Chick - I am amazed at how many people there are on this site who for some reason seem to dislike you. I think most of them are likely jealous and bitter about not achieved the same success as you. You are probably living the kind of life many of they secretly wish they had!
As for people giving you a hard time for using steriods (whether from a doctor, or not), I really don't get what their problem is? I wonder if one of them could clearly articulate what exactly it is that they believe is wrong, immoral, etc with a person decising to using steriods to achieve a desired result?
Let's see if i can explain where i'm coming from. What do i believe is wrong with a person using steroids to achieve success in bodybuilding. For someone to get steroids ("legally") to use for bodybuilding, they must find a doctor to prescribe them to that person. Now the reason that a doctors prescription is needed, is for 1) some patients actually need the drug to help a physical ailment of sort (i dont know of any examples) and 2) Because we, as citizens, assume that doctors are moral, ethical, and competent to make such decisions, otherwise it wouldn't be up to their discretion, right? So we expect a doctor to make sound judgements in his field and follow the medical code of ethics that he is sworn to uphold. This code of ethics stresses the primcacy of law, the importance of sound jugement, and the need to avoid conflict of interest.
Now, when a bodybuilder pays a doctor to recieve a substance which would otherwise be illegal for no medical purpose use whatsoever, let's see what the doctor violates. First is law, this would be fraud. Second would be the code of ethics, he is dishonest in his practice, the money he recieves from the bodybuilders would constitute a conflict of interest and a bribe that subordinate public posistions to private gains.
I think we can all admit that we expect doctors, or anyone in the medical field, to have the highest of honor and uphold the highest of ethics. Frankly, we expect them to be honest and trusthworthy. This is violated when a doctor breaks his practice for a few extra bucks, no matter the amount of money or what drug/substance it is, that is of no importance. Being on the recieving end of an inaccurate chemo treatment, doctors and their practice should always be examined closely. I think what many of you are doing is saying something along the lines of "bob's a grown man", "everyone else is doing it", "its only a small amount, it's harmless", add these to lists which include "the devil made me do it" and "the dog ate my homework".
Im afriad many of you are justifying the doctors actions by making yourself believe "well i'm sure it was only that one time he compromised his ethics and morals, he wouldn't do anything else unethical". This reminds me of the story my political science teacher told me a while back about how he was once working on a case and one of his partners came up to him and said "Don't worry about the case, the judge accepted $10,000 to let the evidence we have be used", to which my teacher replied "what if the other party pays him $15,000?" and after a long pause the guy responded "He wouldn't do that, he's a fair and honest judge, he wouldn't think of accepted money from
both parties"
