Albert, at the time when this was happening I knew absolutely nothing about homeopathy.

But I was learning about how dangerous conventional medicine is for patients with any disease...and also its "pull" on patients.

So it was not at the time when I realised this remedy would have done him some good--but long afterwards, when I decided to learn about homeopathy.

My father in law had a great deal of the pathology which tends to arise in phos patients--as well as the fears. He suffered from lung ailments throughout his life (lots of pneumonia as a kid, later a collapsed lung, which later manifested cancer after he suffered a traumatic car accident in which he broke many bones and lost a 2 fingers on his left hand..and then that was treated with radiation, suppressed, to return as the liver cancer which finally killed him). He also had an ulcer, type II diabetes, and of course, the liver pathology. When he was in the hospital all his symptoms were ameliorated by massage/touch--no matter what sx. they were; and, our constant vigils were our way of making him feel secure that he was not alone in that room--being alone there would have frightened him and depressed him terribly. Sleep was absolutely necessary, which is sad, because he couldn't sleep much after that chemo treatment. Its another reason why I believe his pathology progressed so quickly--he was never able to sleep well again. Towards the end of his life all he watned to eat was ice cream; and the ice cream actually ameliorated things for him as well as that could be accomplished. He also had the physical appearance--he was tall and lean, with a thin chest width, very pale skin, and was extremely sympathetic by nature. He loved to be with people, never wanted to fight with them or argue with them (and he could never stay angry at anyone, either).

It would have been an excellent constitutional remedy for him, I think, but this is of course just based on observation and memory about him. But he certainly came to mind when I was learning about that remedy in school. I know this isn't the answer you're looking for, but that's my take on the case...long after taking the case was a possiblity.

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