Recently a woman came into my office with severe abdominal pain. She had been under a lot of stress and had apparently developed a stomach ulcer which was causing her severe pain. She was angry, sad, and frightened all at the same time. In addition to the abdominal pain she had long standing back pain which was due to muscle spasm. Essentially, she was “all tied up in knots”.
September ~ 2009
Women Helping Women
September 7th, 2009 by Ifeoma IkenzePosted in Women
Every year as September rolls around I find myself thinking of women all over the world. September is the month for women and I think of the plight of women in different countries – mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, grandmothers, mothers-in-law. Women in Africa living with war, famine, and starvation. Women in the Middle East and Eastern Europe living through a war of hate that is permeating and destroying everything around them. Women living in slavery and oppression in Afghanistan, India, and Iraq. Women in South America living in poverty and squalor. And here in the United States, women experience physical and psychological abuse and discrimination every day even in the midst of affluence and plenty.