Hi Ron,
I have been having a ball on the new Forum since I joined it in
December. You have much more flexibility to explore topics with others
with the same interests & gain from their experience, without all the
clutter of other posts. You can even add photo's or docs to your
posts. I get to see how pangit the guys are & how maganda there
asawa's are (that includes me - Doh!) - lol.
See you there!
Keith.
--- In LivingInThePhilippi
<ron@...> wrote:
>
> Good post Don! I have a story or two about a quack doctor and will
put them
> on the forum. For those who've not been there, take a look at the
forum.
> It's a very different format (no e-mailing a list like this one).
So far
> the subjects are categorized and organized in a sensible way and
it's not
> difficult to cruise around. I wouldn't be surprised if Don and his
"guides"
> don't shut this one down and move over permanently (it's that good
IMHO).
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <don.herrington@
> To: <LivingInThePhilippi
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:31 PM
> Subject: [LinP3] Quack Doctors in the Philippines
>
>
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > Some of us from the West laugh at "quack," doctors here. I know I
have and
> > still do sometimes. But we will also agree the body has tremendous
powers
> > of
> > self healing, with faith in something. Maybe anything you truly
believe
> > will
> > help you get your immune response in gear. Or at least, belief can
bring
> > things into play you need for healing or recovery.
> >
> > I was a biofeedback practitioner at one time, using
electromyography (EMG)
> > here with stroke victims. As most of you know, it is a way of
training new
> > muscles to take the place of those lost in a stroke, said to speed
natural
> > healing by medical authorities, covered by many insurance plans,
for that
> > and other purposes.
> >
> > I once had a Filipino friend who lived with his father in a
squatter area.
> > The father had a stroke and was partially disable from it. He
could not
> > raise his right had up to his belt. And he had a limp, right leg.
But
> > could
> > walk though not very good. There were no problems with the facial
muscles
> > though. He was told to exercise, the best therapy. That was good
advice
> > from an M.D. He was also on blood pressure medicine, diet, etc.
> >
> > I visited him to try biofeedback, see if I could help him along. His
> > children begged me to go to him. His house was in what a lot of
people
> > here
> > consider a dangerous area of Lebangon, Cebu, now more populated I
think
> > and
> > safer. But I felt very safe there, had an entourage of escorts
with me. I
> > am
> > not sure where they came from. I was like the wilderness at that
time, a
> > jungle, but in Cebu City only a few miles from the midtown.
> >
> > I started "treatment," in his one room cardboard and nipa house
with his
> > family and him. I was shocked to find my biofeedback machine has
one set
> > of
> > batteries dead. And they were the ones for the EMG respone meter!
The only
> > batteries left were smaller AA batteries for the temperature
sensor I used
> > for relaxation training. The galvanic response (GSR) batteries
were out
> > too.
> > The batteries for the digital temperature I had were enough to
light up
> > the
> > machine and make it look like it was working to the untrained. But
for EMG
> > for stroke, the remaining sensors, were worthless without their
batteries
> > working. And we were far from batteries.
> >
> > So like a "quack," doctor I continued with my treatment placing the
> > sensors
> > on him as if I could read the correct of the LED read outs. I
could not,
> > of
> > course. But he did not know it. In fact later he told me, "I could
feel
> > the
> > power going into my body when the wires were connected healing
me!" No
> > power
> > ever goes in. Only the output from the body is read. I did not
correct
> > him.
> >
> > After only about 15 minutes, I was bored. I knew nothing was going to
> > happen, ever without feedback. So I told him, "That is all for
now. I will
> > see you next time." He was so thankful. He immediately raised his
right
> > hand to the top of his head! "Now I can comb my hair," he said. And he
> > could! And further, he walked without a limp!
> >
> > The power of the mind and faith is unbelievable. I expected
"healing," not
> > to last, for him to relapse on a few hours, maybe a day or at most
a week.
> > But he did exercise as the MD and I told him. And year later sill
kept his
> > almost totally regained motor skills.
> >
> > Let's not be too quick to sell the "quack dok's," short. Most
don't charge
> > and only treat people who can't afford other treatment anyway, have
> > patients
> > who cannot pay. I didn't even get an offer of an egg or a cracker.
But
> > that
> > only because he did not have any. But he had the power of his mind
to heal
> > himself. We all do. But sometimes need a guide or "higher
authority." to
> > help us do it. Here in the Philippines, the quack doctor does a
pretty
> > good
> > job from what I have seen.
> >
> > I would love to hear some successful "Quack" doctor stories if we
don't
> > get
> > a violent reaction from the "empirical," among us. Maybe next time
I will
> > tell you about Sister Helen in Leyte and her "secret medicine,"
P500 a
> > pop.
> > I don't recommend it, though the folks in Leyte say, "powerful
medicine."
> >
> > But that will be on the Forum at the Living in the Philippines
Community,
> > http://www.livingin
> >
> > Sister Helen. . . Feel the power: to be added.
> >
> > Very best always,
> > Don
> >
> > Don A. Herrington
> > http://www.livingin
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> > http://www.livingin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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