Homeopathy
In the early eighties while I was in Madras, I tried out the homeopathy form of treatment with a supposedly famous doctor trained in both homeopathic and allopathic medicine. It did not seem to be of any help whatsoever although there were some fellow patients with the same ailment who managed to get immense relief. With these patients egging me on, I lasted some six months into the treatment before I stopped.
In this case, what is good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander.
Pulsating Magnetic Field Therapy
PMF or pulsating Magnetic Field Therapy is not the same as treatment by static magnetic field used by the myriads of equipments sold freely in the market nowadays. Unlike the magnetic fields of static magnetic devices, the magnetic field used in PMF is very low and they are set to pulsate at a low frequency. Understand that it is still in the research stage.
In the treatment under PMF therapy, you may be asked to sit on a chair and a dome shaped wooden cage like structure is lowered over you or in my case I lay down on a wooden box bed and the the wooden cage covering from neck to toe is placed over me. For those with pain only at localised joints, they have round hollow wooden spools where you can put in a hand or a leg.
I had this treatment also in Madras. It lasted for two months and the effect was good. A blood test taken at the end of the treatment showed the inflammation to be low and also the absence of the rheumatoid factor. It was a remission of sorts. I could continue life with little to no pain killers. But all good things do come to an end. In about six months time I noticed that my rheumatoid arthritis was coming back, forcing me to reach out for the pain killers again.
On hindsight, I think maybe I should have taken matters easy and relaxed at least for awhile after the PMF treatment, rather than continue about my daily hectic schedule. Maybe then, I would have a better chance against the relapse, or then maybe not.
little stories that may have little to do with arthritis
