“The doctor did not even touch me,” a patient complains about a recent visit to an emergency room. The diagnostic tool of the physical examination fades into the background as more modern diagnostic tools take over. In a strange paradox, technology allows the doctor to peer deep inside the body, but at the same time …Read More
Category: Physician
Operating Theater
It is a splendor to behold. Hidden in the recessed bowels of the building. Down in the basement. Long halls with windowless rooms. Bright lights. Down here it is always daytime. The operating rooms of the University hospital live in the snaked caverns of the basement. The floors and walls tiled. Industrial cleaners creating a …Read More
The way out is through the window
“The way out is through the window.” The invisible thought ricocheted in my head and came out as a silent whisper. Mr. Peabody was an 73-year-old in the last stages of death. He was comatose, and I was meeting him for the first time. I was taking over his care as the attending doctor for …Read More
First time
I nearly fainted. My vision goes gray, a cold sweat comes over me, and my knees buckle. I look for the nearest seat. There in the corner. I hope no one noticed. I’m a new medical student assigned to this patient. The resident said I should watch and see how this is done. This is …Read More
“Doc, will you help me die?”
It was my first day on service at the hospital ward. I had a list of patients already admitted from the previous doctor. For the next week, I would be responsible for their care. I read over the electronic charts of the first three patients. Then, with white coat, stethoscope, and a few notes, I …Read More
Watch an actual TeleHeath Energy Healing Session
Want to see an actual distance healing session? I’ve been doing energy healing sessions by telephone with some of my clients. This had been really helpful in TeleHealth sessions. Exploring physical complaints, emotional imbalance like anxiety and mood, even life challenges like “I just don’t feel right,” I have been continually impressed by the power …Read More
Awareness Through Movement, Feldenkrais Method
Many of us aren’t moving in the ways we used to. We’re spending more time sitting, glued to our computer, eyes focused forward, neck and shoulders hunched and tense, belly and diaphragm contracted, our breathing shallow… A lot of us are also holding underlying fear and anxiety throughout our bodies, and possibly grief or emotional …Read More
Andrà tutto bene! ~ Everything is going to be alright!
As Italy struggles with the lockdown due to coronavirus for more than a month, the country is beginning “to see the curve flatten.” This is the scientific way to say that the reported deaths due to the virus on Sunday, April 5, 2020, was the lowest that it had been in the two previous weeks. …Read More
FREE TeleHealth Check-In
As my community service this month to my fellow Florida residents during these difficult times: FREE 15-minute TeleHealth Check-In For online booking only, I am offering FREE 15-minute TeleHealth Check-In appointments. New patient, first appointment only. Check-in with a medical question. Traditional to holistic, all questions welcome as my approach encompasses body, mind, and spirit. …Read More
COVID-19 changing our habits
I am now acutely aware of how many times that I touch my face, rub my eyes, itch my nose. Argh! These unconscious habits are hard to stop. I seem to only notice only after it is done. This is the first aggravating step of changing any behavior: noticing it (even if you can’t change …Read More