Chapter 12 Patient Case Histories

PART C

Chapter 12

Patient Case Histories

This last and final chapter is a living testimonial of 15 patients that I have seen and applied the holistic model to at the DaVinci Natural Health Centre in Larnaca, Cyprus. Pretty much all of these patients had spent years seeing a number of medical doctors and had received many different types of medical treatments but their health problems remained or got worse.

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I am deeply grateful, indebted and beholden to every single one of these patients (and all other patients that I see); all, without exception placed their trust in me – sometimes the going got tough, but their trust in me, and my trust in holistic medicine helped to get through the dark patches of the tunnel where we could see light again. I also express gratitude to them for placing their trust in me when I would say: “I have never tried this before, but I think it is going to work because ……” Nearly without exception most patients agreed to experiment and we managed to move one step forward. I believe these qualities of trust, commitment, developing a healthy therapeutic relationship with a mutual respect and a determination to get well, play a very important role in the whole therapeutic process for both patient and therapist.

There are, of course, patients that simply do not have the self-discipline to persevere, experiment, be their own doctor, discuss therapeutic strategies with their therapist and are generally pessimistic about outcomes. These patients are the most difficult cases to work with, even with relatively simple problems.

Most of these are fairly recent patients that I have seen in the last couple of years or so – there are many, many others that I have seen in the past 20 years and who have seen many benefits to their health, but it was easier to take the active patients as opposed to those seen many years ago. In a busy practice like I run, it is always difficult to take meticulous notes when time is of the essence, and this is probably the main reason why many practitioners with equal successes do not write their cases up due to time restraints. I believe it is important, however, for more cases to be published, as this is important testimonial to holistic medicine, as well as a learning tool for all.

The cases are presented in the same format throughout, as follows:

The presenting problem
the medical diagnosis consisting of blood tests, scans and medical reports written by medical practitioners
the holistic diagnosis, which consists of all the testing that was conducted by myself and sometimes other natural medicine practitioners
the holistic treatments that the patient followed as part of their healing journey, usually based on the diagnostics.
a personal account by the patient concerning how they perceived their health problem and what this meant to them. This was taken by an independent medical doctor who would spend about an hour with each patient, taking their personal account.
comments from myself about the particular case.

Finally, I just want to add that apart from the gratitude that I have towards all these brave souls who persevered with their wellness programmes. I am also in reverence to the Higher Power that guided myself and supported my patients throughout their healing journey.

Case 1 - Mrs. A, aged 62 - Depression, asthma, hypertension, psoriasis, mitral valve prolapse, kidney cyst, hypercholesteremia

Case 2 - Mr. S, aged 24 - Astrocytoma stage II (Brain tumour)

Case 3 - Mrs. K, aged 30 - Acute Gallbladder Colic due to stone obstruction

Case 4 - Mrs. A, aged 39 - Crohn’s Disease, pericarditis

Case 5 - Mrs. S, aged 32 - Polycyctic ovaries, irregular periods, chronic constipation, migraines, hypothyroidism

Case 6 - Mr. W, aged 67 - Stomach and bowel distension of 35 years standing, pains in feet, tinnitus, hypercholestermia

Case 7 - Mrs. D, aged 40 - Asthma, urinary tract infections, irregular periods, GERD (reflux), spots on face, depression

Case 8 - Dr. H, aged 62 - IBS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myastenia Gravis, severe muscle pains, severe headaches, angina

Case 9 - Mr. P, aged 80 - Cancer of the oesophagus, chronic osteoarthritis of knee and shoulders, recurring urine infections

Case 10 - Mrs. P, aged 48 - Sterility for over 25 years

Case 11 - Mrs. P, aged 42 - Psoriasis, vaginal discharge, constipation

Case 12 - Mr. P, aged 36 - Multiple sclerosis