WELCOME, BOB FARRELL AND BEST WISHES
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From: R FARRELL <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 7:16 PM
Subject: ALTERNATIVE THERAPY


>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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