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Dr Kadwa

I took this remedy today, but i could only find 30c.....and wasn't sure of the dose to take. I was at work and was unable to consult on here.

So i decided to follow the instructions on that bottle. It said take 2 x 30c every 2 hours for 6 doses. I have had four doses by now.

I came home from work and cried and cried. I cried about the upcoming operation. I cried about my dad. I've cried before but always it felt impotent. I feel like this crying released something....

I am still a nervous wreck about the operation.....but i am surprised by how much i cried, for nearly 2 hours tonight. I'm not distressed by the crying. Could this be a good sign?

Or could it just be that i'm just feeling the pressure now as the op is thursday....and i really don't know if i can do it right now. I still feel too weak physically and emotionally.....

I take st john's wort daily, but i think i've run out, so i will be in a worse mess tomorrow as i will have missed a dose (just mentioning that as it will interfere with the response you might be looking for)

Just feeding back to you :-)
 
Opalite last decade
Please don't take any more doses of the remedy now. You should have taken only three doses but upto six is ok.
 
kadwa last decade
Thanks Dr Kadwa

i got confused with how much would be 200c, esepcially as i bought from a local store to be quick.

How will i know if it has done anything for me? Was the crying yesterday anything to do with it?

Do i take arnica before the operation tomorrow now as you suggested?

thanks
 
Opalite last decade
A homeo remedy acts at a dynamic plane and it may result in such reaction like crying and feeling better. Ars is a deep acting remedy and it was well indicated on the basis of totality of your symptoms. You should take Arnica as has been suggested earlier.

Best Wishes.
 
kadwa last decade
Dr Kadwa

I've had the op. I chose a local anaesthetic, i was too afraid of a general.

In the middle of all my nerves i'd forgot to check on here....so i took 2 x 30c of arnica about 8 hours before the op (it was delayed, otherwise would have been 4 hours before).

Then about 5 hours after i took 2 x 30c.

Sorry i didn't follow the instructions. I would have but i had difficulty getting online to check.

Out of interest may i ask why only one day for arsen alb? I'm just curious. Could it still be helping me?
 
Opalite last decade
A homeo remedy is a stimulation to the vital force. If the remedy is able to stimulate the vital force, the cure is effected. The remedies like Ars act for long duration and therefore they offer stimulation to the vital force over a long period of time. If a remedy is repeated unnecessarily the person may develop proving symptoms of the remedy. So you should allow Ars to act internally without taking it's further doses.

As you have procured arnica 30c, you may take three doses of Arnica 30c at a gap of 4 hours for some 3-4 days. One dose means 4 pills irrespective of what is written on the bottle.
 
kadwa last decade
Thankyou Dr Kadwa

I remain 'different.' I'm not panicking so much. I still have a lot of 'worry' but at the moment it's not panic. Still very worried as have to wait for results of operation, biopsy results. Previous biopsy suggested a benign radial scar, however another biopsy will now be done.

I do think Ars Alb really helped me in some way though. I'm amazed......but i don't feel it did 'everything.' So interested to see if i continue to improve now.

I forgot to take the arnica today. I will take again tomorrow, for 3-4 days.

Thankyou.
 
Opalite last decade
Just an update Dr Kadwa as i'm aware you have been away.

I'm not sure what is going on mentally for me at the moment. I still think something happened for the good that day i came home from work and cried my eyes out....I seem calmer, but at the same time i know i'm not allowing my emotions free reign due to concerns about how that could affect my health.

So i'm not allowing myself to grieve about my father although i know there is a lot of grieving to do....probably a lifetime's.

I am waiting for the second biopsy results from my breast operation.

I took arnica for three days following the operation. Still a lot of internal bruising (swelling). Still get the itchy nipple at times.

Do i need to take anything else now or give myself a break from it all?

Thanks :-)
 
Opalite last decade
You may take Arnica 30c thrice a day until the bruised feelings due to the surgery are gone.
Please procure the following remedies for future use -
Natrum Mur 1M and 10 M
Ignatia 1M and 10M
Apis 30 and 200.
 
kadwa last decade
Hello Dr Kadwa

an update. My results came back benign from the operation. i get a bit of itching on the breast mainly where the bandage was over the nipple area, but assuming that will go away. The itchy nipple generally is a lot less, but not completely gone - so i am wondering if it was related to the very cold winter we had here.....and now spring is arriving and i am wearing cotton things again it is less of a problem....

I have lowered my dose of thyroxine slightly. I don't know if it is related but premenstrual symptoms were very pronounced last week. I was getting flushing of the face and very upset over my father....also feeling very overwhelmed, too much to do...This week i am better. My period starting may have something to do with it. Also i get very short of breath before my period. My doctor is not concerned and i have had heart checks, asthma checks, etc. I am wondering if it could be premenstrual anaemia maybe....this was also more pronounced this time.

Premenstrual symptoms are more pronounced if i;m not getting enough thyroxine....but i am reluctant to take any more because i've discovered that it might have a link to breast illnesses. I am taking a bit of sea kelp in the hope that this will help with these issues.

Anyway the main thing i was posting for is that I still have a huge issues with anxiety (as well as everything else i've mentioned!). I have to go away from my home for 3 nights at the end of may and I may get panicky and agoraphobic. This is made worse becaue of seeing what happened to my father and imagining myself getting ill away from home, alone in a hotel room, or with total strangers....and possibly dying, suffocating, losing conciousness, etc. My doctor thinks i have post traumatic stress disorder from seeing my father die suddenly.......however i've always had a fear of being away from home and being ill away from home, it's just now so much worse.

I am mean't to be doing a course away next month. It is potentially a very positive thing for me. It would be great if there was anything that could help me with this ongoing anxiety. I want to feel safe and at home in the world....and i never seem to i see danger everywhere.

thanks for reading, it would be great if you think there is soemthing i could do to help with this.

Opalite
 
Opalite last decade
Cheers for the benign results !!!

Please procure Natrum Mur 1 M, Natrum Mur 10 M, Ars Alb 200c and Ars Alb 1M.

Ars Alb is the best remedy for the following condition -
Anyway the main thing i was posting for is that I still have a huge issues with anxiety (as well as everything else i've mentioned!). I have to go away from my home for 3 nights at the end of may and I may get panicky and agoraphobic. This is made worse becaue of seeing what happened to my father and imagining myself getting ill away from home, alone in a hotel room, or with total strangers....and possibly dying, suffocating, losing conciousness, etc. My doctor thinks i have post traumatic stress disorder from seeing my father die suddenly.......however i've always had a fear of being away from home and being ill away from home, it's just now so much worse.

If there is too much grief due to loss of your father, the remedy is Natrum Mur.

Ars Alb 30 has already worked for you, it will work better in higher potency.
 
kadwa last decade
Thankyou Dr Kadwa

How do I take the ars alb once i've received it?

Do i need both potencies that you've suggested? or just one to start with?
 
Opalite last decade
Please take three doses of Ars Alb 200c at a gap of 4 hours for only one day (not daily) and see how that affects you over next 15 days. It is only after 15 days we can decide whether Ars 200 should be repeated or Ars 1M is needed.
 
kadwa last decade
Thankyou Dr Kadwa

the remedy has arrived. I thought i would ask two things first before taking it....

1) I still have a bit of internal bruising in the breast. To me it is nothing, and doesn't hurt anymore. I am also able to run and exercise, etc now. Is it ok to take the remedy still if there's a little bit of bruising?

2) Some of my panic appears to be because i am gradually trying to wean myself off zoplicone (sleeping pill) and it's known for causing anxiety reactions. Today i went to the doctors in a major panic about my heart and breathing.....and i told her i'd been trying to cut down on the sleeping pill and I was aware of it's affect on my mind. At the same time i was short of breath, had all kinds of werid sensations around the chest, etc.

She told me it was all most likely hyperventilation. However my blood pressure was 146/88. It's usually 125/78. She said that was the panic and if it's not my usual reading then it was a temporary panic reaction.

Is it still ok to begin the remedy in light of this?
 
Opalite last decade
You can go ahead with my suggestion to take three doses of Ars Alb 200c at a gap of 4 hours for only one day (not daily) and report back after 15 days.
 
kadwa last decade
Dr Kadwa

I have the remedy. I've never taken 200 before. I'm a bit worried that there might be some unwanted side effects?

As i am nervous about my course next week and travelling, i don't know whether to take the remedy when i get back?

A lot of my anxieties centre around being ill, including something as slight as an upset stomach.....especially if i am away from home.

I know how daft it sounds, but it's what i am going through.

thanks for your time
 
Opalite last decade
i can't give any assurance as to how your vital force will react to the stimulation offered by the remedy. Ars works best for health related anxiety under the conditions that you are reporting. But the decision to take the remedy has to be yours.
 
kadwa last decade
Hi Dr Kadwa, I'm hoping you might see this post, remember it and be able to offer a little further advice.

After your last post i decided that i was too nervous to take the remedy at that time. It sounds crazy but my anxiety ruled everything back then.

I need your help right now so will 'bring you up to speed' in how i've bee first. Back then i was very anxious. I started to wake at night with palpitations. My doctor agreed that i seemed to be getting palpitations independently of being anxious, in other words he was not sure if it was anxiety or some kind of 'hyper adrenalin' state that had no basis in my mind, or less so than originally thought.

The situation now is that my breast is very sore, seems slightly swollen and the doctor felt a small lump there which he thinks is a cyst in the area where i had the operation. I am filled with worries about serius breast disease. but my doctor is not. He thinks it's good to go and have an unltrasound scan just to be safe but thinks it'll probably be scar tissue from the operation, some kind of fibrocystic condition, something like that.

My mind being the way it is i am so worried and do not want to go for the scan, which is in two weeks. I am trying to do whatever I can to heal my breast by myself first. It seems to fluctuate with my menstrual cycle but the pattern isn't as clear as i would like to see, ie when my period starts my breast might ease, but not entirely.

I've decided to meditate at night which i think is really helping my mental state. I am going to take turmeric which i have heard is a good preventer and treater of serious disease.....and because i think i might be approaching the menopause (my mother had menopausal symptoms at 39 - i am now 41)I have started to take Agnus Castus, a herb which has always helped me with PMS in the past qite significantly (I didn't take it after my breast surgery, etc, because I was worried to do anything which affected my hormones and could influence my breast health for better or worse).

For the record i believe the following are the symptoms of approaching menopause:

* a sensation or surge of adrenalin which can come on when i least expect it, usually when supposed to be relaxed and watching tv

* flushed cheeks occasionally, especially after eating or drinking, hot OR cold food

* palpitions at the middle and towards the end of my cycle (my cycle is still regular though)

* frequent irritability, hypersensitivty to sound also

My doctor said that i've been through so much trauma with what happened to my dad, he does not think i should be tested for menopause yet. He seems to think it's porbably all emotional, but i really think something physiological is taking place. These symptoms have a life of their own, I know how to manage myself if feeling anxious but these symptoms often happen when i am NOT anxious.

I think the breast issue now shows that something physiological is happening - but of course i am willing to treat the emotional too.

Sorry this is long! I will go back and re-read your advice and await your reply. I had wondered whether Conium was a treatment possiblity....but i know you thought i did very well on ars alb and wanted me to continue with that. I would value your expert opinion on this.

Re conium.....Having just read something about it i can say that i see a fit as far as i'm a well functioning person, hold down full time work, but behind the scenes i am ritualistic. I do get a sense of 'i'm losing my health but it's so gradual no one can see it.'.....I don't know whether it's relevant here but i also see my father in the conium personality....everything that happened to him happened so gradually that no one realised. I really saw him in that profile, more so than me. As a reminder he died of a ruptured heart attack. :-(

Thanks Dr Kadwa. I will be happy to answer any further questions and i will keep future answers as brief as possible. I would love to find something that takes down the sense of swelling in my breast, the ache and the heavy sensation. If all that could heal i think i would be less scared to have a scan.

Thanks again for your time i really appreciate it. :-)
 
Opalite last decade
Just an afterthought, to describe the breast issues:

an sensation of 'fullness' - like it needs to 'discharge' something....like the energy flow is 'stagnant' but not sure how to get it to 'move.'

Interestingly when i took high doses of turmeric before my operation before, i did get a sense of movement inside the breast after about three days. It was something i couldn't understand but I interpreted it as some kind of healing and thought it might really be due to the turmeric.

sorry if this is all nonsense rambling. :-)
 
Opalite last decade
The following three remedies are known to exert strong influence over the conditions you are passing through..

1. Conium
2. Arsenicum Alb
3. Calcarea Carb

Please go through these remedies carefully. If you see the remedy relationship table for Conium you will find that the Ars and Calc follow Conium well.
 
kadwa last decade
Thankyou Dr Kadwa....I will go and have a look and report back once i have started a remedy.
 
Opalite last decade
Dr Kadwa

I understand if you cannot comment on the herb, agnus castus, that i'm taking but i mention it here in case you can.

I've been taking it as i know it's always helped with hormonal imbalance issues, pms and breast tenderness before....

however this morning, after sleeping very well, the first time in two weeks that i've slept well....my breast is more sore and there's a significant 'ridge' inside it that is the bit that is sore....it's a lump and it's the first time i've found it and felt it properly. It's like a ridge running along the area where the operation took place.

I don't know if that's a good thing that i could find it after sleeping well, or not a good thing and that the agnus castus might be helping it to grow. :-(

not sure whether to continue taking the agnus castus - but i have had a lot of hormonal issues and think it may help, after all it didn't cause this thing in the first place....

if you can comment on that it would be appreciated and understand, as it's a herb i'm taking that you may not be able to ...thanks
[message edited by Opalite on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:01:55 BST]
 
Opalite last decade
I've just noticed that i cannot get conium here and it's not for sale in my local shops. I will do my best to find it.

Otherwise i can get Ars Alb and Calc Carb easily.

I will try very hard to first get conium.

How do i find the remedy tables here?

Thankyou so much for your help and advice. :-)
 
Opalite last decade
Please take three doses of arsenic alb 200 at a gap of 12 hour and see how that affects in next 15 days.

Then if nothing happens you should take calc carb 200...

then conium 200..

then natrum mur 200..

then apis 200

There is no need to worry about remedy relationship as none of these remedies are inimical.
 
kadwa last decade
Thankyou Dr Kadwa

I still have the Ars Alb and it is still in date.

Do you mean to take one tablet of 200 and then leave a gap of 12 hours and then take another, then leave another gap of 12 hours and then take the third?

or to take all three, each at 200 together and then leave a 12 hour gap and do again three times?

This morning i have taken Ars Alb, one tablet at 200.

Thankyou!!
 
Opalite last decade
Just to report it is nearly 10 hours since my first dose. Interestingly BOTH breasts are feeling hard and sore on the outsides....it's not really bad, just significant and thought i'd mention it.

I've also realised that although i stopped drinking coffee today, i forgot that you are not supposed to eat garlic or chocolate and have eaten these....

I will take my second dose before bed in two hours anyway and report back after the given time frame. thanks
 
Opalite last decade

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