9.9 Europium phosphoricum caseWidth 9, Depth 7,
Cure 7, Duration 7
A woman of 40 years of age has had multiple sclerosis for 7 years. She's deteriorating steadily. The first symptom was a shiver going down neck and back on bending down to pick up a tennis ball. She had a worsening after two years, with paralysis and blurred vision in her right eye. She was treated with steroids which she hated as the treatment felt like a monster taking over.
Now she has weakness of her legs, especially the front side of her left thigh, which she has to lift manually sometimes. Her legs become heavy and weak, more so when she’s tired. For the last year walking up stairs has become a problem, as climbing just one stair will cause weakness the rest of the day. She can have a constant need to run to the toilet, with very little warning. Her eye can feel tired often. It started at the time when her son was one year old and she was fully busy at work. Maybe she took on too much too quickly, was too keen to advance her career. She was extremely ambitious and wanted to be invited to become a partner. She didn't need the partnership but just wanted to be asked.
Her first relapse was when a partner discovered she had MS and decided not to continue with the partnership. She stopped working for a year or two but she was surprised that she didn't miss her work at all. The discovery and relapse were frightening. She’s determined to carry on and do everything. She wants to maximize the length of time of being OK, so her children don’t have to say "What is wrong with mom?".
She likes to read and travel. She wants to have a “full learning experience”. She likes new people and experiences. She’s very communicative, but sees herself as quite solitary. She searches for deep contact. She likes to know someone well, including they like and what makes them happy. She’s interested in what close friends would think of a situation, although she wouldn’t alter her behavior accordingly. She wants to know everything about her close friends and wants them to know everything about her. A lot of the time she lives her life in her head.
She has a strong aversion to superficial contacts, to party situations and hates talking superficially to people at a bus stop. Her husband is more sociable, but he has no close friends.
Her childhood was secure, safe and happy. Her parents were conservative and not the most inspiring. They had difficulty letting her grow up, always seeing her as a child. There was no discussion of anything important. So the relationship was distant. Her younger sister thinks she is militant. They don't have a very good connection. She always wanted a sibling as a close friend. That would have been beneficial and would have given her strength.
Her first child was born by Caesarean section due to fetal distress. She didn't feel at home in hospital. She hated it when the nurses tore off the blankets for breast-feeding.
Hobbies: reading, travelling, skiing.Weather: < gray weather, it makes her depressed; < heat.
Time: < 5 pm
Desire: fish, potatoes, bread, cereal, salad, tuna.
Aversion: red meat.
Sleep: half asleep in second half of night; falling asleep is difficult if her mind is racing.
AnalysisMultiple sclerosis is an auto-immune disease, indicating the
Lanthanides. The theme of understanding, wanting to be smart is typical of
Europium. The
Stage 9 is confirmed that she just wanted to be asked, needing the sign of approval.
There’s a strong theme of friends and contact. This points to
Phosphorus. Combined this leads to
Europium phosphoricum.
We can see this together in: desire for deep (Lanthanide) contact (
Phosphorus) in order to understand (
Europium). The deep contact is a theme that pervades everywhere, with friends, her parents and her sister.
ConfirmationsLanthanides: eye symptoms, paralysis, deep, <- taken over, <- superficial, <- hospital, <- nurses forcing her.
Phosphor: -> travel, communicative.
Follow upAfter
Europium phosphoricum MK she was doing much better. She could climb a hill. She was more cheerful, felt more at ease. Her energy went up.
Six months later she only has some urinary problems left. Her strength is normal.
After 3 months she wrote:
"I have been very well. I feel better than I have for two years. My mobility is much improved. Next week I am taking the children to New York so I must be feeling fit!!
My only problem is with the urgency of going to the toilet. I must always know that I can reach a WC quickly. This causes me some anxiety. Would you recommend that I have more remedy ?"
Two and a half year later she doing fine. She had no vision disturbances anymore, her strength is good. The only problem is that she can still have some urgent desire for urination.