Comments | greenchimes: And now, the news

greenchimes

And now, the news

Feb 22, 2008 17:44

Had another meeting with the thoracic surgeon at the U. He recommends surgery (imagine that). I REALLY don't want to have surgery, as there's actually NOT a guarantee it'll fix the problem, and there a 6 week recovery period. And they'd want to do one arm at a time ( Read more... )

doctors, arm injury

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terry31415 February 23 2008, 02:18:22 UTC

Yay! I really hope you don't need surgery.
I don't know what your ratio of time to money is, but one thing I would consider if I had a problem doctors routinely couldn't improve, I would consider fasting.

One of the sites that I trust with regards to fasting is this one:
http://www.drfuhrman.com/

If you are interested, I have his book.

Why fasting? greenchimes February 24 2008, 05:06:29 UTC

I've considered it for spiritual reasons, but never as part of a long-term health approach. As my roommates will vouch, I get MEAN when I'm hungry. They claim to feed me in self-defense.:)

Re: Why fasting? terry31415 February 24 2008, 20:47:44 UTC

I suggest it because your body has strong and well informed opinions about where each molecule in your body should go. Fasting gives the body the time and the freedom to take care of all the things on it's to-do list ( ... )

Re: Why fasting? greenchimes February 26 2008, 04:05:08 UTC

I think I would be interested in reading that book. I'll see if my library has it.