Dear Walk Show Family,
It started June 10th, 2010. I awoke in the morning to a spinning personal universe. The vertigo was so intense that I could not initially stand up. Any attempt would throw me violently either back into bed or onto the floor. In time I learned to compensate for the vertigo and walk around tentatively, but I soon discovered that my two eyes were not coordinating with one another—at all!
First came the optometrist, who examined me and concluded the problem could not be fixed with prisms or lenses, as my eyes were constantly shifting so that there was no fixed standard against which to correct the opposing eye. He referred me to an ophthalmologist, who could only suggest more and more tests. Giving up, he, in turn, referred me to a neurologist, who took ever-more-expensive tests to no avail. (I’m still paying off the co-pays!) But, I suppose there’s some consolation in discovering that it was NOT a stroke, NOT a tumor, NOT auto-immune disease, and NOT a plethora of other ailments. Big, expensive deal!
Ten months went by of double vision and no hints as to either the diagnosis or cure. Then the neurologist suggested I try one final, especially invasive, spendy test that called for tapping into my spinal cord! While pondering whether I should allow the neurologist to scratch this, his last diagnostic itch at my expense, I got a postcard from Lake Meridian Chiropractic and went in for a periodic chiropractic check-up. After three severe whiplash injuries through the years, I had always been fixed up beautifully by Dr. Danene Saggau, in conjunction with the massage therapy she prescribed, but for some reason it had never dawned upon me that my chiropractic physician might be able to help me with my debilitating vision problems.
Dr. Saggau listened to my story, asked several penetrating questions, and checked me over. Referring to my charts, she reminded me that about a year earlier I had told her of a bicycle upset, wherein I had hit my head, broken my helmet, and made hamburger out of an arm and leg. However, at the time of the crash, I had felt no head pain or visual impairment. Dr. Saggau then surmised that my condition might have sprung from jammed cranial bones: “It will take two to five treatments for us to see if we can be of help.”
By the time I had reached home after the second day’s treatment, about half of my vision problems had simply disappeared! I could start tracking things with both eyes to a significant degree. This was huge news to my whole family!
A TASTE OF RESURRECTION THAT GIVES YOU YOUR LIFE BACK!
Then one morning things started spinning again, like they had at the beginning of my problems. Panicked, this time I had myself rushed right back to Lake Meridian Chiropractic, where Dr. Saggau said (using the vernacular), “Oh, that’s probably just your dizzy bone!” She adjusted somewhere in my back or neck, and by the time I got off the table, my dizziness was gone completely! It has never returned.
As for the uncoordinated vision, by the end of the fifth treatment, I was new money—about 99% restored. In the months since then—with only a handful of additional treatments—my vision has been completely restored. I can now work, work out, play, and plan again for my life, when I had begun to conclude previously that my productive life was over. All that—for a fraction of what I had previously spent finding out what was NOT wrong with me!
Oh, that I had gone to Dr. Saggau first instead of being intimidated into thinking that the perennial test-takers were a better first option!
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THE MAJOR CHIROPRACTIC ADVANCES SINCE THE “BONE-CRUNCHER” DAYS OF YORE?
I was raised with an appreciation of the crucial role of chiropractic in our family’s health care. Yet, getting chiropractic care always, for me, always seemed to be followed by a day or two of soreness from each helpful, but wrenching, “adjustment.” Our family’s common experience resulted in our adopting the now-obsolete label for chiropractors as “bone crunchers.”
“I GOT MY LIFE BACK!”
Then, we were introduced to Dr. Danene Saggau, an “Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractor” who is able to make corrective “adjustments,” and, for my family and friends, at least, almost always instant relief and certainly with no pain or residual soreness!
As a talk show host, I have a habit of interviewing people wherever I find myself. I suppose it’s not everybody who would walk into the lobby of Lake Meridian Chiropractic and declare to the packed lobby, “I suppose you wondered why I called this meeting?” But, it does help to break things up and foster some laughs and lively interactions!
When interviewing various people in the Lake Meridian lobby, do you know what the single greatest comment was that I received? It was, “Dr. Saggau has given me my life back!” Now, I certainly count myself as among their number.
I’ve known people (including myself) who have traveled over 100 miles to be treated by Dr. Saggau. Wouldn’t you, if there were the possibility she could give you your life back as she has mine?
“DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEUROLOGIST AND A CHIROPRACTOR?”
“Dr. Danene,” as I call her, once told me she was at a social event, in which a neurologist approached her and queried: “Do you know the difference between a neurologist and a chiropractor?”
When Dr. Saggau feigned ignorance, he continued, “The neurologist keeps ordering tests to find out what’s not wrong with the patient, while the chiropractor treats what’s wrong.”
Next time I have just about any problem, I will pursue my new health-care “vision” for myself and for America: I will think first, not last, of chiropractic treatment. And, for me in particular, I will always think first of Dr. Danene Saggau. In this last instance, consulting with her first would have likely saved me ten full months of visual and lifestyle trauma.
WHY THIS IS NOT A PAID ADVERTISEMENT
This article is not a paid advertisement. It flowed right out of my heart as an unsolicited gesture of thanksgiving. The way I figure it, Dr. Saggau and Lake Meridian Chiropractic have given me my life back at least four times now, and so I would be remiss if I didn’t thank her and tell you what you just might be missing!
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. –Proverbs 3:27
I just checked out www.LakeMeridianChiropractic.com just to make certain I didn’t say anything wrong herein, and there I discovered that every month they feature a special, money-saving offer for first-time patients. It usually saves you much of the initial costs in getting started with your initial Exam, X-Rays and/or First Day’s Treatment during each month! The savings is normally in the hundreds of dollars! Be sure to check it out at LakeMeridianChiropractic.com!
So, as the LakeMeridianChiropractic.com home page says: “Headaches? Backaches? Joint stiffness? If you suffer from any of these symptoms, your body is trying to tell you something. Are you listening? Your body wants relief! Our Mission is to help families regain and maintain their health for life through painless, drug free, Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic.”
You can contact Dr. Danene Saggau’s office at 253-630-1575. Her email address is: DrDaneneSaggau@LakeMeridianChiropractic.com. And, be sure to check out her website at: LakeMeridianChiropractic.com.
Pullin’ and Prayin’ both with and for you,
Ken Talbott, Host
www.TheWalkShow.com