reminder to brush up on cancer signs and symptoms

[Guest guest]

You told a sad story. In my state, that kind of incident can be what the

attorneys call a " license burner. " Are CM practitioners in CA typically held to

WM diagnostic standards?

 

Guy Porter, DC

Missouri

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

A friend was just diagnosed with advanced metastatic cancer in his spine and

pelvis. He's 36 years old. He was getting months of treatment for back pain

at a CM school. I just want to remind everyone how important it is to know

the signs and symptoms of life-threatening diseases and to refer to WM to

rule them out. Some patients will rebel and think you're a traitor to

recommend an MD. If they do, I just explain that WM has some cool tools and

there's no reason not to use them, at least for diagnosis. You still have

the option to choose whatever treatment suits you. Better to have a choice,

before it's too late.

 

Marian Blum, L.Ac., DNBAO

licensed acupuncturist and herbalist

 

Traditional Chinese Healing

801 Lighthouse Ave. Suite 108

Monterey, CA 93940

(831) 373-6600

chinesemed

[Guest guest]

Don't you think they should be?

 

Guy Porter

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

no

 

 

 

Oakland, CA 94609

 

 

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DrGRPorter

Chinese Medicine

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:36 AM

Re: reminder to brush up on cancer signs and symptoms

 

 

You told a sad story. In my state, that kind of incident can be what the

attorneys call a " license burner. " Are CM practitioners in CA typically held

to

WM diagnostic standards?

 

Guy Porter, DC

Missouri

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello!

 

As practitionners, we are not trained in all the ins and outs of Western

diagnosis. But we have to be aware that if a client does not improve as we would

expect after a certain number of sessions -and how do we decide how many?- it is

a good idea to send them to their doctor to get things checked.

Nothing as bad as what Marian desribed happened to me, but I did once give a

treatment to someone who had a back pain a bit under the shoulder blade. Person

felt better after the treatment. Following week pain was back. Another

treatment. Improvement again. Turned out that it was a blood clot in the lungs

that was causing the pain...

 

Artemis