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Yesterday I was reminded of a passage in The Art of War:

According to an old story, a lord of ancient China once asked his physician, a member of a family of healers, which of them was the most skilled in the art.

The physician, whose reputation was such that his name became synonymous with medical science in China, replied, “My eldest brother sees the spirit of sickness and removes it before it takes shape, so his name does not get out of the house.

“My elder brother cures sickness when it is still extremely minute, so his name does not get out of the neighborhood.

“As for me, I puncture veins, prescribe potions, and massage skin, so from time to time my name gets out and is heard among the lords.”

When I tentatively broached the topic of a possible relationship between food and Behcet’s, my “famous” Japanese doc said:

There is no evidence of any such link. And there are many theories as to the cause of it but none of them are substantiated.

Now, if this were not Witha that he was talking to then perhaps the person in the seat would have been discouraged. Suffice to say, I quickly changed tack and then just agreed with everything he said so I could get the flock out of there…

Fact of the matter being, I told him there was research and therefore evidence. < that’ll be a full stop there folks!!

On mentioning that I had experienced diarrhoea, a feeling of nausea… he pretty much instantly dismissed my concerns as having nothing to do with colchicine (the medicine/poison I’m taking!) He obviously disagrees with wikipedia…

I didn’t bother mentioning my aching kidneys and the sore throats that I’ve been having recently…

So…

“As for me, I puncture veins, prescribe potions, and massage skin, so from time to time my name gets out and is heard among the lords.”

I’ll be in need of his eldest brother me thinks!!!

Wish me luck!