The Start of Something Big!!

Welcome to my world, be prepared to scratch your head in wonderment as my writing probably rambles as bad as my thoughts, usually 200 mph and hard to collaborate into anything intelligent. The reason for my jumping into this "blogging thing", and the birth of "The Common Sense Tour" was my trip this past Father's Day Weekend to Florida at my mother's request. She was having health problems related to the drug Fossamax, and as I am studying for a degree in Naturopathy (Another of those lifetimes)I was concerned and was telling my mom to get off that stuff! Well, she believed me, for a change (more about that later) and flew me to Florida so I could accompany her to her Dr.s appointment and be her backbone as she told him what she was going to do. Now while I was on this little escapade, many things were going through my head, (remember the 200 mph?) I had a spirited conversation with her physician that resulted in mutual respect for each other, and one of the Wonderful sayings out of my mouth kinda wrapped back around and rapped me on the head like hey you, listen to what you are saying!!! it actually makes lots of sense. What I said was, in response to her Dr's comment that the drug companies wouldn't risk all these lawsuits on new drugs, that's why the drugs are well tested; and to that I said" The drug companies push new untried drugs through to the public, make billions those first 3-4 years then when the drugs start screwing people up, (since the public is the actual lab rat) they set "millions" aside for lawsuit settlements, and that still constitutes a profit on the side of the big drug companies. Well Duh!! It smacks of common sense that we should not allow this. I jokenly told my mom that she just gave me the inspiration for a new soapbox and that as I now possess the common sense my mother so often chided me about, I believe people can be shown the way to live from their experiences, paid in common sense, if they will only change the way they perceive their worlds. And.. I'm willing and hoping to do this in person, giving talks to anyone who will have me as a speaker.