One Important Question from Dr David Simon

No matter how much I understand that I need to be very careful of what a medical doctor tells me, I am still under that power that I should do what the doctor orders. Isn’t that what we are told from the time we can understand anything. We need to do what the doctor orders, or whatever the doctor tells me is what will happen. Just six weeks ago I was in the hospital and basically told that I could not get my health back without powerful medications and/or my eighth surgery. I was ready to give up. I had figured 27 years of illness was enough and I just didn’t want surgery or medication, no matter what happened to me. Part of me gave up on the will to go on. Because of my parents love and support and our brain washing that I needed a real doctor to take care of me, I found myself at The Chopra Center for well being with an appointment to see Dr David Simon. This doctor’s appointment instead was different right off where instead of feeling rushed with the doctor, I was made to feel like I had all the time in the world. My doctor gave me herbs to help with my digestion and made sure that I got to a grocery store so I could start to get the right kind of calories in my body. Dr Simon also made sure I was going to get the right kind of Ayurvedic massages every day during my stay. These treatments are something so amazing I can’t even put them into words right now, but they were definitely a big part of speeding up my healing process... Six days later I had a follow-up doctor’s appointment, I needed to take time and assess how I was doing so far. I knew I got back to meditating twice a day, I was eating as much as I could with out throwing up all week, my 8 to 9 times of running to the bathroom was down to 2 to 3 times, and the most amazing thing of all, the pain from the scar tissue problem was gone, months of constant pain just gone. Asha, Dr Simon’s assistant checked my weight where I went from a sad 97 pounds all the way up to 102. It might not sound like much to you, but any word that I was not less than 100 pounds again was like a dream come true. Then I met Dr Simon with a hug and congratulations for gaining instead of losing more weight. We set a simple goal of just adding 2 pounds per week, and then all I remember from there is this one question. “Is there any part of you that does not want to get better,” and right away from somewhere inside me the word “No” came out of my mouth. I saw the look on my doctor’s face and he didn’t need to tell me the results of my health. Dr Simon’s face said it all, I knew right then that I had my health back and that everything was going to be just fine.