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A Tale of Two Feet
Frank is a very physically active 43 year old who does not always make the smartest choices regarding footwear. One day while playing soccer in very worn out shoes he noticed a painful tearing sensation in the heel of his left foot. Next morning he could barely walk. Being an avid user of the oils Frank started applying Peppermint and Wintergreen to his sore foot.
He also went to his doctor who diagnosed his condition as Plantar Fasciitis. The doctor told him to take mega-doses of Ibuprofen for his foot pain and come back in 6 months for surgery in case the Ibuprofen did not work. Feeling that destroying his liver with mega-doses of Ibuprofen might be less than stellar advice Frank ignored the doctor and kept on applying oils each day. After 3 months the pain was gone completely and Frank returned to his active lifestyle though a little bit wiser regarding his choice of footwear.
Frank has a former neighbor named Cathy also an active 43 year old. Cathy is on her feet all day running a rescue kennel for abandoned dogs. Cathy also was diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis around the same time Frank was. Cathy elected to follow her doctor's advice. The Ibuprofen did not help overcome her foot pain so she elected surgery.
The doctor warned her that the surgery was only successful half of the time. He was not kidding. Cathy was off her feet for over a month after the first surgery. This was followed by a second surgery. The foot worsened. Cathy went back for a third surgery now off her feet for most of a year. This time Cathy contracted a Staph infection that almost killed her.
Do the math; two bottles of Peppermint and Wintergreen versus three extended hospital stays medication specialists and a year of lost productivity. How much cheaper would all of our insurance premiums be if the health care profession opened their minds to the plethora of health promoting non-invasive modalities (such as essential oils) that exist today?
The above is a “story” received over the internet and I do not vouch for its accuracy but it does tell a similar story to my own. What follows is real and true: it is my life and my sweetie’s life. My “sweetie” is my wife my soulmate my best friend June whom I met in 1952. I consider myself to be the luckiest of men as I am still married to the first love of my life.
We freely use essential oils in our home and we use them for many things cuts scrapes burns. I love them particularly Lavender but several others as well. They have a pleasing odor. And in the case of the Lavender a healing non-scarring result for my sweetie in the case of three recent severe burns she received on her arms from the oven of our stove. For me it smells good feels good but doesn’t do anything particularly beneficial; for my wife it heals rapidly and prevents scarring. ...
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