by minimus 11 Replies latest jw friends
A new study shows how doctors may be able to harness the body's healing ability by treating wounds with a gel made from a patient's own blood! This treatment healed skin wounds 10% faster than simply using antibiotics.
This is according to the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery......Evidently, a Jehovah's Witness couldn't use their own platelets but I wonder if somebody else donated it, if it would be a "conscience matter".
btt
Dear Brother Minimus,
After prayerful consideration, I have faithfully decided to await further clarification from Jehovah's organization on this matter. If they misguide me and I die, Jehovah will resurrect me. Either way, I can't lose.
Praise Jah and His marvelous organization!
Evidently, a Jehovah's Witness couldn't use their own platelets
Minimus you old alzheimers nutball.....you answered your own threads question. Now I know your nuts.
Gumsmartass
Seems they take some blood from the patient, mix it, centrifuge it , put it on the wound as a gel .Definitely not for dubs, as far as I can see
All:
WTS' policy allows this therapy for JWs as a "conscience matter." See October 15, 2000 Watchtower QFR.
Marvin Shilmer
Marvin, could you elaborate, please?
From the October 15, 2000 QFR:
"For example, during certain surgical procedures, some blood may be diverted from the body in a process called hemodilution. The blood remaining in the patient is diluted. Later, his blood in the external circuit is directed back into him, thus bringing his blood count closer to normal. Similarly, blood that flows into a wound may be captured and filtered so that the red cells can be returned to the patient; this is called cell salvage. In a different process, blood may be directed to a machine that temporarily carries on a function normally handled by body organs (for example, the heart, lungs, or kidneys). The blood from the machine is then returned to the patient. In other procedures, blood is diverted to a separator (centrifuge) so that damaging or defective portions of it can be eliminated. Or the goal may be to isolate some of a blood component and apply that elsewhere on the body. There are also tests in which a quantity of blood is withdrawn in order to tag it or to mix it with medicine, whereupon it is put back into the patient.
"The details may vary, and new procedures, treatments, and tests will certainly be developed. It is not our place to analyze each variation and render a decision. A Christian must decide for himself how his own blood will be handled in the course of a surgical procedure, medical test, or current therapy. Ahead of time, he should obtain from the doctor or technician the facts about what might be done with his blood during the procedure. Then he must decide according to what his conscience permits."
Marvin Shilmer
Thank you Marvin for that quote. I always looked at that QFR as lumping the uses of machines with blood. but it states mixing blood with medicine and putting it back into the body.....Yet, a JW can't store his own blood and put it back into the body. Dumb.
This is one area where they can't seem to make up their minds. They tell you that something is OK one week, only to retract and ban it the next. The following week, they retract the ban. And those who were ensnared while the ban was in effect will remain disfellowshipped. And they claim to promote health and science. Not if one is always afraid to get any treatment because it could have been banned during the time they were in the facility.
