| Allergies/Asthma
When I first heard of this
Naturopathic Doctor, (Dr. Macdonald), I thought that
she would be very much experienced in Natural
Medicines, and when I went to her office, I was
quite right but when I listened to all the very
smart things she was saying, she was even more
experienced than I thought, (lots of knowledge).
When it was time to leave from my 1st appointment, I
thought about my life, and how much it would change
in the most excellent way! When she told me on my
next appointment with the nurse (the nurse told me)
I was allergic to all sorts of things (including
milk) I was a bit sad, but I got through it and
started on my new diet, (with my flax seed oil and
other very healthy medicines). It seemed hard at
first to get used to, and my mom had to run all over
the place to get me special things to eat, and a
different way of eating, and now I am not on any
medication at all, and I have lost so much weight,
and feel much healthier and active. I went on an 8
mile bike ride some days ago, and I had so much
energy! And it’s all because of my mom and this
wonderful Doctor who made my life a whole lot
easier, for a young child with hopes and dreams for
a better, happier, and healthier lifestyle. For a
kid, who hopes all the people with asthma could
experience this experience one day and be a whole
lot happier. All to the Naturopathic Doctors, all
you!
I’ve never felt this good before, but when I went
into a doctor’s office, it was only for 2 minutes or
so. Dr. Macdonald spent an hour, or hour and a half,
or an hour and 15 minutes is a much bigger
difference my friend, much bigger! Thank you.
-Ashley Tennant, 13 years old
I took my 2 year old son to see Dr. Macdonald
after he had been diagnosed
with asthma and allergies by our family physician.
He was on two different
types of inhalers from the age of 4 months and was
still coughing all day
and night.
Dr. Macdonald was quickly able to diagnose his many
food and environmental
allergies and gave me a great deal of information on
what he could eat as
well. She was very knowledgeable and reassuring,
which allowed us to easily
and effectively remove all his food allergies. As a
result of not eating
all the foods he was allergic to, his immunity is
stronger and he no longer
has any allergies to house dust, dust mites, grass
and mould.
My 2 1/2 year old son is now very healthy, has no
cough at all and has not
needed to use his inhalers even once in the last 6
months! Thank you so
much Dr. Macdonald for saving our son from a
lifetime of asthma and
allergies!!!
-Lisa Gresko and Paul Lloyd, Courtenay, BC
ADD
Four weeks – that’s all it took
for my son’s Candida level to drop from
approximately 50% down to 5.
By following a food program of no yeast, sugar,
certain fruits & vegetables, and fresh water fish,
combined with a candida killer, as well as a good
bacteria builder we were able to bring down our
son’s candida and monilia level to almost a normal
level.
After only 24 hours of being on the candida killer
and bacteria builder I noticed a difference in him.
He was calm, walking and more focused.
After a week, his teacher noticed a difference in
his behavior and after a month everybody else
noticed some difference in him. Bryan is more
taskful. He will sit and read a book, or colour. He
even read a story out loud to his cousins without
being asked.
After being on Ritalin for 2 years (with very little
side effects) I can see Bryan being drug-free in
another month.
Thank you to everyone involved in the VEGA testing
process and to Dr. Deidre Macdonald, Naturopathic
Physician.
-Mrs. Karolee Forster
My son was diagnosed with ADD but
we weren’t comfortable with using drugs to deal with
his problems. We were impressed with how thorough
and understanding Dr. Macdonald was. She really
connected with our son, which is a miracle in
itself. With some good coaching, we changed his diet
and saw an enormous difference in his behavior.
Thanks Dr. Macdonald, for giving us our son back!
-Francine Becker, 46
Asthma
I have had asthma for almost 20
years. I was using my inhalers all the time (a lot
more than I should have been). I knew certain things
made me wheezie, but just kept using my inhalers to
relieve the symptoms. I started going to Dr.
Macdonald and she said we should try desensitizing
you to your allergies. I said sure, so we went ahead
and did different solutions of reactants and now I
use my inhaler maybe 3 or 4 times a week at only one
puff. It is so nice to be able to live my life not
around an inhaler. I do things I couldn’t do without
puffing on my inhaler. This was a great success and
I recommend it to others.
-Stephanie O’Rourke, 26 years
old
Digestion and Vega Testing
I am writing on behalf of my two
and a half year old daughter who is finally, after a
year and a half of pain and discomfort, is now
experiencing relief. From the time she was about a
year old, Emily was having problems pooping. She
would go anywhere from 4-11 days without a bowel
movement. In the course of a year and a bit, she saw
more than a dozen different doctors who wrote it off
as being fairly normal but they gave her 6 or 7
different synthetic laxatives, one after another and
one not working for more than a week or so. Finally
I made an appointment with Dr. Deidre Macdonald and
there was where I finally had someone listen and I
got RESULTS! After having an allergy test done on
her (which took maybe 25 minutes at the most) it was
determined that she had very high levels of yeast in
her GI tract as well as being allergic to wheat,
cows milk, goats milk, and bananas. Well, no wonder
she was always bunged!! So after a countless number
of hours in the emergency room, and doctors offices,
I finally got results after a simple little allergy
test. After getting rid of the yeast in her system
and a pretty strict diet to get her body normal
again, she is “normal”. I am happy to report that
she poops at least once a day now with no pain. She
sleeps better and eats more now in a day than she
ever did before in a week. Thank you, Dr.
Macdonald….I am sure to you she was just another
client but to us she was our little baby girl who
was in a lot of pain and discomfort. You helped her
and for that we are grateful to you. Thank you from
the bottom of our hearts.
-Emily Motley – 2.5 years old
The first time I made an appointment with Dr.
Deidre Macdonald was the smartest move health-wise
that I had made in a long time.
Up to that time I had for several years, had trouble
with my digestive system. I had just been to my
medical doctor about this, and had been given a
prescription, which after taking for a few days made
me sicker than before. When I visited Dr. Macdonald,
she took the time to find out all about me and my
family. She then took more time to listen to all my
symptoms. Then she gave me some good common sense
advice. She advised me on what foods to eat and what
supplements to take. The advice was so good and so
thorough that after a few more visits I didn’t need
to see her for several years.
I am now seeing her again about other things and
being treated with homeopathic medicines, with
wonderful results. There are no side effects and I
am feeling much better. Thank you so much, Deidre,
for taking the time to listen to me.
-Shirley Ross
I am a 61 year old male who has been plagued with
digestive problems for the last 12 years. My regular
doctors only treated the symptoms with pills but
never diagnosed what was causing the problems. I was
taking pills for migraine headaches, acid reflux,
and diverticulosis (diarrhea) until I went and saw
Dr. Macdonald.
She gave me a Vega Test and immediately put me on a
treatment to clear up my gluten problem, my liver
ailments, my acid reflux and my diarrhea. Within one
month I was able to stop taking all my pills and
stopped living from one washroom to another.
I now only take vitamin supplements and I am able to
live a normal life again, thanks largely to Dr.
Macdonald and her natural path to medicine.
As a last challenge, Dr. Macdonald has helped me to
stop smoking, at least for the last 5 weeks. This is
a feat I was not able to do for the past 55 years.
Thank you very much Dr. Deidre Macdonald.
-Mel
Menopause
Hot flashes are an understatement
for what I had! Menopause hit me like a ton of
bricks. I don’t know what I would have done if Dr.
Macdonald hadn’t steered me in the right direction.
My mother had breast cancer so I wasn’t going to
take drugs for my symptoms. I found relief with
balancing my hormones through herbs, lifestyle
changes and a homeopathic remedy. Phew!
-Marlyss Henderson, 53
Just wanted to let you know how glad I am that I
called upon you t help me with the horrible
stressful HOT FLASHES! The medicines you gave me
have helped quite a bit. I’ve only had occasional
flashes the past week or two, and not the awful
sweaty ones, or the ones that made my heart feel
like it was racing etc. I haven’t been so tense and
stressed as before either. So, thank you.
-Debbie D.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
I was diagnosed with ulcerative
proctitis about five years ago. I was generally
quite healthy and the symptoms seemed to go away
after six months of taking suppositories. I just
thought it was the stress of being a student, since
the doctors didn't really have any answers as to
what could have caused it. But last year the
proctitis symptoms came back. I started losing
weight and had rectal bleeding, bloating, nausea,
and constipation (something I had been plagued with
since I was a child). I felt depressed and I
couldn't seem to think straight. I decided to go to
my GP to get help, but unfortunately no one knows
what causes proctitis, and so I was prescribed
suppositories again, and referred to a proctologist.
Feeling miserable I went to the drug store to get my
prescription filled, and on the counter I saw a
flyer for one of Dr. Macdonald seminars on irritable
bowel syndrome. I'm not religious, but that had to
be a sign from the heavens! The course was so
informative I went for a personal consultation.
Before hand, I filled out a 10 page questionnaire
all about my history, health, and lifestyle (at the
initial interview with my GP, I wasn't even asked if
I smoked!). This allowed Dr. Macdonald to see me as
a whole person, and not just the immediate symptoms.
I had a Vega test done, which tested my
sensitivities to all sorts of foods and other
substances. It was uncanny how well that test had
worked. A couple of months prior to, and during my
illness, I started to dislike drinking milk and
eating mushrooms and strawberry jam (foods that I
normally love). And to my amazement all three foods
showed up as intolerances/allergies with the Vega
test! I now had a reason to listen to my body.
I felt very comfortable talking about my symptoms to
Dr. Macdonald. I stopped eating certain foods, and
started taking supplements to reduce the
inflammation and bleeding, as well as improve my
digestion. After just a couple of days my husband
had commented on how well I seemed. I started taking
anti-candida medicines to get rid of excess yeast in
my stomach, and within a week I felt such mental
clarity - like a cloud in my head had been lifted. I
also had a few sessions of Bowen therapy, which not
only helped to reduce the symptoms of proctitis, it
also helped with the upper back and neck pains I was
having. After just two months of treatments with Dr.
Macdonald, my colonoscopy showed there were no signs
of inflammation, I was no longer suffering any
symptoms of my proctitis, and my life-long battle
with constipation had ceased.
Today I feel 100% - particularly since I had just
seen Dr. Macdonald for Bowen therapy on my lower
back. Now I can eat a lot of the foods that we had
eliminated for the treatment of my symptoms, but I'm
more sensitive to when and just how much of these
foods I should be eating. I take fish oil, a good
probiotic, calcium and vitamins daily. Dr. Macdonald
teaches you how the body works, which allows you to
listen to it, and then gives you the tools to remedy
it. I have never liked going to the doctor's office,
but I always look forward to seeing Dr. Macdonald -
who is a warm and compassionate person who really
cares about your health and well being. Thank you
very much Dr. Macdonald.
-Nicole, 30
Ear Problems
I started my visits to Dr. Macdonald because of a
slow recovery I was having from an inner ear
infection that had left me with vertigo and fatigue.
I was skeptical when she described the Bowen
treatment to me as a help for my problems, but
reluctantly agreed to a series of treatments over a
number of weeks.
A few days after my second treatment, it occurred to
me that I had had 2 or 3 days when I felt what I
called ‘normal’, not constantly aware of tiredness
and of being ‘unwell’.
In the waiting room on the day of my next scheduled
appointment, I almost went home before the treatment
because of not feeling well. Immediately after the
treatment and as I walked to my car, I experienced a
sense of normalcy and well being that I could hardly
believe. At that point it was clear to me that the
Bowen treatments were responsible for this
improvement in my energy level and until my vitality
returned to a more consistent level. I continued to
come in for treatments.
I was of course doing a number of things to improve
my health, but the Bowen treatments brought about
the most dramatic results.
-Bonnie M.
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