Conrad and I just returned from the International College of Integrative Medicine Conference in Washington DC. Conrad was the program chair and I was an impressed member of the audience. The speakers were tops, the energy was over the top and one thing impressed me above all else. Through the presentations the truth of the passion and care for patients of these doctors screamed out at you. Each presenter, each participant brought home to me how we can change medical care in this society for good, how we could have the treatments we seek. Talk with your doctors and tell them what you want.
Want real care – full of solutions to your problems? Want off the prescription pad for good? Talk to your doctors and tell them what you want. During this conference physician after physician, some with tears in their voice, describe how much their patients meant to them. It did not matter if they were talking about a case that improved or someone who asked them to look at a treatment they did not know about, or directed them to an important book. These caring physicians were deeply motivated in a thousand ways by the life and times of their patients. One special physician fought an expensive battle to make sure a treatment she knew was crucial to patient health survived attack by orthodox medicine. Even if one more person could be helped it was worth it to her … that one more patient had an incredible story of recovery and she is grateful she fought on and did not give up.
Please realize it is you… you are the change this country needs. It will be you that brings the kind of care you seek to continue, it will be you that brings down the costs and it will be you that moves the political winds out of the way. Please have a talk with your doctor. If you can’t talk to your doctor you need another one, find one. A good place to start in the ranks of the icimed.com, the International College of Integrative Medicine. Read all about this conference on facebook and on the website.