Yesterday Elaine and I went to see an herbalist recommended by a Native American friend of mine, Albert O. C., so naturally I assumed that the herbalist was a Native America as well. Well, was I wrong, way wrong in fact. This guy was a traditional Chinese herbalist, of the American, born and bred in Dallas, TX variety which made it even stranger. Then a friend I’ve known for over 20 years shows up at this guy’s clinic out of the blue and she has been seeing him for 20 years and swears by him. So it was serendipitous and to use Elaine’s term, it was empowering.
So today when I spoke with my radiation tech she had some complimentary things to say about augmenting one’s radiation & chemo with some natural remedies as well, as long as you’re not going abandon your current recovery regimen. After getting bathed in the ethereal glow of subatomic particles I had my weekly meeting with my radiation oncologist who not only thinks the herbal approach is an excellent supplementary treatment he wants the herbalist name as he’s been seeing an acupuncturist and taking a number of herbs himself.
Maybe that’s why he’s quite relaxed while my oncologist is wrapped tighter than a frozen tamale. His two word pronouncements followed by the spin of a heel and quick exit are about all you’re going get from this autistic freak apparently. So with that in mind, my wife and I are going to postpone the chemo for a week so we can have some normal life for a couple of days. Since Dr. Wordless only speaks using only one verb & one noun we’re not expecting much by way of feedback. It’s gonna’ be breeze.
More to follow, but I’m hoping the herbs will kick in and my mood will become lighter.
C.B. here we come…
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Hehe, I missed reading this one - I like the "frozen tamale" analogy. I'll have to put in in my repertoire!
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