My Witch Doctor

Oh, how I love alternative medicine! Most those of us that are converted have been forced to convert because Allopathy has failed us in many ways. I love love love my two chiropractors, Dr. Giles and Dr. Skaggs. I have been receiving help from TG (Dr. Giles) for 10 years now and have become more and more converted over time. Dr. Skaggs has come into my life more recently and has already helped me completely overcome--as in become healed from and no longer bothered at all by--many of my allergies.

The chiropractors I see are both very religious men of the Christian variety (LDS) and use no voudou in their practices. But since a lot of what they do seems so strange, friends have often teased me. After a prolonged illness at the beginning of my marriage, my husband asked, "Why haven't you gone to see your witch doctor? What does he say?"

If you really want to learn about the techniques that are used, then you should learn. But most people don't. Those that have seen me getting treated or have ventured to give it a shot themselves are often skeptical, and many do not follow through because it is so un-traditional. Anyway, I was just thinking about this because today I went to see Dr. Giles again and now **knock on wood** my strep throat is almost gone. I went to see him Friday and he asked what he always asks, "Why did you wait so long to come in?" He made me sit in a sauna with mud all over my body, then I sat in a chair with a light beam and sound generator making noise and my feet in a bucket of water with lights, then a lady gently massaged the lymph nodes on my neck with a light beam. Then I went and did the same thing today. And meanwhile I've been taking these supplements that are supposed to help your body kill of bacteria and viruses. And I had to rub a really gross herb on my tonsils with a q-tip and try not to throw up. So, I did all that. And now I'm better! Hurray! That was a long one. Maybe next time I will finally go see my "witch doctor" before a month of illness goes by.