Q: what would you do?

[Guest guest]

Good morning - its a snowy day in Ontario!

I have come across an interesting situation and I would like to pick off of your

brains to try and find an appropriate way to deal with it. I will try to make

it brief.

New patient - young girl (27?) history of thyroid cancer (2 yrs ago)wants to

maintain good health, energy. Stress and worry affect her and I think a great

obstacle. She is a teacher. Her diet needs a lot of work and we started with

some general guidelines. I have her doing COP, dry skin brushing, water and

working on her sleep patterns, mainly just going to bed earlier. I use

auricular medicine so we went through that assessment. I prescribed some basic

drainage, and arsenicum album 30K (monday, wed, friday) as just a low dose

drainer as per some of the MTC guidelines to help balance the SNS and PNS. She

seemed excited and on board when she left.

3 days later I received an email that said that she hadn't started the ars album

because her partner was very angry it wasn't from a natural source and it had

caused a great argument between them. Could I send her some more information?

So I sent her some info on homeopathy and explained again the importance of

balancing the SNS and PNS. I hadn't heard anything for a few weeks so I asked

how things were going with that issue. She said she hadn't been taking the

remedy and was there something else?

So thoughts on how to diffuse and learn from this situation? I know I have no

control over what patients do when they leave the office and that isn't my

concern. My concern is addressing the underlying reasons why the remedy isn't a

problem, ie her partner. I'm treating her not her partner. I believe this

hiccup is part of the case but how to address it........I'm stumped. Any pearls

of wisdom would be so appreciated.

Stay warm and safe today Southern Ontarians!

Kate Hazlitt ND

Goderich ON

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate

Please do not worry about what partners of patients have to say. you do your best...people have a long time coming before they are to really conceptualize homeopathy. I do a lot of classical homeopathy in my practice and if patients are not ready to go there...i do not push...i just watch and see how it unfolds...because that in itself brings so much closer to their constitutional remedy. Patients will say it is my partner....sometimes they will say things like "i am not really wanting to please my partner..." --> which in homeopathy is spontaneous denial....it is the reverse that is true...they just want to please their partner. a partnership is about support and respect of the other person's decisions, so he should respect her but we cannot change that...we just hope that the patent starts to see that. so you are completely correct..."this is part of the problem" with her. AND to have had such a degenerative disorder (thyroid cancer!!!!!) already and only be 27 year of age is something that is so deep and entrenched...this actually starts at the source of the "spirit." the thyroid in itself helps us express our emotions...so clearly this patient has not been...all this suppression has caused such a destructive pathology...that's why YOU MADE A FABULOUS DECISION by addressing her with homeopathy. her vital force needs an awakening...and God willing if she takes the remedy then she will start to see more clearly as the remedy lifts her "cloud." so please do not beat yourself up over this AT ALL....you provided your professional opinion and went above and beyond to supply her with more information. all you can do is rely a message...educate, motivate and empower. i think you have done that and so you should be proud of that. now your patient has to open up when she is ready and you have to accept that she may not for quite sometime unfortunately...we must also hope that this patient trusts in herself and starts her path to healing. you have done well and do not be discouraged. what we can all learn from this case is that we are just vessels...it is God who heals...but we are vessels in which we do our VERY best to help our patients. i pray your patient takes her remedy so her delusion starts to unfold and she can actually start addressing her real issues.

so sit back, enjoy a cup of warm tea my friend and rest assured you have done your best and that is all you can do

much love

Lamise

Dr. Lamise Elkhalil BSc, ND

Naturopathic Family Medicine

Suite 301 - 828 West 8th

Vancouver, BC

6048770504

To: From: kate.hazlitt@...Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:01:35 +0000Subject: Q: what would you do?

Good morning - its a snowy day in Ontario! I have come across an interesting situation and I would like to pick off of your brains to try and find an appropriate way to deal with it. I will try to make it brief.New patient - young girl (27?) history of thyroid cancer (2 yrs ago)wants to maintain good health, energy. Stress and worry affect her and I think a great obstacle. She is a teacher. Her diet needs a lot of work and we started with some general guidelines. I have her doing COP, dry skin brushing, water and working on her sleep patterns, mainly just going to bed earlier. I use auricular medicine so we went through that assessment. I prescribed some basic drainage, and arsenicum album 30K (monday, wed, friday) as just a low dose drainer as per some of the MTC guidelines to help balance the SNS and PNS. She seemed excited and on board when she left.3 days later I received an email that said that she hadn't started the ars album because her partner was very angry it wasn't from a natural source and it had caused a great argument between them. Could I send her some more information? So I sent her some info on homeopathy and explained again the importance of balancing the SNS and PNS. I hadn't heard anything for a few weeks so I asked how things were going with that issue. She said she hadn't been taking the remedy and was there something else?So thoughts on how to diffuse and learn from this situation? I know I have no control over what patients do when they leave the office and that isn't my concern. My concern is addressing the underlying reasons why the remedy isn't a problem, ie her partner. I'm treating her not her partner. I believe this hiccup is part of the case but how to address it........I'm stumped. Any pearls of wisdom would be so appreciated.Stay warm and safe today Southern Ontarians!Kate Hazlitt NDGoderich ON