referral for arterio venous malformation

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> " Kenny Lee " <bluechalice

> February 28, 2005 12:35:24 AM PST

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> Traditional Herbal Medcine for treating AVM

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> Hi Todd...I happened to stumble upon your website and was about to

> join the forum but i noticed its for medical pratitioners only...so I

> was wondering if I can ask you a couple of questions?

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> Recently my wife was diagnosed with AVM(arterio venous malformation)

> and the doctor recommended my wife get treatment via Gamma Knife(radio

> surgery)...we are worried about the risks and side effects of this

> radiation treatment so we opted to see a Chinese Doctor in Chicago and

> the chinese doctor prescribed my wife some herbs and said that she

> didnt need any type of surgery etc and that the herbs would cure her

> AVM. I was wondering throughout your experience have you come across

> any patient or have treated any patients with AVM using traditional

> chinese medicine? How effective is traditional medicine in curing AVM?

> Are there anything we should be careful of when taking these herbs

> especially when my wife has AVM? The chinese doctor prescribed a whole

> bunch of herbal tablets for my wife to take for several months...is

> this lengthy dose of prescription normal in chinese medicine?

>

> We are open to all suggestions and second opinions...I hope you can

> reply when you get a chance...we are pretty worried and unsure if we

> are taking the right route. Thank you for your time and take care

> best regards

> Ken

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