Medical doctors have saved my life a couple of times, but I am still dubious about their collective skills, not to mention wisdom. Way too many times they have failed to help either me or those close to me. When in trouble, I prefer turning to my own knowledge and intuition about my ailments. As well as understanding how the human body works. Here are my many discoveries about the human body with my relevant pieces of writing cited:

In my teens, I started pulling back the foreskin on my penis to lessen its sensitivity, which in time helped with copulation without orgasm (“Tender Age,” September 6, 1996)

I was in my thirties when I started sleeping on the floor to ensure that I will not have troubles with my spine later in life (“My Sleeping Habits,” September 9, 2003)

In my forties, I started wrapping my penis in toilet paper after urination to get rid of bad smells in my underpants (“On Some Causes and Remedies of Post-Urination Drip,” May 10, 1995)

I discovered the position of the so-called G Spot in women in my forties (“From Behind,” May 26, 1997; “On the G Spot,” April 29, 2015; and “On the G Spot and Female Bums,” March 1, 2016)

In my fifties, I embraced walking as both a physical and spiritual exercise, and I still walk regularly (“Walking and Smiling,” August 1, 1998; and “Walking versus Sitting,” August 18, 1998)

I took care of both my hip and shoulder dislocation without any help from medical professions in my fifties (“Our Best Doctors,” April 25, 2012)

I was in my sixties when I explained the purpose of orgasmic contractions in both men and women (“Orgasm for Beginners,” May 20, 2014)

I explained the everlasting mystery of light at the end of a tunnel in my sixties (“Near Death Crap,” October 8, 2013; and “Light at the End of a Tunnel,” August 6, 2018)

In my sixties I started exercising my pelvic floor muscles to ensure a healthy prostate and proper bladder control (“Arnold Kegel and I,” September 15, 2015)

Although medical doctors should be consulted in dire situations, such as accidents and crises, the best one can do to help one’s body is to learn about it oneself. And keep learning as long as one lives. As animals, we should also trust our intuition. As well as our instincts. No matter our age, we should seek help of the medical profession only when we are unable to solve our problems ourselves. More often than not, help is sought after the first discomforts and without any attempt to come to grips with their causes with one’s own means. A big mistake, this.