Posts Tagged ‘ doctors ’

MS Voices (or, I’m Mad as Hell)

September 1, 2010
By Karen
MS Voices (or, I’m Mad as Hell)

I’m mad as hell. Usually I go easy on doctors, because I truly believe they mean well. But this time, I need to rage. At least for the duration of this post. A member of my extended family was just diagnosed with MS. His sister reached out to me, asking if I could speak...
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The MS Symptom Nobody Told You About

January 16, 2010
By Karen
The MS Symptom Nobody Told You About

It was July of 2007 and I was waiting for the most important results of my life. I had had my first MRI two days before I was scheduled to leave town for a training in California with Dr. Joseph Riggio. The results I was awaiting  would either confirm or not that I had...
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The Physician's Role

November 22, 2009
By karengordon
The Physician's Role

From the book Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing by Barbara Ann Brennan: An untreatable diagnosis is a statement about the medical system, not the patient. If given as a statement about the patient’s condition, it puts patients at a distinct disadvantage in their healing process. It leaves little if any room for...
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