Why I Don't Have a Life ; )

I am in the active practice of Medicine. My specialty is Anesthesia. I am a board-certified Cardiac Anesthesiologist.  It took five years of undergraduate work to get my major in Chemical Engineering. I worked and saved money for more time before applying to Medical School. The application process is not cheap! You have to pay for the MCATs and you also have to pay for the applications and all of your travel to interviews. Once I was admitted, I spent four years pursuing my MD degree, followed by five years in Residency (one as Chief Resident) and one more in Cardiac Fellowship.

At the time of my training, Residents were encouraged to 'put the patient first' and therefore be a 'good doctor'. Long hours were encouraged! The reason that I left my surgery residency and 'switched' is that I was so busy I had given up time for family but I also lost time for going to church on Sundays. That was just too much of myself to be giving up.

Now, Residents have work hour limits that are enforced quite stringently by 'the powers that watch those things'. Attendings do not have any work hour limits whatsoever.

I blog. I used to wake up at four in the morning and go on the treadmill in my home (busy doctors don't have time to go to the gym, they buy gym equipment).  Now I go straight to the computer.

Then in the mornings I tend to the needs of the family and the house. Laundry, lunches, breakfast, searching for items for show and tell, etc. Mornings are always a race against the clock and the number one thing I am looking to disappear after the Ascension Process!

Once in a while, at work we have meetings for the entire department that works in the O.R. The last one, surgeons complained about the 'turnover times'. After a surgeon walks out of the room, they sit in the lounge. I wake the patient up, the bed comes in, we take them to recovery. One minute after I leave the room, cleaning crew comes in. The scrub tech takes out all the dirty instruments and readies a cart for clean ones. The floor is scrubbed. The new case gets set up once everything is clean and new (my circuit for breathing on the anesthesia machine, suction, are all new).  There is hardly any time to eat or take care of your body functions, never mind a phone call, since the new patient has to be evaluated prior to surgery in pre-op holding.

I asked my boss, in private, 'What do we sell?'. He looked at me like I was from Jupiter--he is so ingrained in the system. 'We sell Health. Wouldn't you agree?' (he nods yes). "Well, assuming the turn over times decrease, when are we going to eat?' (many times 'lunch' doesn't come until three p.m., and the last meal before it was five a.m.) He explained his way of going from PACU to the Doctor's Dining Room, getting a box and eating what he can after seeing the patient first and leaving the box in the Doctor's Lounge. He said, it's easy. Well, sometimes there is a four hour case to do after getting a few bites out of that box! LOL. 'Do you exercise? I don't. I don't get enough sleep. Do you? How can we be in the business of selling health?'. I knew that I made my point because he stopped talking and relaxed--and that as a man in his sixties, he will have to face the price of this lifestyle sooner rather than 'later'.

Oddly enough, it is this lifestyle that puts me in place for fascinating Reiki advancements. The circulating nurse is interested in taking one of my Reiki classes. She came to me during the long case while the patient was stable and things were going well, and asked me about Reiki. I shared about Usui, Hayashi, and Takata. She gasped at the story of Takata jumping off the O.R. table and cancelling her surgery! I gave her a copy of Reiki News, and she came back to me several minutes later saying, 'I had this happen to me!--contact from beyond with the smell of roses--it was in the car and all her family had to roll down the windows it was so strong!' She is one of the next 'phases' of Lightworkers starting to 'wake up' and doesn't realize it. I do. Right now, my 'wave' is strengthening--my buddies from Psychic Development classes from a few years ago--and we are the 'support' for the newer ones.

I had two chances to be relieved from my case last night. I declined them. I promised the patient I would be there for them. I gave the personal touch. I exchanged time spent with family (from six to nine at night) to be there with the patient. This is what makes Private Practice great. We go out on a limb for you.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

If You Have Cancer

If you have cancer, this is a heart to heart from me to you, as someone who has worked with cancer patients for all of my career in medicine.

First and foremost--it is not your fault.

Cancer is a vibrational disease (Dis-Ease) that has been in the aura for a long time. It is an imbalance that ultimately manifests in the DNA of tissue that grows rampant on its own.

Even if you smoked a pack of unfiltered cigarettes a day, it is not your fault. For you, the energetic imbalance was not noticeable early enough to 'adjust it back' into balance. It is not your fault because if you had been able to 'see' the imbalance you clearly would have sought help. You asked for healing as soon as you knew there was something wrong; there is no fault in you because how are you supposed to know something is wrong any earlier? 

Do not go over your habits and potential causes after the diagnosis. This is counterproductive. Only if your doctor says you should change your habits, or your 'inner guide' of your Heart Center says 'change this' is it time to change.

There are many people making money from a cancer diagnosis. In the O.R. yesterday, someone told me that an oncologist told them 'If you had stopped the bleeding I would have been able to give this person cancer treatments for eighteen months and made a lot of money. This is lost income.'
This particular physician telling me this was outraged! There is a time where you have to say 'enough is enough' and accept the clinical situation for what it is, and act in the best interest of the patient, (not the source of compensation of the treating physician).'

See, your cancer diagnosis is a money-maker of sorts. Cures have existed for many generations. They have been suppressed. Chemotherapy is big business. That one physician mentioned with an eye on what he will get from the insurance company from treating you is just the tip of the iceberg. See it for what it is. (Most cancer surgeons and oncologists I know are caring people who work hard for your quality of life, and don't make much. One brain surgeon I know gets only twelve dollars for an office visit from medi-cal)

Just know, and have faith that in the near future, when there is a big change in the controlling factions from the one percent to the ninety-nine percent, all of these cures are going to come out for everyone.  So hang on if you can, the future looks bright! But if your heart center is telling you, 'I'm done' that is okay too. There are lives between lives, seriously, and look online, you can learn about them, because that is where you would 'go' next. You are going to see you loved ones no matter what.

There is a nurse in the ICU who said there are some families that need to let go. It is painful as a nurse to watch. The patient, in tears, in private, will share with here, 'I am tired. I am done.' And the nurse says, 'You have to tell them!' But they can't. They don't want to let the family down. She calls them the football family 'You can do it! You can do it Dad!' , and the medically unaware family (the patient is in multi-system organ failure, on a vent, prognosis is horrible, and the family can't see that and keeps emphasizing, 'he's a fighter')

Follow your intuition, though, whenever you 'hear' it 'speaking up'. For example, if the thought of unfiltered cigarettes has no appeal to you, listen! You don't have to be a sitting duck for all the products that are marketed to make them money at the cost of making you sick. If you don't enjoy it in the first place, and if something in your bones is telling you to stop or never try it in the first place, that is good information for you to act on it.

I love cancer patients most of all. There is a clarity to them in spirit, that they never would have achieved  otherwise. The gratitude they have for their care, the love they have for their families, and the courage they display inspires me. I will bend over backwards for a cancer patient, because my heart fully opens to them without fear of being hurt.  I would like to think that our interactions are 'from home', that is, the way they are in Heaven, or  perhaps if it is okay to use the term, 'Of a Higher Dimension'.  I want you to know I do everything possible to ensure your comfort while you face whatever surgery you are having when I meet you.

And if you are facing multiple operations, remember, you can ask for me to work with you the next time you book a case. I am available by request. All anesthesiologists are at the hospital where you are being treated.

I have been the 'private anesthesiologist' for many children facing the same disease as you. I become 'part of the family'. And all of this was before I learned Reiki. Now you get all that and Reiki too!

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Just Right?

This week I realized at the doctor's office that all of the main docs rotating there demonstrate a spectrum of the healthcare field.

Chronic sinusitis is one of the 'failed' areas of traditional medicine, just like chronic back pain. Here are their takes on the treatment of one of my kids, who has been suffering with a sinus infection since early November.

"Papa Bear": This is the owner of the place. A very traditional allopathic physician. He took an x-ray of the sinuses, prescribed steroids, antibiotics, expectorant, and said to come back in ten days. The only 'catch' is that all of the medications were on formulary for the facilities' 'pharmacy', a closet in the back. At the end, he asks, 'what is your co-pay?' and offers to charge me that only on each of the meds. I have gone along with this in the past, out of convenience's sake. But I know that all the meds are generic and much cheaper than my co-pay. Last time, I asked, after he said, 'for a savings of sixty dollars!', and since I had to go to our pharmacy anyway for one of the meds I was given, 'would you mind if we just went to the pharmacy for all of them?'. He wrote the scripts. I took them to my pharmacy. And two of the three meds were less than half the price of a single copay.

"Mama Bear": A caring physician with a therapeutic sense of humor, he wrote for Ciprodex ear drops instead of antibiotics the visit before last. That is non-formulary, non-generic, and set me back one hundred and sixty dollars  due to my generic-only insurance policy (cipro is bad for growth plates when taken as a pill in children). It cured the ear infection, but not the underlying sinusitis behind it. This one is who wrote a different antibiotic for free over the phone when there was a reaction (rash) to one written by his partner, 'Baby Bear'.

"Baby Bear": the most human of them all. Very into New Age medicine. Has given a number of excellent resources for this blog. He had given a referral to a homeopath, but due to scheduling I never contacted them. Did not want to expose this patient to 'more x-rays', and had been treating sinus infections since November. The critical part missing in the therapy plan was the steroid

There is no 'Goldilocks' in this story. The answer is in the middle of all of these. They clearly represent the types of people that are out there:

Papa Bear:  taking care of number one while taking care of your loved one. Likely to go away after Ascension due to self-serving behavior. Does have skills that work, though.

Mama Bear: a good overall blend of Papa Bear and Baby Bear, has a somewhat less guarded heart in taking care of you, more compassionate.

Baby Bear: Puts the most of himself into his work--heart and soul. Is excited about the prospect of new medicine. Is the only one I trust enough to let know I am Reiki Doc. Perhaps if I had been more open about the two week's of work missed in taking care of my sick kid, about how stressed I am that every day post-call has been spent taking care of same kid, and how I referred myself out to my old allergist because I felt it wasn't getting resolution on the sinuses, we could have come up with a better plan together. I think objective endpoints to reassess would be a good way to go when working with a doc like Baby Bear.

Again, sinusitis is a tough one to treat. The problem is that the mucus membranes lining the sinuses don't absorb very much antibiotic, and antimicrobial therapy should last a minimum of three weeks' to allow for adequate penetration. Saline nasal rinses with a Neti pot are helpful, but only Dr. Neil has the right tonicity in the packet and the water fill line. Even with that, there is risk of terrible cross contamination from one use to the next, and for sure each family member should have their own Neti Pot. (I find soaking in one part vinegar to three parts water for an hour, or hydrogen peroxide rinse and dry, to adequately address this concern).

I thought we might discuss these three different 'approaches' to medicine today, so that you can see 'where your physician' is coming from. There is room for improvement in each type, that is why it is called the Practice of Medicine!  Who is going to be the first to incorporate Light Therapy and Sound Healing into their practices? The Baby Bears of the world, no doubt! And who can benefit from Reiki Training and opening up their intuitive ability in medicine? ALL THREE!

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Yoda 104: Curiosity and the Conference

Actual slide from the Laguna Conference: permission given by Cobra

'Mom! WHY are you going to that conference???' one of my kids asked, exasperated, in the car, as I informed them on the way to their weekend with their dad.

Why am I going? Words were hard to find. It was something I couldn't explain.

'I...I don't want to miss out!'  I said, 'I want to see this person myself.'

I have reflected on this ever since I was asked the question. Now I understand what motivated me: the chance to 'see' a person who communicates with the Pleadians 'energetically'.

When I meet you, I don't recall what you look like. Not to the extent of your clothes or hairstyle or whether you wear glasses. As a life-long psychic, I adapted by taking a 'read' of a person by their aura. Everyone has a unique 'energy fingerprint', and I recognize it. This 'fingerprint' is the same whether someone is alive or has crossed over to 'The Other Side'; that is how I 'know' who is who when I am 'talking' to them in either case. 

Dentists are like this. I asked mine once how they identify a body by dental records. He said simply, that he remembers each mouth. No two sets of teeth are the same, and he could recognize anyone by looking at them instantly if they were one of his patients. I am that way too, with intubation. I can recall an airway when I look in it the second time. I also 'know' more or less how an individual 'reacts' to anesthetic, and although I tailor my anesthesia for the individual, I remember how that anesthetic was if I ever give anesthesia to that same patient a second time.

As someone who 'talks' with the deceased, with angels, and with the living, it caught my interest to meet someone 'from both worlds'. I wanted to 'feel' if there was anything 'different' so I would be prepared whenever Disclosure and First Contact came around.

So here I am, in the audience, checking Cobra out scanning for any sign, any clue, of the Pleadian in him. My intuition was working at full capacity, sensing, and feeling with my heart center to confirm for myself what was what.

I was stumped. I had no read at first toward human or not from here...however, it has been said that the Pleadians are the closest to us in resemblance.

The only thing I noticed was how he answered my questions. It happened twice. There is an extra 'octane' to the information that is given that resonates in the heart center and the consciousness.  I felt like Cobra 'got' what I was asking, perfectly, and was able to answer the deeper question that motivated me to raise my hand to ask as well as to answer the one that was asked. Here is an example:

Me: 'How does someone tell if they are a Lightworker from another place? How did you know?'

Him:  Because if you are you have a strong desire to go home.

(I had spent hours wanting to go home, away from Earth, when I was in medical school, and had never told a soul; I never understood until this moment exactly what that longing signified about me. According to him, the same set of souls has been reincarnating on earth over and over again for the last 25,000 years, each lifetime gaining a skill that would be put to use at this time NOW in galactic history. One of them might be me? It felt like I was with one of the best graduate student Teaching Assistants back in engineering in college--knowledgeable, approachable and super helpful in learning the material.).

No matter what exactly Cobra is, it is my belief that the interaction we had was not like anything on Earth I had experienced to this time. It was authentic, confident, and uplifting. I enjoyed it. I wish more people would be like that around me! Good luck and best to you, Cobra, on your work and your mission. Thank you and Rob Potter for making this conference happen last week.

Namaste,

Reiki Doc