Dr. Kendra Gaines, Editor-in-Chief, IJHC

 As regular readers of this journal may remember, in our last (October ‘24) edition I mused at some length about those who seek medical advice, but who steadfastly resist any advice that does not fall within the parameters of allopathic medicine. I was reasonably convinced that my friend, she who was afflicted by a sudden illness, would refuse to seek any alternative treatment, and I was perhaps even more convinced that her Western-medicine-only husband would absolutely refuse. There is now more to this story, and I am delighted to share it. 

Not very long ago, my friend called me and said, “I can’t tell this story to anyone else I know because I don’t think they’ll understand. But I know you will.” With that opener, she told me of a mutual friend who had sought alternative medical help at the office of an alternative practitioner long known in our area. I personally have never visited this practitioner, so I cannot attest to this person’s procedures. But our mutual friend, who has long struggled with a variety of medical issues, mostly without resolution, sought out this practitioner several months ago. The results were so positive and, to her, so startling, that she persuaded my friend to try his methods.