10.7 Gadolinium phosphoricum caseWidth 7, Depth 4,
Cure 9, Duration 5
by Bada Domic
A woman of 50 years of age is overweight. She started to gain weight in puberty. Overweight and dieting were always her main theme. She would like to lose weight, to be more active. It isn't an aesthetic problem, she would just like to travel around constantly, and the weight is slowing her down. She also doesn't like diets. She would like to eat and lose weight.
The obesity causes problems in the hip and left leg. The hip problem started when she was 5, after her sister was born. She was limping and the doctors concluded that she had a dislocated hip joint for no known reason. She didn't have problems with it until her second pregnancy, during which she gained 30 kg. She can’t walk easily.
She has low blood pressure.
She is matron in a military hospital. She underlines that she never puts herself above other nurses, they are co-workers.
She had a troublesome marriage because she liked to be herself. She has two sons.
Ten years ago she finished Silva Method School and this helped her a lot with self-control and self-awareness.
She has always been herself. When she wants to do something, she always does it. She is successful. The troubles in her life were caused by her parents, husband and relatives, as they didn't understand her. It is always the other person’s fault.
The thing she can’t accept is being a refugee. She came from Croatia in 1991 but she never forgot and forgave. All symptoms got worse after that. She often feels homesick and can’t forget how nice life was there.
At the age of 8 her father left after a fight with her mother. She didn't know if he would come back or not; she stayed immobile in the corner of the room. She started coughing so severely that she thought she would suffocate. Her grandmother helped her by telling her that she would go out and ask her father to come back.
At 10 her father was arrested because of his political orientation. First she felt paralyzed and after that she started to scream and had cramps in her legs.
She didn't pass any of the exams in her first year of studies and she couldn't continue at college. This was a real issue for her and she couldn't talk about it to anyone. After that her hip and leg became numb, and she couldn't walk.
Dream (frequent): "I’m on the top of the hill in front of a beautiful wooden house. That house is mine, and I’m happy looking at the scenes of nature around me." Every time she had that dream, some problems came into her life.
She underlines that she is very nauseated, especially by fruit and vegetables, that could have a worm inside. She refuses even to look at that fruit.
She is a nudist and in spite of her overweight she enjoys the sun.
She was begging me to help her, at the end of the conversation.
Her milk flow stopped after delivery, because her sister didn't come to see the baby.
AnalysisShe's very self-willed, which indicates the
Lanthanides.
She's very self-assured, which indicates
Stage 10. This is confirmed by her recurring dream of being on top of a hill. What's peculiar is that the dream is connected with trouble in her life, a thing which looks contradictory, but isn't so for
Stage 10. Combined this gives Gadolinium.
The earnest begging indicated Oxygen but in the follow-up there was a change to
Phosphorus. She wasn't begging anymore and the theme of her sister came out.
ConfirmationsLanthanides: desire to be herself (free), self-searching, self-control.
self-awareness, autonomy, heavy body, co-worker (not dominating), nudist.
Stage 10: dream being on the top, authoritative, sure.
Oxygen: refugee feeling, blaming, begging, nausea from worms.
Phosphorus: sister, homesick, not understood.
Follow upAfter
Gadolinium oxydatum MK the pain disappeared in 12 hours and didn't come back. She was begging me to let her take the remedy every week, because she was afraid that the pain would come back if she didn't take it frequently.
After one month there was no pain and she lost 5 kg. She is very satisfied. She shows fascination with homeopathy. She said from that moment on she had a new perspective on her life. After
Gadolinium phosphoricum MK she was fine during the summer. She went to Croatia, traveled a lot, and she said she was so happy the whole time, she was laughing and she was communicative just like when she was young. Her leg and hip are better. Sometimes she has problems if she is in one position for a long time. The first movement is always painful and after that she is OK.
Six months later Rhus toxicodendron 30C was prescribed on the indications of her father being arrested and the fights at home. After the remedy she had two painful days. All the old pains came out, but on the third day they started disappearing slowly. Sometimes she has mild pain in the hip but she feels better all the time.
She told me that from the beginning until now she has improved:
• There is no more tension at home.
• She is cheerful and communicative, just like when she was a girl.
• Menses are better
• Pain is better 80%
• She has started a new chapter in her life by studying homeopathy
• She is thinking about diet as a way to lose weight.
Eight months later she's OK. She has no more pain in her hips and knees. She can walk easily. She is 100% better. Before the remedy she couldn't walk more than 100 meters., and the pain was there all the time. Mentally and emotionally: she finally has the courage to say what she wants or what she doesn't want.
Comment
This is a case where several remedies were prescribed. They were all beneficial to the patient. In this case it can be difficult to see the different actions clearly. And I can imagine the reader's questions "And what if Rhus toxicodendron would have been given from the beginning?", "Isn't this palliation?". I think palliation can be ruled out, because the changes are too marked and long lasting. All 3 remedies had their effect as can be seen from the follow-up.