Bones like porcelain, soul like a sage
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
I met Ms. T on a busy day, the last patient on my rounds in the late afternoon … She had been admitted almost 2 weeks ago and, although she could walk gingerly to the bathroom, her left-sided sciatica and hip arthritis were bad and she couldn’t go home … I would have felt better sending her right back down to radiology for imaging “just in case,” but at that point Ms. T was fed up with doctors telling her what to do… Ling, a retired nurse, had travelled the world, gaining a lifelong appreciation for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners and chiropractors, who had been able to successfully treat her chronic back pain. (Contribution piece by Dr. Jocelyn Chase)
April 25, 2022Read More...