Dear Fledgling and Hannah

You make a good point. But this is a touchy area. When the cats had fleas, and everyone in the house was getting bit, except my husband, he said "We don't have a flea problem" (of course, I being the most sensitive got bit first, but when the other kids finally got eatten he believed me. I was left to handle the problem.) I couldn't even get him to agree to keep the cat off the bed.

I battle depression, he's tough as nails. He has an iron stomach; a fight with him shuts my digestion down for days. I'm the 'china shop' and he's the bull. We don't just differ on these health ideas, he is firmly, though quietly opposed to my alternative ideas. It came out when I played "The Town of Allopath" on the computer two weeks ago. (someone on cz had posted a link to it, pretty entertaining) He didn't find it so, and came out vocally for the first time AGAINST alternative medicine ("More people have been hurt by seeking alternative therapies than by doctors') I was so stunned I didn't even argue.

I'm seriously thinking of getting one of those papers signed that in case of an emergency, you appoint who would make you medical decisions. I wouldn't want it to be him. I love him, but he TRUSTS DOCTORS IMPLICITLY. He thinks that maybe if I would just take meds we wouldn't have had the stress of 12 years of depression (mine).

So this is a VERY touchy issue. I was amazed when he said if I won the 'diet' contest we are having that he'd let me tell him how to eat for a month. I think it is because he believes he can drop ten pounds in a minute if he puts his mind to it (he can run 9 or 10 miles if he puts his mind to it, I couldn't run a mile if you paid me)

So it goes. I still haven't decided. I guess I just do everyone in the family, win the contest, and then say--"Hey, the prize was YOUR idea. Take your capsules". What do you think of that? Would I already be reinfected if he did the cleanse a month after me?

Hanna, I always value you opinion, and I admire you for overcoming depression. We have a bit of the same temperament(if things are too complicated it doesn't work for me either). But we don't have the same money issues or husband. Let me know what you think.

pj