A Salutary Tale
Don't overlook the obvious!
A man complained to his GP about a horrible pain which started at his knee,
travelled up his side and into his neck. The GP prescribed a series of
pain-killers, but eventually had to refer him to a Neurologist.
The Neurologist performed a laminectomy, but pain still started in the knee,
travelled up his side and into his neck.
Half-crippled, he was now sent to an Oncologist who diagnosed Pancoost's
Syndrome, performed an operation for lung cancer, prescribed cytotoxic drugs
and a series of radiation treatments.
The patient was now a respiratory cripple, nauseous all the time and bald,
but still had a pain which started in the knee, travelled up his side and
into his neck. Further more he hadn't been given long to live.
In despair, he consulted an Osteopath, who twisted every joint in his body,
and started up new pains in places where previously there weren't even places.
Finally, the patient saw a Spinal Touch Practitioner, who sympathised about
the pain in the knee, which travelled up his side and into his neck, but
could offer no solution, as he didn't really have any distortion when measured
at the plumbline and he didn't have long to live. His advice was to put his
affaires in order, make peace with the people he needed to make peace with,
and to make the most of the time that was left to him.
"I've always wanted a really good suit," decided the patient, and so off
to Moss Bros for the most expensive material and best fitting available.
After six hours of attentive cutting and fitting the tailor asked the patient,
"Which side does Sir, er, dress?" He coughed discreetly. "I've never thought
about it," he mused. "Does it matter?" "Oh yes," declared the scandalised
tailor, "because if I cut the trousers wrongly, you'll get a dreadful pain
in your knee, that travels up your side and into your neck ......" |
