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(Margaret Bumbalo and Debbie visited Jane last night; she also called me around 8:30. Jane had to have her catheter changed again, at about midnight, after attempts at irrigating it failed. She was doing well when I got there at 1:05 this afternoon, though. The temperature was 4l degrees, and dry for a change.

(3:00. Jane started reading yesterday’s session, and did fairly well, with some hesitation and pauses. She finished in 12 minutes, though, doing better as she went along, until she finished up in good style.

(3:14. She then tried to read the fan letter about the “nightshade” diet, but didn’t do well even though it was typed. I read the last page to her myself. I repeated that I wanted Seth to comment on the question of diets and treatments for ailments. We had an interesting talk, and I made some very good points—wish I had them written down. My main point was that by displacing the cause of their troubles outside themselves, the patient freed himself or herself of guilt and responsibility for their own welfare. It made me wonder just how many ills are treated in this way, with the “cure” being given to the patient through conventional treatment, where if the patient understood what mechanisms were operating within, the cure could be attained without medical intervention.

(I also rubbed the Rescue Remedy Cream on the knuckles of Jane’s right hand, as I’d done yesterday. Steve B. had given her the cream, and we’re using the nodules on Jane’s right hand as a testing ground. She did report increased mobility in the hand—but has also been doing so for a little while now. So we know beneficial changes were in progress before we started using the cream.)

(4:45. She did a few small exercises, moving her left foot and her upper body, almost deliberately, to see if she could do them; we’d talked about her retaining so far all the improvements she’s made since October 9, when we had the first of the “new” sessions. And she has kept them.