Steve,
I did reply to Susan privately, because I did feel somewhat embarrassed to 
start a public controversey regarding the medical profession on the list 
where we are supposed to be discussing milk allergy and learning from each 
other.  I wish, now, that I would have posted it to the list so that others 
could also understand the depth of the learning and continuing education 
that those of us in the medical profession (as well as other, well respected 
professions) strive for.  I apprciate your support of the medical profession 
and appreciate that others can see through the vagueness and generalities 
that were posted.
I am sorry to have created any unwanted controversey on the list by 
responding to the inital comments that were posted, but I felt the need to 
defend the job I so love to do everyday.
Thank you,
Colleen


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>Reply-To: Milk/Casein/Lactose-Free List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: milk-free chocolate chip, also varieties of allergic reaction
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:49:50 EST
>
>In a message dated 2/7/2007 11:00:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>  Susan Gallant  writes:
> > I know some would disagree with me on that and I suppose everyone is
> > entitled to their opinion,
>
>Everybody would disagree with you on that. That's because not everybody is
>entitled to an opinion.
>
>You're entitled to an opinion if you've studied a subject and understand 
>it.
>Dismissing the sum total of medical learning just because it doesn't agree
>with your pet theories or the quacks who want to sell you their products or
>philosophies is not merely wrong, it's actively dangerous.
>
>You have a long history of posting nonsense under the guise of "true" 
>medical
>knowledge and an equally long history of disparaging everybody else's
>experiences because they don't correspond with your own. Your cites have 
>always been
>to some unnamed doctor you have some vague memory of, so that they can 
>never
>be checked.
>
>This is outrageous behavior, disrespectful of every other person on this
>list. Your saying that you want to "discuss this like adults" seems to be 
>code for
>your saying that you don't want your nonsense called nonsense by name where
>everybody can see it. Unfortunately, you don't get that privilege. If you 
>post
>nonsense in public and belittle others, you have to expect that it will not
>survive the light of openness and public scrutiny.
>
>Lactose intolerance and dairy allergies are well known and well understood
>medical problems. Not completely understood - perfect knowledge lies 
>somewhere
>in the future. But that future will be made by qualified medical 
>professionals.
>Alternative medicine has nothing to add to these issues, and advising 
>people
>not to listen to doctors is the same as advising people not to flee from a
>burning building.
>
>I'm extremely glad to see that you're getting no support from anyone. 
>That's
>the way it should be and must be. Together we can keep the ignorance from
>infecting the list and allow it to last another ten years while dispensing 
>sound
>advice.
>
>Steve Carper
>Steve Carper's Lactose Intolerance Clearinghouse
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stevecarper
>
>Plant Lactose Blog
>http://planetlactose.blogspot.com

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