Many of you know that my partner, Jeff Korentayer, and I have lived in Mexico for more than 5 years. I feel it is important to give back to the community that we live in, so I have volunteered in the barrio (neighborhood) that I live in for a number of years now.
I get to experience some unique cases that I might never imagine having the opportunity to be exposed to in other countries. For example, I’ve successfully treated a woman for typhoid, another woman for phantom limb pain, whose foot ached so profoundly below the amputation that it woke her each night, 7 years after her bus accident.
When this man was first referred to me by my pottery teacher, he was also experiencing paralysis in his vocal chords, as well as a significant stiffening on the right side of his body, in his hip and leg...
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