My grandpa, Loyal Crown, took a tray full of medications each day for his various ailments. As a result, he used to fall down a lot. Granny Ina called them "spells". Today, we might suspect that his "spells" were caused by the fact he mixed so many medications. That topic never came up in the 60s. He just fell down a lot until one day he didn't get up. Farmers are suspicious of doctors.We only go to see them at the 11th hour and sometimes that means that we see the doctor after an ambulance visit. That was how Granny Crown used to do it. She'd stay away from the doctor for years then something would happen, like the time she went downstairs for a bottle of beer and ended up being carted to the St. Catharines General Hospital with a fractured hip. One thing we knew. Once you saw the doctor, you were in the system and that would eventually lead to death. I start this blog with this anecdote because, when it comes to modern medicine, I hate to be ...
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