The cost of health
1/2/23
Dan’s pain has slowly started to improve again, it’s like he eats or ingests something that his system just can’t deal with and it causes IMMENSE pain and issues and it takes him days and sometimes weeks to get back to a more balanced state, where he can manage the pain. He’s swapped Panadol for aspirin which seems to be going well and for now, has ditched the morphine – only taking it when absolutely necessary. Focusing on the daily eating well, resting, mindfulness, meditation and modalities we can do at home like red light etc
He's had 5 sessions in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, with the man giving is a discount it is still $500! This shit aint cheap. We simple cannot sustain all of the holistic treatments there are for cancer, and we haven’t even tried them all yet. He is having a reflexology session as I write this, so will see how his body responds to that and how he finds it.
We also have an appointment with a holistic GP (one of the only in chch!) to speak to about IV vitimin C and Mistletoe therapy, and of course i’ve written down a bunch of questions for him! I mean guys, its $190 just for a 30 minute appointment with him. Let alone the cos of the treatments and how often they are recommended – honestly this world is just NOT set up to help people and get them well. Its pills that don’t treat the root cause and surgery, that’s all the medical system offers. Its pure insanity. And yes, I know surgery etc has it’s place, but this is NOT addressed the 100’s of other things you can do to heal your body of cancer, among other dis-ease. It should not be this expensive to access holistic care, to do modalities that help numerous people in numerous ways. It's just wrong.
But it IS, so we just have to hope people will still continue to financially help us, and we have to budget, HARD, we have to pick and choose what modalities we do, and how often, cos unfortunately, we just cant do them all, and that guts me because I want him to have the BEST chance at surviving and thriving – for a LONG time. But, because of the system and the expense of holistic health, I fear he wont have the best chance. But, again, we just have to do what we can.
We are slowly trying to sort things for our trip to the Uk, again a huge expense, but very necessary. I don’t want to be running around last minute sorting all the things, so trying to slowly sort it all. I need to research where to get all the organic food, healthy eating spots, modalities he may be able to do while there, not to mention what we need to take, what we need for the kids on the plane and also setup up for when we are there – car seats, cot for Alyssa etc etc
My brain is like BOOM everyday, but i’m also aware of it and breaking things down, not doing everything at once, cos that achieves nothing, and ensuring I find time to do things for me to rest, relax, calm my nervous system and just things I enjoy.
Each day looks different in that department and I just take it day by day. Today we are likely to be out all day then straight to pickup the kids, dinner, bedtime then crash, so everything else will have to wait till tomorrow, then tomorrow I’ll decide what i’ll focus on and for how long!