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You may recall from my post below that after being off Glivec for 4 weeks for a stem cell harvest in February and restarting Glivec afterwards, Val has had continuous headaches and extreme tiredness. So we hunted out someone with a homeopathy qualification and knowledge of cancer medication.

Val went to see her and had a very unfortunate time. She met Val wearing fluffy slippers, which didn't create a great impression! More importantly, she talked a lot about herself and her own problems, which is not what you need when you are looking for someone to help you. At the end, she showed she had not been listening to Val because she said she was going to give Val something that would help the liver to wash away all the Glivec - Val had to explain again that that is definitely not what was needed. So she gave Val some Cadmium Sulphate. Because we didn't have any faith in this particular homeopath, the pills went in the dustbin.

I guess all that this experience shows is that you need to be very careful indeed with homeopathy to find someone who is really good and really knows about patients who are on prescribed medication. Our experience shows that however carefully you research in advance to find the right person, you cannot necessarily get it right. I am sure there are good people around but finding them is not so easy.

David

Diana G

Hi, David -

I have a great homoeopath who already had one CML patient when I signed up with him. He's a fully qualified 'ordinary' doc as well as being a highly qualified homoeopath. He practices in London and Oxfordshire. I'll give you his details if you send me your email address - no fluffy slippers... just good advice, sound judgement and a bracing attitude!

Regards,

Diana

Hi David,

Seems like Val's been having a difficult period - let's hope that things improve soon.
As far as homeopathy is concerned, you do need to be careful who you consult - as you will have found out. As Diana has said, you can find Homeopaths who also have conventional medical qualifications.
Homeopathy is NOT accepted by many in conventional medicine, for various reasons. I must say, that I'm a little sceptical myself.
The theory of 'like cures like' upon which homeopathy is based may explain why such things as vaccination work. However, when it comes to homeopathic medicines, they are so dilute that it is quesionable whether any active constiuent remains in the final product which the patient consumes.

Like yourself, I am not the one with cml, it's my wife who has this. It's often very difficult to stand by and feel you cannot do much, however, it's wise to consider carefully what options you seek out - I'm sure your experience with this homeopathic practitioner has taught you that!!
Best Wishes
Paul

hi diana,
please send me your homeopaths details... mine has now left london.
sandr1ne@aol.com

like all professions you really do need to search to find someone who you trust and feel comfortable with.......
builders; mechanics; dentists; lawyers and even CML clinicians to name but a few.
sandy C ;o)

Diana - Thanks for your post. Personal reccommendation is a much better route. Could you send the details to me at david@davidcornes.freeserve.co.uk

Paul - Thanks for your support. It so right that it is hard to standy by and do nothing for the person you care about most in all the world. We too are on the sceptical side with homeopathy but after 3 months of continuous headaches that are baffling consultants at two hospitals, you really do feel that anything is worth a try. So we'll give Diana's suggestion a try.

Thanks to both of you.

David

This is an extract from a recent publication which may be of interest:

A group of leading scientists led by Professor Gustav Born of Kings College London are stepping up their campaign to get the NHS to stop funding homoeopathy.

One year on after they first wrote about the lack of evidence for homeopathy, data obtained by the scientists and the Times newspaper show that over half of England's 150 PCTs are either not providing funding, planning to withdraw funding or restricting funding. Professor Born said he was pleased with progress that had been made but "there are still trusts that continue to use these unproven remedies through clinics and prescriptions. While it may be tempting to dismiss homoeopathy expenditure as relatively small across the NHS, we must consider the cultural and social damage of maintaining as a matter of principle expenditure on practices which are unsupported by evidence."

The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital has already reported that trusts have "stopped or drastically reduced" funding. Its clinical director said “it presents a serious threat to the future of the hospital and urged the NHS to resist the attempts of scientists to discourage them from funding patients for homoeopathic treatment. He added: "I think there is a lot of evidence it works when it is integrated within the NHS."

Paul

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