Do you have an amazing mentor, patient, friend who inspires you? A book that really encouraged you or a movie that changed your perspective? An experince...
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tarapeyman
Feb 6, 2007 9:43 pm
What inspires me is seeing the purpose behind the learning we've done at school, in seeing patients finally find wellness with such simple medicine. What...
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William Franklin
wfranklin_4
Feb 7, 2007 9:26 pm
Do you find this to be true? In my experience it is the driving factor behind the success of the palliative mainstream medical approach. And it is the main...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Feb 8, 2007 12:30 am
I have to say, what inspires me most continues to be the teachings of the 'old NDs' (though not so old!). From them I understand that what we really do is set...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Feb 8, 2007 1:14 am
Dear Clueless Student. YES - it is true! So many people have been raised in the current medical climate that it is very difficult for them to understand...
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Greg Nigh(2)
gnigh
Feb 8, 2007 4:14 am
... These are excellent questions, and they point directly to what it is I find most fulfilling about practicing this medicine. I've read a great deal of the...
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Carol Anne spooner
carolannespo...
Feb 9, 2007 7:06 am
What inspires me is a patient's determination to heal him/herself, their trust in nature and the knowledge those that have gone before us have provided. When I...
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Aimee Knauff
a.knauff
Feb 12, 2007 3:25 pm
I too am inspired by the Secret movie. In fact, it totally changed my perspective and made me appreciate the power of our medicine even more. I am also...
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MaryK
maryk_martin
Feb 12, 2007 5:44 pm
I think it is also important that we recognize people's emotional connection to their illness. Sometimes, their pain or their diagnoses' has become such an...
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MaryK
maryk_martin
Feb 12, 2007 6:04 pm
I've just joined and I haven't made it through all the posts thus far. But, I have to say that this is a really beautiful post, Andy. And add in response to...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Feb 12, 2007 9:35 pm
Indeed! There are many patients that come in wanting to get better, and will in fact do everything to get better, only to revert later to their previously...
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DrZeff@...
drzeff
Feb 13, 2007 1:14 am
I would like to reiterate something Chance says: the value to our profession of students and new doctors. There are so few of us. We are still engaged in...
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Carol Anne spooner
carolannespo...
Feb 13, 2007 2:59 pm
Chance, I have a question. Having worked in Social work for some years I have seen the 2 steps forward, 1 step back, 2 steps forward, 3 steps back, etc... in...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Feb 13, 2007 9:17 pm
Thanks, Jared! Change requires the courage to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what you are for what you could become. _____ From:...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Feb 13, 2007 9:17 pm
Wow, that's a huge question! First, let me say that my practice has developed a large number of counseling patients, which I really love working with. I learn...
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William Franklin
wfranklin_4
Feb 25, 2007 9:25 pm
Hello everyone, I'd like to dig a little deeper into this topic. Are we saying then that pain is not a necessary part of the healing process and relieving it...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Feb 27, 2007 4:27 pm
Hi William - I don't think that healing and relieving pain are mutually exclusive, nor do I believe that the same answer will be true for every individual who...
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Rachel & Chris OPPITZ
racheloppitz
Mar 5, 2007 2:12 am
Dear Aimee, I finally am back online and am trying to catch up on past e-mails, hence the delayed response. My first amazing mentor would sadly have to be...
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MaryK
maryk_martin
Apr 15, 2007 12:12 am
I would love to stir up some deep reflection and thoughts on a topic that I've been adamently questioning for a long time now. Is chelation therapy...
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Chance Diebold, ND
doctorchance
Apr 15, 2007 3:15 pm
Mary - What, exactly is your take on it? Why would you consider it harmful? If so, would any IV therapy or therapeutic vitamin therapy be in the same ...
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Greg Nigh
gnigh
Apr 16, 2007 4:35 am
Well, I'll weigh in with a few thoughts. My first thought is that I'm not sure I understand the question. It seems to me that it assumes chelation causes...
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Jennifer Williamson
dj.williamson
Apr 16, 2007 5:30 am
Sorry to answer a question with a question, but I'm new to the clinic and actually using the therapeutic order. Isn't the first step "Remove obstacles to...
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MaryK Martin Geyer
maryk_martin
Apr 17, 2007 4:25 am
I see that my original question was more poorly articulated that I had realized. Let me expound. My question is not whether or not it is in our arsenal (as I...
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Greg Nigh
gnigh
Apr 17, 2007 5:16 am
Thanks for the clarification. It seems to me that the issue is around this phrase "fundamentally Naturopathic." If that is defined as meaning that only those...
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Carol Anne spooner
carolannespo...
Apr 18, 2007 2:16 am
I think utilizing chelation therapy gives us the opportunity to remove significant obstacles to health that most people in this age have as a result of...
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Jerry Taylor Jr.
drjwtjr
Apr 18, 2007 3:46 am
I do not usually pipe in on these sort of topics, but I want to this time. Combining a single or combination of substances that have been extracted or...
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DrZeff@...
drzeff
Apr 23, 2007 3:26 pm
This is a copy of article that appeared in the Portland Tribune on 4/20/07. This is what prompted the alert Susan Roberts Portland Nearly identical deaths of...
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DrZeff@...
drzeff
Apr 23, 2007 4:05 pm
In a message dated 4/15/2007 9:31:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, dj.williamson@... writes: Sorry to answer a question with a question, but I'm new to the...
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Katherine Farber
kafarber1
Apr 23, 2007 7:19 pm
Dr Zeff and fellow philosophers, I appreciate your insights on chelation therapy and the therapeutic order. Could you clarify a point? Since your comments...
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DrZeff@...
drzeff
Apr 23, 2007 7:27 pm
In a message dated 4/23/2007 9:41:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dj.williamson@... writes: It is my understanding that toxins and heavy metals place a...
