SERVING PEOPLE OVER PATIENTS

I know what it's like to be a patient. Here I am getting infused with medication for Severe Crohn's Disease while drinking a green detox drink. Oxymoron? Coincidence? 

 I kept asking my doctor's what else there was besides medication to treat my condition. "Nothing" was the answer. Then "the gold standard" medication had no impact on the severe inflammation in my body. The only impact it had was causing side effects on my liver and costing my health insurance $171,373.60 for a year's worth of treatment that didn't even work. I was given no other education or treatment options besides medication, and I was being treated by great doctors who I respected and wanted only the best for me. 

So what do you do if something doesn't work? Keep trying the same thing? Give up? Or be determined to find another way? What if you're doing well on your plan, but something unexpected happens along the way? Give up? Live in fear? Not me. 

I was determined: to find another way besides medication, to stay the course when it got hard, to do the daily work required, to be healed. Guess what? I did. I found another way, the right path for me. I committed to the journey and worked on my whole self, not just my stomach. What are the results? 

Over a three-year period, I've had a 39%, 85%, and 91% reduction in my healthcare utilization respectively. I've been off all medications since 2018 and currently feel great and have no evidence of disease in my body. Do I still have stress? Absolutely but I manage my life, rather than my disease and I do it differently today than I did in the past. As a result, I feel great today even in the middle of the worst global Pandemic of our lifetime.  And so can you!!

Are you suffering from Cancer? An autoimmune disease such as Rheumatoid Arthritis or Crohn's Disease? Do you or someone you love suffer from Substance Abuse Disorder or Addiction? What about anxiety, depression, or do you have stomach issues? Do you or one of your family members suffer from a rare disease? The list can go on and on.... or are you simply exhausted or just stressed out? 

It's time to remove the label.  The reality is when we focus on "patients," we narrowly focus on what the label or diagnosis is and how to treat it with medicine. However, underneath the labels and diagnoses are people. People with a body, mind, and spirit who are living fast-paced lives and mostly just trying to get through the day. 

People need more than prescription medicine alone. People want to live healthy and happy lives but need help getting to the root cause of their issue so they can end their suffering, restore their health and well-being, and move on to create good in our world. 

Isn't it time for YOU to start feeling better or how about changing your lifestyle to prevent disease in the first place? Wouldn't that be awesome?! IHS is here to help you get what you need so you can be happy and healthy, so you can be well.