The beginning look here - http://www.proza.ru/2018/11/06/1292.
Having come late I failed to get an appointment with the acupuncturist on the first day, instead I managed to get all the information on him from internet. And there was a lot to find out about .
They proved there was such a specialist on acupuncture called Khon Kjun Kim and the fact he had been practicing in Truskavets for four years.
Kim was born in South Korea, got his medical education there and worked for a long time there. He also practiced in China, the USA, Chicago. Having come to Ukraine to visit his student he was offered to settle and start working in the local resort by a well-known Truskavets businessman, philanthropist and healthy lifestyle promoter Sergey Prozora.
There were a few comments on the treatment itself and on the results of it in the internet. Only utube provided some short videos which were difficult to understand. But still I realized that doctor Kin is not a charlatan, and he is a serious doctor that had cured hundreds of patients, amongst them victims of military actions in Donbass and he treated them free of charge.
I had nothing to lose as our doctors refused to cure my "hearing loss" as science calls partial deafness and I have been wearing a hearing aid for more than 15 years. I don’t certainly do it permanently as it’d hard to wear an alien object in the ear, but from time to time I do. The left ear didn’t hear any better than the right one but I did without having the second hearing aid.
My deafness has had a long story. Being young I could hear as well as my fellows, but it started to get worse with years. The ship’s engine rooms of the 60th where I worked, didn’t have soundproof posts and the personal protective equipment were not provided then.
Aged ship's engineers who had been working in the engines rooms their lives are all half deaf and they all talk loudly. Some of them took greater care of their hearing abilities than me, they at least put inside the ears cotton tabs. I took no care of it and didn’t use earphones even when they were available. I felt uneasy having them on the head, they got on my nerves.
I didn’t tell the doctor all of it as he doesn’t know Russian. just said briefly that my both ears are deaf, and asked if he could help. I spoke English but the doctor’s replies were translated to me by the nurse as I couldn’t understand what the doctor said.
The doctor, clad into a snowhite starched gown, was very friendly and confident. He started talking on what can be done at once.
- Your auditory nerves might have been atrophied, he said. It’s a complicated and neglected case, you might understand.
- Yes, I do. But could you help me to improve my hearing?
- I can try, but I’m not a magician and can’t promise miracles. But I have some experience of treating such a desease.You will have to go through treatment course of 10 sessions. And then most probably you’ll have to repeat it.
- OK, I agree. When shall we start?
- We can start right now , it happens I have no patient at the moment.
- Shall I take off the shirt?
- Yes. As well as trousers and socks. So get undressed and lie on your back on the coach.
This is how the course started. The first session lasted about an hour. The doctor put needles one after another and I had to lie with them about 45 minutes. I tried to count how many needles I’d been put but failed. But there were not less than 25 of them. They were put into the hands, head, ears, but mostly into the dots on the legs. It was evident that Kim was putting needles along the channel of vital energy.
I’d heard and read about acupuncture so I wasn’t a completely ignorant of it. I realized that the goal of improving hearing abilities is closely connected with the task of restoration of normal blood circulation. I was eager to tell the doctor of all my illnesses so that he could try to cure them too, but I didn’t let myself do it as I didn’t want to distract the doctor from the main task.
"If some body organs improve functioning, will be great, if not, let it be! I should remember the reason why I’ve come to the hospital and not to interfere with the process of treatment". This is what I used to tell myself. Although I realized even then that some improvement would be coming.
The hardest sessions happened to be the sessions of the second and third days, as after having lied with needles for almost an hour on the back, the doctor made me turn on the stomach and put cans behind the ears and into the popliteal cavity. And they were not the ordinary kind of cans. Within 5 minutes they caused blood run to the place of installment, then Kim took them off and cut the skin in several places under the can with the help of some instrument.
Then he put them again and took the air out, pulling the skin. And I was lying like that for about 20 minutes feeling an awful pain. On the third night I even complained to my daughter saying I wouldn’t stand such execution should it last any longer.
But on Monday it was better, I got accustomed to the needles and the light pain was only felt when being put. The doctor went on putting the cans behind the ears but having seen the colour and quality of my blood I welcomed the action, But as to the popliteal cavity it wasn’t touched any more, the cans were put along the spine, seven cans from each side and it was for improving the blood circulation. I didn’t feel any pain when they were out. Comparing to the first ones they were lighter than a bee bite.
The area behind ears was thoroughly treated. Bloodlettings or “hidjams” behind the ears were done almost daily. Besides Kim put me needles into the definite ear points and he also made curing cauterazition, so called “moxes”. You can have all information on this in the internet if you put your questions correctly.
After the third or fourth session I felt I could hear slightly better. I didn’t feel it that much. I had the sessions at 3 pm and after it I went to the park where I always passed a violin player and each time I was happy to notice I could hear the violin sound at a bigger distance from him.
As to the hearing aid I started using it more seldom but sometimes in the crowded places I put it into the ear to enjoy listening to the strangers small talks.
I visited ten sessions and according to the rules they were to be taken in a day, the results could have been better and it would have been easier to undertake them, but I had no time for it.
Doctor Kim said every day sessions can be done. And he added I should come once again to Truskavets for the better results.
- In October? I like it here in October
- No, it’ll be too late, you should come the latest in April.
So I’ll go to the doctor in April again. If you have started something you should finish it. And certainly it’s not only because of doctor Kin that I will go there. The Naftusi water drinking should be repeated. The only thing that I’ve left on the hills of the park 3 kilos of my weight is enjoyable and impressive. I can’t say anything of my internal organs but my knees are much better. And they can be treated also by eagles and "hidjmams", it will be efficient no doubt.
I’d like to take this opportunity and thank the Oriana hotel personnel as well. All the girls were wonderfully friendly, I enjoyed staying in the hotel. An the massage made by Nina was professional and skilled. And we talked with her during the massage, which we didn’t with Kim. She is an excellent specialist and a nice person, I can recommend her.
I got also acquainted with Sergey Prozora. He is an interesting person very enthusiastic, and I liked him. I hope to go on meeting him and so far I will find the way to send this story to him and it will be translated for doctor Kim.
Doctor Kim is number One!!
End of story - http://www.proza.ru/2018/11/13/900.
* Translated by Tatiana Stamicova, which I thank very much.