Re: Looking for a medicine man
Mary Carol Randall (ibis@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Fri, 7 Jan 1994 16:09:29 -1812
>Original Sender: Martha <wjh12.harvard.edu!ukcc.uky.edu!CGSMARTA>
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>Hi, I just joined this list today. I have a friend who has cancer and
>has endured three sets of treatment with chemo and radiation. Because of
>medication given for her ovarian cancer, she now has a heart condition.
>She had asked me to see if I could find a man by the name of Rolling
>Thunder for her or possibly another medicine man or woman somewhere around
>Kentucky who would possibly work with her. Can anyone give me a reference?
>It would be greatly appreciated as she dearly loves life.
>Thank you,
>Martha
I cannot help you with your specific request, but I do have a possible
suggestion. Here in the Bay Area in California there is a strong women's
cancer movement. One of the things people have found, over time, is that
acupuncture and herbs can be very helpful in dealing with some of the *side
effects* of radiation and chemo, such as sleeplessness, anxiety, nausea.
Personally, I have also experienced having heart arythmias soothed through
acupuncture. Just a possible alternate approach. - Mary Carol