Finding the Healer Within

A new patient came to me for an acute infection, and I thought it would be a quick and easy visit. During her exam, I asked about her weight, as she was quite thin. She had been recently diagnosed with Graves disease and was just now regaining the significant weight she had lost. Graves disease is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid, also known as hyperthyroidism. The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland in the front of the neck that controls our metabolism, among other processes and hers was on overdrive. When she was diagnosed, her endocrinologist said immediately, "we'll just remove your thyroid." My patient responded by saying: "I have an autoimmune disease, if I had pneumonia, would you take out my lung?" I'm not sure if her doctor had ever encountered such a savvy patient, but I thanked her for introducing me to a new perspective. She went on to say that she believes she brought it upon herself, which was an insight I was not expecting: "I was going rough time in my life, a lot of trauma, neglecting self-care, not sleeping and eating processed foods, then I got this diagnosis." I was in total awe. She was relaying all the details of what I tell patients. She wholeheartedly believed that she had the power to reverse her disease with the help of some synthetic medicine, a change in her diet, improved self-care, quality sleep and removing herself from the toxic situation that got her there in the first place. I gave her a few more non-Western tips on chakra balanci...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news