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Thankful I Didn’t Allow Myself to Be Forced Into a Procedure
Donald was in Las Vegas at a conference when he began experiencing a rapid heartbeat. He went to the emergency room where he was given medication to regulate his heartbeat and admitted to the hospital for further evaluation. Although he had no chest pain and, prior to this isolated incident, good exercise tolerance and no history of blocked arteries or heart failure, he was told he may have had a mild heart attack and needed an immediate heart catheterization—almost surely to be followed by angioplasty and stent placement.
Thanks to his involvement with the Whitaker Wellness Institute, Donald knew these procedures were at best inappropriate and at worst dangerous. He was tired and not up to arguing, so he tried to get some sleep. He was awakened during the night to sign a consent form the procedure, and again, he refused. The next morning, he called me, and based on the fact that his only problem was a rapid heartbeat, I recommended that he leave the hospital ASAP.
He again informed the hospital staff that he had decided against the procedure, and that he wanted to leave right away. Several teams of doctors and nurses tried to dissuade him, but he held firm. He left the hospital, flew home, and came to Whitaker Wellness. His doctor here found that his heartbeat was steady and his blood pressure was normal. An echocardiogram revealed that his heart function was excellent and his ejection fraction (a measure of the heart’s pumping ability) was a healthy 55 percent.
We further stabilized Donald’s heart rhythm with intravenous magnesium, and he’s receiving magnesium injections to ward off future arrhythmias. He’s also undergoing enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatments to promote the growth of new blood vessels around his heart. And he’s been treated with hyperbaric oxygen a few times for good measure.
Donald says, “I was really scared. I felt like I was being ganged up on and threatened. But I knew what Dr. Whitaker would recommend so I came home—against doctor’s orders—to be treated at the clinic. I’m so thankful that I didn’t allow myself to be forced into an unwanted and unnecessary procedure.”
— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD
Thanks to his involvement with the Whitaker Wellness Institute, Donald knew these procedures were at best inappropriate and at worst dangerous. He was tired and not up to arguing, so he tried to get some sleep. He was awakened during the night to sign a consent form the procedure, and again, he refused. The next morning, he called me, and based on the fact that his only problem was a rapid heartbeat, I recommended that he leave the hospital ASAP.
He again informed the hospital staff that he had decided against the procedure, and that he wanted to leave right away. Several teams of doctors and nurses tried to dissuade him, but he held firm. He left the hospital, flew home, and came to Whitaker Wellness. His doctor here found that his heartbeat was steady and his blood pressure was normal. An echocardiogram revealed that his heart function was excellent and his ejection fraction (a measure of the heart’s pumping ability) was a healthy 55 percent.
We further stabilized Donald’s heart rhythm with intravenous magnesium, and he’s receiving magnesium injections to ward off future arrhythmias. He’s also undergoing enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatments to promote the growth of new blood vessels around his heart. And he’s been treated with hyperbaric oxygen a few times for good measure.
Donald says, “I was really scared. I felt like I was being ganged up on and threatened. But I knew what Dr. Whitaker would recommend so I came home—against doctor’s orders—to be treated at the clinic. I’m so thankful that I didn’t allow myself to be forced into an unwanted and unnecessary procedure.”
— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD
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