question about carcinosin _{Page 3 of 4}

'What other remedies have you used besides Arnica?'

do you mean overall or high-potentcy? i'd have to go back a long way to list the remedies i've used for acute situations such as dental extraction, stomach/bowel problems, coughs, and so on. prior to taking the Carc i'd been using Guaiacum (sp?) for the arthritis in my neck.

i had forgotten til i stopped to think about it that i'd also been given Lachesis (200C) which had no effect except to mess up my emotions for about 3 months.

my memory has gotten downright pathetic recently, but i'm pretty sure i haven't overlooked any other remedies.

'It's not the potency that matters, but your body's corrective response to it.'

i didn't know that (obviously :) what factors, then, determine the need for higher potentcies?

'So any remedy you've used in any amount could have a good and lasting curative effect.'

that's good to know! but that being the case, why do the lower potentcy remedies i've used usually only work for a few days or a week before they need to be repeated?

i wonder what that says about my level of sensitivity ... possibly that i'm not very?

this is something i'd like to discuss with my homeopath, but i'm not sure how to best phrase the question.

'If you're responding to a 200c fine, then I'd say your sensitivity is within the normal range.'

it looks as if i forgot to mention that after the 200c gave me a couple of days with less headache, she gave me carc1M, which is still mostly showing up in sleep and head ache. i haven't slept as well as i did that first night, but i believe that's because my daily routine got scrambled up a bit for a couple of days.

regarding the carc picture (is that the correct term?), i was wondering if skin and skin problems are part of that. it would take a long time to list all the various problems or oddities i have with my skin, so just to name a few:

* never had pimples, but did get an occasional boil in my late 20s/early 30s.

* extremely fragile, almost like tissue paper, reacts strongly to rough textures, humidity levels, static electricity in the air, etc.

* water blisters (a form of eczema the name of which i can't recall) on my fingers/hands.

* 'blood spots', moles and liver spots

* extreme sensitivity to light; even the light from my computer monitor (the newer type) can turn my face red and painful within 20 minutes of exposure.

* can only wear fabrics which allow my skin to 'breathe', and must have some kind of moving air indoors (either a cross-draft or a fan, but must be careful to not have it blowing directly on me).

i'm starting to wonder if i'm ever going to run out of questions, but i'll leave it at that for now :)

'Are you able to discuss that with your homeopath?'

yes; i just need to remember to fit it in amongst all the other things we talk about. i typically follow her lead unless something particularly striking arises and i remember to write it down and bring it with me to my next appointment. i'm sure i've mentioned some of my skin problems, as well as my visual sensitivity to light, but without actually going into them in any depth.

do those particular points say something to you? (not seeking free consultation; just really interested.)

'btw I love questions (have you noticed?) :)'

then i'd say you've come to the right place ... i never run out of questions :)

'If these skin conditions are becoming present, that is a sure sign the Carc is doing you much good!'

i've had sensitive skin with a lot of moles since childhood (prickly heat was the bane of my existence when i was little), but it's gotten much worse (as described in my previous post) since the viral infection which has put me where i am now. i don't really see any difference since taking the carc except that a couple of days after the 200c dose, i developed 'blood spots' (my term since i've no idea what they are) after wearing a new pair of socks which were a bit snug around the tops (the spots were located exactly where the socks were most snug). i don't know if that would have happened anyway, but it certainly caught my attention.

'I've almost always used a major anti-psoric and anti-miasmatic remedy after the Carc.'

could i trouble you to elaborate? if i understand rightly, carc is a miasmatic remedy, so an anti-miasmatic remedy would be ... (for instance)? what a psoric or anti-psoric might be i couldn't begin to guess.

'figwart miasm'

??????

'I'd wait and keep everything exactly as it is.'

30 years of illness, debility and dis-ability have taught me patience (most of the time :), so i'm quite content and willing to wait and see what happens, and what will follow. my optimism is still a tad shaky, but given that i've seen what homeopathy can do, i can believe that there's a very good chance i'll get sorted out eventually. the hardest part is keeping my curiosity and seemingly unending flow of questions at least somewhat under control :)

thank you for taking so much time to answer what must often seem really dumb questions.

sami

i can't say that they're returning; they've been present for a long time, and i don't think they're worsening any. i was basically just wondering if my particular skin problems were part of the overall carc 'picture' (i'd heard of moles and 'cafe au lait' spots indicating carc, but nothing about the others). the desire to learn and understand leads me down many paths. i also feel that the more informed i am, the better i'll be able to provide the information my homeopath needs. (i.e. while i have no doubt mentioned one or two skin issues with her, i've never discussed them to the degree i have here, let alone all in one go, which now that i'm aware, i'll need to do next time i see her) i don't need or want to suggest remedies to her; my objective is to present as clear a picture as possible.

i won't do anything until she is satisfied that the carc has done all it's going to do, and at that time i'll do whatever she thinks should be done next.

thank you for the link ... i'll be exploring in about five minutes :)

'Actually, from the viewpoint of a professional homoeopath, the more the patient knows the harder it becomes to make confidenct prescriptions.'

i can see how that could happen, and i can see why it would be a concern.

fortunately (?) i don't think i (or my homeopath) need worry about it becoming a problem. i'm no farther ahead in understanding more than how to (hopefully) prevent some of the confusion which attends a lot of our conversations (if i don't understand a term, for example, it's very hard for me to give a useful response; i can easily spend an hour wandering down a completely irrelevant path, which as you can imagine causes no end of frustration for both of us).

a perfect example of what i mean would be that i looked up figwart miasms (the word 'figwart' piqued my curiosity), which led me to sycosis, and i was very quickly completely bogged down trying to figure out how any of it could apply to me. there's mention that sycosis has 'produced the fewest number of chronic diseases' ... a statement which promptly had me scratching my head. i have no idea what 'produced' means, but i do know that my body is hosting a chronic disease convention (i count at least 5, though two of them might more accurately be comsidered conditions rather than diseases). the only thing that rang any bells were the moles and (i think) something to do with 'rheumatic' conditions.

i probably used the wrong term when i referred to liver spots, as they're small patches of discolouration rather than thickening of the skin ...

so as you can see, i'm almost as confused regarding specifics as i was when i began. i couldn't begin to think in terms of self-rx or trying to 'nudge' my homeopath toward choosing a particular remedy even if i wanted to.

once i've taken a remedy, however, i do find it helpful to have some idea of how it might behave, and whether i'm experiencing an aggravation or if it's just a 'downswing' (which can appear at any time, seemingly without rhyme or reason) produced by one or more of my conditions.

i don't know if this is relevant, but i can very safely say i'm not prone to 'power of suggestion' ... i've always been inclined to stand back and observe than to have any kind of expectation.

and all that having been said, i will refrain from allowing my passion for learning run away with me :)

by way of an update re: carc ... i don't know if it's done all it's going to do or what. i'm still sleeping better than i had been, but the small handful of other symptoms which had seemed to be somewhat improved are back with a vengeance.

i will of course report this to my homeopath when i'm next able to see her.

would it be a case of too much information if i were to ask what it means to 'prove' a remedy? i've heard that a remedy has been proven in general terms (which i think i kind of understand), but also that a person has been given a remedy in treatment and 'proven' it. the latter especially confuses me.