Chiropractors / spinal specialists usa

Dr. Bart Patzer Austin, Tx

May 10, 2006

Dear Dr. Patzer,

I wanted you to know that you have had a huge positive impact in my life. I first came to you 8 years ago because I slipped on a patch of ice and landed flat on my back. After going to the hospital and being sent home with pain killers that did absolutely nothing to help the problem, I decided to give Chiropractic care a try. I got relief from the back pain and you began to educate me on all the other benefits of continued care.

For about 4 years prior to starting my care with you, I would have terrible allergy problems that turned into serious upper respiratory infections. The year I started getting adjustments, my allergies diminished and I have not had an upper respiratory infection since. I also used to have terrible headaches on a daily basis and would take Advil or some other kind of medicine almost every day. I think I had it in my mind that the solution to any kind of ailment was found on the drugstore shelves. I am so grateful that I know better now, that the healing comes for Above Down, Inside Out! While I believe this whole-heartedly, it is not to say that I don't have some challenges in my life.

I was diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 4 years ago. This was without a doubt a very frightening time in my life. What scared me was that I didn't know what the future held for me. I was having visions of myself in a wheelchair and that I was going to ruin my husband's life if he had to take care of me. I was convinced by my Neurologist that the best thing for me was to begin medication in the form of a shot that I gave myself once a week. So, mostly out of fear and guilt, I started taking the shots. The fear was for me - what if this is the only thing that will stop the progression? The guilt was about my husband - what if I don't so this and something bad happens and he has to take care of me?

So it began, the weekly ritual of giving myself the shot (this was a big needle that had to reach the muscle), then the aftermath at dealing with the side effects which were flu-like symptoms. Imagine having the flu one day a week. I finally couldn't take it anymore, so my Neurologist suggested a daily shot what would be much easier because through it all, still having the MS symptoms, I decided to stop the medications altogether. I have to say that I respect my Neurologist very much and I know that he believes in what he is doing and wants very much to help people. But for me, this was not the right path.

I began to declare God's Word, out loud, "by His stripes, I am healed". I would say this over and over and over until I started to truly believe it in the very depths of my soul. I would "see" myself whole - completely healed. I have to say that sometimes this is not a very easy thing to do - to have complete faith when your outside circumstances are telling you otherwise. I have learned, and will be learning for the rest of my life, that sometimes you just have to look at things with your "spiritual" eyes, and not what your physical eyes show you.

I continued my Chiropractic care, and the MS symptoms were diminishing. Then, I stopped coming in for my adjustments. I had a lot of excuses why - which I won't go into now, because after all, they are just excuses! Little by little, I think I just physically began to fall apart. The MS symptoms started coming back, then I got sick. It started out as allergies, and turned into a cough and a general feeling of being ill, and lasted for a few months. I decided I better get in to see you for an adjustment. I got immediate relief, and as I continued my care again, I was feeling better and better.

I still have some MS symptoms every now and then, but they are much less severe, and what I don't have is the fear. I know that when everything is in alignment, my spine and my spiritual life, everything else will operate at its full potential. I realize that it is up to me to take care of both of these areas in my life.

I don't think I have the words that can truly express how I feel about all you have done for me over the years. You are one of the most caring people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. I could never put into words how much your caring about me as a person has meant to me. Thank you Dr. Patzer, for helping me go on this journey of life, and living it more abundantly than I think would have ever been possible without your continued care.

Yours Sincerely,

Lisa R