Testimonials

From Karin, our nurse: “[A few years back] I was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram with Breastscreen Aotearoa. Apart from the fact that I am a woman and have breasts, I had no risk factors, with no family history, have never smoked, and have breast-fed at length. Have I been doing too much? Well . . . .After surgery and 20 sessions of radiotherapy I [was] fine, and, in fact, have remained fine throughout the whole treatment. My wonderful colleagues at HMC prepared treatment plans for me for prior to and after both surgery and radiotherapy and I have experienced very few side effects. I cannot stress enough how important it is to go for those pesky mammograms! Please feel free to talk to me about any of the above- I shan’t be embarrassed!”

Recently a patient came to see us & explained that she had suffered from chronic fatigue for many years & successfully manages it most of the time. However she had been nursing her terminally ill mother & starting to get unwell. We gave her herbal support to help her through that period. She recently called us to relaay her heartfelt thanks, as she got through her mother's bereavement & funeral without a relapse & she said it would not have been possible without the help we gave her. CS

A month ago we had a patient with exhaustion, insomnia most nights for a year, daily headaches, constipation & she was feeling very fragile & teary. After one month she was sleeping nearly every night, she had no headaches and her energy levels were “very good”. She was exercising more often & she felt calmer. Her memory & concentration were much better, the constipation had resolved, she felt her ability to handle stress was good & she bounced back quicker.

A 51 year old female came to us with fatigue, depression and came down with colds & flu's every month since the early 90’s when there was burn out related to job and other stress. “My first appointment here at the Holistic Centre was marvelous because my experience was clearly familiar to them...after tests & full interviews with a Naturopath & Doctor...By January I felt 7/10 instead of 3/10, had lost 5 kilos and was looking for full time work.”

We have a lovely gentleman patient who came to us saying he had no joy in life, no motivation, couldn't get up in the morning & sleeps till lunchtime. He was on medication for high blood pressure & one of the side effect was depression. Due to this & exhaustion as a result of very high stress levels, he had also started anti depressant medication. We lowered his blood pressure by natural means, which allowed him to reduce then eliminate the medications and we treated his exhaustion naturally. He now finds it easy to get up in the morning, is going to the gym & is “feeling really good”. Now he is wanting to come off his anti-depressant. All this in less than a month.

We had a lovely 24 year old woman visit our clinic recently who had taken 1 month off work for grief, anxiety, depression and fatigue (she was sleeping 12 hours a day. Her GP suggested anti-depressants & her counselor suggested a natural approach. After 2 weeks of natural help her fatigue, depression, & grief had lifted and she was back at work, but she was still feeling anxious. We changed her treatment slightly and 2 weeks later she was feeling fine & wanted some help with her skin.

A lovely 42 year old man came to us recently with fatigue and mood issues as well as being on blood pressure and cholesterol medication. He was wanting to come off the cholesterol medication due to the side effects. After correcting nutritional deficiencies and addressing hormonal health he is feeling the “best he has felt in years” and is finding he is much more energetic and productive on the weekend.

A lovely woman reported to us recently that after we had given her magnesium and melatonin, she slept through the night for the first time in 20 years. This was despite the fact that she was on two prescription medications to make her sleep.

A lovely 35 year old man came to us recently feeling a bit down with some anxiety and irritability which was adversely affecting his relationship and interfering with his studies. He found that just some B vitamins and magnesium has had a wonderful effect. He was happy to report that he feels relaxed and calm and his mood had improved such that he was able to enjoy his relationship. He was also eating better, exercising and doing better with his studies.

A lovely lady visited us recently who had been diagnosed with post-natal depression after the birth of her second child and had been on an anti-depressant for 9 months. She had stopped the medication 3 weeks previously and had hit the wall with depression, insomnia and her energy levels were 3/10. We gave her supplements to improve energy and sleep, with melatonin can be very useful when withdrawing from antidepressants. We also asked her to do blood tests. She called 2 weeks later to say she felt absolutely fantastic and had not even thought about anti depressants. This was before she had done her blood tests so she may feel even better yet!

A patient called us recently to thank us for having given her a Probiotic liquid to take. This lady has had a history of digestive problems ever since an operation & antibiotics several years before. She said she felt a huge improvement after just two days.
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Late last year we had a lovely patient who came to us with very bothersome irritable bowel symptoms which had started 25 years earlier after catching a bug in Africa. He had tried all sorts of dietary approaches, seen doctors and specialists and even had a colonoscopy. We assured him that the problem was very unlikely to be food related and gave him a good quality Probiotic with Saccharomyces Boulardii. We saw our very skeptical patient 2 weeks later and to his great surprise and delight his bowels were totally normal for the first time in 25 years.

A woman came to us with her third bout of a digestive infection call Blastocystis hominis and ongoing problems with loose stools had been interfering with her sleep. We started her on probiotics and Saccaromyces boulardii and she called back to say that all the symptoms were gone in 24 hours.

A patient came to us with acute diarrhoea recently after eating some pork. We gave probiotics and Saccaromyces boulardii. We called when his stool tests came back with positive for Campylobacter. He was very happy to report that his symptoms had resolved 30 minutes after starting his supplements and had not returned. This is remarkable as this can usually take two weeks to resolve.

After reading our newsletter about inflammatory bowel we had a patient visit us to discuss his concerns. We have done a referral for a colonoscopy as he may have some level of inflammation but in the meantime he studiously followed the cooked food principles we outlined while taking a probiotic with the Saccaromyces boulardii Yesterday he happily reported that he has had a 100% improvement in symptoms which he has had for 20 odd years. All while on the waiting list! This is an outstanding result and a testament to his determination.

In some of our newsletters we have mentioned the importance of keeping Vitamin D levels over 100. We have an interesting story of a male patient who had classic symptoms of irritable bowel for as long as he could remember with pain, gas & bloating. Our usually successful treatments such as probiotics, hair allergy testing etc provided little improvement for him. After we brought his vitamin D levels up to optimum, his IBS symptoms ‘miraculously’ disappeared which was a surprise to us. He is still symptom free after three months. It just goes to show that sunshine is important & there is always something new to learn!

A patient of ours recently started taking high-strength Magnesium & fish oil supplementation after being a long-term asthma sufferer. She recently returned for Magnesium & was amazed that she had not needed Ventolin for the first time in years and was feeling very good.

“I felt comfortable, welcomed, validated and even happy to be there. ...I have already benefited hugely from your advice and assistance, with my energy on the rise, joint and bone pain completely gone and other symptoms on the decline! But best of all, I feel empowered and my outlook has improved dramatically!”

“You may think we are going elsewhere for medical care but we are not. The guidelines you have given us to maintain our own health must be working too well...we have been very healthy. I am so grateful to all because you took so much time to be thorough in your diagnosis...so much time and most important of all, you got it right!! Your natural therapies have worked out cheaper-1) Because THEY WORKED and 2) Because we have learnt some ways to prevent further problems, and 3) Because repeat visits have proved unnecessary”.

A couple of good stories about magnesium supplementation. One patient who had had many years of terrible hormonal migraines started taking the magnesium and was surprised to find only a background sensation in her head rather than a debilitating migraine. It is not uncommon for patients to experience uncharacteristic anxiety after surgery. One patient found that her anxiety was negligible when she took the magnesium and her sleep was also much better.

A 22 year old woman recently saw us who had felt depressed for 5 years tired, anxious and sometimes panicky. Antidepressants in the past had not helped and she also had regular severe right-sided headaches. After 2 weeks on increased protein, magnesium, ginseng and high-dose B vitamins, she looked and felt a different women. All her symptoms had improved but she happily reported NO headaches since her previous visit.

A lovely post-menopausal lady recently came to us, having problems with, adrenal fatigue, poor energy and poor sleep. Being health savvy, she had “tried everything” in the past without success., The doctor ’custom made’ a prescription using natural hormones and addressing the adrenal fatigue and she is very happy. Energy and sleep are much improved and as a consequence she “has a lot of faith in the doctors there”.