One
of the most interesting features of a person is how different
that person may be from every one else. Individuality is
one of the most exciting qualities of a human being.
However, being unique does not mean that the person can have
absolutely bad manners and be accepted because that is the way
the person is, or that makes the person
different.
Bad
manners say a lot about the individual who displays them,
especially because it shows an incredible degree of
ignorance. A person who intentionally, or
unintentionally says something negative, hurtful, untrue,
exaggerated or altered about something, does it
not only because he wants to cause harm but he also does it
out of ignorance. Bear in mind that an ignorant
person can be very highly educated and still is
ignorant. At varied degrees we all have been guilty of
the practice of bad manners and ignorance, but some people
take it to new heights.
I
am going to give you an example of what I am talking
about. This is an email I received from a
"gentleman" that lives in England:
"What confidence
could anyone have in your very odd and uninformative
site, the main feature of which seems to be nudes,
when you don't appear to know that the drug is called
Prednisolone, at least in the UK?"
Because it is
the first time that I hear the name of Prednisolone, and I
don't want to be as ignorant as the person who wrote this
email, I did some research. I checked my references at www.webmd.com,
www.drkoop.com,
and www.askjeeves.com
and this is the information I found:
"Prednisone
and Prednisolone are steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
used to treat a wide variety of conditions such as
autoimmune diseases, ulcerative
colitis,
asthma,
dermatological disorders, Crohn’s
disease,
tendonitis, bursitis,
to prevent organ transplant rejection, and in many chemotherapeutic
regimens." (Ref: http://www.vitaminevi.com/Drug/Prednisone.htm .
www.askjeeves.com)
As per the
Drug Information Handbook for the Allied Health Professional
with indication/therapeutic category Index, 7th edition 2000 -
2001, Prednisone is the generic name for Deltasone, Liquid
Pred, Meticorten, Orisone, and Prednicen-M. Prednisolone
is the generic name for Delta-Cortel, Key-Pred-SP, Pediapred,
and Prednisol, and even though both of them share some of the
same qualities, Prednisolone is widely use for other diseases
such as endocrine disorders, dermatologic diseases,
gastrointestinal diseases, ophthalmologic diseases and several
more.
Thanks to the
above email, and my son's Drug Information handbook for the
Allied Health Professional, I now have information
and knowledge, which equals power.
This person
also mentions that the main feature of my site seems to be
nudes........ I wonder what he is talking about or which
site he was visiting.
Not only have I gotten the seal of "family safe
site" but I have gone through my site in its entirety and the only image
that I can find that is risqué is a gift I was sent by a
friend.
Why I am
taking the time to use this email as an example? It is
not because it bothered me as I actually found it highly
amusing and a way for me to learn. It is to show that when a person is unhappy and
uninformed, he/she will go to extreme lengths attempting to
make less of others, their efforts, research, and knowledge. What is the best way to
make less of others others? to
maliciously criticize their work without any regard for facts.
Do not let a
person like this make you feel bad. Don't believe even
for a second, that your illness is unimportant, that what you
know about your illness/disease is garbage. What you are
going through it is important and matters not only to you but
to others.
