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Kathrin Scheel Ungerleider, 51
Breast Cancer

My recovery from breast cancer, diagnosed in 1998 one year after my husband's death from cancer, was difficult. The tumor had been found early and was treated conventionally with surgical excision and radiation.

Although my prognosis was good, my health spiraled downward. Major problems occurred each year, ranging from extreme fatigue, impaired equilibrium, unnecessary surgery on the other breast for a suspected tumor, to months of severe panic and depression. Finally, I followed a trusted friend's advice and went to the Paracelsus Klinik in August of 2001, as a patient of Dr. Rau.

Since then my health and state of mind have begun to stabilize and take a decisive turn for the better. Although being a patient with a life-threatening illness is never easy, I immediately felt that here was an integrated, holistic response to my symptoms, which before had been viewed as unrelated.

I encountered a non-alarmist, nurturing atmosphere, where suffering and uncertainty were "held" very differently from the way I had experienced previously. In addition the many avenues of inquiry into the psychic and spiritual underpinnings of my condition offered at the clinic, awakened my interest and soon trust in my own life's strange path. And as I started to feel better I recognized the opportunity offered by this illness and found support for deep change. Slowly during many subsequent visits I began to gain knowledge of and confidence in biological medicine which I had been unfamiliar with.

Here was an alternative to the, with exceptions of course, crazed, fragmented and dogmatic response to complex health-problems that conventional medicine offers nowadays. Finding it completely worthwhile to put my trust in this paradigm I am, by doing so, furthering an excellent alternative approach to healing and health maintenance.

I believe that we as patients need biological medicine while also having the privilege and duty to strengthen its base by learning more about it and spreading the word.

When allopathic medicine, generally portrayed as unquestionable, offers insufficient help, the patient is challenged not to accept that. For me, rising to this challenge means learning to trust myself and taking responsibility for my healthcare decisions. Biological medicine as practiced at Lustmuehle is an integral part of my return to physical and emotional health.