April 2021 Newsletter
Our hearts are broken from the trauma of the King Sooper’s shootings. We are at once supportive of our community and traumatized ourselves. We are so moved by the outpouring of love offered to south Boulder and realize that we are blessed that such love is here. I could go on but much has already been said. We are lucky to count among our patients
Valarie Szarek who has consented to share her moving poem written in her grief of losing her friend in the shooting.
“PoemTulips
(3/22/2021 Boulder, Colorado)
I. My spring flowers
this year
Are for a grave
not a grave
A fence surrounding
a grocery store
Not a grocery store
a crime scene
Not a crime scene
ten crime scenes
A rapid-fire
of crime scenes
In the check-out line
not a line
A scream
a twisting fall
II. They are tulips
young and red
And everyone I try to
talk to talks about
Guns and angry men
and the dust is still
In the air
like ash from
A volcano
and they want to cast
Laws and I do too but
but today’s tears
Will become their own bullets
by tomorrow
If I don’t open
my own lips
And wail
III. They are red
and young
And I’m planning to hang them
as if they’ve done something
Wrong - leave them to
shrivel on a cyclone
Fence as though these deaths
will be a little less painful
As we watch something
else die - already
Cut from their source
I wrap their green
open stems in
Paper towel and water and plastic
thank them
Plead with them
to be brave
To hold strong
They have a lot of
work to do”
HELIOS STAFFING
We are reluctantly saying good-bye to Vicki Edgington who has been our front desk facilitator extraordinaire. She will be sorely missed. (We considered chaining her to the front desk)
We are also happy to announce the addition of corpsman Marco Quintana, who will be training at the front desk starting in May. Marcos has extensive medical experience and training in the Navy.
IV NUTRIENTS TO THE RESCUE
Vaccination is happening at a rapid clip and many of you have taken advantage of our Myer’s cocktail protocol for lessening the reactions to the COVID vaccines. We have found that the Meyer’s cocktail is at once fortifying against stress and an immune boost. Perfect to be given just before and/or after a COVID19 vaccine. Let us know if you are interested in scheduling your pre-vaccine IV. Likewise let us know if you have questions about Myer’s IV nutrient formula.
WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THE COVID VACCINE?
Take advantage of Dr. Margaret Hampton’s Chinese Medicine skills to assess your energetics vis-a-vis COVID19 vaccination. Chinese medicine can readily identify constitutional conditions that can put a person at more risk of having a lasting side effect of vaccination. Margaret can assess you for these constitutional susceptibilities prior to getting vaccinated. Furthermore, using acupuncture the day prior or the day of the vaccine unpleasant side effects can be abated or stopped in their tracks. Her clinical effectiveness rate for this treatment currently is at 95%!
NEUROPATHY PAIN HAS MET ITS MATCH AND IT’S ALPHA LIPOIC ACID (ALA)
We have a number of our patients who have benefited from the neuro-restorative properties of intravenous ALA. ALA infusions when given as a block of 9-12 IVs over 2-3 weeks can reduce pain, tingling and restore normal sensations to damaged nerves. It is most effective for metabolic nerve damage such as diabetes. It may also be helpful after surgery that decompresses nerves near the spine. We have seen it work on cranial nerves such as the auditory nerve to improve tinnitus.
WAVI BRAIN SCANS ARE BACK AT HELIOS!
For those of you who are concerned about dementia as you and your loved ones age, check out this link regarding WAVI brain assessment and dementia. Brian Testing for Early Dementia and Alzheimer’s
We have started doing WAVI brain scans after a hiatus during the pandemic. For more information see our Website.