Hi Bob: I found your post quite fascinating. Much of what you said about the past traumas acting as triggers echoed what I heard from the doctor. It was clarifying to read your way of putting it. He also spent time telling me the difference between "healing" and "curing". I didn't actually catch the drift of that. Would you have any clarification of the distinction? I am beginning to see that my own ignorance and my own fear are sapping a lot of my positive energy in fighting this thing. Hearing the open minded opinions of individuals like yourself encourages me. I believe we each have a safety detector within us. When I feel something is wrong, I withdraw. Thanks again for your encouragement. Barb -----Original Message----- From: R FARRELL <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 10:11 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 > > > \|/ > ----- > / \ > <| o o |> > | ^ | >.............o00o.......\....~.../.......o00o........... >| | | | | | | | | | >| | | | | | | | | | >