So I saw my Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner again this week.
Ever since my last visit when she told my body to deal with my contact
dermititis my contact dermititis has been worse than usual. (I'd like
to take this moment to note I never previoulsy mentioned my contact
dermititis to her---she just started working on it out of the blue.
Boy, the things she knows). I asked her if she could have possible done
it backwards or in reverse, haha! She said she hated to use the term
"healing crisis" because it has the word 'crisis' in it, but as an APer
I am no stranger to the healing crisis concept. I herx therefore I am
infected. She said contact dermititis is the worst because the fastest
way for your body to get rid of toxins is throught the skin, and so
when you're dealing with a problem of the skin it can get ugly.
However, since my last visit it seems the contact dermititis has calmed
down again.
Then there was a lot of acupuncture. She put in a bunch of the needles
and did some laser acupuncture on my toes, which I am grateful for
because for some reason needles in my toes creeps me out. I have this
one stubborn pain spot on the top of my right foot that will hurt when
nothing else will (it's also where my RA started). It was bothering me
last week but since my acupuncture the pain is gone!
She had a bunch of new external pernicious factor vials she was excited
about, so she did some of that arm testing thing on me, where she would
ask me a question and then push my arm down with two fingers while I
tried to resist. I have heard of that before but no one has ever done
it to me. I have also read from detracters that it's an illusion like
"stiff as a board, light as a feather" but when I had it done I
realised that could not explain it. She had once before demonstrated
muscle response to me, by pushing my arm and getting me to say "My name
is Robin" (my real name), and then say "My name is Sam" (not my real
name). When I said my real name I could resist her push, but when I
said my fake name I could not resist. She said that's because my brain
and body will recognise and untruth and there's a moment of disconnect
while it deals with the discrepency between what I said and reality,
and that moment of disconnect allows her to push the arm down.
So she was doing that with a pathogen and she said it's all gone except
for 5% on the molecular level. That is the molecular memory of what
that pathogen is making my body do (attack my joints).
She then did a kind of emotional release therapy trick which she called
the "Too Good to Be True" release, where I could rid myself of any
subconscious doubt that RA can be cured. I said I already had no doubt
it can be cured. She said this would deal with any last even teeny itty
bitty doubt. I think she meant specifically JMT can cure it. I think
there are multiple cures.
So that is this week's report. I have been feeling really great the
last few weeks, despite my further reduction of MTX. Is it the AP or
the JMT? Acronyms, I heart you!
Hi Go-Go! Once again I want to thank you for sharing your experiences.
Have you considered adding a Qui Quong work-out to the JMT? *LOL* I just realized I may be making an assumption--with all its implications--and you may well all ready be moving with the energy of Qui Quong...
In the past I have found Qui Quong to be a great way to loosen up stiff joints, reduce fatigue, and induce a low-level endorphin "high" which further reduces stiff joints and fatigue.
Unfortunately the small store front herb and alternative healing shop was not met with local support and has closed. Alas, I admit it I am currently not very self-motivated and I NEED someone to get me up and get me going.
As an off-topic side note I will be making a visit to my curandera later in the month: I can hardly wait.
Con brio! Happ
This is very interesting to me. Have either of you done any sort of dietary manipulation or supplements such as fish oil?
Some people end up with very bad skin symptoms from eating either allergenic foods or foods that you do not tolerate, but are not allergic to. She is right on about detoxing through the skin. Epsom salt baths draw out toxins too. I should do that more...
Susan
http://scdgirl.blogspot.com
slbridges, I take large doses of fish oil daily. It really helps
control inflammation! My TCMP does prescribe Chinese herbs to some of
her patients, but she asked my body if it needed anything and it said
it was getting everything it needed already so I don't take any of
those.
I know probablya key factor missing in my healing regime is diet. I
just haven't worked myself up into a gluten free existance yet! It's
kind of silly because I actually know several people who live GF and
it's no big deal. There's all kinds of restaurants and bakeries 'round
these parts that sell all kinds of GF alternatives, so it shouldn't be
that tricky. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
Happ, the main hospital of Vancouver has a Qi Gong/Reiki clinic
attached to the TCM school where you can get 45 minutes of Qi Gong from
2 students and an instructor for , (I was told about this in
Arthritis School), but I haven't gone because my pain levels have been
very good for the last 3 or 4 months. It's actually hard to tell if the
JMT is helping because I go in feeling pretty good and I leave feeling
pretty good. This is the problem with doing two different alternative
therapies at the same time! The AP seems to be working pretty well, but
maybe it is a combination of the AP and JMT that makes me continue to
improve. I posted on the APer log that I saw my RD last week and she
couldn't find any inflammation or arthritis, and my labs are VERY good.
I still have days where I have some pain (today) and other arthritic
problems, so I will continue to focus many of my resources on improving
health.
It's a bummer about you alternative healing shop closing. Often I dream
of living in a more rurual setting, but I have to admit I like the
convenience a large urban centre has to offer, especially a hippie
woo-woo place like Vancouver.
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