Hi subramani sir One lady asked me to look at the sun through a mixture of ravva and ghee for forty five days. Her confidence was such that I was permitted to slap her with a slipper if RP didn't get cured within that period. I didn't want to do that as she was too old to be doing that and hence didn't try that.
-- Vamshi. G Landline: 0877-2243861 Mobile: 09949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 On 2/3/09, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > A good revealing note. Very useful. > > George > George Abraham > CEO > Score Foundation > Y-70, Lower Ground Floor, > Hauz Khas, > New Delhi 110016 > India > > Ph:+91 11 26852581, +91 11 26852559 > Fax:+91 11 26852559 > Mobile: +91 9810934040 > E-mail: [email protected] > Website: www.eyeway.org > Eyeway Help Desk: +91 11 46070380 > For online donations: > http://www.giveindia.org/give/pledgepage/thescorefoundation > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sudhir R (NeSTIT)" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:54 AM > Subject: [AI] Sreedhareeyam & Retinitis Pigmentosa. > > >> Hi folks ! >> >> >> >> Been following the thread on Sreedhareeyam and thought I should share my >> experiences and observations, being a RP patient myself and one who has >> been associated with this institution since its inception. >> >> >> >> a) Sreedhareeyam has good treatments for eye disorders like >> hyper-myopia, astigmatism, etc. I have seen radical improvements in >> patients who are able to reduce the power of their eye glasses after a >> few bouts of in-patient treatments. But, here I should also mention >> that the eye exercises prescribed by the Arvind Institute for Perfect >> Sight, Thiruvananthapuram are equally good in bringing down refractive >> disorders. They hold camps for 2 weeks where they teach simple eye >> exercises designed to strengthen eye muscles and thus correct the >> curvature of the eye lens. Exercises include palming, following a ball >> as it bounces from one hand to the ground and catching it with the other >> hand, staring at the sun with eyes closed, staring at darkness and a >> lighted candle alternately etc. This hardly costs anything and can be >> continued in the privacy of one's home after the initial non-residential >> training. >> >> >> >> b) Retinitis Pigmentosa is a family of diseases with varying >> manifestations in different patients. I have seen patients for whom >> only the lateral vision is getting affected and they have no problem >> reading or recognizing people since their central vision acuity is >> maintained, though the field of vision narrows down progressively. But, >> for a lot of people including me, RP is also accompanied by macular >> degeneration and optic atrophy and here there is very little that one >> can do. >> >> >> >> c) ) Sreedhareeyam's cure for RP is a bit hyped, if one is polite >> about it. Usually, RP is also associated with high refraction problems >> like myopia, astigmatism etc and these are addressed to a large extent, >> especially in younger patients, but, this is not due to improvements in >> retinual attenuation or pigmentation, the root causes of RP. What >> usually happens is that one is influenced by the positive vibes existing >> in their campus between the patients that makes one feel good. Usually, >> patients who reach Sreedhareeyam are facing vision loss and are >> undergoing the associated trauma of depression, self-hatred, rejection >> from mainstream society or self-withdrawal. In Sreedhareeyam, we come >> across people of our own kind and it consoles us tremendously. Then, >> there are the unconfirmed stories of how some guy or gal has been >> "cured" by the treatment which instills hopes in us. Sadly, as a lot of >> ex-patients have vouched for in AI, these hopes turn into >> disillusionments quite fast. >> >> >> >> d) My friend, Dr Reshmi Pramod, an Ayurvedic doctor herself and >> now visually challenged, tells me that Susrutha (Acharya of Ayurveda) >> himself says diseases of the Retina cannot be cured. I request Reshmi >> to comment further on this, especially since she herself was a patient >> of Sreedhareeyam for multiple bouts. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> e) The treatments at Sreedhareeyam has become very costly over >> the years. In 1999, when they started off, it was a very small, >> intimate affair where there was excellent interaction between the >> limited patients, therapists and the doctors and their family members. >> Progressively, as it grew from the small Illam (traditional Kerala >> House) to the complex of modern buildings and cottages, it has lost its >> intimate character and is today a commercial entity, mainly into medical >> tourism, targeting rich NRIs and foreigners. >> >> >> >> f) In conclusion, if one has the luxury of time and money, one >> can keep on experimenting with Sreedhareeyam and similar institutions in >> Kerala (who also claim cures for RP). I feel bad for middle class / low >> income group parents of blind / low vision kids who trek religiously to >> this place every 3/6/12 months and spend time and money trying to cure >> blindness or reverse deterioration. Wherever possible, our self-help >> group in Kerala reaches out to such patients and reach them the >> redeeming message of assistive technologies and urge them to continue >> their studies / professions using computers. Prasanna Kumar, Reshmi, >> Renuka and countless others from Kerala have been able to use computers >> instead of running after miracle cures and are productively engaged >> today. I myself often rue the 10 years I wasted in pursuing treatments >> of all genres (homeo, naturopathy, suddha, unani, ayurveda at >> Sreedhareeyam and at other places) and wish I had learnt Java and Oracle >> instead with all that time, money and residual vision. (smile) At >> least, that would have contributed better to my new career (started >> after losing sight and then having to quit a public sector company >> through a voluntary retirement) as a marketing manager in a software >> company ! >> >> >> >> g) I Do not wish to discourage anybody from trying Sreedhareeyam, >> but, please note that all that glitters is not gold. (smile) >> >> >> >> Thanks and rgds >> >> >> >> RS >> >> Kochi >> >> [email protected] >> >> 098 472 76 126 >> >> >> >> h) >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
