Hi Joy,
I most heartily and energetically agree with this!!!!
Actually one of my very favorite sort of cases to read, are "difficult"
ones, where initially wrong prescriptions were given (and am most
tantalized by those where the needed remedy *seemed* clear, yet failed
to act) but eventually a remedy (or series of remedies) was found that
set things right--WITH long-term follow-up to verify that they *stayed*
"right"!
This sort of explanation I think we need lots, lots, lots more of in
our literature. In fact
why doesn't somebody compile a book or
few of these? (And if there are some, I hope someone will mention them
for me!)
Because, I most *heartily* agree, there is *huge* learning to be had
there!
Again, I completely agree!
And in particular, I feel that our (as a community) emphasis on
long-term follow-up is far, far deficient. To me it is quite literally
meaningless to hear of a "brilliant cure" with only, say, a month or
two of follow-up; I have seen too many prescriptions that produced
brilliant initial results, which fizzled in anywhere from a few days to
a few weeks, and no further repetitions of that remedy, in any potency,
produced any response. We *need* follow-up!
Yes indeed.
As we've agreed, there are a number of possible reasons.
Joy, have you watched the Uncured Cases on Homeopathic Symposium, the
community input ones? I've watched only a couple, but they are quite
fascinating. I would love to hear your thoughts about that.
Well, in my daughter's case, she presented an absolutely classic lyssin
picture--wild, destructive rages (thank God she was only four!)
followed by quick and deep remorse; and a generally very Stramonium
picture, with night terrors, chronic fears of various specific sorts.
Stramonium gave only brief relief. She (from birth I mean, and not
lastingly relieved by Stram) became hysterical if water got on her head
(shower, or being caught in the rain!). From birth she refused to
drink water, any water at all.
Why wasn't the Lyssin picture seen? Because the picture of Lyssin had
not yet been put out into the homeopathic community. That was the
remedy she needed, and our prescriber did not yet know the remedy.
You seem to be someone "blaming" him for having not been able to work
around the absence of Lyssin. What do you propose he ought to have
done differently?
And if he *hadn't* gone to that conference, well... I shudder to
think...
Certainly. And what's your point...
In my daughter's case that was evidently done quite well.
All that was missing was the needed materia medica.
For Jeremy's patient (read his fascinating H'c Symposium presentation
on Germanium!!) who needed Germanium, evidently the same
situation--case was taken just fine, all that was needed was The
Remedy.
Mm, if I had the money, and the time to learn to use it, I would own it
in a flash!
And you can be sure I would tell you all--but would
desist fairly quickly once I got overly distressed by the "hate mail"
that would follow! (Sadly, I fear that is too true...)
So you figure Jeremy ought to skip his provings, and concentrate on
curing e.g. his Germanium patients with the "old" remedies? Joy, I
don't understand your position on this...
Then you mean something different from what I mean.
Those patients who fall "outside the familiar" as I am using the term,
are those who need a remedy *with which the prescriber is not
familiar*.
If the patient needs a remedy that is not yet proved, or not yet known
to the prescriber--well, in the latter case the prescriber can keep
reading, keep learning, keep attending seminars; he can *expand* the
range of his "familiar". But if the needed remedy has not yet been
proved, then no amount of reading and attending will solve the problem.
Can "zig-zagging" fill in some of the gap? Certainly!
Can it fill in *all* of the gaps? Well, I don't know. If Jeremy has
been sometimes unable to make zig-zags suit the need, then I feel a bit
discouraged about my own potential for "doing it all", for everyone,
with tools (remedies) already available.
I guess in the end it will come down to each of us making the choices
we see fit.
Cheers,
Shannon
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