It has been a week of excitement and fun…glad you came to see me…you look great…yes, other than a worthless government, life is doing good at the moment…let me fill you in-
Massage has been shut down this week…I have worked on a few friends, but really was just too busy…I cleaned the room from top to bottom…I expect to be busy this summer and wanted to make it ready
This was my final week in the Antioxidant class…I got an A…I took in a lot of information and was able to process it with what I had already learned…if I have not said it yet…THE BODY IS AN AMAZING PLACE
It is now day 16 without tobacco…I can not believe I have made it this far…I am thankful for the help of the Chantix…honestly, it has made it much easier than any other time I have tried to quit…the pool and the guitar have both been quite useful…one is an escape and the other keeps my hands busy…I have also put into practice a lot of deep breathing
While on Chantix, I have had a hard time focusing…so Boudica has been on a short hiatus…Chris and Rose have been quite supportive…they are about to get a new grandchild and we are quite excited…we have been talking about story ideas…Chris has released some of his paintings for purchase…I am so proud of him…
Walter has been helping me get the house and yard ready for Beltane…the weeding, composting, rebuilding the long hall and reflooring the kitchen and outroom…we will also be painting the outside of the house this summer too…I plan on doing a mosaic solar system…with Pluto being the last planet…I understand the controversy…too bad haters…it will always be part of my solar system…we have started ripping everything up…I have this really cool idea of how I am going to do the walls and ceiling…soon enough a new president will be in office and jobs will be created and I won’t have the time…might as well get it done now…
In the garden this winter I had no dead loss…I will be up potting my young trees…I planted a Bird of Paradise on Shinara…I found a beautiful bush for the front that has these beautiful flowers that are deep purple one day, violet the next, lilac the third and white the fourth…I think I will plant it up front by the door…Cosmo’s Rose is just a ball of Pink…Mellissa and her husband have helping me with it all since Cooper is in MA at the moment…Mom has been spotted with scissors giving the porch plants a hair cut…no joke…the porch plants are red and hairy…lol…get you mind out of the gutter…we have planted a bunch of flowers today…the weather has been great
The dogs are doing well…Chole grows constantly and he is still such a little baby…working with him and Quintus daily at times drives me nuts…when training any dog…being consistent and stubborn is the key…I have never found a need to beat a dog…I treat my dogs like my children…think about it, our kids never did everything we wanted, when we wanted…so your dog will not either…when they are shown what is acceptable, they will often choose that…trouble often happens when they are left unattended and/or neglected…with 4 dogs it takes 4 people (me, Walt, Coop and Dale) to have them as in the house dogs…cleaning is a daily event…this not only holds down any smell, but also keeps them healthy
In antioxidant class I learned about Lipoic Acid…it repairs cells, prevents disease, boosts the immune system and boosts all other antioxidants…I started taking 100mg every morning 2 weeks ago and have noticed a big difference…if I was still using tobacco, I would also take 100mg at night too…I am not anyone’s doctor and can only tell you what I do for me
Have you made a medication list??? This is a good thing to keep and keep updated…this way if something happened…the medical professionals would know what to or not to use…one for the kids is a great thing…doctors, school, sports, etc…just burn a copy when requested
Sun Burn
-Drink plenty of water and juice
- Aloe first 48 hours and then lotion (I use Banana Boat Aloe Gel)
-Icepacks can help take the heat out
-See doctor for blisters
Deep breathing is something we always mean to do, but never really make the time…while I have been going through this quitting thing…I have been going to the pool…I have used the first part of my time and devoted it to deep breathing…it does bring on a certain peace and a sense of humor…sounds easy…was not at first…my mind likes to wander…just refocus and start again…by giving the breathing, you give it importance and your perspective starts to change
My guitar work is coming along slowly…my fingers are slowly getting out of their own way;)…I am starting to do my scales well…I do not know that I will ever master it, but it is a great excuse to keep my fingers busy…lol…Dansir and I made a bond…she is to learn one new song and I will learn a song and we will both play for each other
In the Circle of Boudica we are getting ready for babies to start dropping…Beltane is May 1…I will be having a good bon fire…candles are orange, yellow and red…offering table should have seeds, fresh peas, matches…its all about burning down the old to start the new…dancing, music, eating and sex…what a great holiday;)
Well, as you can see…My ass has been in hyperdrive…how are you doing??? I have not seen that much of you…what is going on in your life…fill me in…
Blessed Be,
D
Showing posts with label patients rights. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Benefit of Integrative Medicine
Welcome and good day to you, my name is Dorraine Cooper-Rooney, I am a Licensed Massage Therapist (MA44729) from Wesley Chapel, Florida with over 400 patients…I am a daughter of seniors and have raised 38 children…it seems like I have delt with some type of medicine since I was 18 years old…this child fell off the skateboard, that child got into a fight, mom’s blood sugar is up, dad needs teeth pulled, the other child broke a leg skiing…with all that is currently going on in healthcare, I have great concern with what I am currently seeing…I would like to show you the problems and some answers that would benefit us all…I would like to introduce you to and show you the benefit of Integrative Medicine…I can hear you in the audience groaning at yet another speech on medicine, I too am tired of hearing them…so let me show you how to fix the situation so we can move on
In medicine we fight many factors to help the patient. With the leading fight being between conventional medicine and alternative medicine, a secondary battle is on a governmental level and last (but, in now way least) how this has let big money run medicine instead of practitioners being able to work freely. Using a plan of integrative medicine would eliminate all of those battles and give, we, the patients the ability to make educated choices, the practitioners the freedom of treatment and make medicine affordable to all.
Like a prize fight in Vegas, I can almost hear the announcer…on this side, wearing the blue trunks, we have conventional medicine…can you hear the audience cheering…wearing the purple trunks, its alternative medicine…a cheer goes up from the opposite side of the arena. This has been a long drawn out battle. Neither side appears to be winning with the biggest loser being the patient.
Conventional medicine is what you now see in most hospitals…very scientific and based heavily in the use of surgery and pharmaceuticals. Dr. Andrew Weil, a Harvard trained physician and supporter of Integrative medicine is quoted stating ‘One of the great tragedies of conventional medicine is that the amount of time doctors spend with patients has come down drastically. In some countries like Japan, this is even worse where doctors now see 30 patients in an hour and are called 'two-minute doctors'.
Alternative or Natural medicine is based in the use of herbs and natural practices that have happened for thousands of years. Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine and Chiropractic name a few modalities in this genera.
When you go to the hospital with the bag of supplements you are taking and the nurse or doctor looks at you like you have lost your mind…do not be surprised or amazed, it is how deeply this fight runs.
Being a student obtaining a bachelor of science in alternative medicine, who will be going to premed, let me give you a tid bit I observed…Did you know; currently there is no mandate for a premed student to take herbology or Botany? There is however one for them to take pharmacology. So a doctor does not have to know what is in the pill, just which ones to push.
I can hear you in the back…I did say Bachelor of Science in alternative medicine and going to be a Medical Doctor…how? Why? Would you choose such a path? I can see the integration of medicine happening…I want to be part of medicine to come…Integrative Medicine is taking the best of both worlds and providing it to the patient…giving we, the patient, the chance to make the best possible choices in our own healthcare. To quote Dr. Weil one more time, ‘Integrative medicine means a true marriage, a system that draws on the best aspects, ideas and practices of all systems of healing.’
Let us next go to our government on every level and how they are corrupting medicine…the accept money and or expensive gifts for votes from the AMA, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies…these people are not overly concerned with the health of patients, only how much money those patients can put into their pockets. We are talking about a 2+ trillion dollar a year industry (Answers). Funny thing is most of the people making these decisions for us do not have any type of medical degree. A good example of this would be Governor Rick Scott of Florida, whom according to MQA license look up on the Florida Department of Health website, has never held a medical license in the state, but has in fact run several healthcare facilities. Though he did much as a business, in the hospitals he ran the level of healthcare went down as people no longer had time to care about the patients they were charged with, this I have heard from several clients. When I asked an ER nurse about it, I was told about how much more paperwork and many more patients (she asked to remain anonymous).
My son is now 28. When I gave birth to him, my nurse (Julie) only had 3 other young mothers to look after, I felt like she was one of the family and with her help I got used to being a new mother and I was given 2-3 days in the hospital. My daughters are now 21 (twins) and when I gave birth to them, the nurse had 10 girls to care for…I can not even remember her name…from the point the babies popped out, they and I were on a countdown as to how many hours the insurance company would pay for me to stay. In the years since, the rooms got nicer, but the care got so limited…it is actually a much worse experience and we wonder why so many young girls are going through post partum depression? Really?
Another place you see care slipping, is the use of transportation to nursing homes for clients who do not show immediate recovery…according to the Insurance it is cheaper for them…that is because they do not concern themselves with what is actually best for the patient only the bottom line…young people in nursing homes recover much more slowly due to depression from their surroundings (Yahoo). I know I would want to get put in a room with a few 90 year olds to recover from knee surgery, would you?
Look around the room; can we count 2 people in this room that don’t take at least one pill a day? Think about that. When I was growing up, only people who were sick took pills…now it seems we all do. Pharmaceutical companies have worked to make us a pill centered society. Got a bump on your toe…got a pill for it…got a rash on your butt…got a pill for it…what about when the pills stop working?
In the end, it will be up to us as patients to stand up for the right to have and use Integrative Medicine. I wish to appeal to each and every one of you to speak to your health care provider about their knowledge of Integrative Medicine. I ask those of you who have insurance to request your provider have Integrative qualifications. Do not be afraid of your federal, state and local officials…stand up and talk to them for in the end they too would benefit from a better form of health care.
In conclusion, I find when Integrative Medicine used…I see much healthier patients, lower healthcare costs and the ability to provide better care to many. With the ‘type of’ healthcare fight that would no longer exist, practitioners could focus on education. Wouldn’t that be a better world for all of us?
In medicine we fight many factors to help the patient. With the leading fight being between conventional medicine and alternative medicine, a secondary battle is on a governmental level and last (but, in now way least) how this has let big money run medicine instead of practitioners being able to work freely. Using a plan of integrative medicine would eliminate all of those battles and give, we, the patients the ability to make educated choices, the practitioners the freedom of treatment and make medicine affordable to all.
Like a prize fight in Vegas, I can almost hear the announcer…on this side, wearing the blue trunks, we have conventional medicine…can you hear the audience cheering…wearing the purple trunks, its alternative medicine…a cheer goes up from the opposite side of the arena. This has been a long drawn out battle. Neither side appears to be winning with the biggest loser being the patient.
Conventional medicine is what you now see in most hospitals…very scientific and based heavily in the use of surgery and pharmaceuticals. Dr. Andrew Weil, a Harvard trained physician and supporter of Integrative medicine is quoted stating ‘One of the great tragedies of conventional medicine is that the amount of time doctors spend with patients has come down drastically. In some countries like Japan, this is even worse where doctors now see 30 patients in an hour and are called 'two-minute doctors'.
Alternative or Natural medicine is based in the use of herbs and natural practices that have happened for thousands of years. Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine and Chiropractic name a few modalities in this genera.
When you go to the hospital with the bag of supplements you are taking and the nurse or doctor looks at you like you have lost your mind…do not be surprised or amazed, it is how deeply this fight runs.
Being a student obtaining a bachelor of science in alternative medicine, who will be going to premed, let me give you a tid bit I observed…Did you know; currently there is no mandate for a premed student to take herbology or Botany? There is however one for them to take pharmacology. So a doctor does not have to know what is in the pill, just which ones to push.
I can hear you in the back…I did say Bachelor of Science in alternative medicine and going to be a Medical Doctor…how? Why? Would you choose such a path? I can see the integration of medicine happening…I want to be part of medicine to come…Integrative Medicine is taking the best of both worlds and providing it to the patient…giving we, the patient, the chance to make the best possible choices in our own healthcare. To quote Dr. Weil one more time, ‘Integrative medicine means a true marriage, a system that draws on the best aspects, ideas and practices of all systems of healing.’
Let us next go to our government on every level and how they are corrupting medicine…the accept money and or expensive gifts for votes from the AMA, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies…these people are not overly concerned with the health of patients, only how much money those patients can put into their pockets. We are talking about a 2+ trillion dollar a year industry (Answers). Funny thing is most of the people making these decisions for us do not have any type of medical degree. A good example of this would be Governor Rick Scott of Florida, whom according to MQA license look up on the Florida Department of Health website, has never held a medical license in the state, but has in fact run several healthcare facilities. Though he did much as a business, in the hospitals he ran the level of healthcare went down as people no longer had time to care about the patients they were charged with, this I have heard from several clients. When I asked an ER nurse about it, I was told about how much more paperwork and many more patients (she asked to remain anonymous).
My son is now 28. When I gave birth to him, my nurse (Julie) only had 3 other young mothers to look after, I felt like she was one of the family and with her help I got used to being a new mother and I was given 2-3 days in the hospital. My daughters are now 21 (twins) and when I gave birth to them, the nurse had 10 girls to care for…I can not even remember her name…from the point the babies popped out, they and I were on a countdown as to how many hours the insurance company would pay for me to stay. In the years since, the rooms got nicer, but the care got so limited…it is actually a much worse experience and we wonder why so many young girls are going through post partum depression? Really?
Another place you see care slipping, is the use of transportation to nursing homes for clients who do not show immediate recovery…according to the Insurance it is cheaper for them…that is because they do not concern themselves with what is actually best for the patient only the bottom line…young people in nursing homes recover much more slowly due to depression from their surroundings (Yahoo). I know I would want to get put in a room with a few 90 year olds to recover from knee surgery, would you?
Look around the room; can we count 2 people in this room that don’t take at least one pill a day? Think about that. When I was growing up, only people who were sick took pills…now it seems we all do. Pharmaceutical companies have worked to make us a pill centered society. Got a bump on your toe…got a pill for it…got a rash on your butt…got a pill for it…what about when the pills stop working?
In the end, it will be up to us as patients to stand up for the right to have and use Integrative Medicine. I wish to appeal to each and every one of you to speak to your health care provider about their knowledge of Integrative Medicine. I ask those of you who have insurance to request your provider have Integrative qualifications. Do not be afraid of your federal, state and local officials…stand up and talk to them for in the end they too would benefit from a better form of health care.
In conclusion, I find when Integrative Medicine used…I see much healthier patients, lower healthcare costs and the ability to provide better care to many. With the ‘type of’ healthcare fight that would no longer exist, practitioners could focus on education. Wouldn’t that be a better world for all of us?
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