Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Absolutely! There is a famous Jewish aphorism: " The whole entire world is an extremely narrow bridge, but our imperative is to not be afraid at all. " When we walk with integrity, clarity, knowledge, intellectual honesty, humility and unity, then we are indeed a wonderfully formidable movement. Besides why would we want to drain our shen (kidney) jing as the Su Wen chapter 39 tells us that fear depletes? Best wishes, Yehuda On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:01:49 -0800 " Emmanuel Segmen " <susegmen writes: > No problem, Yehuda. I'm happy to stand tall while staring at your > navel. ;-) > > My thesis and response to you was about " fear " ... mainly fear of > being dismissed or being disenfranchised. I sense that you were > expressing fear, and I apologize if I'm wrong. If you've already > taken a chance by leaving a successful business and putting yourself > through all of the educational development and so on, then you've > got to maintain the same spirit even now. I can relate. Most of my > income comes from allied support of CM in America ... for which I > have no formal education. I keep a teaching post so that if my > company gets blown out of the water, then I can add on some classes > and survive. Also we have bad months and good months. I'm paid > accordingly based on a contract I wrote up in 1995. Nothing is > certain. > > But I refuse to act out of fear. I'll keep my eyes open and enjoy > the thrill that running close to the edge offers. Really everyone > involved in this enterprise is on an " adventure " ... we're all in > this boat together. Team CM. We're not working for IBM or > Microsoft. Everyone here needs to take on the mantle of the artist, > inventor and adventurer in order to maintain the spirit of this > enterprise. Fear tells us to keep our eyes open, but must not tell > us which way to go. > > Emmanuel Segmen > > - > yehuda l frischman > > Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:22 AM > Re: The direction we take-our future > > > Dear Emmanuel, > > Though I have at least one colleague who plans on attending > western Med school, the vastness of knowledge to be learned in the > many traditions of OM, and the tremendous gratification I get in > going through the process of diagnosis and treatment, I find > appealing enough to keep me > busy for many years to come. When I speak about money, I speak > about our profession, not myself. Before I went back to school, > after 28 years, I had had a successful business for 21 years, had a > large home and was making a good living. But 13 years ago, my wife > became ill with a > neurological disorder that didn't fit into the Western medical > cookbook. I realized 4 years ago that her illness was a message to > me to wake up(I'm a little slow!) and re-evaluate my priorities. So > for me, money > is just a means to an end, and the greatest pleasure I can have is > seeing those I love and those I care about, (meaning my patients) > feeling whole, balanced and happy. > > The experiences I have had over the years with western MDs have on > the whole been repulsive and nauseating. I had an aunt who died a > pain killer junkie thanks to the benevelance of MDs. As an > undergrad, I attended a university where the majority were premeds. > It was not uncommon for books to be missing pages so that others > would not be privy to information necessary to know for exams. > After my wife broke her fmur neck as the result of a fall and 3 > industrial length screws were nserted, I dared to suggest that bone > and fascia could regrow using erbs and nutriceuticals, and that the > increasing post operative pain was he result of the screws, and not > arthritic deterioration. I was castised, belittled, and called > irresponsible. More than once, I was sked condescendingly (this was > in '96), " and where did you go to med school? " Finally, when I found > surgeon willing to take a chance and remove the screws, the pain > slowly disappeared, and her hip completely healed. So you are > preaching to the choir, in encouraging that Oriental medicine not > allow itself to be a bastard nephew to allopathic medicine. To > ulilize their imaging skills for confirmation, sure. But to > diagnose based upon their methods of differential diagnosis-not me. > > Sorry for my rambling, but this issue is very important to me, and > I too, stand up (I " m 6'4 " ) for what I believe in. > > SIncerely, > > Yehuda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 Finally, when I found surgeon willing to take a chance and remove the screws, the pain slowly disappeared, and her hip completely healed. So you are preaching to the choir, in encouraging that Oriental medicine not allow itself to be a bastard nephew to allopathic medicine. To ulilize their imaging skills for confirmation, sure. But to diagnose based upon their methods of differential diagnosis-not me. >>>>Humans will be humans, unfortunately. And this goes both ways. For example, i have seen more than one patient almost die because the Dr in China insisted on using TCM in some patients even though they clearly needed to be transferred to a western hospital. One was saved only because another dr without the knowledge of the department head medicated the patient. Others finally had surgery. Alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Alon, It is a question of medical ethics and medical competence. Any physician who has the humility to know his limits and yet the heroism to know when to apply his knowledge and skill is a great doctor. Yehuda On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:30:53 -0600 " Alon Marcus " <alonmarcus writes: > Finally, when I found surgeon willing to take a chance and > remove the screws, the pain slowly disappeared, and her hip > completely > healed. So you are preaching to the choir, in encouraging that > Oriental > medicine not allow itself to be a bastard nephew to allopathic > medicine. > To ulilize their imaging skills for confirmation, sure. But to > diagnose > based upon their methods of differential diagnosis-not me. > >>>>Humans will be humans, unfortunately. And this goes both ways. > For example, i have seen more than one patient almost die because > the Dr in China insisted on using TCM in some patients even though > they clearly needed to be transferred to a western hospital. One was > saved only because another dr without the knowledge of the > department head medicated the patient. Others finally had surgery. > Alon > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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