Pat J's testimonial

 

About four years ago, I became my brother's caregiver. He had finally reaped the results of our primary family disease, obesity. He had severe sleep apnea, a tracheostomy and used a respirator to sleep at night. His final blow was to be diagnosed with our second family disease, type 2 diabetes. His primary doctor sent him to see Dr. William Branson, a diabetes specialist and educator. That was my first real initiation into alternative health care although I had been interested in it for as long as I could remember. Under Dr. Branson's care and encouragement, both my brother and I lost weight and his diabetes was under good control with just diet. Unfortunately though his health problems were too severe and his struggle came to an end two years ago. I stopped seeing Dr. Branson and by the time a year had gone by I had regained the weight, was on antidepressants, two different ones and was in general a mess.

I decided to go back to him, and after some discussion he felt that he couldn't treat me. It would be like treating a member of his own family, so he turned my care over to this new doctor that was working for him. That was Dr. Marcantel, I wasn't sure about this because she was pretty new, but I trusted "Dr. Bill."

I have never been more grateful for anything than this chance meeting. Dr. Marcantel was interested in using neurotransmitters for treatment of depression, insomnia and stress and boy, did I have those. We began a course of testing and treatment that continued for about one year. I was off antidepressants almost immediately and was feeling so much better emotionally and physically. The best thing was she told me that we would fix these problems and then we would deal with the weight. 

Now we are working on my insulin resistance and weight. My fasting blood sugars and A1c have come down. My blood pressure was elevated and I was on medication for a while, but with my improved health now I am only taking an herbal blood pressure supplement. I have lost some inches, but not a great deal of weight yet, but I know that will come. We have only just begun that part of the journey.

I have been in the allopathic world of medicine over 35 years and because I have some knowledge, I have been able to choose physicians that are very good. My primary is marvelous and I have been seeing him for about 15 years. He treats my allergies and asthma and fusses over me when I get stressed, but his treatment is to give me drugs, which I don't necessarily want. Dr. Marcantel is able to connect on a deeply spiritual level that I have never had before with a health care provider. That is where her special gifts lie.

Her generous and loving spirit combined with an uncanny ability to diagnose problems and treat them in the most noninvasive manner make her a truly amazing physician and healer. I am proud to call her my doctor but more proud to call her a friend.

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