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Health Experts – Commentary Lesson

Hi, this is Kristin, welcome back to the commentary for the conversation Health Experts. In the conversation, AJ and I were talking about health experts not being very helpful, with the example of my fibroids. Y’know, that was a situation where I wasn’t getting much help. I kept going to the doctor. I had certain things going on that were not normal for me for my body and I kept going to the doctor, trying to figure out what the problem was and they didn’t know.

And finally, after many visits, they decided, oh you should have this test done. You should have the sonogram so that we can see inside of you. Maybe you have these…these fibroids, these tumors growing inside of you. Which I did. Until they suggested that, though, I didn’t understand what was going on with my body and they didn’t either. So that was a situation where they weren’t helpful.

However, yes, health experts can be helpful. If you go to a health expert for a specific reason, for example, like my thyroid issue. I was having, again, some things that were not normal for me for my body. I knew something was not quite right and I went to my naturopathic doctor. Remember a naturopath is not a traditional doctor. And with some blood work that I…some blood that I had taken, they were able to see the results showed that I had some thyroid, low thyroid issues.

So my thyroid was functioning at a low level. It was working at a low level. So right away I was able to find out what the problem was. And then, so that was very helpful, and then by knowing, I could actually make my own decisions. I had the freedom to make my own decisions. Now, for a while, I chose to continue to see my naturopath. She would give me different supplements, y’know, different pills, natural pills to help with the situation, but they weren’t helping. And I was spending a lot of money doing this.

So eventually I made the decision to start to get acupuncture to try to help it. And so, y’know, I’ve been receiving acupuncture now for about a year and a half and I’m also taking some herbs, dried plants, specifically to help my thyroid. And I think slowly it is actually helping because I was tested recently and the tests shown from my blood, it showed that my thyroid was starting to work at a little bit higher level.

So it just made me think of, y’know, going to a doctor or going to a health expert and getting, finding out if they are able to figure out what’s going on, finding that out and being able to have the freedom to make your own decisions and as to how you want to treat the problem. It made me think of a story with one of my parents’ pets.

My parents have many pets, cats and dogs. So this one dog, recently, her name is Jackie, she’s just been shaking. And my mom was telling me, “I don’t know what’s wrong with her but I don’t want to take

her to the doctor.” An animal doctor is called a veterinarian. And my mom said, “No, I don’t want to take her to the veterinarian because it’ll be too stressful for her.”

So Jackie ended up having a shaking fit, y’know, the shaking happened for about 30 minutes which was the longest this had happened and my mom thought, “Okay, I think it’s maybe time to take her to the doctor to find out what’s going on. This isn’t normal for her.” So she took her to the doctor and they took some x-rays, I think, of her…and what they found, yeah, they took some x-rays, what they found was on her spine.

The spine is the part, the big part, it’s the major bone that goes from the top of your neck where your head and neck meet, and it’s the bone that goes all the way down into your hips. That’s your spine. So they found in her spine some problems and the veterinarian, the animal doctor, recommended that my mom start giving her anti-inflammatory pills along with some other pills.

If you have inflammation, it just means it’s an area that is irritated. There’s…it’s, there’s just a problem, the anti-inflammatory pills are supposed to help soothe the area where there is a problem causing pain, for example. And they thought that, the animal veterinarian thought that she was shaking because she was in pain.

So when my mom told me this, I said, “You know Mom, you should take her to the veterinarian that does chiropractic work.” A chiropractor is someone, and they can work on people or animals, they actually work with the spine. The spine being that bone that goes from the top of your neck where your head meets your neck all the way down to your hips. They work with that part of your body. They’re very specific doctors.

And I was like, “Don’t give her that medicine. It may not help. Don’t spend the money on it. Just take her to the veterinarian that does chiropractic work because it’s something having to do with her spine. She’ll probably be able to help Jackie.” And my mom said, “Yeah, you’re right. I’m going to make an appointment with her.”

So she was able, because she knew what the problem was, y’know, her veterinarian, a very traditional doctor, took x-rays which helped my mom and helped them to see what the problem was going on with Jackie. So then my mom could actually make her own decision. Y’know, she could choose to buy the medicines that her traditional animal doctor was recommending or to do something else. And she’s actually choosing to go to another veterinarian who will give Jackie, it’s what’s called an adjustment, and

she’ll just do what’s called a manipulation where she actually presses on certain areas, pushes on certain areas of that bone, the spine.

And that…so it’s wonderful. You can also, when you know what an issue is, a problem, you can do your own research on the internet. And that makes me think of how my mom actually found this particular veterinarian that does chiropractic work. It was for me. Another one of their dogs was having problems. They were taking her to their traditional veterinarian. They couldn’t figure out what was going on with Scooter.

He was in a lot of pain. And I started doing some research on the internet. This is one of the great things about the internet. There is so much information on it. And I started doing some research and I found this particular veterinarian that does the chiropractic work, the work on the spine. And I said, “Y’know, mom, maybe you should try to take Scooter to this veterinarian. Maybe it’s something with his spine.”

And I think my mom was a little bit unsure but she decided to do it and she took him and as it turns out, that’s what it was. He had an issue with his spine and this veterinarian was able to push in certain areas and to help him. He was having all this pain and now he’s been pain free for six months, no, actually almost I think a year.

So it is…health experts can definitely be helpful and if they can help you figure out what’s going on. And then the great thing is you, y’know, you can either take their advice, follow them, follow their advice, their suggestions, or do the research on your own and take control yourself.

Okay, this concludes the commentary for this month’s lesson, Health Experts. Have a great month and I’ll see you next time. Bye-bye.