Ouch!!
In that one nanosecond Belinda's life changed. Her beloved husband Jeremy was suddenly no longer the carefree, active and reliable man she had married.
The years after that fateful second broke her heart. Belinda had to watch helplessly as Jeremy not only suffered severe pain but also became increasingly despondent. His manhood also suffered as a result.
What had happened?
No, we are not talking about a traffic accident or a sports injury. It was something very simple in itself. Something that millions of people do every day.
Jeremy's four‑year‑old son had a tantrum and threw himself screaming to the floor. Jeremy only wanted to pick him up – he bent forward and lifted his wriggling child off the ground…
The sudden back spasm came immediately and shot through his back like burning pain. Jeremy was immobilised with pain. Then came an uncomfortable week during which Jeremy slept in a deckchair and could only move by hopping. After that the pain eased a little, but Jeremy was no longer the same.
He now had a very sensitive back that reacted with pain at the slightest trigger. And it got worse year by year. If he stayed crouched for too long, for example while gardening or renovating, he paid dearly. Increasingly the pain caused him trouble – when chopping wood, carrying boxes, clearing out the garage or the cellar. It hardly mattered what he tackled; the pain came immediately.
At some point Jeremy also began to have trouble sleeping. Turning over in bed became agony, the pain waking him from his sleep. Every morning he felt stiff and sore and it took hours before he properly got going.
Jeremy was embarrassed by the whole situation because he felt he could no longer fulfil his duties as a man. No matter how much Belinda encouraged him, Jeremy was simply fed up. He could no longer lift heavy things, could not carry his children and had to get in and out of cars very slowly and carefully. He also felt he looked older than his own grandfather.
He could neither work in the garden nor do DIY around the house. Air travel was torture; he visited his parents in Florida less and less. Nothing was spared in his professional life. Jeremy had worked for many years as a successful programmer, but now he could no longer sit at a computer for hours. He had tried a standing desk, but that was painful and uncomfortable too. Increasingly he was unable to work and worried more and more about whether he could still support his family.
Back problems can be very complicated and hard to understand.
The doctors recommended physiotherapy, cortisone injections and surgery. Dutifully Jeremy completed the physiotherapy and even joined a gym. But regular exercise had little effect on the pain; more often it made it worse. He knew that cortisone treatment was out of the question because of the side effects and briefly considered surgery, but then decided against it.
He thought of golfer Tiger Woods, who despite his status and wealth had suffered so much from multiple operations and had been unable to perform as an athlete for a long time. Worse were his thoughts about NBA coach Steve Kerr, whose surgical procedure had simply failed. He was afraid there could be problems with his spinal fluid.
Jeremy looked into it and learned that up to 40% of patients still have pain after surgery. It happens so often that there's a term for it: Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS). In fact, one of his cousins had had such an operation. She told him it hadn't really helped.
Jeremy was very worried about the consequences of such an operation, above all the thought of having a stiff spine frightened him. He also couldn't afford the downtime professionally. He hoped another solution would be found. And one did – in the person of Jeremy's wife Belinda. She was determined to help her husband.
Many nights she searched the internet until she found me and homeopathy. I took Jeremy's case and analysed his symptoms.
I told Belinda that a treatment protocol with Symphytum C200 in combination with Hypericum C200 could help her husband. Both remedies are taken twice daily. Jeremy promised to follow this treatment for eight weeks. After that we would arrange another appointment.
When I spoke to Jeremy two months later, his morning stiffness had improved on a scale of 0 to 10 from 7 to 2. His back and sciatica pain had improved from 8 to 4. In the eight weeks he had only had three acute flare‑ups, whereas before it had been once or twice a week.
Jeremy's greatest joy was that the pains that had formerly troubled him daily were now barely there. He could work again and be the man he had once been. Jeremy was thrilled with the progress.
And Belinda? Ecstasy is not the right word for what she felt. She was simply overjoyed that her husband was back to his old self.
Jeremy and I agreed to continue the treatment as before and to check in again in another eight weeks. All in all it took about six months and three consultations before Jeremy was free of his back pain. Jeremy no longer needed my advice, but he sent his mother to me for her fibromyalgia. We were also able to successfully treat his son's digestive problems and his eldest daughter's menstrual pain homeopathically.
Pain is not always easy to treat; sometimes you need patience and time. But when you are in pain you want answers. Homeopathy can help.
Please tell others!
Warmly,
Yours, Joette
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