Monday, June 23, 2014

22-year old persistent medical student

Over the past 3-years, I have never treated one individual patient as many times as I have this 22-year old medical student from Ben Tre. This student was born with scoliosis, causing daily pain and suffering. Never able to find adequate relief other than periodic pain medication, she turned to our clinic for help. Treatment started with viewing her x-ray, and assessing how best to manipulate her spine to relieve some of her pain. After multiple injections of lidocaine and me pulling her legs, Bac Si Ha started to physically manipulate her spine in attempt to straighten it. After one treatment I was skeptical how much our treatment would really make a difference. Turns out this woman returned daily to our clinic in Ben Tre for treatment. After each, describing significant pain relief. Our clinic mover to Phoung Dien, and this patient traveled hours to continue to be seen. Almost every morning, She would get my attention, and I would wisk her into the the treatment room as the new patient were being checked. Finally our clinic mover to Can Tho, which no surprise, I found this patient eagerly awaiting as many treatments as possible before out time in Vietnam ended. Before and after X-Rays show about 80% improvement of her condition. Her symptoms are described as 90% improved. Most important she describes her quality of life 100% better thanks to our persistence and her willingness to continue to seek out treatment.



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