Comfort & Joy Oriental Medicine

04/21/2022

Yip this bub was born vaginally at home in the birth pool.
5.46 kg
12 pounds
3 hour labour
Intact Perineum
🌈
The midwife had this to say.
“Stop telling women they can’t birth big babies vaginally “
👏
Midwife

12/21/2021

04/03/2021

Direct primary care-
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10/15/2020

"Everyone carries with them at least one piece to someone else's puzzle."
So wrote Lawrence Kushner in his book, *Honey from the Rock*.

In other words, you have in your possession certain clues to your loved
ones' destinies -- secrets they haven't discovered themselves.

Wouldn't you love to hand over those clues -- to make a gift of the puzzle
pieces that are most needed by the people you care about?

Search your depths for insights you've never communicated. Tell truths
you haven't found a way to express before now. More than you know, you
have the power to mobilize your companions' dreams.

Rob Brezsny's Newsletter

10/14/2020

I hope this note finds you safe and well.

I returned from caring for my sister in New York, to the Covid-19 lock-down in Colorado.
Since my return, I’ve had some intense discussions with my doctor about my personal health issues, which worsened while I was away.
Even though I bought PPEs, UV-C lights, sanitizer sprays, and so on, I had to forego my plans to reopen after considering the state of my lungs and blood work.
My physician’s advice is to delay opening until it is safer, as I am in the high risk group for complications from Covid-19.
I miss everyone! I miss working!
Unfortunately for now, I need to keep myself and all of my friends and patients, who mean so much to me, safe.
Please know, I am absolutely reopening at the first possible moment!
I am not retiring and I am not closing forever.
Let me quash a rumor that has come to my attention.
I have not not closed. I have not sold my business. I have not handed my business over to anyone!
I will never share or sell your personal information. When I refer you to any other practitioner, you will be asked to give them any information they require. I am sorry that, at a later date, I have no say in how that information is used.
While I am temporarily closed, I do not want anyone to be without the care they need. Please contact me and I will do my best to assist you in connecting with a trusted, professional substitute.

On another note, there is a non-profit business that I would love to share with you, which I endorse. Right now they have just begun a funding drive.
This is Judi Terrill and her Jade Women de LaLonde.
They treat children recovering from trauma, who are having behavioral issues, or who are having physical symptoms where other modalities have not been successful — all regardless of the family’s ability to pay!!!
This is a non-profit that has given over 2,300 treatments to children in the Denver area; and right now they are seeking support and partners to contribute to their:
Benefit by Mail
The work of Judi and her partners is amazing. She has earned my respect and admiration over many years.
If you are able, your support will make a difference in a child’s life and be truly appreciated!
I think that you will admire what they are doing as much as I do!
jadewomandelalonde.org

I promise to be in touch when I do reopen.
Please be safe!
Much love, Joy

05/18/2020

Please read, and understand my concerns about re-opening my office. Thanks! Joy

Please read this link to learn about the author and background to these posts. It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope can also be predicted. We have robust data from t...

03/14/2020

I have a sister staying in rehab at Kirkhaven in Rochester.
Except for one night, and two afternoons to do laundry, I have stayed with her, in her room, night and day, 24/7, since she first got there on February 5th.
Yesterday they forced me to leave her. My sister was sobbing and I am beyond upset.
I offered to not leave the building until my sister was discharged, and pointed out that, unlike staff, because I stayed there, I was not getting possibly exposed and coming back every day.
My sister is devastatingly affected by perfumes and chemicals in everything, perfumes, lotions, cleaning products.
I had willingly taken over all aide work for her because it is hard to find safe staff not wearing scented products.
I am self employed and live in Denver. I have been with her since last October, not without sacrifice.
I knew that for my sister to have a real chance to recover, she would need extra support.
So I have been there, night and day, attending to her personal hygiene, bringing all her trays, emptying trash, changing linens, cleaning, mopping the floor, everything.
I asked them to not lump me in the category of a visitor, to consider the situation.
This was not handled well, with any real consideration or compassion.
I, of course, at first refused to leave my sister.
The head social worker waved papers at me and said it is the Govenor not her, and demanded that I leave the premises immediately, or the police would be called to have me removed.
Meanwhile my sister is sobbing
and gutted.
She is close to discharge, but now I am concerned how much this will set her back.
I am trying to figure out who I could contact to be allowed to return to support and care for her.
This situation is stupid, ridiculous, and heatbreaking all at the same time.

10/11/2019