Guest guest Posted March 1, 2002 Report Share Posted March 1, 2002 Dear Ken and All, I strongly back up your point. I had kidney disease for nearly 30 years before a kidney transplant, 18 of these years have been involved with CM so there has been quite a journey of adjusting to reality and integrating, in my mind, their respective roles and benefits. It seems insultingly obvious to make the case for judicious use of WM but there are practitioners and patients who live in a Chinese Medicine fantasy land and at a lesser extreme we all have to make judgements about the realities of WM and CM. Humility and knowledge come together here. Simon , " dragon90405 " <yulong@m...> wrote: > His death, nevertheless, contains an important > message, which is what I meant to evoke. > Tam died of the results of a burst > appendix. It was an avoidable death. > > I believe that had the Professor been > alive, Tam would not have died needlessly > as the old man would have counseled him > to have the surgery that Tam was bound > and determined to avoid. > > I learned a similar lessson when a close > friend and student of mine died a couple > of years ago from a rare kidney disease. > This person was diagnosed many years > earlier and could have, as a man in > his thirties, received a kidney transplant > and probably lived a healthy life. As it > was he manage to keep himself alive and > marginally well for several years using > various " alternatives " to the conventional > therapy that his doctors advised, i.e. > the transplant. > > You no doubt know of situations that confirm > that there are positive benefits to be > experienced from the judicious use of > modern medical techniques. All Tam would > have had to do to survive his health > crisis, which he told me the Professor > had predicted years earlier, was to > go under the knife and have an appendectomy. > > I know Chinese doctors who have > successfully treated appendicitis with > herbs and acupuncture alone, but as > I understand it, even the Chinese > doctor who saw Tam before he died > warned him that he needed to go to > the hospital for surgery. > > Again, my point in bringing this > up is its relevance to those who > provide " alternatives " to modern > medical care. There are times when > survival hinges on life saving > measures, and those seeking longevity > should be aware of how to assess > and respond to such circumstances. > > I don't mean to and don't believe > I do in any way demean Tam's memory > by using the untimely occasion of his > death to bring the point to this > group's attention. In fact, from my > own perspective I see it as an opportunity > to invest in loss. If even one > life is someday saved because one > person reads this exchange and decides > at one crucial moment to accept a > treatment that they would otherwise > have rejected, then it will have been > a wise investment. > > Ken > > --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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