Mom, Following up w/ my urinary obstruction patient, and the giant Chinese Bamboo revisited

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Aah, the remarkable ways of Providence--

 

Dear Group, 

 

To those of you who answered me, thank you for your emphathy; To those of you

whose suggestions I wisely considered, thank you for your expertise;  To all of

you, listen on:

 

Thursday evening, as I began preparing what I felt would be a prudent formula to

resolve the scarring and stricture in my patients urinary tract, I received a

phone call from my sister that my mother (who celebrated her 91st birthday

yesterday), had suffered  a stroke in her new urologist's office.  She was

immediately admitted to S. John's hospital in S. Monica, very weak and very

compromised.  My sister was in tears,  and my father who totally had depended

upon Mom and whose memory is starting to go became  withdrawn, and mom began

talking more about her childhood and returning to her deceased parents and

siblings.

 

(A little more background:  My parents have lived for the past 10 or so years,

1/2 the year in Sunrise, Florida, and half the year in Laguna Woods, about 1/2

way between LA and SD.  Sept 3, mom had a stroke, and we all agreed that it was

best for Mom and Dad, for them to move up to LA, for us to take care of them, as

they could no longer take care of themselves  independently.  They signed a six

month lease for a wonderful new apartment on a gated street on the Westside  of

LA, just last week, my sister moving in down the hall from them!--Now back to my

story:)

     

 I planned on coming Friday morning, but was awoken by a call from my wife's

caregiver, that she was unable to come in that day, so without a choice, I had

to stay home Friday, take care of my wife and prepare Shabbos (shopping, cooking

and cleaning).  After Shabbos, I again planned to go to visit Mom, especially

after receiving desperate calls from my sister crying and my father yelling at

me for being a callous and uncaring son.  But then our night caregiver, who said

she would be available couldn't be there.   The thought of me treating Mom was

out of the questions as  I have always been my Mom's little boy,  and her

experiences with acupuncture in the past have not been positive, so

that idea had never been discussed.    Sunday, I again had no one to take care

of my wife until early evening, and throughout the day, received desperate calls

from family members to please come.  I told my sister that I would be able to be

there

around 7:00pm, and in passing, desperate after this second stroke, my sister

and father mentioned that they were prepared to do ANYTHING,  even to have ME

treat Mom, if I felt I could help.  I said that with their permission, and

G-d willing, I would try, and worked on Mom for about two hours.  The change was

remarkable, and hopefully today or tomorrow, she will move to a rehab facility

and G-d willing,  be home within a week or so. 

 

Now,  all this time, I was unable to work on the formula to help my patient with

urinary obstruction who I discussed previously (see letter below).  Sunday

night, though, as I reviewed my phone messages, there was a message from him.  I

had been so preoccupied with Chana (my  wife) and my Mom, that I hadn't taken

any phone calls since Friday.  Though I feared that he was calling to find out

the progress on his formula, in reality, he called to tell me that suddenly, the

pain and frequency had dramatically diminished, and he was now able to go every

2 hours without urinating, and without pain!  Apparently, the 2 formulas and the

treatments that he had been taking for 3 or so months had finally done the

trick, though like the giant Chinese bamboo, their effect was

not appreciated  because they were slowly healing from within!  The new formula

was therefore completely unnecessary.  Yet he still plans to have surgery next

week.  I hope to

convince him to wait, and continue to healing process naturally.

 

One more thing:  For Mom, we have a wonderful cardiologist and Urologist, but

are in need of an internist or GP that works out of the Westside, preferably

S.Monica.  Any recommendations?

 

Thanks for your support and thanks for listening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

male urinary obstruction from blood stasis and without damp heat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

 I have a very athletic patient in his 50s, who 5 years ago came down with a

severe case of Guillain-Barre syndrome.  Though  he has difficulty walking, he

has built himself back up by swimming an hour daily.  When I started treating

him about a month ago, both proximal pulses were empty, and slow but as would be

expected, the distal pulses on the right wrist are robust. I have been treating

him with a combination of You Gui wan and Xiao Huo Luo Dan, along with

acupuncture and heat (a combination of infrared heat and moxa, alternatingly) . 

The first condition that I treated him for was ulcerated sores or his feet and

toes with numbness, similar to diabetics with neuropathy.    The sores have now

healed completely, and the extremities though still cold are less so.  His

proximal pulses are now thready and a little slow and weak.  None of his pulses

give any indication of a slippery or rapid quality. All the above

is background to my actual question:

 

His chief complaint is urinary obstruction and unrelenting pain upon urination. 

In order to urinate he has to gently massage his penis, and even then only a few

drop come out.  It is very painful, and he is afflicted by it day and night,

every half hour or so.   But wait, before you jump on the prostatitis and damp

heat bandwagon,  first, as I mentioned above neither his pulses nor tongue

reflect that at all.  Second, he saw his urologist yesterday, who upon

examination and testing said that there is no evidence of infection, and though,

his prostate is marginally enlarged, it is consistant with someone his age, and

certainly contributes little to his current condition.  Also, there is no

urinary retention, and so a catheter would not be helpful at all.  The current

condition,  he said,  was clearly the result of scar tissue and stricture, the

result of the GBS from 5 years ago in the penis and urethra.  He is open

to herbs

and clearly, what I need to prepare is a formula that will invigorate blood

stasis,  while continuing to warm and open the channels,  boost Kidney Yang and 

nourish Kidney Jing.  One other unpleasant side effect:  When he bears down too

hard trying to urinate, he involuntarily defecates.

   

The benefit of your experience would be appreciated.