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Comment on Is this all relationship is about? by Chrys

Chrys — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:53:45 +0000

How very sad. I’ve told people before, just because you have children does not guarantee they will be there for you in your old age. This is an example of that. I guess we need to teach the value of looking after our elders with as much respect, and dignity as we can afford them. That power point brought tears to my eyes. Hope you are well, S.

Comment on Is this all relationship is about? by Moof

Moof — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:39:37 +0000

STDoc, I feel really badly for your patient, and just as badly for his children, because this is something they will regret at a later time, and it will be too late for them to “undo” it.

They mustn’t yet have learned to value what’s truly important.

Thank you for this post, my friend.

Comment on Free patients by Chrys

Chrys — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:45:19 +0000

It’s good to see you are posting again. I can’t understand why the patients don’t comply. It would seem to me, if they were more familiar with you, they would be more apt to comply, not less. Interesting.

Comment on Free patients by Jonathan Clark

Jonathan Clark — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:12:31 +0000

Great post – thank goodness its not just me! I’d like to share this url with my students if that’s OK? All new or recently launched practitioners. Let me know if that’s ok.

Comment on Memorable patients by smalltowndoc

smalltowndoc — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:26:58 +0000

A four month old reply to Denver doc. First of all i apologise for this delayed reply to your comment. Second the reply – Unani, is not a word for all alternative medicines but to a specific field of non-allopathic medicine where disease state is considered to be an imbalance of the four basic essence of a human body – phlegm, blood, yellow and black biles. With Arabic roots, this tries to restore this fine balance. They have courses in Unani in India, five and half years long culminating in a Bachelor’s degree. My personal belief is more than people learning from these courses, the traditional practitioners with practices being handed down multiple generations, are more knowledgeable and successful in their treatments.

Comment on Memorable patients by Chrys

Chrys — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:27:19 +0000

Miss you, doc.

Comment on Memorable patients by Adorable Pancreas

Adorable Pancreas — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:07:25 +0000

I have a deep mistrust of alternative medicine. I’d say it’s okay for chronic ailments, but it’s absurd to go to a say, homoeopathic doctor, for something like a CVA. A lot of alt docs I’ve met talk nonsense, like honey is GOOD for diabetes, stuff like that. I just nod and smile when they say that, while gritting my teeth to dust.

Comment on Memorable patients by Denver Doc

Denver Doc — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:27:19 +0000

Is Unani a specific alternative treatment, or just the word for all alternative treatments. Any additional information on just what sort of treatment this patient received?

I am always open to my patients seeking answers outside of traditional medicine, but like you, I worry that they may stop those things in my realm of treatment that may benefit them. I’ve been quite impressed with acupuncture treatments I’ve received, but I do find homeopathy a very hard concept to embrace.

Comment on Memorable patients by smalltowndoc

smalltowndoc — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:35:50 +0000

I beg to differ from you Moof. I believe there are lots of real stuff in alternative medicine. People who practice without the proper knowledge are tarnishing its image and efficacy. For so many medicines have been reverse engineered from these alternative medicines only. Examples are Digoxin, Quinine and so many extracts of plant medicine. Though people who discovered it, did not know its exact chemistry, they knew where to use it and used it with good effect over generations. Once you know it works, you can always try theories till it fits and give a scientific explanation. It is like these, because i do not know how the cell phone electronics works, does not mean i do not know how to operate my cell phone. So i believe there are lots of real things in alternative medicine other than placebo effect also.

Comment on Memorable patients by Moof

Moof — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:49:09 +0000

STDoc, I personally do not believe in the efficacy of alternative medicine, but I do believe that we don’t understand everything our mind is capable of.

I believe that there are some people who can actually alter their physiology with their minds. It may not be deliberate, and it’s most likely not even a conscious action, but rather, it’s a tapping into things that we don’t currently understand.

Why can’t everyone do it? I have no idea, any more than I know why anyone can do it.

In short, I believe that this the only power most alternative medicine wields – fooling the mind into believing that they’ve done some good.