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March 29, 2006
Stuck, part II
As I only had one book going home on the train, Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals, I came unstuck by pressing on. In essence I gave up on the theoretical underpinnings of the Metaphysics of Quality. Chapter 8 went by in a haze.
The next chapter was going okay this evening until Tim came up for the third time to tell me he couldn't go to sleep until I printed a copy of the periodic table of the elements for his personal use. Emma didn't want to go to bed until I'd quizzed her on a few simple additions.
Nath took Diane this afternoon to the chiropractor, who gently realigned Diane's spine and relieved tension in Diane's neck. The chiropractor asked Diane if she was a little girl or a big girl. Diane said she was a little girl. The chiropractor suggested maybe the problem started when Diane got to sleep in her mom's bed during the ski holiday, and managed to monopolize Mom all day, each day that week.
When they returned home from vacation, Diane had to sleep in her own bed and time share with her brother and sister. She had to go back to school. The only time she could get Mom's undivided attention just for her was in the middle of the night.
So the chiropractor recommended what we already knew, which is to ignore Diane in the middle of the night, and to pay some attention to her, by herself, during the day. Easier said than done, of course. The alternatives are probably worse, though.
Posted by Mark at March 29, 2006 09:08 PM
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I wish regular doctors would ask questions like that too. Or rather, I wish that the medical system (both France and US) were set up so that regular doctors could ask questions like that and people who would ask questions like that could become regular doctors. I don't like to think I have anything against chiropractice, but in the end I have to admit that I do.
Posted by: Andy at April 1, 2006 01:06 AM
When I go to see my doctor, he seems to treat my body rather than my mind and body. My guess is that medical students spend a lot of time studying how to troubleshoot the body. They probably come away with a good store of understanding about the body, what troubleshooting has worked in the past, why that might be, etc.
Perhaps they don't spend as much time learning how to troubleshoot problems that are related both to the body, and to the patient's attitude toward the problem with the body.
The chiropractors we see remind me of those who have been called "medicine men" in English. On one hand, if you look at what they do without believing it can help, some of it even seems silly. On the other hand, they do seem to try to treat the whole person, not just the physical symptoms. Occasionally it works better than treating the obvious physical symptoms alone.
Posted by: Mark at April 2, 2006 10:15 AM