Posted by Bob G on February 19, 1999 at 04:40:26:
In Reply to: stereotyping CH - and repeating 40 year old statements posted by Thom S on February 19, 1999 at 02:59:05:
Thom, you're 100% correct. This site has disspelled the stereotype cluster sufferer. We are not all drunks. Far from it. Alcohol is one of our biggest triggers and we know to stay away from it. Smoking, or not smoking, has little affect on clusters. We all do not have the same wrinkled skin. By far we are not all men. Clusterheads come in all shapes and sizes, young/old, male/female, black/white, blue/green/hazel/brown eyed, north/south/east/west, tall/short, fat/skinny. The so-called studies of cluster sufferers from 40 or 50 years ago should have been removed from all medical books a long time ago. But, medical people can be a strange bunch. If one doctor says something is fact no other doctor is going to stand up and say it's crap. Kind of a "protect your buddy and honorable profession at all costs". Even at the cost of harming your patients. To the doctors that have been on this site and given their advice I say thank you for being here. You are a rare professional and we need more like you. As for the
thesis idea, it would be the easiest ever. Just print the last year's posts and an A grade is your's.