my hate towards direct selling...

"I'm 100% sure this will help him.. This is an elixir (xian dan)!!" These are just some of the things people tell us. As of now, my mother in law has membership to most direct selling brands. There's vitamins, some new age clothing that is supposed to reverse any illness, chinese medication which came from some forest porcupine, home detergent stuff,  protein shakes and air purifier. I don't blame my mother in law who so easily believes them. That is what you become when you are desperate. Desperate to get hold of anything that might help. This is why I'm angry towards these so called friends. They pounce at this chance where they know you are desperate and will believe and try anything they say. They over promise and under deliver. They hardly talk to the patient or anyone else in the family for that matter, except the person who is paying. They do not even understand the sickness but they are trained to know what to say and make you part with your money. They are not health care professional but they claim they know better. They are professional salesman who undergoes training to sell ice cubes to the Eskimos. Let me say, most of them didn't work and some of them we can't see any positive effect or make no difference to what you can buy from your local market.

Steer clear of friends who say they want to come to your house and tell you about this new product that came on the market. If they don't know what is lung fibrosis and they are not health care professional then don't trust them. If they say they know, ask them who they know with lung fibrosis who got better after taking their elixir. If they are pushy, tell them you need to research it and ask your doctor. If they are truly friends,they will understand. Save the money to spend on healthy, nutritious organic food or even the occasional bak kut teh for the patient.

I never meant this blog to contain so much negativity but bear with me, it has become an outlet for me. There is no rainbow after the rain for us in this, just heavier rain and bigger storms coming ahead.