My tipping point. Two and a half hours in a waiting room for a doctor\r
to spend ten minutes with me and tell me that I needed to add more\r
fiber in my diet for chronic abdominal pain due to IBS. This was after\r
six years of the same doctor prescribing pharmaceuticals that made me\r
lifeless and comatose to treat the pain and then telling me I was\r
lucky that I responded to the pills when I asked for alternatives.\r
Frankly, I got tired - I got tired of living with the pain and I got\r
tired of waiting for the pain to go away. Enter acupuncture.\r
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I made the call on a Thursday and had an appointment for the next day.\r
After talking to Doug about my treatment plan, I thought I had made\r
the right decision and after my first treatment, I knew I had made the\r
right decision. I felt immediate relief and had a long-term plan to\r
treat the root of the pain, instead of masking it by treating the\r
symptoms – something I had been asking my doctor to do for years.\r
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I could not have asked for a more genuine and sincere caregiver in Doug. I initially received acupuncture to treat the abdominal pain but have since received treatments for other conditions - back, neck and shoulder pain, seasonal allergies, headaches, and colds. However, what I am most thankful for is the nutritional\r
care. Doug helped me identify food allergies, which made me realize the food I was eating was making me sick. This is information that I will use for the rest of my life.\r
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To say that I’ve been pleased with the results would be an\r
understatement of the positive effects I’ve experienced. Regardless of how I feel when I walk into the office, I always leave calmer, more relaxed and knowing the rest of my day will be great. The abdominal pain that I had accepted as a permanent fixture in my life is no more\r
but I continue to use traditional Chinese medicine with Doug as my caregiver.
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