HI

MY NAME IS BOB AND I HAVEN'T POSTED HERE BEFORE. I'M 47, WITH PD DIAGNOSED
28 MONTHS AGO WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF THIS ILLNESS.

I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND AN ACUPUNCTURIST, INVOLVED IN THE MENS
MOVEMENT AND IN DOING SHADOW WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES. I AM SINGLE
AND HAVE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FROM THE MENS ORGANIZATION I BELONG TO, THE
MANKIND PROJECT .....WWW.MKP.ORG. CHECK IT OUT. IT IS THE GREATEST THING
THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME.

I WANT TO COMMENT ON ALTERNATIVE THERAPY.

JED, I SEE YOUR ANGER AT YOUR MOTHER'S ILLNESS PROJECTED AT THE
HOMEOPATH...MY JUDGMENT FROM NOT OWING MY ANGER ABOUT MY PD AND PROJECTING
IT ON OTHERS.

YOU SPEAK OF THE MANY DEATHS CAUSED BY HOMEOPATHY. IS THIS A BELIEF OR A
TRUTH? IF IT IS A TRUTH, WHERE IS THE DATA?

YOU MAKE NO MENTIONS OF THE THOUSANDS OF WELL DOCUMENTED MEDICAL
MISADVENTURES AND DEATHS DUE TO DRUG THERAPY. I TAKE PRESCRIBED
MEDICATIONS. MY NEUROLOGIST SAYS THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT  REALLY DOESN'T
KNOW THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THESE DRUGS. THE STUDIES I'VE SEEN AS SHORT
AND OF A SMALL SAMPLE. AND KNOWING THIS DATA, I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THESE
DRUGS.

OBJECTIVE MEDICAL RESEARCH IS A PRODUCT OF THIS CENTURY AND UNFORTUNATELY,
FUNDED IN A LARGE PART BY THOSE WHO WILL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY THOUGH THESE
DRUGS.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I AM A TRAINED ACUPUNCTURIST. PART OF MY TREATMENT
PLAN INCLUDES ACUPUNCTURE BY A TRADITIONALLY TRAINED ACUPUNCTURIST. I FEEL
BETTER AFTERWARD. I WALK BETTER AFTERWARD AND I HAVE MORE ENERGY..IN MY
HEAD? I DON'T GIVE A DAMM.

TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE HAS BEEN AROUND THOUSANDS OF YEARS. I HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN MYSELF AND SEEN THE RESULTS IN MY PATIENTS.

THERE IS STRONG BODY/MIND CONNECTIONS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE. THE
PATHOLOGY MAY BE THE RESULT OF COMPLETELY UNRELATED DISRUPTIONS OF CHI IN
AN APPARENTLY UNRELATED PART OF THE BODY SYSTEM. IT IS BASED ON THE FIVE
ELEMENT THEORY.TOO MUCH TO EXPLAIN HERE.

MY PERSONAL BELIEF, CALL IT NEW AGE OT WHAT EVER, IS THAT BECAUSE OF
CERTAIN CHOICES I MADE AND BECAUSE OF A FEW EVENTS THAT I HAD NOT CONTROL
OVER, THAT I GREW UP IN SHAME, FEELING UNLOVED AND UNLOVABLE AND THAT THIS
PUT A STRAIN ON MY SYSTEM TO THE DEGREE THAT GENETICALLY SUSCEPTIBLE CELLS
IN MY BRAIN COULDN'T TOLERATE THE STRESS AND BEGAN TO DIE. AND THE STRESSED
BODY SYSTEMS THAT I BELIEVE CAPABLE OF FIXING ANYTHING WERE OVERWHELMED AND
COULD NOT DO THERE JOB. THUS THE PARKINSON'S.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT MY HEART NEED TO HEAL FIRST AND THEN MY BRAIN MAY
FOLLOW.......AND THEN IT MAY NOT. I AM WORKING ON THIS FIRST ITEM.

AND I CONTINUE TO TAKE THE DRUGS.

I HAVE A NEUROLOGIST THAT I AM COMFORTABLE WITH AND WHO SPENDS A HALF HOUR
WITH ME EACH VISIT AND ANSWERS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.. I HAVE A NATUROPATH I
SEE, WHO AM COMFORTABLE WITH AND WHO ANSWERS ALL MY QUESTIONS. HE SPENDS
TIME WITH ME AND WE HAVE A SET OUT TREATMENT PLAN. IT MAY NOT
HELP.........BUT IT MIGHT. I SEE AN ACUPUNCTURIST WHO I LIKE AND KNOW THAT
IT HELPS. MAYBE FOR A SHORT TIME BUT WHO KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT THESE
ALTERNATE THERAPIES ARE PERHAPS SLOWING THE ADVANCEMENT.

AND IF I FEEL BETTER AND THEREFORE CAN USE LESS SINEMET THAT IS CONSTANTLY
PRODUCING FREE RADICAL THAT ARE HARD ON MY NEURAL TISSUE,  SO I WILL
CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO ANY AND ALL WHO OFFER SOLUTIONS AND TRUST MY
ABILITIES TO MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES  TO THE THERAPY ROUTE I TAKE.


FOR YOUR INFORMATION , THE VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO
CANADIANS. I HAVE TO FIND SOME IN THE US WHO WILL ORDER, PAY FOR, AND THEN
SHIP[ ME THE SOFTWARE..........PRETTY CRAZY EH!

ROBERT J FARRELL


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