This past weekend was our annual family birthday get together since my Brother and I both have February birthdays. I love my family, but spending too much time with them drives me crazy. I get along fine with them as long as topics stay away from politics, religion, or anything medical related. Both my Mom and Brother think they are far smarter than me because they completed more college that I did. You can’t argue with them because they think they are always right, and they believe in some really wacky things.

My Brother is a chiropractor nutjob. He is pretty much against all medicines. He thinks adjustments, and supplements cure everything. Who knows how much money they spend on all the herbal crap that doesn’t do anything. It doesn’t bother me as much what they do to themselves since they are adults and can think for themselves. I worry more about their kid. They have a four month old and he has some sort of rash on his face that looks like eczema. They have been trying to cure it with crazy stuff like green tea and fish oils, and of course they aren’t doing anything for it. Hopefully my Sister-in-law can talk some sense into my Brother and bring him to a doctor, but she also believe in a lot of that crazy stuff.

I have done all I can to try and talk some sense into them. Maybe someday they will wake up and not think that “big pharma” is evil and all about making money, but until then I will just keep my mouth shut and shake my head.