Dooley Noted: 8/2/2015
Last night, I spent some quality time with my good friend, Dr. Randy Menser.
He is, by far, one of the best chiropractors and manual therapists I’ve ever met in my life.
A few years back, he suffered six strokes due to a blood disorder with an MTHFR mutation.
One of the particular strokes was in his medulla, the part of the brainstem controlling cardiorespiratory centers.
Only one out of 1000 survive a stroke to the medulla.
He was told he would never be able to walk, talk, practice chiropractic or massage, or even ambulate normally.
He lost his peripheral vision also, and he was told he wouldn’t get that back, either.
Last night, he sat across from me, telling me stories and making me laugh. Then, he picked up his guitar and played one of my favorite songs on the planet.
It’s so easy to believe what a doctor in the white coat tells you.
You take away all of your own personal responsibility – but you take away your body’s capability to create its own version of change.
Randy didn’t believe his capacities would not return. He demanded his system, doing hours upon hours of rehab every day.
He continues to shock the whitecoats with his progress.
Last night, he made an important point about cerebral openness.
He noted that people who believe they can go anywhere and do anything are much easier to reach.
If you are set in your beliefs that you will never progress, you are likely to be correct.
But if you demand the system and believe anything is possible, then change is more probable.
Randy inspires me to be an “anywhere” person.
I believe I can go anywhere and get anything done, because I’ve watched my friend do it.
You can subscribe to beliefs that no progress can be made and marry your diagnoses and prognoses.
Or, you can open your mind up and become an “anywhere” person.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley
