Hi,
Not sure if this will help or not, but it sounds as if
alternative medicine might be the way for your friend to approach this
situation. While alternative medicine may not always be the cheepest
form of cure, it definitely solves many of the medication issues.
Acupressure or acupuncture sound like they might work very well for the
symptoms and conditions that your friend is having.
As far as finding low cost medical assistance, i would reccomend
asking the department of health or even churches and other cherities. Be
resourceful, and don't quit, hopefully your friend can find some comfort.


Hope this helps,
Randy George
massage theropy

On Wed, 26 May 2004 07:03:38 -0000 "celebok" <celebok@...>
writes:
> Okay, I'm wondering if anyone can help point me in the right
> direction here. I have a friend who's been suffering from chest
> pains, really bad panic attacks, high blood pressure, and an ulcer
> for the past several days, and I know a lot of it is due to
> psychological stress, rooted in depression and anxiety. She's
> unable
> to work, and she's being cared for by another mutual friend, who's
> barely making enough to support both of them, and they have no
> medical benefits. I know absolutely nothing about finding medical
> help for underprivileged adults. Can someone point me in the right
>
> direction? Or if you think you might know of someone who might
> know,
> can you please pass on this request? They live in the San Diego
> area. (And I live near Seattle, so there's not a whole lot I can do
>
> for them.)
>
> A few other things:
>
> 1. She's too afraid to talk to a professional and explain her
> problems, so she would need her friend to go in with her and explain
>
> what her problems are.
> 2. She's allergic to most drugs, so a doctor would need to somehow
>
> test for that or know what drugs that she can and can't take.
> 3. She doesn't trust doctors to be able to prescribe drugs that she
>
> won't have a bad reaction to, because her mom has had the same
> problem and was almost killed twice because of doctors who tried to
>
> prescribe wrong drugs.
> 4. She doesn't want to try a new drug without her mom thinking it
> might be okay, except she doesn't want to tell her mom why she needs
>
> to take drugs.
>
> Any advice you can tell me would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> --Wayne
>
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