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B., a 65-year-old woman, came for consultation in June 2006 with a diagnosed urothelial carcinoma. She was fairly shocked by the diagnosis and was in a desolate state with a lot of underlying anxiety. All specialists recommended radical cystectomy. However, she bravely fought down her fears and requested an alternative treatment approach. |
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B. has two daughters and runs her own butcher’s shop. She had been widowed since 1998 and had a new partner who died of pancreatic cancer in January 2006, whom she cared for until his death. After his death she needed antidepressants. About that time blood and bacteria were found in her urine; the diagnosis of bladder cancer was then made (pTaG3, high-grade PUC). Cystoscopy revealed about 10 pea-sized tumours. The patient is a delicate, fragile and chilly person. She is quite nervous and anxious, easily excitable and relates details very precisely. In the case history we recognise many personality traits that could point us to Silicea. |
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Sodium is the first element of the third series of the periodic table; according to Jan Scholten this series relates to family relationships and the struggles within them. Sodium in the first stage has relationships that are impulsive, simple and natural, but tend to break. She has suffered two major losses in her relationships: her husband died suddenly during heart surgery and her next partner died of pancreatic cancer. |
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Looking at her family history, it is clear that “family” is very important to her: her whole life focuses on family relationships. Until the age of ten she had a happy childhood, then her father had to go to war and was taken prisoner. Later he suffered from gout and rheumatism. The parents moved and founded their own business. They had financial struggles and lived in a damp, cold house. She had a disabled sister (Down syndrome) who died of pneumonia. Her mother suffered from leg ulcers and liver cancer. She married, had two daughters and had a harmonious relationship with her husband, although she experienced her mother and father-in-law, who lived in the same house, as dominant and difficult. Translated into homeopathic terms we have a Silicea woman before us (stage 10 of the 3rd series), whose situation was triggered by the breakdown of her relationships (Natrium, stage 1 of the 3rd series). |
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Prescription: In May 2006 a transurethral resection (TUR) of the tumours was performed. Three months later the tumours had recurred and the urologist recommended a second TUR procedure and administered an intravesical BCG injection(1). |
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The patient declined radical bladder resection despite urgent recommendations from the urologists and decided to continue homeopathic treatment. ********************************************************************************************* Photos: Wikipedia ********************************************************************************************* |
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