To Vinod and Amy ...weak stomach in TCM ??

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I hope I wont infringe or step on anyone's toes.

 

It sounds to me as if you or someone close to you has been hurt

because of healthcare people that you feel did not understand. I

know this frustration well, especially in the case of chronic

dehabilitating conditions that are not easily diagnosed/treated

especially by western medicine. Honestly I hear what you are

saying; a great doc of whatever modality can make all of the

difference in the world. I hear the patient frustration that they

feel if the Dr was a little more accommodating that it would make

all the difference in the world. I feel like you might also be

implying great Dr's a few and far between, and you are exactly

right. A great Dr for a certain condition is not always up to par

for another, even more so a Dr that is great for something but has a

personality clash with the patient in all likelihood cannot be a

great Dr for that particular patient. All of this is the nature of

the business, hence why there is specialization (both in Chinese and

western, western is obvious, and the way TCM Dr's specialize has

more to do with the function of a given organ, like a Liver

specialist or something), and most keep looking until they find a Dr

that has a compatible personality.

 

Overall I don't really like to see people contend over such an

issue. I feel what you are saying, and I can see the need for Dr's

who spend more time trying to learn how to accommodate disease

types. I also hear Vinod's expression saying that no matter how

much a Dr learns they cannot accommodate someone who is not open to

letting old habits and lifestyles (ect) go and not just open to

change, but really seeking change out (in whatever stage it might be

in, in early stages sometimes the individual seeking change wont

even recognize, and that they are doing so sometimes they feel like

the Dr really inspired them to seek out the change). There is no

right answer to this dilemma, it is all case by case and very

relative to the perception of the onlooker.

 

The best that a Dr can ever hope for is that someone will come to

them with the attitude, " Doc, I'll do whatever it takes " , and

actually do whatever it takes. The best thing a patient can hope

for is a Dr that has studied long enough and seen enough to know

what pattern they have, and what things they can take in to

consideration that would help ease the situation enough that the

patient can climb out of it all. Only in such a relationship can

real healing take place. In fact nearly all healers have many

stories that things just came together almost by chance, things that

were beyond their skill that just worked out and miraculously. The

Dr I visit has this saying, " If someone getting treatment comes to

me and gets truly healed over the course of treatment, I consider

myself truly lucky and blessed, as this is uncommon, and not

expected. "

 

Overall all-in-all I think both sides have great points for

consideration.