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Update On Treating My Young Patient With Stage 4 Stomach Cancer and Pulse Diagnosis

February 19, 2023
Posted by: Dr. Martha Lucas
Category: Blog

From the desk of Martha Lucas:

Those of you who have known me for a while have heard some of the story of the now eight-year-old who was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer when he was four years old. That was the first bout. About 15 or 16 months ago, it was back with a vengeance. He went through another 13 months of horrible treatment, lost his hearing because of one of the treatments. (He wears hearing aids so not complete loss thankfully.) Finally he ended up in New York to see the one surgeon in the world who does the Whipple procedure on children. Now he is back home, but his pancreas isn’t working right. Thank God they say that cancer markers are zero. Hallelujah! Now it’s a matter of getting him less nauseated, get his digestion “fixed” which should help him have more energy.

What is his pulse picture now? As you can imagine there is a lot of knottiness which I know is partly scar tissue – knottiness on top of deficiency. His pancreatic enzymes aren’t working right = deficiency in the Sp/St position. He’s nauseated because of that = St qi going upward instead of downward. And the SJ/K/Pc positions are weak …. too weak especially since that’s the energy I have to work with to resolve the other issues. I am looking forward to the day when I can do some neural injection therapy on his scars that will (hopefully) resolve some of the knots physically. It certainly is a work in progress. While being grateful for finding the surgeon in NY, his parents are also very grateful for Chinese medicine.

For anyone who has taken the Pulse Diagnosis and Balancing training, another opportunity for private training and supervision is that Dr. Lucas offers a day of her working in your clinic for half of her usual price (within about an hour driving distance from Denver). For those away from Denver, we can set up a few days of her visiting your clinic if you email her directly drmlucas@acupuncturewoman.com or fill out this form.

Have a great day!

Author:drmartha

Dr. Lucas is uniquely qualified in the field of Chinese Medicine because she holds a Ph.D. in Research Psychology a well as her certification and licensing to practice Traditional Chinese Medicine. Lucas has more than 20 years of teaching and speaking experience and is described as "a dynamic speaker who keeps her classes engaged and who can explain complex information in an understandable form." She is internationally known for teaching and training Practitioners the Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture System. As well as teaching Cosmetic Acupuncture, she teaches practitioners how to properly take care of their patients’ skin using My Zen Skin Care products. Her other course offerings include the Pulse Diagnosis and Biofeedback Internship where practitioners study under her mentorship to learn to be better, more effective diagnosticians. Her private practice is based in Denver and in Littleton Colorado where she specializes in internal medicine: diagnosis and treatment of serious chronic illness and, of course, Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture. Dr. Lucas has been interviewed about Cosmetic Acupuncture and skin care by many publications including The NewYork Times and USA Today and is the author of several books: Pulse Diagnosis: Beyond Slippery and Wiry, Cosmetic Acupuncture Works! Your guide to Cosmetic Acupuncture for anti-aging, The My Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture workbook included with course registration, and You don’t need Botox (out of print). Her latest book projects are Sex Sucks: What we can do about it, and for children, The Skeleton in a Tutu gets Acupuncture.