Sleeping Through the Night

Having some medical complications of for myself, looking at things going on and trying to figure out what was causing me not to feel well and having traditional physicians um kind of steering me towards looking at going out on disability and to stop working because I wasn't feeling well, I started researching functional medicine on my own and that kind of led me to uh Med Matrix to try to see if there was other alternatives for me instead of looking at to quit working cuz I wanted to continue because I love what I do even though I work in traditional medicine myself because I'm a nurse, I didn't want to stop working. So, that's what led me here. Amazing. So, how and you came across an ad? You I did. I came across an ad cuz most of the functional medicine when I was doing the research, most of the the practices that I was finding was down in the Boston area. And so, I was looking for something closer to home that wouldn't be so far to travel. What were some of the challenges you were facing every day? I was facing like brain fog, fatigue. I was having some balance issues. So, it was hard concentrate at work. I was working full-time doing my job and then I was just exhausted on the weekend so I was taking the weekends to recover. So, I really wasn't having any time for myself or my husband to do anything. So, I was spending most of my time on my weekends in bed recovering so then I could get back up on Monday mornings and do the whole week again. So, So, and uh going on disability Yeah, so the doctors were recommending that I apply for disability and stop working cuz they felt that I would qualify for disability. I ended up having some cardiac issues and then later on I ended up having a brain tumor that I had removed, and that caused some residual issues with my balance, hearing issues, and some concentration and things like so. And about your experience right here. So, your first interaction with the staff here was all Do you remember any of it? Yeah. So, we went over different issues that I was having. We talked about brain fog, fatigue. I was having some joint problems, aching, things like that. The balance issues, the concentration issues. And when we talked about my age, I was kind of in that menopausal age group. So, when we discovered everything that was going on, it may not have just been like the brain tumor and that type of thing. It could have been other things that was causing those issues with the brain fog, the concentration, things like that. So, when I was talking to the end person, they were like, "Well, why don't you come in and you have blood work and, you know, talk to somebody here and see if maybe there's other things that could be also interfering with those, you know, bringing on those issues other than your medical complications that you've already been having." Okay. And then so, overall your recall, how did you feel afterwards? Like going in, I was really skeptical at first. Were you Do you Some people come in and they're like, "I know what I'm looking for." I know, coming from traditional medicine, you know, you always think, you know, the the symptoms and there's always, you know, a diagnosis there and and stuff. But after talking and listening, it's like, you know, it's not always just one specific thing. There could be other causes for, you know, vitamin deficiencies and that type thing, hormones that could be causing it. Okay. And then that initial lab visit when you came there and labs done and then that in-body scan, how did How did you feel about that with our team, with the process, with the information? Everybody was so professional, friendly, nice. It was It was really amazing how they made you feel. They were welcoming. It was just a different feel here than like a traditional medical office that you go to, and everybody is so focused just the symptom, the one symptom you're going in there for. They're not looking really at you as a whole person to what else could be causing things. And then that in body Have you done them them before? Or in body comp? I had not done one before. That was the first time. Okay. And what did you How did you Some people are like, "Okay." Some people are like, "Wow, I I didn't know all these things." Yeah, I didn't until they were all explained out what they were actually looking at and And then what about that provider? What was her provider Uh Dr. Rose. Dr. Red. Yeah. So, going into that visit, do you remember feeling any way and then coming for something else? Or how did it go in general? I remember her I had to fill out a questionnaire before coming and like walking in there, like she already knew everything about me. Everything that I had written down, she knew. And then all the lab work, she went line by line through every piece of lab work with me and explained it all out. And it was amazing how everything connected to what I was feeling, all the symptoms and the things that we discussed and her kind of take on what I was feeling, the symptoms I was having, how they connected with like the brain fog, concentration issues I was having, the balance issues, the joint issues. And I have to say, coming into here, I had been going to physical therapy for over a year and a half. It hadn't made a difference. I hadn't seen one bit of difference in physical therapy. It was I felt like I had almost wasted a year and a half of my life going to physical therapy. And I I here, she had made some recommendation for some peptide injections. I did some hormone therapy and now I wasn't able to lift my left arm over my head. I could barely lift my left arm and now I have full use of my left arm, my shoulder. It was amazing the difference that it made. That is that's actually incredible. Yeah. So, the challenge is how is it in your daily life now? I am back to like I can sleep 6 to 7 hours. Before I was barely sleeping like 3 hours a night. I'm back to functioning on the weekends. There's no longer this full staying in bed over the weekend. I am actually active on the weekend. Me and my husband are out doing things. It's no longer a cycle of working my week and then a full taking the full weekend to recover from that work week. So, I feel like I'm a normal person again. Uh functional medicine in general, not a lot of people know about it, right? So, how would you describe functional medicine to somebody? I would say that it work I feel it works in conjunction with traditional medicine. I still see my regular PCP, but it works in conjunction with that. I think there's definitely a place for it. I will never go back just regular traditional medicine. I'll keep it working side by side together. I feel that there's always going to be a place for it in my life. What about somebody who's on the fence about functional medicine? What would you say to them? I would say that there's definitely a place for it in everybody's life. I think people need to look at it as a whole. Traditional medicine seems to just look at a specific symptom. It doesn't look at the whole body as a whole. What else could be causing that symptom? There's so many different things that could be causing it. Like I said I in the beginning it could be a vitamin deficiency that could be causing it. Not necessarily when somebody has muscle problem or brain fog or something, it may not be a specific. Some people may think it's it's something to do like I have somebody who has migraines and they they're always thinking, "Oh my god, do I have a brain tumor? Do I have a you know, it it may not necessarily be that. It could be simple as a hormone or or a vitamin deficiency like I said, it may not be something simple as something terribly wrong with you. So, it's you know, you have to look at the whole person. I have no more questions. Is there anything else you want to share? I think people get in their head that traditional medicine is all there is out there, but I think they need to look further into functional medicine, you know, it is diet, it is exercise, it is it's everything being involved. It's not just it isn't just, you know, a pill or you have to look at the whole thing, the whole picture.