A Tribute to Doctors, Nurses and Therapists

Today I want to pay tribute to all of those in the medical professions who have been partners in my pain-free journey.
The first one I remember is Dr. August T. Piper, pediatrician and dear family friend.  Of that era also was Dr Gladney (surgeon), Dr Lee (dentist)and Dr Canaan (eye doctor).

As I matured my partners in health were the staffs at Washington University (Barnes Hospital) and Johns Hopkins clinics.

College years saw me cared for lovingly by the campus nurse and a local doctors - Dr Bone and Doctor Scott.

Care of my female organs has been from Dr. Justin Kronor, Dr. Teresita Padilla and currently from Dr. David Weinstein.

The initial journey to discover why I had back and neck pain and stiffness and repeated case of iritis/uveitis was led by Dr. David Brown. Then I discovered a great dignostician and doctor in Owen Kantor, MD and his partner S. Christine Kovacs.

 Another important part of my treatment has been physical therapy. I got off to a great start with Dan Kelley and staff who utilize the MacKenzie method. This method relies a lot on the patient helping him/her self.

Of course this tribute would not be complete without including my current caretakers:

Dr. Rand Sommer & staff of Clinic of Internal Medicine

Dr. John Powell & staff, Dermatologist

Dr. H. Ahmed and staff, St. Luke's Sleep Medicine Center

Dr. David Weinstein , Kendra and staff at Consultants in Womens Health

Dr. Paul Bles and staff, dentist

Dr. Seibert and staff at Overland Eye Associates

Dr. Brian McMorrow & staff at Gateway GI

Therapists and staff at Provider Plus

Pharmacists and other staff at Express Scripts and Curascript

and any others which I may have mistakenly omitted from these lists.

Are you a patient of any of these ? Do you have another doctor, nurse or therapist who deserves a tribute ?

Let me know as a comment.

Until next time,

Do your best to think, live and be pain-free !

In Pursuit of A Pain-Free Life

Today I have had a change of mind and have renamed my blog with what I think is a catchy title- In Pursuit of A Pain-free Life. Of course no life is completely pain free. Some our lives are more pain-free than others. How did we get this way ? My knowledge and instinct tells me that the make-up of our lives comes from several factors-genes and hereditary, our environment, the teachers and mentors who direct our lives, and of course our family. Stay with me on this journey and together we will increase our knowledge in all of these areas and discover new ways of living pain free. Until next time....

Do your best to think,live and be pain-free !!