Success Stories

"Old Dog, New Trick is possible!"

I have been reading you for some time in Acupuncture Today and was thrilled that you were speaking at the autumn SP Oct. ’11 Conference at Standard Process. I had the general overview of your day long great session as I had seen you speak in the last year or so. But you really filled it in for me and I became so empowered and inspired by all that you have shared.

My husband — a big bike rider and previous bike shop owner had, for decades, bowed to the spaghetti and home baked, whole wheat bread god (also lots of fruit and stops for scones, etc) and consequently had triglycerides at 400′s. Over the previous year, he decreased his fruit and sugars in general, so labs went down to upper 200′s. CRP was still really up there – 5′s.

Since the day I got back from the conference, he never baked another loaf and we started on the 20-30 carbs per meal. I was shocked that he was willing to make such a huge psychological leap — not his typical! What had been bothering him the most was his awakenings every 1-2 hours to urinate all night long, for years. Also he was starting to have aching in the prostate area. Scared, no doubt.

The following morning he announced wide-eyed that he only woke up once all night. Sleeps well now. No more groin symptoms either. At 5 weeks he had his every-6-mo. labs. Triglycerides were 83!!!, HDL had gone up 10 points, CRP 2.1, LDL 118. I was shocked. Your information and those changes we made as a result are the only changes we made. He’s 71 — so old-dog-new-trick is possible! :)

I can’t thank you enough!

I want you to know I have taken up your banner as well! Will be giving my first talk to patients on Tues. eve. (Have had many good outcomes with one-to-ones over the winter in the clinic). Thank you so so much for your generous help!

"I’m able to lead a more active and healthy life!"

For the most part I’ve always considered myself a healthy young person. My working with infants and toddlers for years was the source of many recurring upper respiratory infections and my low back pain. With the back pain I had tried everything I knew to do and had been to several doctors and nothing seemed to make a difference so I got desperate and decided to try something I thought was crazy, acupuncture and alternative medicine. I laugh at myself now, finding it odd that there’s this knowledge out there that I was completely unaware of.

Within a few weeks of going to Merritt Wellness Center the back pain that had come and gone for 3 years and was the source of me quitting my job, was completely gone. I was a bit stunned. I went from having my husband carry me in from the car and lying on the couch for hours to walking, backpacking, and eventually mountain biking. Also, in the two years that I’ve been going to Merritt Wellness Center I have yet to have to take another round of antibiotics. My GP probably thinks I fell off the face of the planet given the shocking decrease in my amount of visits, thanks to Merritt Wellness Center.

More recently I shattered my left elbow resulting in 3 surgeries, a total of 18 days in the hospital, and more pain than anyone should have to go through. Acupuncture helped to calm the anxiety and decrease the amount of pain I was having. Thanks to acupuncture I was able to go through the most recent surgery to have a metal plate and six screws removed without any pain meds, only taking herbs and Advil, and having minimal discomfort.

Thanks to Marlene and Will I’m able to lead a more active and healthy life. They are super committed to making a difference in the world, and God knows they’ve made a huge difference in mine.”