Uncommon Facts About Reiki Doc




  • I drove a Yamaha 80 motorcycle in the Mojave Desert just about every vacation I had from school.  My uncle used to own eighty acres in the high desert.
  • I am left-handed in the videos, but actually, ambidextrous.
  • I am five-foot two inches tall.
  • I wore braces from age nine to sixteen to get that smile that I have. Thank you mom and dad for making this possible!
  • My mother's family immigrated to the United States so my uncle could have the opportunity to become a doctor. He never made it, but I did. I am the first physician in both my mother's and father's side of the family, for as many generations as we have researched.
  • I speak fluent French and Spanish, and a little Italian but not very well. I understand it.
  • I have two sisters and am an Auntie to a niece and a nephew.
  • I made my first communion at thirteen and my confirmation at fourteen. My mother wanted to do a 'two-fer' when my youngest sister was seven for the communion thing.
  • I have a manual transmission and enjoy driving my roadster.
  • I have cousins who are in the stunt industry.
  • There are eleven cousins on my father's side, but none on my mother's.
  • I wear a size seven shoe and a size 39 Dansko clog. I also wear blue super Birkies in the O.R.
  • I get very sick from anesthesia myself, and can't eat for three days after surgery that is done on me.
  • I faint when I have blood drawn if I don't lie down flat while they do it. I am just built that way, I guess.
  • My favorite film is the classic, Casablanca.
  • My favorite group is The Eagles, although I have never seen them in concert.
  • My favorite colors are blue, green and white--it's a three-way tie.
  • When I play Monopoly, I always play the dog.
  • If I play another game with a colored game piece, I always take the red one.
  • I really suck at all video games! LOL
  • I have read the Bible twice from cover to cover. I actively studied it in my teens with the group, Campus Life.
  • My favorite story of all time was in my second grade reader, and it was called 'Greylegs'. When I read it the first time at school it was so beautiful it made me cry.
  • Children and animals like me. And I like them.
  • I save worms from drowning in puddles when it rains. I have done this ever since I was a child, and I still do.
  • My favorite food to eat is a Vietnamese noodle soup called pho.
  • I drink my coffee black.
  • I play classical piano, taking lessons from age ten, but I stopped in college, and don't play much any more.
  • I taught myself how to knit.
  • My face is numb following brain surgery I had when I was twenty-five to remove a pituitary tumor (it was benign but caused some terrible headaches and galactorrhea)
  • I love to travel, and would go all over the world just to experience it, if I could.
  • I grew up in North Long Beach, and used to say this prayer every night before I went to sleep: dear God, please don't let there be any fire, theft, robbery, burglary, fire or EARTHQUAKE.
  • My favorite toy growing up was a tie between my Drowsy doll and my Magic Window.
  • I once ate a whole can of cranberry sauce and then got sick.
  • My favorite two books of all time are The Little Prince and A Wrinkle In Time
  • I had a subscription to MAD magazine from age eight until I left home.
  • My favorite ice cream is Cherry Garcia.
  • my first communion was on 5/6/78 <3
  • I enjoy cooking very much. I have two games I like to play in the kitchen. The first is--I ate this at a fancy restaurant, let me see if I can copy you at home. The second is--in conversation with the contents of the refrigerator--let me see what I can make that is delicious of you before you go bad (it's like expiration-date driven creativity, and I thrive on this).
  • I would rather swim and enjoy the water and the sunshine than just about anything else.
  • I love making bracelets and earrings, working with the energy of the stones, and matching them to assist the spiritual development of the person I am making it for.
  • I really like using a pendulum. I always have on on my person. My favorite is my Chef Ito Oil pendant.
  • I used to take English horseback riding lessons, and I enjoy horses very much.
  • I always wanted a pet goat.
  • I like to ski and enjoy the snow.