Aren’t comments great? Comments are also great to read when you visit other blogs. They can add so much value to the post as others have their say.

I keep trying to find things to keep my readers thinking, as I don’t always believe there’s only one right answer.

I’m happy to hear you enjoy my posts.

My comments are currently open to all readers to comment as they choose. I haven’t had any comments that have been abusive or off topic so far.

Can’t say I’ve really felt out of place by the comments on a blog. I feel it’s their place to comment on what they’ve read and if I have something to contribute to the conversation or the post I’ll chime in.

I like to answer each comment. I enjoy receiving comments myself and reading what they have to say that I feel they in turn like to hear my response to what they’ve said. I have to say that when I was your NBOTW nominee I didn’t know the best way to reply to all the comments (I was taken back so much by all the responses – never had that many before) and I bulk answered. I wished I had addressed each commentor individually at the time and responded that way instead.

If I’ve commented on something that was important to me or asked a question I look for a response and appreciate the acknowledgement. But there are other times too when I’ve commented to give a word of encouragement or “good job” that I don’t look for a response.

Thanks for your post Barbara. You always give me something to think about.

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I can imagine you would have to be very, very careful with what you write. It seems like I read somewhere that someone got in trouble because they said “this” was a “cure”.

I am a big follower of alternative medicine and find that some of the home remedies are phenomenal. When you think about it, our ancestors didn’t have access to all of these drugs and some lived to be very old, and remained healthy. I often wonder if that’s because they ate wholesome foods, free of preservatives.

BTW: I like your new theme. It’s so easy to navigate.

It is a fine line between being helpful and being too advisive when they need to talk to their own doctor. I have resorted to saying that I will “blog a general response” to many of the great questions that are posted in the comments. This works for me because I love to write and it makes more sense for me to post a well researched answer rather than an off the cuff comment. And that is what makes my blog readers special because they get their questions answered for free.

I will always do my best to respond to as many comments as time allows me because I think it is really fun, and the whole point of my blog is for people that don’t have access to the kind of medicine I practice an opportunity to interact with me.

Some of my friends get me laughing with their comments because they tend to be “inside jokes”…I think things should be fun and conversational in the comments though and you are right it is a better opportunity for people to see your true personality even if you just wrote about something totally yawn boring…

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