Just Between Us

Recently I cried.

I cried because of my work.

Although I worked all day and all night, 

There was only so much that could be done by the team,

and there were so many more that need our help!

This is a call to Healers.

Healers from all kinds of methods and practices of training.

You are invited to come on board. Why?

It's time.

The following conversations--events happened recently, and I think you should know:

• UCLA hospital provides juice, saltine crackers, and graham crackers for all medical staff routinely. They are in a drawer. A surgeon I know graduated from that program. She had many meals that were just that--juice, graham crackers and saltines--so many that for years she couldn't eat them any more. Just opening the package gave her flashbacks of residency overwork.  (UCLA has an excellent cafeteria with meal tickets for all of the residents. It's free. But the work hours are so arduous, that there really isn't much time for those who have those tickets to eat. It was the same for me in my residency. I lived off ensure I 'borrowed' from the burn unit with the nurses kindly 'looking the other way' because as a second year surgery resident running the ICU's at the hospital, I was plenty overworked myself.)
• This same surgeon also had, at all times in the hospital, a cooked pop tart wrapped and ready to be shoved in the mouth, in the pocket of the white coat. This surgeon is extremely thin. But even still, thin surgeons need to eat, and meals were not always an option in training. In my locker in the O.R. I always had a spare can or two of Boost, in the chocolate flavor, for the same reason--to get a couple more cases in without the need to eat.
• Another surgeon from UCLA was in the O.R. the time that the patient caught on fire. There was oxygen pooling under the drapes, and there was a spark from the cautery, and up in flames the drapes went. (drapes are the surgical paper cloths used to keep something sterile during surgery.) The anesthesiologist RAN out of the room! 
• The point here is that medical care might not be available during a mass casualty--the providers have to choose between helping others and helping themselves.
• During the Northridge Earthquake, the Sepulveda VA was affected. The generators didn't turn on. The staff was having to decide 'who to let go' because they couldn't keep all the ventilators running and people squeezing bags to help those patients breathe. (also the i.v. pumps with the pressor drugs had their batteries die out). 
• During this same Earthquake, a resident who was not at work had an axe and some other safety equipment in his apartment. He drove to the hospital, and broke windows open to permit air to come in to the hospital. The ventilation system was down, and this unsung hero saved many lives!
• At our hospital, if we are not on call during a mass casualty (disaster where many patients/wounded come in all at once to the nearest receiving hospital), we do not have to go in. We can stay with our families. Always remember that people want to be with their loved ones in times of distress--not every doctor and nurse and pharmacist is going to be at the hospital like always. Think of it as 'weekend staffing' and 'more than normal weekday demand in patient care'--this is why we are inviting you to help with the others...to rise to the occasion.

Surgeons have to sleep. So do anesthesia providers, and nurses and even the people who clean the instruments and the floors in the O.R.

Although because of our training, we work long hours as a matter of course, this is not easy on us.

Imagine 911 with the firemen and the policemen in those first few days after the collapse of the buildings...and that was just one building, not a whole town.

Imagine right now where there is poison (for whatever 'reason' leaking tank or intentional) affecting the water supply from the Ohio River, which feeds into the Mississippi ultimately...resources are being gathered to get bottled water to the people who are affected, and massive prayer is being sent out by healing hearts from across the globe...

Imagine any or all of these unpredictable things that can happen, acts of nature or acts of man.

Superimpose on that the current ability to meet current demand in health care in local hospitals and mental health centers.

And imagine a sudden increase if anything were 'to happen' in your area.

Do you feel that 'nudge' and 'wish to be of assistance' in your heart? If you feel so moved, read this, and also, reflect on your 'inner guidance' at any time of 'situation' that might come up in the future. With the economy and global politics the way they currently are, anything can happen.

And as healers? It's best to just face the facts and prepare as a team, together, for 'what may arrive'.

We are in this together, all of us, with Spirit's assistance on our behalf, too.

Here is a letter from a news update from the Healers Group at Prepare For Change:

The Healers Group is concerned for the well-being of others in the immediate time after the Event. 

As with any sudden disruption, people tend to be in shock. Often they worry more about their loved ones than themselves. Although many will be glued to the TV to make sense of what is happening, there are things we as healers can do to make the changes easier on them.

Our goal is to comfort and reassure, to be the Light for others, and to work with Spirit to adapt more rapidly to the changes in order to make the path clear for those who follow.

We anticipate people to be in a numb lull, fogged out, spaced out, and feeling 'lost' or 'ungrounded'.

General suggestions to the public include staying home for the day, playing with your kids, and allowing yourself the time and space to process what is going on around you. 

We also anticipate the rise in vibrations to be positive for the majority of the population, and bring out the best in others who will rise to the occasion and give help overall. (there might be a few lower density people who will be uncomfortable at first, but will readily adapt if not 'pushed' in that direction.)

Here are some examples of simple things healers can do to make a big difference in the lives of others:

1) for the children--PLAY with them. The human interaction and play are the most healing things one can do for a child. For them, Play is 'normal' and helps them to process the change on their own terms.

2) for seniors--check to see where their comfort zone is, and keep them as close as possible to that. 

3) for everyone in between--be there in roles of comforting for them. Listen to your inner guide, your heart, and do what 'feels right'. 

Many who have experienced a trauma or sudden Event are disoriented. A paramedic on our team suggests giving small tasks, such as getting a drink of water or a blanket, to keep them focused. Unfocused people tend to wander, and might walk into danger, such as oncoming traffic.

It is important for Healers to stay centered in the Heart. Look for the tell-tale glaze in someone's eyes of having 'information overload' and being in a protective state of denial. Be courteous, kind, and caring to these individuals as they come 'back to earth' after the big shift.

In summary, we advise the Healers to Listen to their inner guidance, to follow their spontaneous direction, and to trust that. It is a time for letting go of the Lower Ego Mind, and to integrate the intuitive Sense.

Be The Light.

Be the Love.

Trust the Process.

Sincerely,

The Healers Group

No matter what, it's going to be OKAY!

Aloha and Mahalos,

Namaste,

Reiki Doc

Spirit Has A Sense Of Humor On The Solstice

This morning I wrote about something sad.

Today Spirit cheered me up big time!

Mama 'Floor', our housekeeping staff in the O.R., stopped me on my way in and said, 'I have something to tell you. Remember yesterday, how we talked about, you-know-him?'

I didn't have any idea who.

'You know, that surgeon? Him?' she gestured with her hands and looked like she had a big secret to spill.

I pretended like I knew.

She said one day about four years ago, in the Doctors Lounge, this same surgeon expressed openly to the room, 'there is this new doctor. I really like her a lot and I might be interested in her--but she is a Lesbian!' And the whole room said, 'yes, right, don't mess with that! Leave her be.'

Then I recalled yesterday's conversation. There is a surgeon who was just divorced when I started work.  He was attracted to me. But as someone new to work, and as a single mother, the risk of having a relationship, or even worse, have it end badly in the workplace was too much for me to even consider. I had to think of something quick before he asked me out.

I made him think I was gay.

I dropped the hint on purpose to let him come to the conclusion I preferred women!

And it worked! He left me alone. : ) we were able to work together ever since with no problem.

As I shared this, Mama 'Floor' nodded and said, 'that was smart!'

This morning she wanted me to know she had overheard his original conversation in the doctor's lounge, to let them know just how effective my plan was!

To protect both of our anonymity , let us call him 'Dr. Joe L.'

I worked with him yesterday, and also was scheduled today.

Yesterday I watched with interest as he worked. There was some bleeding and he had to reopen the wound. He reached for the surgical clip stapler and I, having had done a significant amount of surgery myself in my own training, thought, oh no that won't work--you are going to need a stick tie!  (this is when you sew through the bleeder and tie a knot about it).

No sooner had I THOUGHT it did he say, 'Wait, I need a suture!' and he did a stick tie!

The only person I told about that was my friend, Margaret, over lunch. She is one of my teachers, and she thought the telepathy was cool. She approved.

Today, as we started the case, I reached up and turned off the radio because he doesn't like music in the O.R.

Then he started to talk. His editor (he is an author) finished editing his book. It had taken a year. It will be published this August and available at all bookstores. The title is Conquering Cancer. It has information in a true Integrative Medicine manner about all treatments of cancer. He shared that eighty-five percent of all cancer is preventable: it is due to alcohol, tobacco, environmental causes. As a general surgeon and son of a surgeon he was shocked! He is also reading Eckhardt Tolle, The Power Of Now. He says it is brilliant.

I shared just a bit, that I am into 'that stuff' too. I asked what his favorite type of alternative healing is for cancer?

He said there are a million of them.

I wasn't sure whether to share or not. Then he said he had been to both hospitals he works at, and spoken with management about forming a department of integrative medicine and was flatly refused! He was dumbfounded, and countered with, 'Do you KNOW that EVERY major cancer center in the COUNTRY has a department like this?!' Again, the answer to his request was 'no' and he gave up.

I shared how the CEO laughed the vegetarian surgeon out of the office when he approached her about having local community kids make a farm to grow vegetables for the hospital--or at least, to make organic food available in the cafeteria that was not full of GMO like what is served currently.

That's when I let down my guard. I said I do Reiki. That the circulator is my Reiki student. That I blog and have over 75,000 hits--I am a writer too and internationally known!

He was impressed. I also asked about his publisher. I said I had written a book, but I didn't want to publish it on Kindle because I wouldn't get an ISBN number.

He asked what the book was about? I said, 'Well, I am a little bit of a medium' and my patients who have crossed give me messages. I keep a journal with the messages, and typed it up into a book. I call it 'Messages From My Patients' and have published it one chapter at a time for free on the blog.

He said that any way you publish it you get the number. Even on Kindle.

Then I shared how I have already brought Reiki into the O.R. I said, see the nurse circulating? She is my Reiki student! (she nodded). I said, 'I finished writing it when Eben Alexander's book came out. He has like, one story. I have so much more!' (the RN nodded more vigorously, to emphasize the point. She is also a certified yoga instructor!)

I also shared how it is my passion to create a unified Healing which takes the best from all healing practices, and how I am not asking for permission but working on an energy level: I have sent energy healing to the hospital and O.R. every day without fail for four years!

He said, 'You can't do that! The hospital makes money on those health conditions that need surgery! How can you take the BUSINESS out of medicine?'

I said, 'It WILL happen and it is going to happen in my lifetime!'  with a smile!

It turns out his wife is  very 'into' this kind of thing. She has really changed him for the better. He says, sincerely, 'I used to be all in my mind (ed--I KNOW, I am psychic and empathic!), but now the thought of doing like Eckhart Tolle says and thinking with my heart is really exciting!'

He doesn't know that for all those years, whenever he would go into a rant in the operating room, I would stop giving Reiki to the patient and start giving Reiki to HIM! Bless you, Dr. Joe L., for being one of my early 'subjects'. When you got the Reiki you would calm down, every time, and never even know why or how it happened. I gave a LOT of Reiki to you in over the years! : )

But it is his wife I give credit for the incredible transformation of him on an energy level. She has done amazing work! How else could this conversation have occurred between surgeon and anesthesia? She is also a website designer (which I need) and something else too that is important that I hope Spirit would be sending me when the time is right.

After he left the O.R., everyone in the room did high fives because of this 'win' in Spirit.

As I wheeled the patient past the desk in PACU, I heard him on the phone with his wife--'You are not going to believe this! The ANESTHESIOLOGIST in the room....!'

Happy Summer Solstice!

Aloha and Namaste,

Reiki Doc