Health and Wellness Thru Diet and Nutrition
Part One: A search for health and wellness through diet and nutrition to heal prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone.
“May Your Life Be Interesting”. Wow, what an amazing statement. In some cultures it a curse. I see it as a blessing.
Have you ever heard the statement, “Take care of your health it is everything”? If you’re like me, it was heard, but not really. Oh sure, I have been interested in, and even studied diet and nutrition for many years. I’ve been vegetarian, vegan, and carnivore. I’ve been overweight most of my life because of “not really”. I cared, but not enough.
In September of 2009, I went to the hospital emergency room because my doctor wanted me to get some test I couldn’t afford. I went in on September 26, 2009 thinking, “I’ll just get the tests and be home tonight”. I got out two weeks later with triple bypass open heart surgery.
Well, as you may have guessed, I was motivated to get healthy with my diet and nutrition. And I was, for a while. Things went okay for about a year. I began to feel more and more tired. Next, I began to have pain in the hip joints. It got so severe, I couldn’t function. The only relief was to lie on my back in the easy chair. I was trying all kinds of supplements to relieve the pain, to no avail.
My doctor said to have some x-rays taken. I finally did. The reading indicated possible Padgett’s Disease of the Bone. I began to have blood in the urine. That was a little scary and I call my doctor, a homeopathic physician and MD Dr. Tom Firor.
He sent me to a couple of specialists. The weekend after my first appointment with the nephrologist I couldn’t urinate at all the whole weekend. That really scared me!
I call my nephrologist and he got me an appointment with the Urologist. You know; catheter insertion and the whole nine yards.
My nephrologist wasn’t happy with some of my blood tests (specifically PSA) and decided to send me to a Hematologist. This doctor, Dr. Mark Collins, is also an Oncologist. He wanted to know why I was sent to him. I told him what had been going on and he immediately said, “I want to see your x-rays, wait here”.
When he came back he said, “You don’t have Padgett’s Disease of the Bone. You have prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone and it’s in curable”.
Well, I don’t believe cancer is incurable. Thankfully Dr. Firor doesn’t either. When I told him of the diagnosis he said he would do some research and get back to me. He then sent me to Dr. Torok in Medina Ohio who is a former orthopedic surgeon how specializing in curing cancer with homeopathy. And Dr. Aukerman the head of the OSU Center for Integrative Medicine who specializes in ab alternative health and wellness program focusing on helping my body cure itself through Diet and Nutrition.
Four days after I started the homeopathic remedy I no longer need the narcotic pain patch Dr. Collins had prescribed. However, I still needed the Tramadol before I went to bed to get to sleep. I was so amazed; I called Dr. Leonard Torok and asked if it could work that quickly. He said if you get the right remedy it works very quickly. I said, “You really nailed it then”!
A few weeks after I started the homeopathy remedy I began Dr. Aukerman’s diet and nutritional supplements he prescribed. Shortly after I started that program I began to sleep better.
So far, I no longer need the pain medication and my blood tests have gone from showing high inflammation to normal in the span of two months.
“May your Life be Interesting”. It is. It is also a Great Blessing! I’m looking forward to see what unfolds.
A Look at What Sports Medicine
If you play sports, whether it be professional sports or just for fun you can find yourself dealing with aches, pains and discomforts in your joints and muscles. An occasional ache or pain is something you can deal with on your own but an injury that happens on the field may require an examination by a sports medicine specialist for an appropriate diagnoses and subsequent treatment.
It helps to first have an understanding of what sports medicine is. It is the study as well as the practice of medical related principles that are associated with the science of sports. In particular the areas that this branch of medicine deals with include sports injury diagnosis and treatment and the prevention of sports injuries. It also has to do with sports training and athletic performance which involves such subjects as sports nutrition, sports psychology and exercise.
A sports medicine specialist is a person who has received specialized education and training in this area. The individual focuses their attention on the medical as well as the therapeutic aspects involved in physical activity as well as participating in sports. A specialist in this area may be a doctor, a surgeon or other type of healthcare provider who does a great deal of work with athletes.
Most athletes who are dealing with a sports related injury prefer to see a practitioner who has the training and experience needed to treat athletic related injuries and conditions. The simplest way to find such a person is to ask other athletes if they can recommend anyone. Talk to those who are involved in local sports teams, as well as clubs and healthcare associations and organizations for referrals. Once you have been given some names then you will need to finds out about the qualifications for each person on your list.
One thing you need to know as you go about checking qualifications is that board certification in the areas of sports medicine is not something that is presently available for healthcare providers. However there was an extra certification examination created that became available to practitioners in 1993 that grants what is known as a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. This certificate can only be obtained by clinicians who have already received Board Certification, by way of the American Board of Family Practice, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.
If you have sustained a sports injury and need to have it looked at then for those who belong to an HMO or a PPO your family doctor should be the first professional you turn to for help. Even if your primary care physician is not a specialist in this area he or she may still have the skills and training necessary to help you with the injury you are dealing with. Minor injuries of a musculoskeletal nature such as acute strains or sprains generally respond very well and reasonably fast to traditional treatments.