The
five months after Lee’s initial diagnosis until his death were a real roller
coaster for him, both physically and emotionally. But I believe those five
short months gave him time to put his emotional house in order enough to allow
him to leave this world a better place than it was when he arrived. And what
more can anyone ask for?
When things took a dramatic turn for the
worse I felt so relieved in the knowledge that Lee’s suffering and strife would
not be prolonged any further and that he would finally be truly at peace.
I feel very privileged to have been invited
into this person's life. His very obvious Guardian Element was very refreshing
to me, though not without its challenges to his nearest and dearest. His
thirst for information about his treatments and acupuncture as a whole was a
delight - he was extremely open to the whole Chinese medicine ethos and it could
be said that he was rather unorthodox in his beliefs and actions, and extremely
proud of the fact he was too!
His openness, honesty
and need for straight talking could have easily come across as slightly
abrasive, but for me it made the whole subject of cancer and death very
accessible. At a time when some would feel the need to avoid or skirt around
what is a very difficult subject, I felt able to talk candidly to him without
fear of overstepping the mark or holding back, in order to say what needed to
be said.
My Tutor has often
said that we as practitioners can learn so much from our patients. My
relationship with Lee has been a very emotional, memorable and powerful lesson
- but most of all, a very humbling experience indeed.
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