I am a Family Doctor with a special interest in the impact of stress and happiness on human physiology and performance.
Like most Family Doctors, I have a good understanding of the mind – body connection. I can call up specialists in Gastroenterology, Neurology, ophthalmology or endocrinology, dermatology – you name it.
I know the best and I have access to them and can talk to the appropriate specialist in case I have a health problem.
Despite the ability I have to reach for a specialist and get her or him to attend to me if I am ill, I would feel very vulnerable if I did not have a family doctor especially one who knows practical physiology and biochemistry and who is experienced in preventing and treating all kinds of diseases.
With the prevalence of self-care and natural cures and prevention, there are far too many self-appointed “experts” in health care that think they have the right to become a health coach.
They embrace the right to fling around superficial advice on the most important aspect of life, just because they search the Internet and read a few articles on the subject or can access an app that can check your blood pressure.
Good doctors are hard to find. Nevertheless, I would encourage you to get yourself one with whom you could search through the volume of crap that is being printed and presented to you every nanosecond.
Scientifically based disease prevention and treatment regimens are crucial if you want to be happy and healthy.
The family doctor understands human physiology, anatomy and biochemistry as it relates to your everyday life. He or she is steeped in the body-mind connection. They see the evidence and work with it every day.
The Family doctor is in contact with specialists who are laboring daily in different fields to fight an array of diseases.
When it comes to your health you don’t need the flippant opinions of self appointed teachers and healing experts whose qualifications reside in the fact that they have read a few nutrition articles and books and can look things up on the internet.
Health or well being is the most important gift that you can give yourself and you ought to work with someone who knows the intricacies of what is going on inside your psycho-physiological system.
Trust someone whose life’s work it is to preserve health and reject diseases in all the organs and systems of the body with a huge legal accountability.
Get all the opinions and second opinions you want to get, explore all the options that make you feel comfortable, but know where to draw the line – with you and your doctor.
It’s up to you to find the right doctor for your needs. Your life depends on it.
In a future blog I will give you some specific ideas about what constitutes a good doctor and how you might go about finding the one that is right for you.
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