The PURPOSE of a DOCTOR. etc.

 

---A Great OBJECTIVE For EVERYONE!

Colorado's 'Golden Girl' comes home for rehab

OLYMPIC ATHLETE IS

NOW PARAPLEGIC

 

---Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is a 41 year old woman and happy to be alive. She was involved in a vehicle accident which severed her spine. In her past, Amy was the winner of six Gold Medals. She says that that was a challenge to face at that time. Her approach to her new life in a wheelchair is another challenge…and very inspirational.

 

BENEFITS of POSITIVE SELF-EXPRESSION

Benefits of Positive Self-Expression

 

 

---There are many different ways to express yourself...positively. One way is to share some of what is inside with someone else. This is a good way to affect the system in a positive manner.

---Most resident’s at Laguna Honda have a frustration just from dealing with health issues. Unfortunately, we reinforce NOT expressing that frustration instead of teaching the resident how to deal with that frustration. He learns many things that DON’T express the frustration and, has to deal with things that create more frustration. Suddenly, he has more frustration than he started with.

 

---A side note to this: This was much the case when I originally wrote this piece. LHH is adopting new opportunities that are creative and have the potential of being very self-expressive for the resident/patient. I hope that this direction is explored more and continues. I am much, more personally encouraged. I hope that persistence in this area is embraced and it is seen how valuable this avenue is...even if met with trepidation (especially at first) by the residents themselves.

---We must learn that it’s okay to have the frustration and manage it, instead of NOT having it and running from it. Many, if not most of us, don’t feel what we’re  feeling. We try to go someplace else, and distract ourselves from feeling bad. We would get through our frustrations and grow at a faster pace if we weren’t so hell-bent on avoiding certain feelings…especially the more painful ones. Let’s at least acknowledge how we feel. Talking it over, does just that. Feeling acceptable + accepting (by NOT resisting) what is obvious and inevitable in the dilemma, works wonders.

 

 

---They say, ‘’our toughness comes from our ability to face our embarrassments and pains.’’ And, ‘’the best way around something is to go through it.’’

---We are less defensive and don’t blame others as much when we face uncomfortable things. We accept our own responsibility in situations. Remember, it is more difficult thinking about facing something, than to actually face it. Facing how we feel about things is how we grow.

---We accept our own responsibility in situations. We find ourselves thinking for ourselves and are that much closer to finding and speaking with our own voice. We do everything with greater conviction. We have changed the negative of feeling badly into our new ‘’tougher’’ self by the process of self-expression. A ''REAL'' CONFIDENCE increase. Take Care.

 

Attitude is Everything by Vicki Hitzges

It's the FIGHT in the DOG!

 

A quote for the next time there is a cause worth fighting for.

NEWS GIST

Doctor speaks of monitoring

blood levels

by cell phone

 

 

---I saw something very interesting on channel five news the other morning. It is the show that has Charlie Rose. You may have seen it. A doctor was on that I had seen many times, but NEVER caught his name. The gist of what he was saying was that your blood levels and thus how much medicine is present in your system, could be monitored. AND...your cell phone does the monitoring.

---He went on to say how this would revolutionize the industry. One could keep a much closer watch on the levels of each medication and where he is in terms of the therapeutic level in each case. He could then take the correct dose in every case...thus eliminating taking what is NOT necessary and virtually never be over-medicated again.

---This kind of info has the potential of so many positives for the consumer. They spoke of diabetes, controlllng blood pressure, psychotropic meds (mental health meds,) and many more.

---Having been in the mental health field...I am aware that many people were given lithium carbonate for manic depression. The drug seemed to keep the symptoms of manic depression at bay for years. The downside of the situation is that the kidney is usually negatively impacted for the whole time the patient is on the lithium. The kidney can be weakened until it needs serious attention. With the idea that the lithium could be doled out in the correct amounts instead of (as human nature tends to be) erring on the side of keeping the symptoms low...the kidney may be preserved and not receive the amounts that cause the damage. A much more regulated amount is administered.

 ---This is all new technology and has bugs to be worked out. But, it does seems that some things are being addressed that were in the distant future...perplexing and inaccessible at one time. Be Well.

LABYRINTH

LABYRINTH

 

 

---We have all seen a maze in our lives. They usually begin at a certain point AND through possible twists and turns...comes to the goal (home base) of the whole thing. The twists and turns can be doors or walls (choices we make) leading us to our goal...or, to a dead end. In the world of human behavior each behavior leads us to a wall or door...where we turn around or continue. (A distinction between maze + labyrinth is made...but, it doesn't change what I've written.)

---To Enjoy Life...we have said that WE (as individuals) must ''BE HEARD'' and ''BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.'' As residents of LHH (and Planet Earth)...I see this as very important. (I think that much hinges on this.) I think that many of us have never been recognized for who we are and hence never had the opportunity to advance very much beyond a fundamental level.

---If this is done than I think that through the process of BEING HEARD and BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY...many folks will begin again (or maybe for the first time) that journey of self-discovery and positive growth. People will be appreciated for who they are and feel understood and accepted in the process. As an aside to all this...people will, also, make better and more solid decisions and hence add this to their more effective lifestyles. If people are NOT HEARD nor TAKEN SERIOUSLY...than NOT very much will happen.

 

Grace Cathedral

San Francisco

---If folks feel they are HEARD + TAKEN SERIOUSLY then they will advance along these lines and realize that there is more quality in their lives and the idea of WELLNESS will make more sense. This all happens due to the fact that in the process that we have spoken about...the EGO becomes less and less of a factor and what is real + natural has taken its place. Positive growth has taken over and one now realizes that it is okay to be ''who you are.'' To be untruthful + unfaithful to that fact no longer rules the roost and interferes with any positive progress one is making. The viriditas (life-force) flows where it was impeded at one point.

{I was asked by a staff person at LHH...to research a labyrinth. These are my findings along with my own thought-processes. I found that the Rev. Lauren Artress in the video is part of the veriditas center (a different spelling than Dr. Sweet uses in ''God's Hotel.'' They both credit Hildegard of Bingen for creating the word.) I hope that my research is what you are looking for at LHH. Going from DARKNESS to ENLIGHTMENT is the road of healing. What I have written goes for the clients of Lauren Artress, also.}