Hydra

[guidofatherof5]

Looks a lot better.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah it does.

[aquamentus_11]

today was a good day

[aquamentus_11]

the way this lesion responded to the technique i used(it's called effleurage and i always considered it to be just some of the bs that our more alternatively minded docs had us learn) makes me think i was wrong earlier. now i'm thinking that the retained shed was cutting off supply under there for several hours and that area was just very compressed and borderline "bloodless". i notice that the scales are intact so my scrape theory is out the window. none of this speculating really matters, but indulge me. pics to follow when she has arisen

[aquamentus_11]

btw, the wikipedia entry for effleurage is not what i used. any "medical" technique involving the terms energy, aura or healing are major indicators of horse$#!% i'm a tolerant guy, but if you use them around me in a serious manner, i will scorn you.

[EasternGirl]

Rofl...then you don't want to meet my aunt...because she will try to do her reiki on you. Ha ha....

[aquamentus_11]

oh i know about reiki. my mom and aunt are into that garbage. a lady who does it went to my uncle's funeral along with some chump with "healing hands". it must be nice to live in a delusional world full of mystical energy and magic.

[EasternGirl]

My aunt tried to reiki my son when I was 9 mos pregnant. I was like...umm...get your hands off my belly crazy lady! I do appreciate some forms of alternative medicine. Within the realm of reality.

[aquamentus_11]

it depends what you're talking about. even the most popular stuff has very limited uses. acupuncture for example has only been shown to temporarily relieve lower back pain. that's it. still a lot of people are very into it. i know the alternative stuff, I just don't think it's all it's cracked up to be.

[EasternGirl]

I think alternative medicine can be good for chronic conditions and things that traditional doctors don't have answers to or solutions for. I was having digestive problems years back and my doctors couldn't figure out what was going on...it got so bad I could barely eat. My family doctor sent me to a naturopath and a doctor of oriental medicine who gave me some chinese herbal powders that worked...I mean, really worked. You know I was a shrink, so I know the whole "it works because you believe it works" thing. But I was really ill...I don't think I magically cured myself just because I believed in the stuff. I also know chemo patients who use chinese herbs to help with the nausea of chemo.