“I began to receive acupuncture treatments from Dr. Julian Lange once a week [and] literally after the first acupuncture session with Dr. Lange, I began to feel relief. Over the course of [10 months or 26 treatments] the relief translated into, basically, getting my life back; where I had energy because I wasn’t in pain every day. I have not had an attack in several months now.

“Dr. Lange took the time to explain the thinking behind the acupuncture and why it would work, or not work.

“Most amazing and heretical, given the standard main stream medical treatment that I was being given and experiencing with the surgeons, was the intake that Dr. Lange conducted prior to, and throughout my treatment. I have never had any doctor, including my therapist do such a comprehensive intake of my entire history; my entire psycho, social, emotional, physical history since I was a child. And Dr. Lange used and relied on that history to glean clues and insights into where I was now as an adult, and why my disease, my illness, was what it was.

“Because of the pain and the kind of hopelessness I felt after all the invasive tests and vague descriptions and theories about what was wrong with me, I began to lose hope that there was any change to be had. One of the critical components of his treatment is to give a sense of power and control back to his patients, he certainly did to me. He assured me that I would not have to have a treatment every week for the rest of my life. And I am finding that I am o.k. going three, four weeks in a row and now I’ve reached, I think, a five week mark.

“In retrospect, I feel like maybe I did not need to have the hysterectomy. The only relief that I’ve had has been because of the acupuncture treatments:

“Dr. Lange gave me my life back, gave me a sense of hope, gave me, again, a sense of power and control, a sense of control over my own life
“I am [also] finding that I can handle stress on a physical and emotional level so much more effectively in terms of my outlook on life and ability to be productive than I ever have been before.

“I have to say having gone through what I’ve gone through, I would encourage anybody to seek out alternative medical treatment before resorting to surgery."

The long version of Catherine’s story is also available in transcript form and on audio. Free audio download available