My Annual Checkup with Tibetan Physician, Dr. Yeshi Dhonden
March 10, 2005

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I have the great fortune to see Dr. Yeshi Dhonden for my annual checkup again this year. Dr. Dhonden, a Buddhist monk, was the Dalai Lama’s personal physician for many years, and was the subject of a Dateline NBC program on Tibetan medicine which focused on Tibetan medicine’s amazing track record of curing cancer patients without surgery, using Tibetan herbal medicines and diet.

Curtis and I first heard about Tibetan medicine by accident years ago when we rented a film from our local video store on the upper west side, called “The Knowledge of Healing”. We were impressed with the success that Tibetan medicine has had in healing so called “hopeless” cases for which western medicine had no cure. We were alsoimpressed by the ancient Tibetan medical tradition, which is a holistic tradition of energy medicine, incorporating physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing.

At that time, we were both suffering from parasite depredation and mold allergy. Western medicine had not helped, even after many months and the ingestion of an array of Western pharmaceutical therapies. I finally used an herbal formula an herbalist in the east village had given me years before, to get rid of the parasites. It worked, but further compromised our health, already weakened by the parasites.

Friends of ours are practicing Buddhists, and by coincidence told us about the waiting list for Dr. Dhonden. And by coincidence, an appointment opened up for both of us.