I have chronic sinus problem for many years. Starting around Chinese New Year of 2012, I went to see an old Chinese doctor on E. Georgia St., not too far from the Keefer bakery. I had to go to see him every week. It was terrible cooking the Chinese herb. I spent one whole day just doing that. My home would smell terrible! I couldn't cook it everyday so I had to cook a week's supply in one day and drank them during the week. I was running two pots to cook and then re-cook the herb. It was a HUGE hassle. After 1.5 month, no improvement and expensive. Chinese herb is never covered by any plan at work or income tax. I actully wrote a letter to Revenue Canada to get confirmation.
A friend suggested me to see Dr. Sunny at Bongo on 2nd floor Aberdeen Centre. In the beginning, I only got powder herb from her. Later she suggested to have acupuncture to help at the same time. After a while, my condition was improving. But it's very expensive. Works out to be more than $150 a week including the weekly acupuncture treatments. I asked about the cheaper option and I was getting formula instead of individually packed medicine. It's still $100 a week including the acupuncture once a month.
By Feb 2013, I had to stop as I couldn't afford it anymore. That was too bad as it does help a lot.
In July, by chance, I was looking at the Groupon site and found a very good Korean lady on E. 11th & Main. She still is on Groupon. I have acupunture from her once a week. She prescribes me formula powder from a place in N. Vacouver. I called but they said they only provide powder to Chinese doctors, not for retail.
Been seeing the Korean doctor for 3 months now and slowly my condition is getting better. |
發表於 2013-9-5 19:15
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