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   Chip Patterson
   Member

   After trying to modify some things and doing it "my" way for the last few months, I've decided to declare "insanity" and do exactly what the coaches tell me to do. I've decided to go 100%, i.e. the 5 day model as it is spelled out, not my own, etc.

   After making a few of the changes the coaches have recommended, my practice has grown very well, which is exciting. After getting a wake up call with Dr. Sea, his advice was to have a "beginner's mind", take their advice and implement as quickly as possible. Make's sense to me...don't know why I try to fight myself and stay in practice past. Probably because it is easy, comfortable, etc. So, my goal for the new year and for many years to Listen to the coaches, really hear what they are saying and as Nike would say, Just Do It! With the help of the coaches and you on the forum, I know it is going to be possible...not easy, but definately doable.

   One of the things that caught my attention that Dr. Sea helped me with, was not to get to focused on the #, instead of making the goal to see 250, 300 pv'/week, etc. Have it to be to Serve and Help more people...that was an eye opener for me. More Patient-Centered, and no pre-set limits...well, anyway just wanted to declare that to all of you out there. It is nice to be able to bounce ideas off of ya'll, not to feel so isolated. I hope everyone had a merry christmas, and a safe and happy new year!

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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Great idea Dr. Paul. Wouldn't it be great if we all came to that decision the very first day we hire them, instead of waiting months (or sometimes years... how's that seven accounts coming Perron?) to finally take the big step and just listen to our coach. I can honestly tell you that they have never steered us in a wrong direction. All the things that I thought were absolutely bonkers (starting adjusting at 10:00 instead of 8:00, paper scheduling, hiring another staff, etc, etc, etc...) was absolutely the right decision and always made a huge difference in our ability to serve more people, with greater focus and ease. So Just Do It. Next year at this time, you will be the one responding to a new DC Mentorite who is worried about changing his or her hours and telling them to "just got on with it already" :). I can't wait to watch the process as it unfolds :) Happy New Year!!

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3. 

   Chip Patterson
   Member

   I tell you...it will really speed up the process of change for the better, that is for sure. Sometimes I wonder why we are so stubborn, but I guess it goes back to the "Fear" of change...sounds good in theory, but if we knew it all already we wouldn't be with the program. Here's to a great start to the future

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   DrPerron
   Member

   The sooner we get to your conclusion DrPaul the better. I am listening to The E-Myth Mastery for the second time in as many weeks. I HIGHLY recommend it to all of my friends that down the path a bit. A good read for all but will resonate greater after having made some changes but are definitely not where we want or expect to be. One of the things that was discussed is that comfort of the same. Each of our life's histories, experiences, educations, etc. have basically fill our mind with info. Because it is all stuff we have already experienced, it is our comfort zone. It is making that leap to the new and unknown that is what is hard but at the same time necessary to be "a world class business". The challenge with the beginner's mind is that we are not "beginners", at least in many of our minds :), so we think we know alot. The problem is accepting the fact that we don't know alot about running a "world class business", because if we did we would already have one. So it is putting aside our ego's enough to acknowledge that at least in this specific subject our coaches know more than we do and then just work the system as told. The other interesting point that stuck with me is that everyone says they want to be "successful" (defined individually) but few are really up to the task. It is the introspective analysis of ourselves that is the major piece of the puzzle. Once we are done impelementing the systems and changing hours, etc. We are left with nothing extrenal to blame for our office's success or lack of. It is only once we take an honest look at ourselves that we can really work on and change the BIG stuff. Dr. Paul you just started that process, enjoy the ride.

   BTW, I am now officially on the COW bandwagon. We had 8 NP's yesterday afternoon and many more scheduled throughout the rest of the week. Definitely went into it with a different mindset this time, less selfish. I had one patient with stomach issues and anxiety attacks, another with a cough and now a rash on his back, two bedwetters, etc. The atypical chiro stuff from the public's view and this was their chance to check it out and I firmly believe we will help them all. Having fun and stretching comfort zones during the "slow season" :) NOT! Hope you are all having fun.

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5. 

   Drcurzie
   Member

   Holy Cow! Isn't the mind a wonderful thing. Just a quick post to say congratulations. 8 more peeps that will have a happier new year. Good work.

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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   I took my daughters skiing this weekend. Observing yourself and your kids skiing can tell you a lot about how you respond to the changes you're making to your business. I got on skis at 17 after a couple of beers and who knows what and just headed down the hill never looking back. At 50 I still ski exactly the same - minus the substances. Get off the lift, don't look down and go. Leaning forward, backward, flailing poles - one big WOW and I'm down the hill. Exactly the same, every time, for 33 years. Then there's my 14 year old. The one who loves amusement parks - totally high I. Learned all of the skills at ski school, applies them, skis great, fast, controlled but taking enough risks having lots of fun. Working the system she learned. Then there's my 12 year old - hates amusement parks totally high C. Every word that the instructors taught her still going through her head. Skiing as if she is reading the how-to manual while doing it. One controlled turn following the next. Planning a safe, controlled way down the slope each time. Choosing slopes that she already is familiar with and knows are safe.

   So how do we run our practices. OK, so I think I'm still running it like a 17 year old flying down the hill with zero instructions. Pretty much how I have run it since opening 16 years ago. But then there are these coaches teaching me, that "at 50" you really can't wing and prayer it any more. So I read and read and I listen and listen and I call and call and then I apply and work the systems. Voila, things feel great. The numbers start to go up. For about two weeks. Uh oh, too fast, losing control! Put on the breaks, remember the rules, slow down, don't take risks, don't go down unfamiliar slopes, read some more, call a coach, look for someone else to save me.

   Finding that balance where you are "in" the system but not thinking the system. Lost in the flow and still in control. Losing your fears and not being brash. I find staying somewhere on the line between those places frustrating.

   Dr. Paul I hear you loud and clear. Let's take off the brakes - all of the brakes that Dr. Perron refers to - the internal ones and the external ones. Trust your coaches and the systems and just SKI. Enter the flow. Of course I'm talking to myself now - not you!
   Thanks for this great thread. Let's all resolve to jump into DCM fully, implement, deal with the fears and keep moving forward.

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   DrPerron
   Member

   That was beautiful Dr Zachary. It is wild to see this stuff in our kids and people around us but the kids are so pure (not as screwed up by society) that it is easy to see when you look. So are you trying to say you have a keg meister in your office? Sweet! You are obviously seeing the light or at the least sucumbing to the truth, in either case, Sweet! Another thing to look out for, which is my major stumble, is to not let up once you get the momentum going. I have done this countless times, because since this is all unchartered territory, I felt I had "made it" (many times) but how naive was that since I have never been "there"? So as you start to implement more willingly and you see the benefits of your labor, don't stop to enjoy the view too long at any one time. As you are admiring your accomplishments you may hit a mogul you were not expecting and "yard sale" it. :) Then all that great momentum you had stops for the moment while you walk around gathering your skis, poles, goggles, etc. put it all back on and then have to start from a stop to build back to where you were before you can progress even further from you previous best. Far more energy, far more time, than if focus was kept in the first place. We will all stumble at times but the less the better, I think ;).

   Most of all Dr. Zachary, you have figured out the true benefit of the forum. Sure helping each other out is definitely great but I (at least) have always used it for thinking out loud, and if anyone finds my thoughts helpful then even better. And if someone else gives me another perspective based on my thoughts, great (I don't mind giving people time to find out that I am right) :). My guess is that 90% of my posts are just thinking out loud, not an "email" response. I have found it a great way to think over solutions to challenges whether mine at a given moment or someone else's that may be mine at some point and therefore I am better prepared if the situation arises. Mostly this is my "Farmville" or from what I heard at my family gatherings "Angry birds" is the new thing. I am addicted to the game we are all playing, I just find it fun. You all can decide which animal you are. :) Long story long, keep thinking out loud, for your sake (and those two daughters of yours), I have found it to accelerate the learning process. Great post.

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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Thank you Dr. Perron. You really let some excellent wisdom flow out on that last one. Since you brought up the idea of thinking out loud, the thought of, "what's the biggest barrier?" came to mind. No surprise, it's fear. For all of the years of practice, I avoided growth beyond comfort because I "knew" that I couldn't handle the numbers. I knew I needed systems but a) no one had any to offer and b) everyone kept wanting to sell me marketing in order to bring in all of those patients. You know, the ones who I didn't have the systems to see!!!
   So now, finally, I have the systems. And, thank G'd for DCM and their systems because they are great ones. And what happens? Fear. Fear to trust the systems. Fear that the systems will fail me. Fear that I will fail the systems because "I'm not good enough" to make them work. How (warning, politically incorrect word follows) retarded is that?
   But I just realized that writing that out actually was pretty helpful. OK, time to go implement my ass off. Quit talking and start practicing my First Contact, RYF, etc. Holy COW, I think I just got pumped up (and no, not like a keg - I'm into fine vodkas now).

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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   This is a great thread. So, today I was watching The Ellen show and I realized how everything always bring me back to something that was said on the forum. Today she showed these guys from africa doing this crazy dance on a pole. (check it out... http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/12/a_jaw-dropping_talent_1230.php) Anyway, every time those guys jumped at the pole and landed on it between their legs I kept thinking... now there is some "fear". These guys have obviously trained the "fear" out of themselves, and if they can do that surely we can train the fear out of us. I love looking at the examples of other peoples amazing feats and successes. Because if they can do it, so can I, and so can you. Yes, it's gonna take some serious work, and yes I may fall on my ass a few times (in this example you hit yourself in a rather painful place); but is the pain worth it? And am I willing to get back up and throw myself at the pole again? It's like the patients who come in telling me that they are trying to lose weight, but when you look at their actions they are just sitting on the couch dusting the crumbs of their shirts. You can't wish away the pounds, anymore than you can wish away the flow blocks in the office. It takes work to be an awesome chiropractor and to make it look easy. If you go and observe an awesome chiropractor at work, it looks easy. But it looks that way because of years of tweaking and perfecting (just like it took years of jumping at a pole to perfect their art; they said they had been practicing everyday, 2 hours a day since they were 5/6 years old), it doesn't happen by accident. You can then go in to a chiro's office who has been in practice for the same number of years as the previous chiro, and see a completely different mess. That's why I love hanging out with you DC Mentorites. We may not be perfect yet; but we are working to perfect our art and it shows. :)

   That's all I got for now. Gonna go get ready for a Rockin' afternoon in the office. Have a great New Years everyone.

   Oh and Perron... Don't forget to take some pictures of you in the tux. :)

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10. 

    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    I just did a double check of the link to the video and it just went to their home page. So I'm putting it hear again...

    http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/11/a_jaw-dropping_talent_1115.php

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    Dr Hassig
    Member

    Great work fellow mentorites! It's amazing to see what we are able to learn from daily activities when our minds are intent on learning. Excellent examples listed above. Letting go and realizing you need to take action at the appropriate time is something that can be a real challenge. I would venture a guess and say the doctors that make it look easy have made many, many mistakes in judgement and timing as they built their waves. That's part of what makes it fun. They are OUR mistakes, OUR successes, and OUR practice; only now, we are taking amazing systems from trusted mentors, and mixing in our own personalities and experiences. We build our practices to serve, and though they will never be perfect, that is how we can make our mark on our communities, and the world.

    As I review some of the comments from above, what crosses my mind is the effect reading the book "Bounce" had on my thoughts toward sustained effort. 10,000 hours is a ton of focused, dedicated practice. But if we are truly to become masters at what we do, aren't we, and all of those that invest in us worth it? So once you take the leap, as Dr. Perron said above, keep pushing to find the next leap to take. I like the thought of being slightly on the edge in skiing. Great work, and Happy New Year to all!

    Interesting use of analogies by some of the authors above. Let's see, we had an excellent skiing analogy, references to a Nike slogan, and even "insanity". Oh, and dancing on poles. Now whose was that? :) Just kiddin Dr. D, but you make it so easy!

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12. 

    DrPerron
    Member

    No worries Dr. D. Pics will be up on FB. :)

    Karen was just commenting on my extraordinarily good mood tonight. I told her that I am usually in a fine mood, but she responded that this was extra good and imagine what it would be like if she and my kids had this guy EVERY night. I told her that that is what I am working on. That I am busting my butt on this endeavor of mine and this week has been freakin' awesome. We have seen 21 NP's since Tuesday afternoon and have at least 10 scheduled for tomorrow!!! Holy COW!!! 30+ NP's in a short "vacation" week. And "all we did" was hand out postcards at that front desk for two weeks. Seriously! Anywho... what has struck me over these three days is the "feel" of going with my hair on fire and my techs experiencing the same. THIS is what we are shooting for. To train and tweak our systems to the level so that THIS is not too much to handle. Tuesday was a bit messy but not a catastrophe. Wednesday we kept up better. Today was the best yet. And tomorrow...? but I like the trend. This has been a crash course on dealing and working within a potentially chaotic situation and the learning curve has been impressive. I am very impressed with my staff and the changes they have made to go with the flow and what is best in a moment versus relying on "rules". My speed has evolved dramatically in days. I am living the dream this week and I want more! So another benefit of a COW done right is the opportunity to experience a higher volume than your norm if only for a week to really see how well your team can keep up and learn for preparing for making it a routine.

    Back to the skiing analogy. What hit me later in the day was my own experience with skiing. I started when I was about 10 yo. No one in my family skis so it has always been with friends. I am a high C and although I have a sense of adventure I was scared @#%$less the first time I went to the top of the mountain, where is the logic in this sport (there is none). But what I did then and continue to do with my best friend and main ski partner is gravate to those that were just a bit better than me. Not so much different that I could not keep up or I ruined their run but enough to at least follow along and go places and do things I would not have done on my own. Now it is only the triple blacks that I have no desire for (I meet my friend at the bottom, he's nuts, and a nuclear engineer, this combo concerns us all) but short of that I have gotten extremely comfortable. Now insert Dr. Sovinsky, Dr. Sea, and Dr. T. Latch on to those that will show you the way to bigger and more exciting things that we would likely never get to on our own. You all are also my "ski buddies". Thanks to all... let's hit the moguls!

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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Hey, did you know that you ARE the total rockstar? Totally inspirational. Thanks.

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    Dr. Sea
    Member

    Lovin the thread here boys and girls! FYI the fIrst time I skied was in Esterville, IA with our church group as a freshman in high school. My best buddy and I were just a bit cocky and had no idea how to ski so we strapped on the boards and went down the hill! No sweat till it came time lot stop! We skipped all the lessons from our youth director (how hard could it be?) and just did it! We both crashed through the fence at the bottom as we missed the memo on how to stop but it was an amazing ride. Go for 2011 like you know how to stop, even if you don't as the ride is well worth it! Happy New Year!

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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Great advice. Maybe we should all reclaim our cocky teenager. Only problem here might be that in this case Dr Sea, you're the youth director! I must say that those first crazy rides were the most fun so, when you see us crashing through the safety fence you get to laugh the Dr. Sea laugh as loud as you want. Then direct us right back to the lift, plop us squarely back on and tell us to have an even better ride next time! Have a Happy New Year to all and I for one am looking forward to what's in store on the slopes of 2011.

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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    I vote that we plan a DC Mentors Ski Trip :) :) :) Start putting some cash in that Fun account Boyz and Girlz!

    Have a great New Years.

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    DrPerron
    Member

    Final stats were 30 NP's this week. Big time new record and I could not be prouder or more impressed with my techs. They rocked it and we all enjoyed a major growth experience, personally and as a team. The NP's were the external growth but the lessons learned in serving that many people in such a concentrated period of time was the real keeper. That was a beginner's mind moment. New frontiers and thankfully we did not need to use the safety netting.

    Happy New Year!!! And thanks for everyone's support, it means alot.

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    DrPerron
    Member

    BTW this type of push can apply to packing a cluster, or just about anything. If your clusters are 5 have your staff put 10 in there and see how it feels. I did that sort of thing on Dr. Sea's instruction a couple of years ago and ever looked back. Little games that help create the vision of what you are shooting for. More tangible, not just imagination. There is no limit, what a game.

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    DrPerron
    Member

    It would be remiss of me not to thank Dr. Curzie and Dr. Shannon for their posts, in particular, that motivated me to give the COW thing another shot and for their description of "why" they believed theirs to be a successful event. So with their guidance I approached it with a "beginner's mind", in spite of my personal past experience, and BAM! It worked! It reinforced for me, again, to believe fully in those you trust. All of the stuff that we are talking about here has already been done, by our coaches at the least. These are not just fantastical concepts and ideas, they have been done. So if they have already been done and by more than one person then it puts it on us to be able to replicate it. I had to look at MY approach previously and go with a different one. The crazy thing is that I spent no additional time or effort on this COW, it was all attitude. We can all afford that.

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    Chip Patterson
    Member

    Congratulations! I've got my COW coming up in a few weeks...looking forward to sharing similar results!

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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    great job Dr. P!!! I am so looking forward to watching this next year unfold for you. :)

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    DrPerron
    Member

    Dr. Paul and/or whomever else cares to know. The difference in attitude was truly making it a chiropractic OPPORTUNITY week and not a new patient drive. What a fine line mentally, at least to me. It was easier said than done, but no less true. You all may have figured that out already but for those that are a bit slower, like I obviously was, there it is. Lowering that bar as low as you can to make the OPPORTUNITY to have these folks that just don't know if you can help come and find out. For all your patients that have been trying to get someone to come in forever but just could not convince them to make the move, this removes the final excuse. In hindsight, doing mine the week between Christmas and New Year's removed the only other "valid" excuse of too busy. Good luck to all and consider this my attempt to pay it forward.

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    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    WAY to GO Dr. Perron. Congratulations. As my grandmother used to say (albeit in Yiddish), "Keep moving with your right foot forward".

    Sharing this makes me less "freaked" by the idea of the discomfort and the possibility of messing it all up. I think the missing link that I've been avoiding confronting is marketing - i.e. COWs. Opportunity vs. driving in more patients is a great distinction. So,what is the cost of staying mediocre? Not facing your fears and being, frankly, mediocre!

    Thanks for the inspiration.

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    drsean
    Member

    Wow Dr.Perron! Congrats to you and your team. What momentum to start the year with! And what a great way to test and refine your systems...obviously you and the team have been working on those. Your distinction on the "opportunity" vs. NP grab is bang on. We've noticed in our office that a COW can be a boom with that intent or bust if its about the numbers. Again congratulations and Happy New Year my friend!

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    swaimer
    Member

    Excellent enthusiasm and results Chris! Your distinction between doing it for the folks and doing because you need new patients is huge. Thanks for the reminder. I am finding that when I can embrace that difference, COW or not, practice is fun, energetic, fulfilling and profitable. It really is taking care of more people for the right reason. I have wanted to chime in somewhere to say that the last quarter of 2010 was our biggest ever. We start this new year in the best position we have ever been in financially, emotionally, etc. Every January my lizard brain kicks in and anxiety appears out of nowhere. But yesterday we treated 50 people. Another unfounded fear. I am so pleased about being part of the future of chiropractic right now. All of you PODlings that add to our life and the life of DCM are so valuable. Thanks.

    On a personal note, many of you know that my mom has been in a senior residence home since March '10. She is anemic, hypothyroid, needs knee replacements, her rotator cuff muscles are irreparable bilaterally, she is incontinent, and one of the dingy Neurologist she visited called it parkinsons. She takes 21 meds a day. Her days are spent doing speech therapy and when medicaid will pay, PT. My dad and mom had to get a legal financial divorce in the summer. The State let dad keep the house, where he lives alone now, and a van. All other accounts were liquidated and the State kept everything else. Because they did not have 7 accounts, they could not afford a van that could move her in her wheelchair. For her to come home for an afternoon or evening requires me to be there to move her in and out of the van they do have. Now mom is broken and on welfare and I get to watch. Her spine is crumbling and she slumps farther to the right in her wheel chair everyday. Hope is a pretty rare commodity.

    I could not take it anymore. She is only 71. I got online and bought a used hilo table that I could prop her up and then lay her down and do what, ADJUST her. The man who runs the senior home gave me a room to work out of. I got nothing else. A table and an activator. I work on her several times a week for about the last month. On xmas eve, my brother, who lives elsewhere and I were trying to load mom and her knees simply would not move. So there I stood, trying to keep 240lbs of dead weight from hitting the ground, as my skiny brother stood watching. When we finally got her loaded, I thought, never again. I can't bring her home anymore. 2 days later I went to the senior home to ADJUST mom, not real confident as to why. When I finished I offered to walk her as far as she could go. Picture me moving backward with a lady bend double doing the two step. Only this time, instead of being bent double, she was looking me in the face. She could not believe it. I could not believe it. The speech therapist could not believe it. The physical therapist came out of his office and said wow. A spark of hope was immediately apparent in her eyes. I hadn't seen that in a while. What did I do? ADJUST her. I did'nt give her nutrition counseling, or exercises, or a message. I ADJUSTED her. Time and again. It takes 45 minutes out of my day to make this happen.
    The point of the story is pretty obvious but let me tell you what it has done for me. I absolutely know that what we do is ESSENTIAL for good health. It is not optional. I also know that no one is ever too far gone. Will she walk again? I doubt it. Will her suffering decrease? yes. Will her sense of self increase? again yes.
    We spent a good part of this year trying to define what it is that we do with 4 simple questions. My mom, in her broken state, has provided real answers to all of them. Do not ever forget podlings, what you do and why it has such profound consequences. Take this story and be strengthened in this new year.
    Blessings
    ks

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    Gary McLeod
    Member

    Ken,
    Thanks for sharing your world with us. Everything else is BS in comparison. Prayers of support to your Mom, family and you.

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    DrJohn
    Member

    Hats off to you, Swaimer, for not only merely surviving but instead thriving during difficult times. Sounds like you have realized your WHY. As McLeod say, thank you for sharing your story.

    Although nowhere near as difficult as your situation - my oldest daughter is 3 and has had eczema and various food allergies essentially since she was born. She went through the tests, gone through too much cortisone, antihistamine, various lotions/potions, we have the epi pens ready in case. We’ve done the dietary restrictions, we tell her to not scratch and being the tough trooper that she is, she stops even though it still itches. I thought, what else can I do? I can adjust her. More than the usual every 3-4 weeks. Check her every day. If she’s holding great. If not, then adjust her again. I starting checking her every day, now it’s every 2-3 days. Is it helping? I think so - we haven’t used cortisone for awhile, she doesn’t have the bad breakouts she used to. Does she still scratch – sure, but less. What am I doing? I’ve giving her the best opportunity for her little body to do what it was built to do. Whether she continues to have eczema or not, I will keep checking her because I know this benefits her in other ways.

    Reminds me of a story Dr.Frank told awhile back. The details are off, but essentially he was skiing with a fellow PODling (?) who had heartburn (?) and what did Dr.Frank do – adjusted him (please correct my story if I am totally off base). That’s what we do best.

    This has been a great thread and thanks to all who have contributed – I’d forgotten how things should be TNT and made me realize my own pushback to our coaches advice. Nice work on the COW, Dr.Perron!

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    Ed
    Member

    Swaimer,
    Thank you so much for sharing that with us. It shows how far you have come to be dealing with all of that yet been able to give so much more to your peeps! Quite amazing! It was quite possibly the most profound thing that has been written on this Forum – and from my perspective your experience has helped kick me out of my self centred, self pitying mode! Lately I had lost total track of what we do, I had managed to become locked in a downward spiral of blame and fear! Yet reading about your experience was like being smacked in the face, you reminded me why we do what we do! I have struggled for the past 3 years or so and in particular the last 3 months to lose my obsession with the number of patients; I just was not able to extract myself from what Dr Frank described as a self destructive iatrogenic quagmire! Yet as the theme of this post has highlighted so poignantly and in particular your experience I need to reconnect with that beginners mind. As Dr Sea reminded me I have had to reignite my passion and recreate the energy that I had starting off in practice 16 years ago. I need to become excited to see each and every patient rather than being so caught up in my own little soap opera of neediness! So thank you so much for sharing that with us all, your pain puts everything in to perspective and reminded me that my mood was squashing any hope of helping more people!

    Just as an aside thanks to all you other COWs, I have followed your initiative and am starting one on the 17th Jan. For certain it will provide me with a real test of my attitude and resolve as to its true purpose and intent. However watching the following video that Dr Thackeray (thank you Dr T)posted on her Facebook page also certainly helped! The link is: http://www.welladjustedbabies.com/blog/the-stressors-our-children-endure/

    It is pretty powerful. Anyway happy New Year to you all and thank you all so much, it is a real privilege to be part of this group.

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    DrPerron
    Member

    Ken -
    You for better or worse, but you as usual find the "better", have more first hand experience in WHY than anyone I have met. I also thank you for allowing us into your world for hopefully all our benefit. You take things to another level.

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    drsean
    Member

    Dr. Swaim,
    Incredible story my friend. Thanks for being such a bright light not only to all of us on the forum but especially for your Mom. Thoughts, prayers and wishes to you and your family!

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