely sorry you have been, or are, suffering.

I would email you but since you have no contact information on your profile I will just say I strongly urge you to seek medical advice, and maybe seek out a pastor at a mainstream church to discuss your situation.

I knew someone who nearly died and who held very similar non-mainstream medical and non-mainstream religious beliefs.

When they were in so much pain they couldn’t even stand up they finally agreed to be taken to a hospital where they lay on the floor of the emergency department. It turns out they had a near fatal infection in the spine, which was easily cured by antibiotics (after months of agony) and the suffering reduced by painkillers.

It’s a matter of personal belief but I don’t think there is any higher purpose to real suffering (suffering caused by illness or by other people).

I also don’t believe that you stand to lose or compromise your faith in any way by accepting medical treatment.

Re:Backyard Cyanide by AStonesThrow on Thursday March 13, 2025 @04:14PM (#43356843)
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Re:Backyard Cyanide by teruakohatu on Thursday March 13, 2025 @07:32PM (#43358295)
I am probably missing some cultural subtext and I am unsure which parts of your reply were sincere and how much was sarcasm, so it is difficult to write a reply on such a sensitive subject.

I do agree with you that is is awful when the medical profession decide that a patient is too hard a problem or they lump them into some category which means 'no idea but maybe the patient is at fault' rather than admitting they simply don't have an answer or the time to find an answer.