A cyst on the spine is causing severe disabling back pain for a 50 year old female.
Before knowing it was a cyst, I tried various remedies, none helped. Rhus Tox made it worse.
The only temporary relief has been cortisone injections into the cyst, done by "experts" in pain management.
The first injection done 3 months ago relieved pain but only lasted 3 months.
Most reject injection was given in triple and also relieved pain.
This person is also type 1 diabetic, on an insulin pump, and the cortisone causes high blood glucose spikes for a few weeks, the last injection being triple really is spiking blood glucose.
Is there any remedy known to reduce cysts acutely?
This person also has fibromyalgia, I believe as a constitutional result of being in abusive marriages at age 21, 24 and having to raise 2 children, one from each marriage, as a single parent. Has a tough exterior, won't even take an aspirin, to possibly help relieve pain but will suffer through it. During the first back pain crisis, Nat Mur came up during rep and from the list given in Musculoskeletal Healing book.
Is Nat Mur the constitutional type that prefers to suffer through and endure pain rather than look for immediate relief with drugs, etc.?
Many in this situation resort to stronger addictive drugs like Oxycontin, Vicodin. She seems to get stressed out easily. Will do things to an extreme, like going on an all raw diet, working out at gym, ... Also enjoys and finds relief from alcohol but isn't an alcoholic that drinks constantly.
I feel the cyst is a rubric of the larger picture but didn't find a close match in the repertory since this is an internal not visible cyst.
Surgery is last recommended treatment option as it is risky.
Good news is patient will take any remedy I give them, understands constitutional treatment takes time and not to expect any remedy will give instant relief.
Susan
Spinal Cyst
Re: Spinal Cyst
From MacRep: Back; TUMORS; CYSTS (p, 5, 1-3) (5) : Bar-c., Calc., brom., phos., syc-co. Calc-fl. should be added to that rubric for cysts in the bone.
There is no "constitutional type" that prefers to suffer pain rather than seek relief. People will suffer pain for a variety of reasons: they don't feel it as intensely as others; they don't wish to display vulnerability; they've been taught to regard pain as a sign of weakness, etc. You have to get to the underlying reasons for her behavior, not provide your own rationales.
Peace,
Dale
There is no "constitutional type" that prefers to suffer pain rather than seek relief. People will suffer pain for a variety of reasons: they don't feel it as intensely as others; they don't wish to display vulnerability; they've been taught to regard pain as a sign of weakness, etc. You have to get to the underlying reasons for her behavior, not provide your own rationales.
Peace,
Dale