Does An Apple A Day REALLY Keep The Doctor Away ?
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Dr. Rick is our family doctor, he is an iridologist. He was recommended by my former boss when my husband had an excruciating stomach pain and a team of doctors at a reputable hospital wanted to operate on him; something we're not quite happy about, to put it mildly.
"I see someone who has a very good aura, and who doesn't need surgery",
With a pleasant smile, Dr. Rick said in welcome to my husband as we entered his office. After a brief consultation, he prescribed a probiotic; and that's all; to our surprise and relief. He stopped all previous prescriptions by the doctors at the hospital; incidentally there were about 8 pills to be taken thrice a day.
"This will bring back the natural function of the stomach", he said. He believes that the body should be restored to its natural functioning as much as possible. Even though at this point my husband was not yet relieved of the physical pain, emotionally and psychologically, he was relieved that his case was not life-threatening. Before we left his clinic on that first consultation, Dr. Rick assured my husband:
"I am your doctor and I am responsible for your health. Should you feel anything wrong, just call me anytime, day or night".
We learned later that he does not sleep until 4Am since he has patients all over the world, who consults with him through telephone, from Japan, Australia, Canada and the US and who knows where else?
There are many things I like about this doctor:
He does not forbid you to eat food which is not good for your condition. Instead, he will just caution you to go slow on it; he doesn't want his patients to be deprived either. In the case of my husband; drinking beer has become quite a habit at that time; but the malt in beer won't sit well with his stomach problem so Dr. Rick compromised; by the way, it was almost Christmas by then:
"You can drink a glass of red wine", Dr. Rick advised.
And to me who developed a fatty liver and a pre diabetic
"Fatty foods is not good if you have high cholesterol, but you can have pork once in a while; even "lechon" (roasted suckling pig), while too much sugar is not advisable as well if you are pre diabetic, but you can eat a little ice cream or cake occasionally".
Actually, it all boils down to our choice, really! Sometimes though, human nature is naughty, we want to eat what's forbidden; but Dr Rick gives us the choice to decide for ourselves. It is a mature way of treating people. In my case, I need to master a lot of self discipline.
I like Dr. Rick because I can call him anytime. Whenever I tell him our problem, he does not hesitate to prescribe medicine unless he feels the need to see us personally.
But what is most important about our doctor is his being an Iridologist, he can tell what is wrong with a patient just by looking at the eyes with his lens.
Iridology, according to Wikipedia:
"is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns, colors and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine some information about a patients systemic health...."
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So whenever we don't feel well, we go see him and sometimes, even without looking at our eyes with his lens, he can already tell what's wrong. Oftentimes, we don't tell him how we feel, but when he examines our eyes, he can tell what's wrong; or assures us that everything is fine and that some discomforts are due to old age.
Once, he looked at my husband's eyes and told him to go have an ultra-sound to confirm his observation and true enough, what he said was confirmed by the test. It is so comforting not to go through a series of tests to rule out what's wrong.
When my husband's brother and his wife from Vancouver came for a visit, we brought them to Dr. Rick. Upon looking at the wife's eyes, Dr. Rick said:
"You have hemorrhoids, right?",
of course the wife was shocked how he was able to detect her deepest secret.
In the beginning, our three children were quite skeptical about the doctor, so one day we brought them to the clinic. We were all seated around his table, just making small talk, but I saw he was observing the children closely. All of a sudden, he told my son that he has some knee discomfort; them to one of my daughters, he said that she has irregular monthly period. He said this without even looking at their eyes with his lens. On both counts, he was right.
Oftentimes, we don't even feel any pain or anything but when he sees something that is not right, he will prescribe medication to correct it. But mind you, he is so conservative in prescribing medicine; and in doing so, he always take into consideration the overall well being of the patient; not just the problem at hand, so he will not prescribe medicine that will affect the other organs of the body especially when he is closely monitoring a specific organ of a patient.
Another thing I like about Dr. Rick is his sense of humor. Whenever we go to his clinic, we need to use a password to get passed the guard at the gate: "PPD" (Pinaka-Poging Doctor) meaning "the most handsome doctor".
While consulting with him, he will tell stories and in so doing, the patient will forget what he went there for in the first place. He takes his time with everyone, explains what's wrong and patiently answers questions; he doesn't know the word "rush" when he is with a patient.
I suspect that maybe he is a bit psychic too. When I call, he will say:
"Oh Rita, I know you would call, I dreamt about it, what's wrong?"
And I reply:
"well doc, didn't you also dream why I'm calling?"
And when I finally tell him why I was calling, oftentimes about my husband who wants to know something. After that's done, having given a prescription and all; he would ask:
"How about you, I can feel that you are not quite well? Do you have a sore throat or colds? Take biogesic and drink lots of liquids"
"Yes", I say
"Ok call again, anytime at all should there be any developments",
And I thank him. As usual, he does not rush to end the call.
For every discomfort, he seems to look at it as a deficiency in vitamins or minerals. I clearly remember when I started walking for exercise and my ankles harden and I feel the pain after walking for 15 minutes; he gave me something to ease the pain. When I see people limping with pain as they walk, and they blame it on rheumatism or gout and they just put up with it; I'm often tempted to tell them to go see my doctor.
Dr Rick is also a psychiatrist, so in the process of consultation, he also counsels. He believes that some patients develop illness due to personal problems causing stress. To de-stress, he often recommends ballroom dancing, sometimes, he will turn on his CD player and demonstrates the exercise routine.
"rhythm is very important to the body's well being that's why you need the music to be in sync: start movement with your fingers, then the wrist, the elbows, the shoulders and finally the whole body", he says. By the way, he can also sing and dance well, that's why he does the demonstration gracefully.
I also heard that a lot of his patients live long, one patient I personally knew lived up to over 90 and he blamed Dr. Rick for keeping him healthy up to such a late age.
Now, I worry, what's gonna happen to us if we out-live him? He is almost 10 years older than me and I intend to live long.
