How much of an illness is our own perception? Conventional medicine says that if something does not appear in testing, then it is probably not an issue or it’s all in your head. Far from it!
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Everyone knows at least one person that has been in active military duty and many of us know someone who is still fighting a battle even though they have returned home. The assaults that occur against a serviceperson in active duty are not just potentially lethal while serving, they can continue for years after leaving the service. What is the key to solving these complex cases and restoring life to these suffering heroes?
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My first question is, how stressed does this waiting room image make you? Does this give you reassurance that you will receive individualized, attentive care in a timely manner? How often in the last year have you been sitting in an emergency room waiting room and for how many hours?
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In the human body there is also an inherent pattern, history, experiences and lifestyle that creates our health or lack thereof. Simply applying a prescription drug may make us feel better, may reduce the symptoms of chaos, pain and debility, but it does not create change, nor does it promote resolution. As soon as we stop, the original condition will often return, making us dependent on the drug for peace within our body.
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In my two previous articles on this topic, I’ve pointed out that automation and profit motivation in our health care system have displaced the human element, even though this is a system that is supposed to be concerned for the wellness of humans. How are we to receive what we need from such a system? By creating our own plan that provides for our needs.
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In Part 1, I made it clear that continuing on the path of treating our health care as a business model will never provide the kind of individual and effective patient care that we would like to have. We do not visit our physician’s office to be analyzed by an algorithm. We are expecting to be treated personally and with compassion. We expect to be understood and for our feelings about our symptoms to be taken into account. But this is not a “need” that is recognized in our current system.
How are physicians supposed to reconcile these two opposing expectations?
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Conventional medicine is often miraculous and life-saving, but we have all had terrible experiences including misdiagnoses, long wait times for care and often debilitating prescription side effects. But as long as we have the miracles, we will still turn to conventional medicine. But how much longer can our health care system continue to provide those miracles when it cannot even provide adequate regular care?
Read my three part series published in the summer of 2024 for a researched discussion of the challenges facing all of us with our health care.
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Every woman that walks into the clinic has been told the same thing by their physician ... take more calcium. Particularly post-menopausal women have been programmed to think that calcium is the key to their bone health. In fact, that is far from the truth, so let’s talk about why osteopenia, osteoporosis and arthritis for that matter, seem to be in every woman’s health future. So when we talk about the bones needing lots of calcium, what exactly do the bones do with all that calcium? The answer is .... nothing.
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Just about everything in our lives has limits and health care is no exception. So it’s important to match your views and beliefs about your health with your health care choices. The sad thing is that many people do not realize or believe that they have health choices. To help you with your choices, let me lay out the good, the bad and the ugly about health care options.
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There are more and more diseases that are simply "managed" but not resolved. Everyone has someone in their family that is suffering with symptoms that may come and go, but never truly go away. This is the bread and butter of pharmaceutical companies. Much of the research that is done, which is funded by pharmaceutical companies either directly or indirectly, is focused towards medications. This doesn't truly help us understand the why of disease.
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If there is one question that is on everyone’s mind, it’s about vaccines. So let me help by placing vaccinations into their proper context for you because it’s not a black and white topic of conversation.
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That famous phrase was not just the philosophy of the Borg, it is a continual struggle in conventional medicine. Bugs are smart and the more we use a drug to treat an infection, the more adapted to the drug and therefore the more resistant a bug becomes. But natural medicine uses a different approach.
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