There are many times that I am asked the following question, “When is it time to seek medical intervention?” Some will tell you that everyone draws the line at a different place. I guess you can look at it this way, however I see no reason anyone needs to draw the line any differently than anyone else…let me explain:
I ask myself the following questions, and based on the response determine if it is time to switch gears in healthcare for the patient, myself, my friends, or my family. That is important, because to me it does not matter who it is, I act no differently for my family with regards to health, as I do my patients.
1-Is this person in distress?
2-Is this distress affecting basic survival mechanisms to not occur (to the point where life seems to be quite delicate), such as breathing, eating, or elimination? If yes, then time for medical intervention until able to heal naturally.
3-Is the nerve system (the master control system) of this individual working properly? If no, then adjust it.
4-If they are eating and drinking, is it, and has it been, proper? If no, then change it.
5-Is there an external stress that needs to be addressed for this individual to move forward? If so, then get rid of it.
In all situations of health disturbance, there is the tendency for someone to over react. This is common, and it is usually based on emotions. You have to take emotions out of the questions, and out of the situation in order to get the proper steps accomplished for the betterment of health.
For example, I know your mother died of cancer, and I realize you have a lump on your kidney. However, the kidney is working properly, due to the tests that you performed, and the lump came back as non cancerous….so lets not take your organs out please!
Everyday, women are having their breasts removed because their parents had breast cancer. The organs are there for a purpose. Remove the emotions, go through the questions, and restore the proper order to health.
In Texas, when you order a Margarita, the opportunities for that Margarita are endless. You can order it many different ways, however there will usually be an option for “top-shelf”. For a long time, I had no idea what this meant, other than I would have to pay more for my cool beverage splurge. Then, one day I was spoiled forever.
It was couples date for dinner. My wife and I were trying to decide what the appetizer should be for us off the menu, which is always the hardest thing to decide with our completely different palates. My buddy looks at the waitress, and with no hesitation says, “Margarita, top-shelf”. At first, I was a little taken back. It was the first time my wife and I had met “this new girlfriend of his”, and maybe it was his way of showing off a little. In an attempt to not look like a cheapskate, of course I followed suit.
What proceeded to arrive, was nothing short of extraordinary. We received special glasses, as well as a special shaker for the Margarita to be poured from. The waitress delivered it to our table, like we had ordered Baked Alaska. “What a show!” I thought to myself, however acting cool, like this sort of thing happened all the time to me. The taste of the Margarita was the best I had ever had. “No more sour, awkward gut-wrenching tastes for me!” The Margarita in my mind had forever changed. What an experience. Isn’t this a huge part of life…the experience?
This is the kind of experience I now look for everywhere in my life. Why would you want to live a life of bottom-shelf? I want my food top-shelf. I want my health to be top-shelf, and I expect my chiropractic care to be top-shelf. Life is just too short to live any other way.
Chiropractic care helps you live your life top-shelf.
So, what is it going to take to make a change? I believe it is safe to say that we all know what it would take to live a healthier life. Maybe you are not a nutrition expert, for example, however you know that you don’t eat as much vegetables as you should. Maybe you also realize you should drink more water, and you realize this is an easy thing to do, as water is not costly at all….yet you choose to drink more cola than water day after day.
Sure, some things are really hard to kick, like that smoking habit that you have. However, there are things that you can do right now that would make a positive impact on your life by saving you money, improving the quality time with your loved ones, and increase your enjoyment of the days that you have left on this planet as we know it.
So, right now decide to make that change. Much research shows that it is better to make small changes one by one over time, compared to making huge changes all at once. One positive change per month is not much at all, however can really impact your life. Do it now. Don’t wait for the consequences to build up. Decide right now, what it is going to take.
Living with eyes wide open means that we remove the blinders (see last post, “blinders”http://drmatthewmix.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/blinders/). It can be a little frightening, opening your eyes to everything that is available, thereby living in a “different” world. Obviously we all live in the same world, yet we experience this world differently based on how we choose to experience it. Not many understand this, and not many realize that they have ever made a choice on how to experience their world.
Choose to open your eyes to everything. This means that you will see the brokenness in this world, and you will see the love as well. There are both sides to humanity, and it is necessary to know, if we are to be healthy individuals living life without limitations…blinders being a huge limitation to who you will become. In your quest to see everything for what it is, let me give you a suggestion of where to start. For there is an elephant in the halls that no one seems to want to talk about and that is your immune system.
You immune system is the most valuable possession, and therefore should be where you spend your time, energy, and money. You should protect your immune system like nothing else. Your life depends on your immune system, and if you really live with your eyes wide open, you will see that there are attacks to your immune system daily that need attention.
