On Healing: The Importance Of Letting Go

One of my favorite things in the world to do is snorkeling. I love to float in the water, look around, and see fish.

Today, when I went, I realized there isn't much difference between my being in the water, breathing through a snorkel, and this:

Thalasso Bain Bebe par Sonia Rochel

http://youtu.be/OPSAgs-exfQ

Furthermore, it has been said, that the act of going 'under' anesthesia is the closest thing a person can get to going fetal--the anesthesiologist breathes for you, all drugs are given through your circulation, and you just 'float away' until the surgery is complete.

In Reiki, there is trust in the healer, just like with the surgeon and with the anesthesia provider (MD, CRNA, or anesthesia assistant).  My cousin, who is the son of very strong Christians, enjoys my blog and gives me support, quietly, so as not to make waves. I completely understand given the situation, and I am grateful for the support.

Recently, his sister was hospitalized with pyelonephritis. 

He asked me to send Reiki for her.

That kind of quiet trust, between the healer, and those who come to them, in my heart, is one of the most beautiful, special, and fragile 'flowers' of spirit on Gaia.

I cherish it.

I have had horrible things happen to me, that landed me in the Emergency Room where I work. Or in surgery there. And in my heart, I love and appreciate the ability of others who know what to do when I am sick, and to make me feel better.

(They also know how frightened I am to be on the 'patient side' of things, for as a caregiver I have seen 'too much'--and manage this delicate part of the situation beautifully, too. I am so blessed in everyone who has ever been sent my way to heal my physical illnesses...and my spiritual ones too.)

I want you to think of the 'balance' between healer and those who seek their care.

I want you to remember to give thanks for them, and to help them make ends meet.

I want you to be totally honest and straight up when it comes to sharing what the healer needs to know in order to help you feel better.

And with 'old school' energy medicine--which is 'new again'--and conventional medical treatment from whatever healing tradition feels 'right' for you--the double layer is all the more reason for the one who seeks balance and healing to relax and 'let go' and see how you do. <3

Always keep a 'timetable' in your mind, and if your symptoms do not resolve in a reasonable amount of time with one technique, go ahead and seek another. Most treatments should show improvement in a few days, at least partially, and should be clear to you and everyone involved. It can be an energy, a new feeling of peace, a plan, a new way to look at the situation, improving symptoms, weight loss, or even a miracle!

You never know what to expect!

And it can't hurt to keep trying.

I always think of illness as your body--the 'teacher'--trying to get your attention with a 'lesson' about 'balance' in the energy realm. 

There is always something to learn, and always something to heal...in everyone...

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Peace,

Reiki Doc

P.S.   Here are some people playing in the 'womb' of Gaia, the Ocean <3

Snorkel Haunama Bay: Go Pro the White Edition

http://youtu.be/o3eN_wQIvUA

P.P.S. in case you are wondering about the new Sheldan Nidle mention of the Light Boxes, that everyone is supposed to go into? Well, I went some time ago--August 2012. Here's the scoop, and THAT tool LOTS of trust...it was so worth it, too. http://reikidoc.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-light-box.html

The Miracle In My Operating Room!

The surgeon burst into the room while we were readying the patient for his next case.

'I can't believe it! I just saw our last patient. She is totally AWAKE, has NO PAIN, and the pain in her arm she has had for the past two years is SUDDENLY GONE!'

(this never happens with pain patients, not this fast. Ever.)

Our patient looked 'like a rose' in the recovery room

He wanted to know how this miracle happened.

I gave Reiki. But should I tell him? He's not that open...besides...there was something bigger I had to confess...

Hey? Doctor? I have to share something I think you should know...

After THIS:

And before THIS:

I did THIS:

Right as she was about to fall asleep, I  leaned in close and whispered in her ear,  'While you are sleeping, why not let's take Doctor's credit cards and go shopping together! You pick the place, and I'll go with you. Won't that be FUN? You can go any place you like!'

And she smiled a big grin as she drifted off to sleep...

The surgeon stopped in his tracks.

He paused.

He looked at me.

I didn't know what he was going to say, but at least I had it off my chest that I had told him what I had done...

And he smiled.

He said, 'Whatever it takes to make her relaxed and comfortable, that is okay with me. Besides, she is never going to remember!' Then he kept muttering about the miracle...


Sometimes, all it takes is a woman's touch to make the healing complete...

At age four I decided my career <3

Aloha and Mahalos,
Namaste,

Reiki Doc

In My Own Skin--For The First Time

This morning I saw a truck on the way to work that I had never seen before. I was praying, praying over one of the most challenging areas of my lifetime. I was giving up hope of relationship because my ego. At the hint of possible 'connection' my ego has a tendency to go bezerk like bridezilla. It gets out of my control, I don't like it, the person I am when I am 'trying to get someone to like me'. It blows any chance away of any 'connection' of worth and lasting strength.

I told the guy I like I am not interested in a romantic relationship. In writing. I said basically, I love you like a brother. 

It was because I am not ready to let go and be myself. This 'person', this 'ego' takes all of the fun away.

I also did it because I wish for MORE than a romantic relationship--I want something that is REAL and Right for both of us. A relationship where EGO is not involved in any way from either person.

In the car while I was praying, I prayed for my heart. And when I did, here comes this truck. Spirit sent the 'message' vibration as I saw the words in huge font:  Dedicated Lily/

So for most of the day, unlike others before it, I was present. Here and now. And because of it, I spent the day in anguish, pain, and feeling hopeless about my life's future in partnership.  I felt like these beautiful delicate flowers all by themselves in a field. Just me.

I knew in my heart it was for the best. Better to have NO relationship than a BAD relationship. And it would have been BAD because of my ego. Better to cut it out.

Then the most amazing things happened in my world of Reiki at work!

• My circulator told a patient in front of me that she was 'lucky to have the best. She is very holistic and uses Reiki on her patients.' I asked the patient, who 'perked up' suddenly, if she was 'into that sort of thing?'. She said an enthusiastic YES! So I asked if she wanted Reiki treatment. She agreed. I offered to give her a 'report' of my findings from the Reiki intraop. Her husband was there, and pleased with the exchange. I am taking Reiki to the next level in my work!
• My Reiki student from Kenya scrubbed today. We spoke and I shared with him 'Cletus'. He was interested in the financial intel that is hidden in the end of the article.
• Dr. Joe L sat next to me in the doctor's lounge. The book is in publication now. There is a warmth now between us, a mutual respect, and I really like that a lot. I think amazing things can happen at any time! (especially thanks to the big white vortex I placed in the Doctor's Dining Room about two years ago...) http://www.basichealthpub.com/author.php?AuthorID=231
• I brought my own organic sprouts and tomato into the dining room, and cut them up on my plate. I added beets and black beans to my 'salad'. Everyone can see I changed what I eat. I 'minister' without saying a word.
• I saw our Chef for the hospital. We are friends. He's been in that Dining Room (with the Vortex) every day for years now. He is showing interest in learning more techniques, and I said, 'why not RAW vegan?'. He offered to work at my favorite restaurant 'for free just to LEARN'. I spoke with the owner--we gave him RAW vegan food for dummies AND a one hundred dollar gift certificate to the restaurant AND her cell phone number to arrange for a tour of both kitchens, the vegan and the RAW vegan one! Can you imagine how many people will benefit when the lead of all food at the hospital gets these new skills and masters them?
• When I dropped off the Reiki patient in recovery room, my good friend CJ was there as the nurse. CJ is Jewish, and watched over me and my boy like a mother hen when I had surgery myself. She is the only one that visited up on the floor. When the patient asked about the Reiki, CJ got curious. She asked for a healing, which I did, on her arthritic hands. I felt the Reiki flow. She smiled in wonder and amazement--'I can feel it in your hands! I feel heat! What is that?!'  And she felt better.
• The neck I treated on another coworker months ago is doing 'okay' and definitely 'not worse'. Reiki sticks!
• In the Doctor's Lounge I took my Flower Essence drops. I am healing deep from within my soul with them. The guys in there, the docs were like, 'WHOA! What is THAT?' and I explained it. Four dudes were totally interested in natural healing, and they worked in medicine, as doctors and reps!
• My urologist sat at the table with me in the Doctor's Lounge later, before our case. My colleague from the group was present. The urologist asked about Dr. Joe L's book. And then about Reiki. I explained it. (I knew my colleague was interested). The urologist, who is Vietnamese, said, 'It's like Kung Fu! the CHI....' I agreed. I also said the Reiki 'is like my hobby' and 'I teach others to do it.' and 'there is no side effect'. He wants the healing for his father who is having dementia really bad. I offered to give the surgeon a healing sometime just so he could check it out.
• My neighbor who is moving showed me her bruised finger. I healed it as we spoke. I saw the swelling and bruise get better as I worked.
• She was so excited she went back into the house and asked politely, even though I am allergic, to give Reiki to her cat. It has herpes of the eye, and needs surgery. She wants to avoid the surgery with the Reiki. Because it was left eye, and I felt the cat's vibration, I understood why it was sick. It was more than just 'she is stressed'. I tried my best to comfort the kitty on all ways I could 'connect'

Things are stacking up for Reiki in ways I never imagined. With each question, I have to think and adjust my energy to 'match' the best 'level' of reply to 'make the most sense' to them. I recall the patience of Cobra, Lady Isis, and the Dalai Lama, and model my responses after them. Their being one hundred percent love and patience 24/7 inspire me!

On the one hand I am excited to know that Reiki is really taking off. On the other, I am a little concerned about how I will be able to handle it as more interest appears in the Doctors With Reiki philosophy in medicine. Combining Eastern medicine with Western truly is the most advanced medicine we know of at this time.

My friend, writer Tig Monk, blogged something about relationship that was exactly where I was at. It was about being present, in the now, and just enjoying whatever connection there is. He said most people ruin relationship by trying to control the other so as not to feel their insecurity and anxiety. I laughed and realized in my pain at least I was experiencing mine!

It feels so good to write this. I have peace for the first time today, about my heart. I can face anything if I set my mind to it. And my decision is to surrender to my emotions, even the not so 'cuddly' ones, because that is what I am this moment now.

I also accept that nothing can stop two people who are destined to be together from meeting, such as soul mates and twin souls. We ARE connected through distance and time because there never really 'was' a separation, on a soul level, due to the principle of non-locality. (this is a spiritual concept that is really cool. Quantum theory proves it, too, with the experiments that show one molecule can affect another--or atom or particle...something like that--even when they are not touching and may be some distance apart.)

I actually got a quick message today. From 'Him'. He gave me a big basket or platter with spirit flowers. He paid attention to me intently. I asked, with surprise, why He was here? He said 'I came to see you.'

I asked, 'Is this real?'

He said, 'there are two reals--you where you are sitting right now, and this where we can talk to each other across distance. Both are real.'

'But I am LONELY!' I was confused, because here I was trying to process my emotions, and they weren't so good.  I was feeling awful about being alone forever in this moment here and now and really having the courage to face that. I was ready for however long it was going to take to feel my feelings I need to feel so I can heal, right?

Then He shows up!

He explained how he 'knew' and thought to say hello.

I paused. I worked very hard to collect my thoughts and feelings. Then I understood what Right Action meant for me in this situation.

I thanked him for the flowers. I thanked him for the visit. And then He left.



Namaste,

Reiki Doc

P.S. One of the nicknames Blessed Mother calls me is 'Lily'. <3

Healing Energy in the Operating Room: A Photo Essay

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Angels in the O.R.

Ever see the Meg Ryan movie, City of Angels, where she is the Cardiothoracic Surgeon and she falls in love with Nicolas Cage, who is an angel? She 'senses' him, unlike others, and it catches his interest. He falls for her, in a really big way, right?

It has always been like that for me. Yesterday was cool though, and I want to share:

My surgeon, who is excellent, was holding the part of the liver with tumor in it, and taking it off. It was delicate work, as there is a risk of massive bleeding at any time. His assistant, a general surgeon, was paying close attention, as was I, who was ready to start a massive resuscitation at any time in case something bled. (I have seen a clamp come off the vena cava once, and the patient coded in under thirty seconds)

To the left of the surgeon, closer to me but on the other side of the drapes, was an angel. He was very tall, with wings over his head, and I picked up a golden brown color. He put his finger to his lips as if to say, shhhh! and began telepathically talking with me.

He had been with this surgeon through many lifetimes, for the past 25,000 years. 'This one LISTENS!' he said, and I sensed that this was good. I watched closely at the surgeon as he worked, and I could tell by the intermittent pauses, that he was making small decisions as he worked through the case, and was checking internally to do what was best for the patient the whole time. 

Then the angel disappeared from view, although I could feel he was still there. 

I played it cool. If I had not made the choice to write about it here, no one would ever know.

The other interesting thing about the surgery on this patient was the intraoperative Reiki. The patient had the most trust in me, and in her team. As I did Reiki, like many before her, we 'talked' in the astral plane. She said kind things, hopeful things, about what is in the future.  I enjoyed spending time with her, and did a longer Reiki treatment than typical, all the while watching the surgical field like a hawk for any signs of trouble with bleeding.

After a while, I asked her if she would like to go and visit with her deceased husband for a while? I asked it as matter-of-factly as a flight attendant would ask you if you want cream in your coffee.
Her bond to her son was so close that she did not want to risk it. Even though I said it was okay, there was an intense soul-bond between them, much like Twin Flames. I respected that, and acknowledged her decision. 

It was beautiful to see that much love in a soul.

It is my hope that you have enjoyed hearing about my work. I have enjoyed sharing about it with you.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Doctor Defends His Life Against Medical Errors

"If you can't take care of your colleagues--you have no business taking care of anyone else."--my favorite gastroenterologist

Today I worked with my favorite Gastroenterologist. He was a pediatrician, a famous one at a famous hospital, back in India. Once he came to the United States, and had to retrain, he decided to become a Gastroenterologist. Back home, his medical school classmates do not understand why he would leave a prestigious field like Pediatrics, and work as a less-respected field.

"There are three kinds of patients. The first are the PPO's. They are nice. The second are the HMO's. They are always angry because the referral did not go through right, and they had to wait for their care. The last are the GNP (an IPA in the area). They think that anywhere else besides the main fancy hospital people don't know what they are doing." he shared.

Apparently the main fancy hospital 'has everything, all kinds of equipment' because of the many donations. They have EUS and another new technology.

A nurse asked about the local teaching hospital. 'Don't they have those technologies too?'

'I would not let them treat my dog, unless I wanted the dog dead!' he said.

Apparently he had a liver biopsy. He wanted transjugular, but the colleague he went to only did transcutaneous. (His colleague of choice went to his alma mater, and he respected their common institution.)

In recovery room, after the procedure, my favorite gastroenterologist knew something was seriously wrong. 'I am bleeding.' he said, and asked the nurse to contact the doctor. The doctor could not be reached, and the nurse sedated him. (The bleeding was internal, and it did not show on the dressing).

He had called his wife at the gym before the sedative. When she got there, he woke up. Nothing had happened. He called his friend, another G.I. attending and explained the situation. He got admitted to the hospital. Again he called his doctor, but only a resident got sent.

He passed out again. When he woke up, he was getting 'a fluid challenge'. 'What is this? Why am I getting a fluid challenge?'
'Your blood pressure is 60 (systolic--a pressure incompatible with life)'
'What is my hemoglobin?'
'Seven' (He had fourteen before the procedure. He had lost half his blood volume).

He called his friend the surgeon. His friend sent up his fellow. In fifteen minutes he was in the O.R.
There were five liters of blood in his abdomen. (He was hanging on to life by a mere thread.)

Anyone else that was not a physician would have not known to pick up the phone, or even whom to call, and would have died. It took four years and half a million dollars to get his health back to what it was before. The reason he keeps working still, is to make sure he has good insurance coverage.

'It was a good lesson for me," he said. "First, I learned to take good care of myself. Second, I learned what it is like to be on the patient side of the doctor-patient relationship."

He took action, not legal, but with the hospital. A review was done. The offending gastroenterologist was offered the chance to leave or be fired. He left.

"But you know what?" he asked, looking me straight in the eye, giving me the chills.
"I had a bad feeling about this. Before the procedure, when we were in the car, I told my wife. She asked me do you want to go back home? I said, no, we are here already. I often wonder what would have happened if I had listened to that feeling and not gone through with it."

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

How To Treat A Patient

I will never forget the first time I had to spend the night in the hospital. I had major surgery when I was twenty-five. A Christian coworker of mine stopped by on Sunday after church with his wife and two girls.

He was terrified. Eyes big, small steps, hurried speech. He hated hospitals. But he dared to face the fear to make sure I was okay.

That is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. What friendship!

You see, I was terrified to be in that bed, too. If he could face his fear, then I could face mine!

When you are in the position of patient, you know who your friends are. And who aren't. They drop you so fast, the false friends. So in a way, going through some sort of health challenge is an opportunity to review your inner circle, and see who is best to be there, and perhaps who should not.

If you are in health care, or a friend of someone who is going through health concerns, here are some tips:

Cut them some slack: the number one thought is remember they are afraid and possibly in discomfort. Pain and nausea, or the possibility of it such as right before surgery, cut those social skills to toddler levels pretty quick. I see it when patients threaten me with lawsuits at hello in pre-op holding, insinuating, don't you DARE mess up! Love is the solution to everything. To folks like this, I smile, and drop my energy very low, and remain calm. Whether they want to or not, they are going to catch my vibe as soon as our auras are in close range. They are upset and seeking control. Being with an expert anesthesiologist doing their thing is calming, since they pleasantly do their task with skill and efficiency that can't be denied.

Ignore the medical/disease and look them in the eye:  This one was a little hard when I had a patient with CRPS-2 of the breasts, and was fanning them under a tent so the sheet would not touch them an cause pain. Eye contact means acceptance. And acceptance is therapeutic. You are there for them, warts and all, and not going to go away.

Size up the medical/disease: Doctors are trained to do this automatically. We even ask questions. You don't need to. But after you have looked them in the eye, without being really obvious, scan the room and the patient. Are they pale? Do they look ready to throw up? How many tubes are connected? Is blood hanging for a transfusion? Are they on a ventilator? The more i.v. poles with drips in the ICU room, the worse their condition is. Their condition is going to be the elephant in the room. You don't talk about it unless they do (as a visitor. as a healer you do.) The more organ systems are out, the chances are not so good about recovery. I have seen two out and come back, but not more than three. (Dialysis, Ventilator, Intra-aortic balloon pump, etc.). For a serious burn, we estimate age plus percent of body burned equals risk of poor outcome. Some heal, but it is a good rule of thumb to know.

Have reasonable expectations: My boy wanted me to come home from surgery and ride a bicycle. Healing takes time. Remember and remind your patient that the goal is baby steps. If your loved one presses the call button for the nurse, and it takes forever for the nurse to show up, understand that sometimes they might be a sicker patient on the floor taking the attention of your nurse, or perhaps a new one came up from surgery. You can always walk to the nursing station and ask someone to help you out.

Pain goal is about a five. Under five you can ignore pain with medication.

If your patient is sedentary and not an exerciser, i.v. placement might be difficult. There is always the option for the PICC nurse to place a peripheral central line in the crook of the elbow. This has more infection. Nurses can't or don't use lidocaine, anesthesiologists do, but sometimes the local anesthetic messes up the anatomy of the vein, and you have to try again.

If you are a patient, you may not feel up to reading, TV, and long conversations. This is okay, and expected. As you feel better you will go back to those things.

If you have a sense of humor, use it:  Nice neck tie! Robin Williams said to Christopher Reeve when he first saw him after his accident. It makes things light.


Love and Light are EVERYTHING!


Namaste,

Reiki Doc