Guest guest Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Think about it from a health professional's point of view: A person comes into your office with a parasite unknown in man. Unless you also happen to be the world's foremost authority on this particular parasite, you cannot tell her: -how is the parasite is transmitted -if you still have the parasite, obviously you cannot tell her how to get rid of it -so you cannot guarantee her that by treating you, she will not have her career prematurely ended. -all you can do is give her your word & since you're not an expert on the condition, how comfortable/secure do you want her to be/will she be on your word alone? -and therefore, no matter what you guarantee, she has not been given enough authoritative information to assuage her caution. There are many contagious conditions that any client can walk in that, if contracted by the therapist, will not allow them to do anymore work that involves touching another. I've turned down those with exzema (complete with oozing pustules). And that's after having worked on AIDs patients. Cancer is also a condition/contraindication that an M.T. would hesitate to work on, for other reasons than contamination. If both you & the therapist were more informed/educated on the condition, perhaps there would have been room for treatment. As such, ignorance boded caution on the therapist's part. Again, no offense but the therapist wasn't willing to gamble thier career on you. She could have been more communicative with you. If she'd asked you about transfer, contact contamination, etc. & you couldn't provide the answers, she could then have begged off siting mutual ignorance of contraindications. After all, you don't want to go around giving parasites to others, either, eh? But take the word of a someone you don't know about a condition that you don't know anything about & no evidence to the contrary that it's not contagious? Hmmm, think I'll pass. Do I think she was right? Yes. Was she assuaged by your " No Way that she can get it. " ? No. (She listened. She just wasn't convinced.) Would she have made a different decision if you'd brought articles backing up your information? Well, at least her decision would have been more informative. Not based on no knowing, caution or fear. Was she doing this to you personally? No. (The same would have happened to anyone else walking in with a similair situation. All therapists are taught about contagious conditions in school & it is stressed quite heavily that it is better to error on the side of caution. Furthermore, not every therapist cannot always remember every contagious condition. I know I wouldn't trust my memory to recognize every fact about every condition.) Get something in writing from the health professional that discovered/diagnosed it & you won't have anymore problems. Take a deep breath & schedule another appointment. Take appropriate paperwork. -richard, l.m.t.- P.S. The skin is porous & can act like a sponge. Many things can pass into & through the skin. The potential for subdermal to subdermal transfer exists. --- On Thu, 2/26/09, deb3857wick <deborah.harper wrote: I scheduled a massage and the lady (who seemed knowledgeable and very nice) asked if I had any health issues. I explained that I just recently had a DNA stool analysis show that I have yeast and a parasite unknown in man. She would not do a massage on me do to this. I explained that there was NO way she could get either from me, but she would not listen. Do you think she was right in her thinking? It made me very upset. Thanks Deb Recent Activity 53 New MembersVisit Your Group Share Photos Put your favorite photos and more online. Search Ads Get new customers. List your web site in Search. Group Charity Stop Cyberbullying Keep your kids safe from bullying .. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
