Pat:

What a wonderful contribution - sincere thanks.

You have encapsulated what, I feel, the majority of users of this site
understand to be the spirit of the enterprise.

Sadly I think that perhaps JUST on this occasion you are wasting your time.

You (and several others) have helped me greatly on a personal level and I
really fail to understand all the recent acrimony. I agree with you entirely
that the way in which Ken, and all of you regular conributors, care about
people should preclude any suggestion of his being 'obtuse'.

I certainly hope that the site continues the help offered to Emphysemics and
that the name is retained.

Kind regards,

George H.


----- Original Message -----
From: <pmgalvin@...>
To: <emphysema_usa@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: [emphysema_usa] I Buteyko is helping


> Jean,
>
> Why on earth do you want to create such an unnecessaey furore???? Why
> don't you get off Ken's back????
> Ken has an unblemished reputation of helping people on this and other
> websites. He was very seriously ill with Emphysema and on 24/7 hours
> Oxygen. He is now recovering extremely well. He is certainly not
> "obtuse"!
> Further, he gets no remuneration for spending hours arguing with you -
> YOU who havn't even spent a few bucks to buy the book(s) , and tried to
> understand the Buteyko Method - before whining that it is of no help to
> folk with Emphysema.
>
> I speak from experience of using the Buteyko Method for well over a year
> now. I think you have read my postings.
>
> A helluva lot depends on your own discipline and the consistency with
> wiich you do the exercises. Maybe you know you just can't be bothered
> and would quit - and then complain some more.
>
> Just maybe you should spend some of your "hard earned money" to improve
> your quality of life. You can't take it with you! Not everything in
> life is FREE. Why should it be?
> You seem so tight with a buck - and so money-orientated.
>
> If a Practitioner studies for years and pays out for his/her training -
> just why shouldn't he/she be permitted to make a good dollar???
>
> No one is going to "make capital" out of your afflication. Oz is
> virtually the centre of Buteyko. Its where it started in the West. I
> feel completely confident that "all is secret' is a lot of nonsense.
>
> I spent some 400 UK pounds of my own hard earned money for a one-on-one
> Workshop with Sasha Stalmatski when I was in London.
> The best money I had ever spent.
> Of course I was dubious. But I had read and re-read, and photocopied
> pages in Teresa Hale's book.
> She has a highly renowned Clinic in London - opened by the Prince of
> Wales some 10 years ago - so its no flybynight outfit - so I was
> pretty confident that it was a bonefide set-up. Fool I may be -
> stoooopid I'm not!!!!
> I'm 77 years old and on pension with some savings.
>
> I don't know just why I am (possibly?) wasting mysel writing to you -
> except that it MAY make life better for you.
> Do yourself a favour, Jean, and heed the words of an old man who has
> nothing to gain - regardless if you take a Workshop - DIY with a video -
> or just read the books - or jump off a pier. I have merely tried to
> help. Pat.
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