BigFlickLuke
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Lyme Disease is serious stuff.
Thanks, CIA.
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Lyme Disease is serious stuff.
Thanks, CIA.
The whole thing has a certain symmetry to it. He makes the choice not to go to the doctor because of God, and when he's permanently damaged and his career cut short as a result, he'll say it's God's plan. If later in life he finds another pursuit that brings him happiness, it will confirm in his mind that God had it all mapped out for him. Maybe he'll be a wheelchair basketball star.I wish I had access to the actual quotes last fall but pretty sure Ricky explicitly stated religious convictions were the foundation of his choices which presumably his family has held. I agree there was no need to connect that point of view specifically with home schooling.
My point is this. It is dangerous to have an example where someone is intentionally eschewing modern scientific practice. Lyme Disease is serious stuff. This isn't a laughing matter. However, that interview was laughable. I feel like he is being stubborn, and he dug in on this choice so he won't ever get the help he so desperately needs. I have talked to several very educated people in the medical industry about this. Unanimously they said Lyme cannot be treated holistically and that it is dangerous for him not to seek help. Not to mention what a simple Google search will tell you. He needs to GET HELP. He is an absolutely filthy disc golfer, we are better with Rick in the game than not. He is an unreal talent, but that doesn't exclude him from criticism in this matter. I don't think anyone has gone to the bullying level that I have seen. However, people that support him need to realize you may be hurting him instead of helping.
I'll wrap with this - there is a huge amount of hypocrisy, often from the same groups of people, where they tell a person what to do with their body and harass the other party over their decision, or turn a blind eye invoking the same moral code. The analogy should be obvious.
I'll wrap with this - there is a huge amount of hypocrisy, often from the same groups of people, where they tell a person what to do with their body and harass the other party over their decision, or turn a blind eye invoking the same moral code. The analogy should be obvious.
I understand your point. I think people would have a lot less to say if Ricky wasn't so publicly espousing the virtues of the path he's chosen to treat Lyme disease. He's been very vocal about it. Gleeful about it, even. He seems giddy when talking to Terry about it. He's agreeing to interviews about it, rather than saying saying no thanks, because his health is a private matter. I happen to think he's a genuinely good guy who is unwittingly doing something pretty dangerous. And he's doing it while sitting there with the same knee swelling I had, claiming it is not due to Lyme.
Is it really unrealistic to think some kid out there, a huge Ricky fan, sees how he's dealing with Lyme and decides to go about it that way, too? I don't want to make this too personal, and I probably already have, but what Ricky is doing, considering what I dealt with, actually offends me.
I can't imagine telling a friend he's getting fat, mostly because I would assume he already knows.I was mad at my friends when no one let me know I was getting fat. If I was throwing away my career and health while a quack profited off of me and everyone was "too nice" to tell me, I'd be furious.
I was mad at my friends when no one let me know I was getting fat. If I was throwing away my career and health while a quack profited off of me and everyone was "too nice" to tell me, I'd be furious.
Ridiculous comparison.
A better analogy would be a type 1 diabetic refusing to take insulin, and everybody yelling, "PLEASE TAKE INSULIN OR YOU ARE GOING TO DIE"