tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53302703872501336982024-02-09T02:45:21.490+11:00the joy of being a tcm studentgreenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-14022097754484851412012-11-27T17:58:00.000+11:002012-11-27T17:59:15.288+11:00OVER, RED ROVER!Thank GOD my <i><b>SEVEN</b></i> YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IS OVER!!!<br />
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Yes, folks. It seems I have FINALLY finished this Odyssey.<br />
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Oh. My.<br />
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Anyway Cheerio...I need to go and enjoy all this new found FREEDOM luxury!!!<br />
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To all the suckers in the world who are still studying Chinese Medicine...<br />
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I don't envy you :)<br />
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27-11-12 5:55PMgreenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-76962248328212683652012-06-09T18:21:00.002+10:002012-06-09T18:22:56.880+10:00Procrastinator ExtraordinaireSo anyway I have this deadline. And it's a pretty intense kind of ask of a project that needs to be done. I've spent many hours in deep thought just pondering the issues at stake. However all that brain taxation has not yet managed to translate to much...PHYSICAL. TANGIBLE. ACTION. For all that mental strain I have barely anything to show for it! And I have had <i>massive</i> self discipline issues, doing anything and EVERYTHING BUT. the. task. at. hand!!!<br />
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arghhhhhhhhh it makes me want to pull all my white and greying hairs out! lol<br />
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So anyway I just wanted to record that I am doing it tough. And that I am amazing at procrastination. You name it I've done it. Instead of work, I email, I shop, I eat, I nap, I do chores. I play chess. I watch tv. I have inane conversations with people that don't really matter.<br />
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Basically I am PROCRASTINATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE...I am VERY GOOD at wasting time...and giving into, or rather, INDULGING all sorts of trivial whimsy.<br />
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Basically how I've observed the way I cope with stress is to distract from it (with anything), get tired, go to bed and wake up to a new day only for the hopeless cycle to start again....arghhhhhhhhh!<br />
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saturday 12/6/9 6:21pm...time to Eat ♥^^♥!<br />
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<br />greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-31542743527337362862012-05-23T22:53:00.000+10:002012-05-23T22:53:03.789+10:00Health Practitionersshould all have their own therapist. End of story.<div>
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10:53pm 12/05/23</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-47443688925719650902012-04-27T23:42:00.001+10:002012-04-27T23:47:23.812+10:00Oddball CasesSo, for whatever reason I always seem to encounter oddball cases, that lie on the extremities of conventional medical understanding, or outright defy it!<br />
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Well I guess that is typically what TCM draws...<br />
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Anyway <i>extremely</i> fascinating! And my patient would agree...those naysayers who say TCM and acupuncture is a load of bull...she has amazing testimony of that it DEFINITELY. HAS. EFFECTS. What happened to her, absolutely noone can deny that she could have created that effect "psychosomatically".<br />
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Furthermore from the various interactions and the very immediate changes, TCM definitely DOES MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE BODY!<br />
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I know you are probably dying to know what happened but anyway my head is stilll trying to digest...it has been a <i>very. surreal. week!</i><br />
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11:45PM 12/4/27greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-71778704943761678872012-04-17T06:47:00.003+10:002012-04-17T06:51:17.510+10:00Downtime!<span style="font-style: normal; ">I spent all of Sunday just lazing on the beach recharging the batteries...doing absolutely NADA. That is </span><i>exactly</i> the kind of ESSENTIAL R&R people with my sensitivity, constitution and profession need to regimentally schedule regularly if we are to last the long haul :P<div><br /></div><div>Anyway it was nice- I indulged gingerbread and passionfruit icecream with my b'day twin...eating yummy food is always such a great pick me up!</div><div><br /></div><div>6:50am 12/4/17</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-15012527521704441232012-04-17T06:44:00.002+10:002012-04-17T06:46:49.010+10:00Vampire Suckhmmm it's 6:45AM and I'm suffering the effects of not defending my boundaries well enough and taking on patients crappy energy subconsciously...hence the inability to sleep! GRRRR...<div><br /></div><div>but at least I remembered my login so I can update this blog again :)</div><div><br /></div><div>6:46am 12/4/17</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-23671415574878445512011-11-02T02:08:00.002+11:002011-11-02T02:14:15.660+11:00Selling your soul to education!!So anyway I was reflecting...I've devoted so much of my life to study and learning! I definitely don't think that it is an exaggeration to say that people who pursue intense studies and careers which take years and years definitely sacrifice a lot for their game! The lifestyle it entails is incredibly taxing and the hardship is not able to be understood by people that have never engaged the peculiar struggles or challenges that serious dogged continuous dogged high level studies present and how much they demand and take from you!<div><br /></div><div>So anyway...as I look to get back into "the game" I want to do it with a refreshed LIFE perspective and despite being unlikely to accommodate MUCH life balance I don't want it to be like before...I'm going to have boundaries and not spend all my waking and non waking hours in obsessive puzzling and not give all my energy to others!</div><div><br /></div><div>And for now I will continue to rest up and refuel recharge so that I can attack it again with better vigour...even if I have lost the "passion" I once had...</div><div><br /></div><div>2:14AM 11/11/2</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-45369711035465949242011-04-03T11:34:00.002+10:002011-04-03T11:45:30.877+10:00Time Out A Good ThingIt occurred to me while reflecting that although I have really missed being "out of the game", it's actually been a really <span style="font-style: italic;">helpful</span> imposition.<br /><br />Cos health and healing can actually be an incredibly complex multi-faceted matter, especially when you have a complete holistic TREATMENT as opposed to futile band-aid solutions that will likely cause all sorts of other afflictions approach (lol) that's a definite STAB at Conventional Medicine...<br /><br />So anyway before what I was trying to do was treat the most COMPLICATED of last hope weird cases which even elude highly experienced and trained specialists...<br /><br />Boy was I totally underprepared for what awaited me- so now in hindsight this time out has been great preparatory time especially with the deepening of my understanding of what governs health and healing and how it all works! Before it was like I was trying to operate with only 70% of the puzzle!<br /><br />So anyway since I've been on a timeout I've pointedly avoided engaging in treatment. However I have had various people ask me for consults and whether I have my own business cos they would like to come for treatment :)<br /><br />I have also treated a professional flautist I met travelling (as a friend just cos I thought she could use some clearing of a bad respiratory residual pathogen that doesn't help her cause) and partially cos she was just so fascinated about my craft.<br /><br />And with good results :)<br /><br />Lately I delved back into it for me too- I've dared to take herbals in the form of patent pills again, having recovered from my fear about contamination issues...<br /><br />Anyway I think it's doing something. Always amazing to realise how potent these thousands of year old empirical formulas are! I hope I'll be all good soon!<br /><br />Once I get spare time again I can feel my fingers starting to itch...I might give this old guy a call who gave me his details and wants to pay me for a consult and take his in depth case history just to ease myself back into the game.... but it's gonna be at cost(lol)...one dandelion latte after another...Mmmmm :)<br /><br />11:45am 2011/4/3greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-34356794886445389902011-01-07T22:04:00.007+11:002011-01-07T22:57:25.349+11:00The "Knack"...Still got it!!! :DSo...the other day my mother had major arm pain (tennis elbow to be precise, and lateral epicondylitis to be techy;). This arose as a result of having to cook too much during the festive period and especially lifting too many heavy duty steel pots...<br /><br />As an acupuncture virgin and complete needlephobe and always somewhat skeptical about mystical forms of medicine she was worried that it might hurt her arm in a way rendering her unable to cook for imminent guests...so I went easy and just did a local treatment with two needles on her opposite unaffected arm...but she was still quite sensitive-expected when that IS the pathology...<br /><br />However, earlier I had told her to rub some anaesthetising and nourishing herbal liniment in as she was too busy to be needled then, so we couldn't be sure whether her resulting pain alleviation could be attributed in any part to acupuncture at all!<br /><br />In any case since reading an AMAAAAAZING and INSPIRING BOOK called "Spontaneous Healing" by a Harvard Medical School M.D that discusses the complementary medicine worldview in detail in particular <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">how the body knows how to heal itself</span> and thus many given up for dead or declared incurable by the western medical system defied their "sentences" and got WELL, my mum was inspired to get past her fear of needles and allowed me to do a proper holistic multiple needle point prescription...actually I didn't even take pulse or check tongue cos well...I know her so well I didn't need to- so it was almost like a complete diagnosis and prescriptive treatment by social criteria: character and current circumstances and mindset alone!<br /><br />She immediately reported feeling incredibly hot all over her body..."That's the sensation of QI"!!! I told her excitedly!<br /><br />Wow, I think my mum (formerly massive skeptic and massively biased to the western system as far superior) was SO IMPRESSED and between my many stories and her own personal experience of proper acupuncture, I think she is now a ! <u>True Complementary Therapies CONVERT!!</u>YaaaaY!!!! <span style="font-weight: bold;">Why so happy?</span> Well cos it means of course that:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I still haven't lost my "Knack"! ^^<br /></span></div><br />which having not been in the game for soooooo long could easily have been the case!<br /><br />Apart from that success seems inevitable in that the place where I may be residing...soooo easy for me to ply my trade, random people so interested and encouraging...and not only that even in my current locale, random people I get chatting to often ask "do you have a practice?"(as they want to come for treatment...)<br /><br />Unfortunately I always have to say " No sorry, I'm on the bench for now" :P<br /><br />But HMMMmmm...maybe I should still hand out business cards to these people cos hopefully I'll be off the bench and practising real soon! :D<br /><br />22:50 january 7 2011greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-30506584143221773632010-10-09T00:13:00.002+11:002010-10-09T00:19:21.414+11:00Long Time AWOLI figured it was about time I updated this blog.<br /><br />So, it's like that scene in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wizard of Oz</span> where the happy characters get zapped by the Evil Witch of the West and turned to stone- freezeframed for the time being...<br /><br />And to be honest I seriously miss my craft...in particular the delicious mental candy it provides in the way of mystery and puzzles and encountering people from all walks discussing their most gory and personal moments...<br /><br />So, I'm hoping I'll get unfrozen soon so I can zap more TCM magic far and wide through the Land of Oz Yet!!!<br /><br />Anybody able to loan me a pair of shiny magic ruby slippers?<br /><br />10-10-9greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-48841484148815726452010-06-03T20:43:00.002+10:002010-06-03T20:47:27.287+10:00Unpleasant AwarenessI think the one thing I have really had my eyes opened up to in the healing profession is the frailty and vulnerability of the human condition both physically and mentally.<br /><br />It's been really hard to come to terms with having stepped out from behind a shield. I never entertained the idea of doing western medicine cos I wanted to avoid having to deal with that whole life and death thing day in day out...but the whole idea is still managing to penetrate my psyche far more than I ever expected it too...I guess this is also part and parcel of growing older.<br /><br />I preferred the Bubble.<br /><br />2010-6-3greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-34599981423758957212010-05-30T22:55:00.002+10:002010-05-30T22:57:09.692+10:00First DraftsI've resorted to passing up almost first drafts...I just got to a point where I thought...is it worth staying up all night? Does being a good student have any correlation to being a good practitioner in practice? No, not always...and that's why I'm fine with it! But geez...let's hope I pass so that I can actually legally practice!<br /><br />2010-5-30greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-74344769535592880182010-05-29T17:56:00.001+10:002010-05-29T17:58:08.518+10:00I am looking forward to...the day when this blog ceases to exist or it converts its title to "The Joy of NOT Being Any Kind of Student".<br /><br />2010-5-29greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-90391745664315956022010-05-26T07:55:00.003+10:002010-05-26T07:57:39.644+10:00Avoidance-DenialYou know how sometimes you know you don't want to get out of bed as you'd rather not face the big mountain of stuff you have to/face?<br /><br />Yeah, that's me right now.<br /><br />I hope I find some motivation and productivity soon.<br /><br />It is so anti-intuitive to have to keep pushing the envelope when you're so exhausted and sleep deprived! Whinge whinge whine whine...<br /><br />Zzzzzzzzzzzz<br /><br />2010-5-26greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-50569454936515069122010-05-23T19:50:00.003+10:002010-05-23T19:56:32.042+10:00Top Gear<span style="font-style: italic;">Up down turn around, please don't let me hit the ground...</span><br /><br />Well it's rolled around to that time of year again folks when life gets crazy and stays sustainedly crazy so that you have no choice but to glue your butt to the chair and somehow still pull something to submit out of your ass! Obviously, not an easy double feat.<br /><br />In any case two more mini suckers down so I can start to visualise and plot how to wrestle with the big Dragons.<br /><br />I'm happy though that it's finally gotten dire enough that I was motivated enough to actually kick into action...Basically, today I did not move from my chair for umpteen hours straight...I hardly think this is conducive to good health-the irony! And did I mention I was in my PJs for probably 24 hours straight....<span style="font-style: italic;">ewwww</span> I know...but warranted.<br /><br />2010-5-23 19:56greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-26742928683538159262010-05-22T00:14:00.002+10:002010-05-22T00:20:19.042+10:00Compassionate DetachmentOne of the things I've been learning the hard way is that being a healer or rather "healing facilitator" comes with many rewards- well mainly just one (that of satisfaction in having helped another) but also many challenges.<br /><br />Soon enough along your journey, especially if you are sensitive you will find yourself really having to protect your own energies etc from psychic vampires and spiritual attack.<br /><br />Here is a really nice <a href="http://www.angelslove.net/protection_clearing_releasing.htm">eggshell exercise</a> which I've found.<br /><br />Also I think the phrase "compassionate detachment" should always be remembered everytime you enter into an "energy transaction" with a client.<br /><br />Also pets and nature really help, babies too- sources of pure clean uncorrupted good energy.<br /><br />Oh and of course God and Angels. Ask for their help!<br /><br />Have a good day^^<br /><br />2010-5-22greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-57536949370600448062010-04-26T22:47:00.003+10:002010-04-26T22:54:06.609+10:00Burnt out by 45.Well I'm not even close yet but that is exactly the warning given me by one of my majority of older than me patients...<br /><br />I think one of the real problems of being in the healing thing is that you give and give and give and give and rarely do people ever give to YOU! And thus....drained, sucked dry- just like that sound made when people suck out the marrow from bones.<br /><br />I think that perception I get from movies is true...<br />Every healer needs their own therapist. Cos we listen to everybody else's crap and have nobody to dump our crap on!!!<br /><br />In any case this has gone on for such a long time. I guess professionally it's justified but personally I think I need to put my foot down...only give to people who give to me! Sheesh I think even my natal chart described this- that my luck in these matters aren't great- very skewed and one sided...eg people just always take from me, and I'd be doing well to get anywhere close to an equal give and take bar a few rare cases!<br /><br />10-4-26 11:54greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-62925848758938429282010-04-17T17:24:00.004+10:002010-04-17T17:29:05.443+10:00I made a Girl CRY.But it was a good thing. Too many of us hold in and repress our emotions. And it's healthy to let it all out with a Good CRY every now and again.<br /><br />In any case it was really cute when she reported with surprise the strange reaction induced by the needles. No wonder people still regard acupuncture as mystical and magical...unfortunately it doesn't help our case with the "scientific" Skeptics...<br /><br />To be honest though, hailing from a somewhat conservative and "rational-logical" upbringing, I must say, no matter how long I do this, the results do often blow my mind and leave my mouth wanting to hang "O-shaped".<br /><br />Sometimes, you just can't think too much- the Mind in itself can really be quite limiting, as there are many things the Human Mind is just too pip-squeaky to fathom!<br /><br />2010-4-17greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-87525657441307852432010-04-13T21:37:00.003+10:002010-04-13T21:39:07.017+10:00How's this for HIPPY?!!I'm not sure but sometime recently I pretty much become incredibly "<em>Feeling</em>-VIBE" based...Basically, I don't look or talk to someone to work out whether I'm gonna like them or not...I just "feel" their energy...<br />Yep, that's really how I judge people now...LOL<br /><br />2010-4-13greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-19828246128342664142010-03-18T10:01:00.004+11:002010-03-18T10:04:34.560+11:00Hands That HealIt's amazing how healing hands alone can be. Touch. People often forget that all of us have the power to heal just with our hands alone. It is amazing sometimes what strong responses I get inadvertently just with my hands (usually when I am preparing for needle insertion with palpation). I have been told on several occasions "You have magic hands."<div><br /></div><div>I think we all do, really. Especially if there is good intention.</div><div><br /></div><div>2010-3-18</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-67668485683002472592010-03-11T08:58:00.001+11:002010-03-11T09:00:21.006+11:00...Okay this <i>working for a living </i>gig is too hard. Would someone just find me a SUGARDADDY already?! :P<div><br /></div><div>2010-3-11</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-88637265089845468432010-02-25T12:27:00.003+11:002010-02-25T12:30:55.028+11:00Ms "Last Resort"I know for many (as was for me), alternative therapies only become options out of "Last Resort".<div><br /></div><div>Still though, my teacher said to me "why do you <i>always</i> have such <i>complicated</i> cases?!".</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess I love mystery and solving puzzles. And I only tend to be good at what interests me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not to mention I AM complicated. And like does draw like :)</div><div><br /></div><div>2010-2-25</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-44832870452747305342010-02-12T22:24:00.003+11:002010-02-12T22:33:40.268+11:00Terminal Illness, death and dying.In a way I came face to face with this today. And it was not how one would expect. She was not gaunt or sick with pallor- her cheeks were ruddy, she was in good spirits and her eyes still had a bit of sparkle...<br /><br />But we both <em>knew</em>.<br /><br />There is something Incredibly Dignified about Quiet Acceptance. I was glad that in her Peace, I could feel at Peace. As I touched her hands and our energies merged, I couldn't help but shiver though.<br /><br />I also got completely sapped and knocked over...and felt completely sick and headachey and even hand washing etc didn't help- actually it was like I had been entirely wafted in a boggy cloud- I couldn't think, or do anything. This is why I really need to be more careful about properly protecting my aura. But really I didn't expect to encounter such a case in my practice.<br /><br />In any case, the moral of the story is "a stitch in time saves nine" and that is the beauty of Chinese Medicine...it is about prevention and maintenance of good health not trying to patch a hole only once you notice it. By then, it's too late!<br /><br />2010-2-12greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-28060021423201441042010-02-11T12:41:00.004+11:002010-02-11T12:45:30.198+11:00"I feel like Barbie"Well I don't. But that's just what one of my patients feedbacked from my treatment. I always love hearing feedback but yeah this comment <i>"I feel like Barbie! It's like you gave me a new pair of legs!"</i> That's GOTTA be one of my ALL TIME favourites! LOL<div><br /></div><div>In other news...by the type of patient I seem to energetically attract I'm starting to notice where my specialities may lie...it's kinda cool. I'm also getting great results. And despite being a social retard the patients like me enough to keep coming so YEAH in my third ever public clinic I am now fully booked out and even had to turn a patient away! :( :)</div><div><br /></div><div>I like it.</div><div><br /></div><div>2010-2-11</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330270387250133698.post-50249894376839026932010-02-07T18:48:00.004+11:002010-02-07T18:58:08.969+11:00The Girl is EvilToday, for the first time in my acupuncture career I almost floored a full grown man with 1 needle. And not a weenie piddly skinny man but a big bulky ex football player!<div><br /></div><div>Needless to say, we were both SHOCKED.</div><div><br /></div><div>But anyway, it was <u>seriously</u> interesting. He said we should have taken a video for people who think acupuncture is just "placebo" with no effect, cos there is no way anyone could fake THAT! (<a href="http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/journal/vol16_1/article2.html">Vasovagal reaction</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway now I know. Like I always suspected Men ARE the weaker gender. I made voodoo dolls out of my female patients all week and this guy...wow, almost passed out from 1. Amazing. You really had to be there to see it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway I'm glad we'd covered this very rare reaction in theory cos I've never EVER seen it happen before: I remembered studying it so luckily I paid attention in classes so knew what to do...cos this happened at my home...and honestly if I didn't react we would have been calling an ambulance! Luckily it was a friend's hubby and not a paying patient- I think they would have been so freaked out they would not have wanted to come back! LOL</div><div><br /></div><div>p.s it's actually evidence of a huge amount of stagnated energy shifting, so in a way, it's actually a very positive healing reaction :) Go me! Hehe, I am to be feared by Big Grown Men- love it.</div><div><br /></div><div>2010-2-7</div>greenjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399067951350003540noreply@blogger.com