Friday, March 4, 2011

Fighting Discouragement

Affirming healing in the face of pain, nausea and increasing weakness is difficult. I reached out to Brian Clement at Hippocrates Health Institute, my email subject being "Help! Ken is Getting Worse!" This was his reply:

Dear Mary:
Ken’s battle with his disease is classic. Please remember that when you are in a major battle, and winning, the bad guys have to leave the battlefield. This of course creates at best, discomfort, but additionally it can create sores, burning, emotional swings, lack of appetite, etc. Healing is a messy proposition and the pain adds another unwanted dimension. I hope the ablation will reduce this. Take it slow and move intentionally. You have our support and belief that he can bring about his own recovery as so many have in the past.

The ablation did help. There is still abdominal pain, and one option would be to destroy the nerves there--a celiac plexus block--done for end-stage pain relief. You can't restore the nerve function if the patient survives, so it's not something we are eager to do. Currently, I am encouraged by the fact that Ken's skin is healing--he has new pink skin where shingles scabs and pressure sores once were. It makes me think the body is also healing in unseen areas. Clement has years of experience with thousands of cases, so we are trusting that the battle can be, and is being, won--a teaspoon of E3 Live at a time.

1 comment:

  1. I am here and thinking about you both, sending prayers and am so glad that you are there for Uncle Ken. Would you tell him I said hello and I love him? Love you, Carol

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