Quantum Healing-Life Coaching-Dan Wimer, PhD

Quantum Healing-Magic

2012-03-03T08:27:00.000-05:00

Quantum Events (QE) are neutral with respect that it does not care who wields the QE power. When G-d set His laws at the beginning of our Universe, they work for anyone who understands the laws. A QE that has no viable explanations is called magic.

Energy healing or "spiritual healing" tends to be magical in nature. The Jewish-Christian Quantum Healing Principles are more effective and has more power behind it than "mediums," etc.

Quantum Healing

2012-02-28T21:52:00.000-05:00

Quantum Healing

Quantum healing or energy healing is very popular around the world. My new book "Quantum Healing Principles the Christian Way-Without the "New-Age" Nonsense" looks at how the Jewish-Christian person handles healing in today's world. The tremendous advantage that the "righteous" Jew or Christian has over the world in accomplishing the healing act cannot be overstated.

Healing can occur without necessarily having been cured. For example, someone has an inoperable sickness, such as are incurable cancer, healing can help with increasing the resilience factor. Quantum healing resilience is a way of helping a person to handle the stress of knowing that you are not going to live long enough to have a cure. G-d in his wisdom is calling you to go home to be with Him. If G-d in his wisdom grants a "miracle" (a Quantum Event (QE)), whether healing or cure the Father receives the glory.

There is no such thing as a "false miracle" there is only the lack of credit to God for His loving providence.

Healing with Jewish Christian Quantum Powers!!!

2011-10-29T14:33:00.001-04:00

Healing Miracles are for today! Jewish-Christian quantum mechanics work because it is God's way of helping mankind. The Jewish Bible, the Tanakh, contains a wealth of information about healing by ordinary people using his bouncy to heal. For instance it is known since biblical times that honey contains a natural antibiotic. Honey never spoils. The Bible speaks about Elijah raising a dead son of the widow that he was staying with.
Starting in about the 1600s the supposed wise men, scientists etc. started the nonsence that either miracles are not truly miracles or they are not for this time and age. Science became their god with all the requirements of a religion i.e. the assumed superior intellect reasoning. After all, in the 1800s medical doctors believe that you were controlled by four humors and bloodletting was considered the height of science.
Part one of 1033.
God bless you and yours-Dan

"He Comitted Hisself to Adonai..." TelillIm 22:9

2011-02-14T09:41:00.000-05:00

Adonai Hears His Prayer!

The songwriter David trusted in the Lord. No matter what his problems were he knew that Adonai would heal him in all things. In the modern day it is looked upon as being out of fashion to believe in God’s miracle powers. In the USA the so-called mainline Christian denomination, for the most part, believe that God can work miracles, but very rarely. In other parts of the world they firmly believe that someone, a god, has the power and the will to preform miracles of healing and other things.

The sad case that when we look the Western civilization has for the most part, especially Europe, placed there hope in their own efforts rather than on Christ’s salvation. I have written in other posts on the Quantum 8th. Dimension and people seem to miss the point. When I am using the term Dimension I am using it in the sense of the Kabbalah usage. In the Kabbalah there are 10 Dimensions and the Quantum 8th Dimension is where the Holy Spirit of Creation (Ruach HaKodesh) resides. That is, the portion of His person that is used to maintain the universe resides. Since Adonai’s Word was before the creation of all living things. The principal of access to the Quantum Power of the Holy Spirit is available to everyone. However, when sin changed our relationship to Adonai is more difficult to access the Quantum 8th dimension not impossible but difficult.

In the 14th century, there arose a doctrine in Christianity called Dispensational Period. In the 19th century Germanic theologians propose that: A. The Bible is mostly mythical stories with the purpose of enlightenment about God and B. that the Bible is divided into various Dispensations or Ages. This Age (dispensation) of miracles has passed. Today miracles are not very evident in our lives because the true purpose of miracles was to jump start the Christian movement or Church immediately after Jesus went to heaven.

The problem with Dispensational Theology is that there is no support for it in the Bible. Those who support this view have to ignore the evidence of miracles and healings around the world. They take the position that if they don’t see it, it does not happen. God designed the universe before man and he made it for our health and wealth. The Buddhist monk knows that you can tap into the Quantum 8th dimension. It takes prayer and fasting to attain the level of faith to work in the Quantum 8th dimension. The Righteous Hebrew and saved Christian can freely tap into the Quantum 8th dimension and go to the 9th dimension. Since we are joint heirs with Jesus we have the promise of Jacob/Israel.

If it was good for Israel and Jesus it is good for me! Healing as you know is not the cure, but it sure helps until the cure comes along. The techniques that I use in my healing, The Eradicator(c) and and The Mind. Balancing(c) are based on access to the Quantum 8th Dimension. As a Judeo-Christian I give, and rightly so, all the glory to Adonai. That is why I can go to the 9th Dimension where as the world can only go to the Quantum 8th Dimension.

Jesus said that we are to go out into the world and Heal people in their Spirit, Mind and Body.

Now go and do it!

Yin & Yang is Stupid!

2011-01-17T12:53:00.000-05:00

Judeo-Christian Quantum-Healing is based on that there is one God and that there is one absolute truth. This means that when God created out of nothing the universe. It was perfect . We do not know when Satan’s minions rebelled against God, nor do we know that timeframe innervation to Adams sin. The Bible teaches us that Adam’s sin was more profound then Lucifer’s in retrospect. We know then that evil is not natural to the universe or God is a artifact imposed on to the universe.

Therefore, Yin & Yang are foolish and meaningless concepts even the Buddhist scheme of things. Basically Buddhism teaches that we need to go through a series of reincarnations until we reach the state of human perfection. The purpose of this journey is become less and less desiring of the passions of the universe and become one with the “all encompassing spirit.” Another words you have to become the best cockroach that you can the so that you can advance to being the next level maybe a snake. You can’t advance until you become “good” at whatever level that you are. Any badness or evil stops your advancement.

This is a dilemma because Yin and Yang says that everything is in balance, that is to say positive and negative, good and bad. If you follow this philosophy that you are on a journey to Nirvana which means you attain perfection from not wanting the passions of this world. The underlining philosophy is that is necessary to have half of the people 100% good and balance the rest at 100% bad. Yin and Yang!

Some more food for thought!

I still cannot figure out how to navigate around my blog so please write me if you have any questions at dan@agape-healinghands.com and please check out my webb site www.agape-healinghands.com .

God Bless you and yours,

Dan

Tags: absolute truth, dilema of nivana, Judeo-Christian, quantaum healing, yin-yang stupid

This entry was posted on Monday, November 1st, 2010 at 10:54 AM and is filed under Alternative Medicine, Quantum Healing-Energy Healing, Spiritual, Wellness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site

Beat me with rubber-dumb-knuchs!

2011-01-17T12:48:00.000-05:00

Before I am beaten by angry would beJack Chans let me start at the outset saying that I believe in the concept of Chi. On the other hand, Yin & Yang really deals with the concept of good and bad, karma or destiny; the ultimate of one’s life is to going into the state of nirvana, being ’one with the universal spirit’. As I wrote before this philosophy presupposes that we have to go through difference stages of awareness of being and that we must be the best cockroach that we can be so that we can be the best lizard, that eats cockroaches, in the next life and so on. “New Ager’s” blend and confuse the concept of energy and the and purpose of life.

Judeo-Christian view is that there are 10 dimensions that we know of. Hindus have seven dimensions called chakras. Both start just above the head and is called the Crown and goes to the bottom, which is called the Ground/Earth. Think of it like a battery that is standing on end. The top is Positive-Crown and the Negative-Earth and power from God flows from the outside to the crown down to the earth. Of course, this is very simple. It is somewhat more complex. God deals at the quantum level where He forms the quanta into positive, negative, neutral particles, and etc. Quantum-Healing is a matter of applying Judeo-Christian– Ruach HaKodesh principles of healing.

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Enough for now. God Bless you and yours,

Dan

Tags: cockroaches, dilema of nivana, energy healing, Jesus healing, karma, Ruach HaKodesh

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 at 9:52 AM and is filed under Alternative Medicine, Quantum Healing-Energy Healing, Spiritual, Wellness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Christians & Faith

2011-01-17T12:44:00.000-05:00

Healing is Not a Cure is not just a catch phrase. God through the offices of the Holy Spirit effects a cure. As righteous Jews or spirit filled Christians we have the right to operate at the highest level in Faith. There is a considerable amount of confusion about the definition of Faith. Most English speaking or reading people, whether they are Christian or not, often quote from the King James Version of the Bible. The problem with the K JV is that many words in the 1600s have vastly different meaning in modern English. For instance, the word Faith in the K JV means, and modern English, “a firm belief” that God will do what his Word says. In short, we must not doubt our senses but hold on to the firm belief that whatever we pray for comes from God for our benefit. Therefore healing is a belief statement or a faith statement.

Remember a miracle is something that has happened and witnessed by someone which has no seeming natural explanation. I have taken the position that Jesus said that if we have faith we can do miracles. But he also said sometimes it requires much prayer and fasting to attain manifestations of Spirit working in this world. How do Buddhist and others perform miracles? Jewish Sages and Prophets, Spirit Baptized Christians, Buddhists, Brahmans and more have all records of miracles done throughout the ages.

Rabbi Asher Crispe has a excellent good video series called “The Theory of Everything” for Chabad.org. I recommend you watch it because he places the 10 dimensions in a understandable format. Essentially, the Judeo-Christian view of outside and inside of the universe consists of 10 dimensions. Buddhists and Hindus have eight dimensions that is seven chakras surrounded by the “ultimate life force.” In both of these systems the eighth level is the level of the spirit. Out of this level life force and creation come about. God in His infinite mercy He did not destroy His creation when Man rebelled against him. He made way for Man to continue to communicate with Him.

Next time more about the 8th. dismension and Jesus and Quantum Healing. write to me at dan@agape-healinghands.com and please check my webb site www.agape-healinghands.com

God Bless you and yours,

Dan

Tags: 10 dimensions, energy healing, Faith, Judeo-Christian, Kabbala, quantaum healing

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 at 7:30 PM and is filed under Alternative Medicine, Quantum Healing-Energy Healing, Spiritual, Wellness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

What is a Dimenison?

2011-01-17T12:40:00.000-05:00

Evidently there’s some confusion on how I define “dimension.” Generally we define our world in four dimensions: length, depth, height, and time. For the most part we are happy to live in four dimensions in reality it is enough for our daily living. Going back approximately 5000 years ago God ordained help for us since Adams sin broke fellowship with God. There became a void in our life. Since God’s Word cannot be voided part of His Spirit maintains the universe that He created.

Let us go back to the beginning before there was a universe. Before the universe was created, there was only God the “I Am The I Am!” Another words He was, is, and will be, Now. This concept is impossible for us to understand because we are finite. We have a beginning and a end. In the Bible, the book of Genesis is an accurate account of how the universe was made. Scientists call it the Big Bang Theory. The sequences or days of the beginning orchestration of the universe follows the exact biblical account.

Theoretical physicists will never be able to go back to the exact time when the universe was created or more correctly, they can never know what came before the first big bang. No matter how much money and time they put into devising atom-smashers they can never go beyond 0.00 hour. Because there was nothing before until God created the universe that we live in. This is a concept that is foreign to us since we know that there is a creation, which we are part of. Like the idea of infinity. We really cannot understand what it is. Since we cannot experience it in our mortal framework.

As I stated earlier we live in a four dimensional world of length, width, height, and time and for most of us it is all what we need. Someone named Albert Einstein had figured out that the universe is curved. That means that if we orient ourselves to the North and turn right we are facing East. If we were able to go faster than light since space is curved we would meet ourselves, eventually, in a full circle. That is because we have a limited area that we can occupy. God has no limits or boundaries. He has no concept of infinity because it is His natural state. He is always Now. In other words He has no dimensions because He cannot be defined. He is Being-Now-I Am!

In the Jewish Kabbalah oral tradition the universe the universe (God) has 10 sefirot or atrutbtiues/ dimensions. The 10th dimension is where God lives in that dimension there is no limits. Since God is perfect. The concepts of space and time , etc. have no value to Him. It is only in our universe that has definitions on three-dimensional. There are eight realities of Space and Time, which are:( 1-Above,2- Below),( 3-Right, 4-Left),( 5-Forward, 6-Back),( 7-Past, 8-Future). When Abraham came on the scene he added a Moral Dimension ( Good and Bad).

So when I write about “dimensions” they only apply to our universe. There may be other universes but we have no way of knowing. Nor is it germane to speculate about it because it does not concern us because we live in the here and now in this universe.

I want to thank you for your comments and I assure you that I read all of them. I weed out postings about making money on the Internet. I am in the process of completing my PhD dissertation and class work so that I I do not have tons of time. However, please contact me with any comments at dan@agape-healinghands.com and check out my webb site www.agape-healinghands.com

God Bless you and yours,

Dan

Tags: I AM THE I AM, Kabbala, quantaum healing, quantum energy, quntum dimensions

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 at 2:31 PM and is filed under Alternative Medicine, Quantum Healing-Energy Healing, Spiritual, Wellness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site

Happy Haukah & Merry Christmas

2011-01-16T20:51:00.000-05:00

Happy Chanukah! Happy Hanukkah! The Merry Bells keep ringing. Happy Hanukkah to you! Joyous greetings at Christmas time! And an okay New Year!

Remember Healing is not a Cure but is a Help to get you through the rough places and life. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, we are endeavoring to bring back Healing to the world. For too long the kooks of the world have misled us about the source of our healing which is the Divine or the one God. Yes, Virginia, there is only one God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And he desires the best for us.

The fool says that if God is so good why is there evil in the world. The true question is why did God give us free will to be come evil? The simple answer is that as Sanit Paul wrote we all have sinned and come up short. It is appropriate that the invented Jewish celebration of light called Hanukkah coincides with the Christian celebration of the birth of the Messiah or Jesus the Christ. God’s redemption plan for man has been accomplished 2000 years ago.

Because the redemption of man we can, as Righteous Hebrew’s and Justified Christians have the source of the healing power of God. We cannot understand how God uses his Spirit to do healing on unsaved people. We are not privy to His thoughts , nor is he liable for His actions. We we can only be thankful for His gift of our healings.

The Left-Wing PC NAZIs give you the dopey HAPPY HOLDAYS! My desire for you and yours is to be healthy and wise through the Holy Spirit and celebrating the gift of the Word of Life which is Jesus the Christ.

God Bless you and yours,

Dan

Tags: Christian healing, energy healing, Faith

Healing Works for Me!

2011-01-16T20:49:00.000-05:00

I just got my six month checkup by my cardiologist and it was good news. When you have a heart attack it means you have a lack of blood to your heart muscles and that part of the muscle dies. Hart muscle does not regrow. Since I have resarting my Christian healing the dead area of my heart has significantly shrunk. Praise the Lord.

Healing works!

Christian Quantum Intergated Healing-1

2011-01-16T20:46:00.000-05:00

The prejudice against Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) by the Adventists Healthcare System (AHS). As they are a Christian organization they have, rightly so, serious reservations about CAM. The problem stems from the fact that Christianity turned its back on the “healing process” as we know it when the age of Enlightenment came into Western civilization of the 17th and 18th centuries A.D. Christian Quantum Integrated Healing has to overcome the huge bias against Christian Healing formed by their own Christian community.

In the 19th century, a Church of England priest from Dublin called John Nelson Darby founded the Plymouth Brethren and one of the founding principles of the organization was Dispensensationalsim. He believed that there were seven separate periods throughout the Bible. For example, he believed that there was a dispensation at the time of the original apostles and one of the signs of the apostles was the performance of miracles. Darby theorized that after the last of the apostle died, for the most part, there were no more miracles to perform. In other words, healing may occur but is not really for our time. What helped the theory along was the fact that the Bible scholar C.I. Scofield came out with a reference Bible that was thoroughly imbued by the dispensation theory of theology. Lewis Sperry Chafer the founder of the Dallas Theological Seminary (Baptist) also was a believer of Darby’s theology.There is no clear evidence in the Scripture that Jesus meant to heal only in the Apostle’s time. We come through to the 20th century and that one of the largest movements for Jesus was the Southern Baptist that, in general, followed Darby’s theology. The other large group of Christians was the Roman Catholics who believed in miracles, but that “God may heal you, but he does not have to.” This idea has invaded the Christian world to its detriment.

Since its In Noah’s time

We know that before Abraham there was Noah. We know that there were righteous people such as Enoch and Noah. We know the story of Noah; how did God communicate with him? The Bible does not address how God communicate with Noah only that He did. Jewish history indicates that he communicated mostly through Prophets and Sages.

The more interesting question is why did God bother to communicate at all? It is because God does not wish anyone to perish or have problems in their life.

When God (The Father-Creator) created the universe, it says the Word (Jesus) went out over the void by the power of the Holy Ghost or Spirit. Since God created the world or universe, He was obligated to keep his word, which maintains the existence of the universe. We do not know, or cannot really understand how God does this, but he does. Since He has given His Word on creating and keeping in existence the universe, He is obligated to maintain the universe no matter what we do. Because He is The I Am That I Am He keeps His word.

The Dimensional World

We deal with on a daily basis four dimensions, width, length, height, and time. Jewish Kabbalists (Jewish Mystics) have recorded over 5000 years ago that there are 10 dimensions to the universe. Recently, scientists believed that there were over 300 dimensions in the universe and untold number of alternate universes. Now the common opinion among scientists is that there are 10 dimensions to the universe. The Kabbalists calls them the Attributes of God or the Sephirot (Dimensions).

All cultures going back to very ancient times have their version of the dimensions. In Sanskrit/Hindu, they have eight dimensions with seven chakras. The Jewish version is more accurate in that there are 10 dimensions. Interestingly, both have the same number of dimensions of through the eighth dimension where the Spirit of the universe is. In Buddhist terms, it is where the “universal life force” resides. The mistake that most people make is that they are confused where the limits of the universe end.

God’s Word created the universe. His Spirit fills the universe and It cannot be separated from the universe. Thus, when the Buddhist and others talk about a “universal love or force in the universe” they are talking about the eighth dimension. However, there are nine dimensions in the created dimensions. The 10th dimension surrounds us because it surrounds us by the Infinity of God. We as humans we have access to the eighth dimension. We as “Righteous Hebrews and Christians” have access to the ninth dimension. This means that we are in direct communication and interaction with Ruach HaKodesh, the Holy Spirit. The 10th dimension is where all three persons of the Trinity are. We cannot understand how this works because we have no real reference point. We just have to accept it as it is.

Over the course of centuries, the world has learned about getting in touch with the eighth dimension and the Judeo-Christian world has abandoned it essentially. Now there is rejuvenation on learning about Quantum Healing. Jesus manipulated Quantum Energy; the result was what we call a miracle but he said that we would do more than he did! Jesus was known for having raising the dead!

Now go and do likewise! Yes?

End of part-1

Christian Quantum Intergrated Healing-2

2011-01-16T20:43:00.000-05:00

What is Quantum Healing Energy?

When Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize for physics, it was the study of the behavior of photons, which seemed to act as a waves having frequency and amplitude and they had mass. Max Planck theorized that photons and electrons were changing energy levels, which could be detected. Eventually Planck was able to theorize and prove the smallest unit of measure that would hold itself together, which is called quantum. He was able to calculate how much energy was produced in an electron in going from one valence ring to another. This figure is extremely small -28 it is called Planck Constant. He was puzzled because he could measure the change at the quantum level, but he could not predict where the constant would end up. He can only see the evidence of it moving after changed position in the energy field.

Werner Heisenberg, a friend and a fellow theoretical physicist, figured out Planck’s problem. Heisenberg said that you could only know the probability of the event occurring because the action by the viewer affects the experiment. That is if you are looking at an object called A it goes position B when the experimenter tries to look at it. Then when you go and look at position B instantly the quantum goes to A’. You can only use probability functions a the quantum level where the A’ moves by Planck’s constant. We know that the smallest undivided thing in the universe is that quantum because quarks, mesons, etc. cannot exist for very long by themselves.

When God created the universe, He used the basic building blocks of the universe quantum. When you move quantum around you generate energy. The more you have of basic quantum. You can string together atoms, molecules, etc. and build life, as we know it

How Jesus Worked His Miracles

Jesus was a perfect human like Adam before his fall. Remember when Jesus assumed the mantle of humanity. He gave up his God given and rightful abilities as the Word in the Trinity. He functioned as a complete human with all the problems and temptations to overcome. In other words, if he did not fully give up his Godhood, it would make a mockery of his teachings because no one would be able to fulfill any of his teachings for their will was not strong enough for the task.

He knew that whatever the Holy Ghost would tell him that it was trustworthy or what we call faith. The word for faith in Hebrew is aman and in Greek, it is pisteuo. The word faith then means that whatever you know about someone, such as God, you know that it is trustworthy, truthful, and have assurance in the reliability of the speaker. When Jesus said in Matthew 18:18-20 “whatever you bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven” he displayed faith in that it would be so. When he said, in John 14:8-17, about having faith the size of a mustard seed to move a mountain he said it in faith, it was the truth.

Again, is very important to remember that Jesus operated through the laws of the universe that God obeys also.

Because of Adams sin, we lost the fellowship mind of God and what was once known out in the open became hidden from humankind. In Jesus’ own words he was able to cast out demons, etc. because prayed, fasted, and had faith to manipulate Quantum Energy that we call miracles, even when he was amongst a crowd of disbelievers such as his hometown crowd in Capernaum. The Bible states that he was not able to do great miracles only minor miracles of healing because of the great unbelief of the people of Capernaum, in Matthew 13:57-58. In other words, their thoughts and great unbelief stopped Jesus performing good works.

Their unbelief influenced the Quantum Energy.

In the world of Energy Healing practice you hear the term, “Whatever is the best for the client/patient do it.” The practitioner must maintain a positive attitude and the recipient at least a neutral attitude for healing to be effective. Yes, a positive attitude is necessary for healing to take place.

Judeo-Christian healers and the world both operate in the eighth dimension for healing. The huge difference is that Righteous Jews and Spirit filled Christians can communicate directly with the Holy Spirit at the ninth level.

Healing is Not a Cure, but it Helps the Hurting!

In truth, not everyone has the faith for a cure, but we can be taught to use what faith we have. Sometimes, the cure is going to heaven rather than surviving on Earth. Healing allows the family and patient come to terms with their departure from this life. Health care workers in the main have a difficult time letting go of their dying patient even when it is the best interest of the patient and family. Christian Quantum Integrated Healing helps health care workers to cope.

With over 6000+ published articles the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) has studied extensively CAM and has concluded that CAM is a potent help in healing and life transitions. The other good news is that Quantum Energy Integrated Healing can be done by anyone with very simple training. The desire of helping is more important than the technique. Is not simply positive thinking it is positive thinking with purpose and goals. Volunteers can be trained to help in hospitals, hospice, homes, and even at work to help the Healing Process.

End od part-2

Give Your Headache to Jesus, NOW!!

2010-11-13T13:20:00.000-05:00

Healing is for today !
Recently, some time around June or August, a minister of the Gospel declared, rightly so, that the metaphysical aspects of yoga is not Christian. However, that does not mean that there is not some so what does this on form of truth in yoga. If you only do the exercises there is no problem with doing yoga. He is correct if you go into the universal love metaphysical nonsense.
universal love/is god
The basic problem is that Buddhist/yoga assumes the position that of the yin-yang which is in error. Whereas, the Judeo-Christian position is that God is all positive and that Adam before his fall was also all positive. When evil came into the universe. It worked upon Adam eventually killing him. Therefore Judeo-Christian healing does not emphasize restoring balance but emphasizes restoring positivity.
Think of it like this. We are a life sized battery with our head/Crown is the positive and our contact with the earth/negative pole. When negative events occur such as sickness our full positive charge is depleted. And through quantum physics/healing the Father God has given us a way to recharge and fill up the human battery.
How does it help your headache! Good question. Before I am overwhelmed with at least three e-mails, yes healing does occur by other than Judeo-Christian people. However, the Righteous Hebrew and the Righteous Christian can go directly to the Holy Spirit. The Jewish Kabbalists recognize there are 10 levels or dimensions in the universe. Science has confirmed that there are 10 universes or dimensions ultimately. The eighth dimension where God's Creation's Spirit is called chaos, is the source for most of the healings. The Buddhist and others can tap into the eighth dimension and take a bit of it down to the seventh dimension where we live.
Righteous Hebrew's and Righteous Christians have the privilege to go to the ninth level.
If you would like more relief for your pain e-mail me at www.agape-heallinghands.com.
Some food for thought.
Dan

9 Tips Before THEY Amptuate your Legs beolw the Knees!~

2009-12-18T13:11:00.003-05:00

9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee!
By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC
I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The first stay, in May of 2009, the nurses managed to infect me with Staphylococcus aureus. The nurses at the hospital did not follow established protocols for the maintenance of an IV site. As the result of their neglecting basic IV protocols I spent 11 days in the hospital, twice; plus 3 weeks of home IV therapy, twice.
If poor care can happen to a RN it can happen to you. My wife and I are both RN’s, she in the area of surgical nursing and I in home health, IV’s, and Psychiatric nursing. We had problems, and we are supposed to be in the know; just imagine the lay person who does not know? I have put together a few tips for you to help survive poor care.
1. Take care of your Spiritual needs first!
Studies have shown that people that have a strong Spiritual background do better in stressful situations, like hospital stays, than the people that do not have strong Spiritual ties.
If you do not have a minister, talk with the Chaplin at your facility.
Now is a good time to take out and dust off your Bible.
Be prayed up, that’s a good thing to do in any case.
2. Good Records Keeping IS A Must!
Keep a list of your medicines in your wallet or your purse. Over the years, as a RN, I found people often forget what medicines they are on. Stress helps to you to be confused and forgetful. Often those who are with you are no help, even though they want help, because they do not know where that valuable information is or know how to get it.
Your Doctors, Primary or Specialists and ER need updated records/medicines lists in order to fully understand what is going on with you and how this new problem is different from before.
When I had my third stroke my wife had my medicine list. I keep it in my wallet. By the time EMT arrived I could not talk coherently; she had all the vital information they needed. 20 years of being a RN did not help; my wife had to deal with the EMT’s. Thank God for wives. (The last was for my wife, Christmas is only a few weeks away.)

3. 9-1-1 Call Now rather later!
The time to call is now, the “Golden Hour” starts when the first symptoms show up, not when EMS is called. 50% of first time heart attacks are fatal despite there being no prior problem or bad history about the patient.
Being a diabetic you have 5-7 times chance of having a cardiac incident.
When I worked as a Telephone Triage Nurse for a large insurance company, I was astonished by the lack of knowledge by my clients about the signs of a heart attack.
The most frequently occurring sign is heartburn that is NOT relived by antacids.
The most common symptom or feeling is that feeling of general discomfort or pressure on the chest, not pain. Usually, you get the response from the patient is that they are “just uncomfortable and if they burp they will feel better.”
Chest pain or pressure is the second most common sign of a cardiac event, and arm, jaw or leg numbness is the third. Often one has multiple symptoms.
Pain is not a good indicator of how bad the heart attack is. Many people report that they had little or no pain with their attack.
When in doubt call 911 and have the person chew 1 aspirin. Chewing ensures quick absorption of the medication.
Time is not on your side!

4. Now, for our sponsor, Mr. Stroke.
Like a cardiac incident, time is essential and I would give the victim an aspirin (ASA). There are two positions about giving ASA. I side on using ASA. The reason is that if it is a TIA (more about TIA later) the ASA helps thin the blood and reducing effects of the blood clot in the vein. If the stroke is a hemorrhagic stroke there is a better than 50% chance it is fixable.
There are 3 types stroke: Silent, Hemorrhagic, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Silent strokes are usually only detectable by brain test unless they are observed; but for our purpose there are 2 types; Hemorrhagic and TIA’s.
Hemorrhagic strokes are usually fatal with only a 20-30% survival rate, the blood vessels the brain burst causing rapid bleeding in the skull. The pressure built up by the bleeding vessels squeezes the brain which leads to death.
My mother died from this type stroke. She appeared to get better but the doctors were not able to balance the need for reducing the high pressure and stopping the bleeding. The area of the injury was inoperable. She died after three days.
TIA’s on the other hand the survival rate is 70-80%. My three strokes were TIAs. Of course the next stroke could be my last. Repeat TIAs increase the chance of getting dementia.
Again, diabetes increases the chances of having a stroke.

5. ER and/or the hospital-what a choice.
Take out your list now.
Well, after a long wait in ER you are now in your room in the hospital. Now the interrogation by the nurse begins. Remember, that you have brought your list with you.
It is scary that most married couples do not know what their spouses take for medicine. “He takes a blue pill for his high blood pressure. Or is it white?” Another killer is that men, more often than not, do not tell anyone that they have stopped taking a medicine. “I feel good so I don’t need it,” he says as he dies from his heart attack.
More women die from being cheap. They cut in half a pill to save money. However, they live longer than men, go figure.

6. Ask and Ask Again “What IS IT That YOU ARE Giving ME?”
Try to stick to a schedule that you use at home. The hospital is run for the convenience of the staff, not for you.
Timing of certain meds, such as Insulin, is very, very important. This is very important to diabetics since our bodies need food at regular times. In my case I take my insulin at supper time every 24 hours. Timing with my food is essential. The hospital staff thought at it was all right to give me my insulin at 9 PM, or when the pharmacy finally got the medication to the floor. I demanded that my insulin was to be given with my meals like I normally took it. The doctor agreed to write new orders.
In my case I take my blood pressure (BP) and my antidepressant meds at night. The reason that I take these meds like this is that they have a side effect of making one sleepy, drowsy, or tired so I use the side effect to help me to sleep at night.

The last time that I was in the hospital the pharmacy insisted that I take my BP meds in the morning; the B/P meds tends to make me very sleepy.
I was proactive and you need to be proactive also.

7. Ask: “What is that medicine and what is its purpose?”

Staffs are often tired and make mistakes. They should tell you what is the thingy (tech nurse talk) that your taking or the procedure your about to have. Question everything.

Do you see some trend in my line of questions?

8. You are allowed to sleep at night!

Unless you have a raging fever, a fever over 101.6F that is not resolved by meds, you need to sleep. The “little dirty secret” of medicine is that over 50% of healing is by the body’s own immune system. The heating up the body to over 101.0F burns up viruses and bacteria in our bodies. This is the major way we get healed.

By taking meds, such as ASA and Tylenol to keep fevers below 101.6F we wipe out better than 50% of our bodies’ own ability to get rid of infection. Sleeping also gives the body a chance to heal itself. We as a nation have forgotten the healing power of “good sleep.”

Unfortunately, hospitals are run as well oiled machine and we as patients are a necessary evil.
There is little reason to wake up a person after 10PM.
Each time I go into a hospital as a patient I have my Primary Admitting Doctor write orders that state that I should not be awakened for vital signs or routine labs between 10PM and 6AM.
Our bodies require at least 6 hours of sleep. More recent studies make a big case for 8 hours of sleep.
9. Question Everything!

All doctors and healthcare workers make mistakes from time to time. They/we do not make a habit of making mistakes but they do happen.

The most common mistake is medication error; either the doctor prescribes the wrong med or the wrong dose of a medicine. The second problem is the nurse gives the wrong medication and/or dose.
The problem is that the nursing staff is overworked and/or short staffed. Doctors, especially Family Practice (FP) practitioners, are overworked. Many FPs cannot do hospital rounds anymore because their workload is too great.
What is happening is that we find our healthcare workers are tired, frazzled, and pooped out.

The remedy is that you or your healthcare advocate must be always alert to the patient’s condition.

Bonus Round- Question Everything and Everyone!

If you have questions ask!
If the answers do not make sense to you have them rephrase the explanation.
It is your life not theirs that hangs out in the breeze.

Finally, I hope that if you, or someone you know, need to go into a hospital, you have a good result from that stay.

God bless you and yours.
Merry Hanukah, Happy Christmas, and a Joyful New Year!
Dan

God is Medicine

2009-07-08T15:43:00.001-04:00

God and Medicine-1
OVERVIEW
Recently, the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) had the makers of acetaminophen (Tylenol) place a strong warning (called a black box warning) about the dangers of overdosing on acetaminophen. Doctors have known that if you give a 170 pound man approximately 5000 mg, or 10 tabs of 500mg. of acetaminophen over 24 hours you run the risk of permanently ruining his liver and without a liver transplant you will die. We are victims of advertising Tylenol is not the only company, the pharmacy companies that tells only part of the story. What Tylenol says is reads…”doctors recommended” they do not say is that doctors use acetaminophen (Tylenol) because it causes less gastric upset than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’S) such as, aspirin (ASA), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin ), naproxen (Al eve).
All drugs have side effects, ALL treatments have side effects some have more and of course, some have less. This is true in Psychological treatments whether you use psychotherapy, drugs or a combination of both.
When I got my degree in psychology (1971) it was the “dark ages” we known so much more now. The last 10 years we as a people have learned more about psychology than all of the pre-vious times. We know that the level of dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and epinephrine in the brain affects our emotions and our actions. The lack of, or too much, of a neurotransmitter often are the root of our psychological problem. The problem is this, what came first the mental symptoms (The Chicken) or the physical symptoms (The Egg)? The truth is that in many cases it is a mixture of both. Years ago psychology took a turn towards the medical model. When that happened psychologist and psychiatrist strolled hand in hand thru the tulips. The medical model was the only game in town. The medical model looks at the world with perspec-tive of being sick and the reasons for being sick. This model sees you’re as needing a cure, because you have a disease.
The roots of positive psychology go back into the ‘dark ages’ of the 1950’s. B. F. Skinner’s ‘rats nest’ behaviorist ideas ruled in psychology. His operant condition theory seems to rule at time. However, humanistic psychologists such as Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Erich Fromm, shaped a more natural path to well being. Psychiatrists, for the most part, were looking at the medicine/sickness/disease model as their source of inspiration. Psychologists were looking at the person as someone who needed help to cope in the clients’ life. The difference being psychiatrist tended to look for the ‘magic pill’, which they eventfully found after many, many years of research. The psychologists were searching for the ‘magic therapy.’ Today, psychologist and psychiatrist generally agree that a combination of medicine and psychotherapy works well for most clients.
We come back to the Egg and Chicken, again. The question is if our thoughts/emotions are in control or genetics in control of our behaviors. The answer is an unequivocal, sometimes both. We know from recent research that severe mental disorders, i.e. schizophrenia, Bi-Polar (Manic-Depressive), psychotic episodes, Major Depression there is a genetic component in the ma-keup of the client. They lack or have too much of one or more of the neurotransmitters; they need medicine and psychotherapy. The vast majority of the people who need psychology help-can are helped by a form of talk therapy. Most patients can be helped by combinations of med-icine and psychotherapy. In the last 5-10 years Positive Psychology has come into its own as a viable tool in unlocking people’s potential and seeing themselves as their own best friend.
Happiness is Just around the Corner
The long promised salvation as come and it is the Positive Psychology and Resilience theories. Positive psychology and resiliency move in the realm of the here and now, not worrying about what the mother or your teacher did to you when you were 12!
Psychology has now has discovered resilience (about 20 years ago) due the pioneer work of Dr's. Martin Seligman, E.E. Werner, Al Siebert and others. Their work started as a look at people who were supposed have poor coping skills because their low socioeconomic status. They found that about 1/3 of the subjects were able to thrive in poor circumstances. This led to wondering why they were different, and eventually researchers were able to quantify the coping skills of this group. They were resilient in their everyday lives Researchers found that the coping skills of the resilient could be learned. The study of resilience helped to found to a school of psychology called “Positive Psychology.”
About 3,000 years ago the Bible stated that; “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”Proverbs 17: 22 (NIV) Another version reads; “A happy heart is good medicine, but low spirits sap one’s strength.”(CJB) Happiness has found a home. In the context of Resilience/Positive Psychology happiness means the good life. The root word is from ancient Greek. “…eudaemonia or eudaimonia, the good life, which is what Thomas Jefferson and Aristotle meant by the pursuit of happiness. They did not mean smiling a lot of giggling. Aristotle is talking about the pleasures of contemplation and the pleasure of good conversation. Aristotle is not talking feeling, about thrills, about orgasms. Aristotle is talking about what Mike Csikszentmihali works on, and that is, when one has a good conversation, when contemplates well. When one is in eudaemonia, time stops. You feel completely at home. Self-consciousness is blocked; you are one with music.” (Edge Foundation, Inc., 2004)
Happiness, then, is more than having good time or laughing out loud. The phrase, “simple pleasures” has a meaning to us. We, as a race, have strong feelings about sun sets and sun rises. They raise positive emotions in us. We can appreciate the beauty of nature. Happiness is knowing that what we do is fulfilling it does not depend on material wealth or other’s actions.
Resilience
END OF PART ONE

Cargiver Stress and Depression

2009-05-22T16:43:00.005-04:00

Caregiver Stress and Depression
By Daniel Wimer, RN, PLC
Overview
Depression is normal in life changing moments. Whether trauma is physical or emotional it is normal to have temporary depression during and following trauma in our life. The problem can be grief, losing one’s job, finding out your loved one has Alzheimer’s, a heart attack, cancer, or a stroke, the list is endless yet has a huge impact on the affected. Depression affects both the caregiver and the receiver of care.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimated that 14-17 million people, in the USA, have a form of depression. Mostly the depression is short lived less than 3 months and lifts by itself. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) uses a manual called the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th, Edition, Text Revision,” or simply DSM-IV-TR. In truth the manual is written by the American Psychology Association (APA) for the APA under contract. DSM-IV is the source for making diagnoses about mental problems.
The most common types of depression disorder include major depression disorder. Dysthymia is less severe but with chronic symptoms that do not completely disable, but preventing one feeling well or good about them. Bipolar disorder has cycling mood swings from depression to mania. Psychotic depression is coupled with psychosis. Postpartum depression goes with childbirth which strikes 10-15% of new mothers in about one month after childbirth.
Depression is a Real Problem
While statistics show that women have more depression, I think that the stats are skewed because men try to hide their depression. They think that it is not manly to show depression they think that it is a sign of weakness to have psyche problems.
What are the signs of depression? According to the DSM-IV, depression is diagnosed when five or more of the following symptoms of depression are present for most of the day for least two weeks. The following are the usual symptoms:
 Continual sad, anxious, or empty mood
 Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
 Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
 Loss of interest or pleasure in activities that were once enjoyed
 Decreased energy, fatigue, being slowed down
 Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
 Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
 Appetite and/or weight loss, or overeating and weight gain
 Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts
 Restlessness, irritability
 Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment
 Mania (severe highs-abnormal or excessive excitement)
 Mania including unusual irritability, grandiose notions, racing thoughts, etc.
Survivors and their caregivers often suffer depression but not at the same time. The caregiver usually lags behind the survivor. They often suffer, especially survivors, a long term form of depression called, Dysthymia. In an article appearing in Stroke Connection Magazine-Sep/Oct 2003 titled “Depression trumps Recovery.”, Dr. Mark Huang of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago writes:
“Some survivors who are depressed may not find the motivation to work in rehabilitation. They feel discouraged and hopeless. Hey may feel fatigue, sleep poorly, and they don’t eat well… Their thinking skills are also affected by depression. They have a hard time concentrating in rehabilitation. Their attention to detail is affected was well. Treating depression can improve thinking skills. The rehab team needs to be on the lookout for depression. They need to notice the survivor’s mood and participation level.”
Dr. Robert Robinson in the same article writes:
“Several studies demonstrate that most (emphasis mine) patients who suffer depression after a stroke do not receive treatment for it. Many doctors, as well as family members, tend to explain away depression as an understandable response to the loss and impairment stroke produces.
Depression can be effectively treated whether it is the result of biochemical change in the brain or it is psychological reaction to the stroke. He stresses, ‘It is so important for family members and caregivers to make sure that survivors do not explain away their depression and deny they need treatment because is ‘understandable.’”
Treating depression not only improves the survivor’s mood, it improves their physical recovery and their cognitive or intellectual recovery as well.
The sad fact is that most MD’s rely on information from drug representatives on the prescribing of antidepressants. The results are ‘Me-To-Drugs’ that are sold to doctors as the new cure. ‘Me-To-Drugs’ are basically the same but with minor changes in the chemistry so that the drugs can be patented. The MD-Family Practice or Internist does not have the time to study all of the new drugs and they rely on the drug reps’ to inform them what is what. The drug reps do not lie but they do not tell the whole story either. The results are that most depression symptoms are misdiagnosed or they are given the wrong medicine or the wrong dosage. Even worse often they do not stay on the medicine long enough to do any good. Then the caregivers pressure the MD’s to try a new medicine, and thus the cycle start over.
Help is on the Way
The caregiver and the survivor need to understand the depression is normal following life changing events. It is better to ask for help that you do not need rather than ‘toughing it out.’
 The survivor needs to be honest in his or hers thoughts and feelings
 The time to seek a Psychiatrist is at the start of the event, if his thinks one does not need his services, to much the better.
 Psychiatrist’s goal is to eventually not need him
 Caregivers should try to recognize the signs of depression not only in the survivor but in themselves.
 Dysthymia can slowly slip upon you
 Ask for ask for help from friends and family
 Medicare and most insurances provide respite care for the caregiver, use it
 You are not alone blog for support groups
Afterword
1. You should be able to recognize the signs of Depression
2. You should be able to recognize the signs of Dysthymia
3. Have a understanding of how that Depression affects the course of treatment
4. Seek professional help sooner rather than later
5. “Depression Trumps Recovery
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About the Author-Daniel “Dan “Wimer is dedicated to helping you achieve the maximum results in your personal and professional life. He is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in Psychiatric Nursing, and Professional Life Coach, with a BA in Psychology. Dan is a Communicator and a member of the National Speaker Associates of Central Florida. Dan is a “3 Time Stroke Survivor” who specializing in motivational survival skills for business and the individuals. His blog is Daniel Wimer- Professional Life Coach.

Caregiver Stress

2009-03-25T22:13:00.006-04:00

Caregiver Stress is a Real Problem!
By Daniel E. Wimer, RN - Professional Life Coach
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” Chinese Proverb
We live longer and we have spread out across the world. In America, the nuclear family is not the norm now. There was a time that you lived in your local community, grew up, raised your family, and died there within 25 miles of your birthplace. When the age of 40 was considered old, and the century was the first half of 20th, before 1940, you took care of your own through the extended family that lived with, or near, you to help with the burdens of giving care to those in need. The Amish still live this way, but for the most part, we have moved away from our friends and family. More importantly, we lose our natural support group, our family. When we have no stress relievers, it causes a conditioned known as “burn out.” You have to lighten up the load to prevent major burnout. Many times it’s easy to overlook just how tired, frustrated or angry someone is when they are buried in the dozens of day to day tasks required of primary caregivers. Stress is an occupational given in caring for another. This report is to designed to help you spot the danger signs when you have done too much for too long and do not have enough energy to help anyone, including yourself.
To be a Caregiver is to provide financial, relational, physical, spiritual, or emotional support to someone who is unable to live independently like:
Ø newborns or small children
Ø those recovering from an injury or illness
Ø aging loved ones
Ø anyone facing a terminal illness
Ø those who are disabled in some way (physically, mentally, emotionally)
This just about covers parents and people from all walks of life and all ages. We want to you to understand the dangers of being a ‘good Samaritan’ and find out how to avoid the often overwhelming stress that can come as a being compassionate parent, adult child, or primary caregiver.
Caretakers provide a level of compassionate service in need, often for a fee or salary of some kind. Nurses, teachers, doctors, counselors, or pastors and rabbis, yet at the end of their day, it is their job and they get paid to do it. It’s important work, often tiring, but not overwhelming enough to create compassion fatigue because there are defined duties, reasonable expectations , as well a defined hours of service.
Caregivers do the same work, but often with greater intensity. They often give and give expecting nothing in return; that is often why they run out of energy and experience burnout. Caregivers do the same work as the caretakers but they work for love and/or compassion for the person in need. It can get very stressful, very fast because you cannot do everything all the time without it leading to caregiver stress. My friend, Dwight Bain, with his friend, June Hunt, has some hints for knowing that you are experiencing caregiver stress, which blocks healthy relationships.
The Caregiver Stress Checklist
In asking yourself these questions, honestly assess your feelings to determine if it could be time to seek professional help to overcome caregiver stress.
v Am I easily agitated with those I love?
v Am I becoming more critical of others?
v Am I having difficulty laughing or having fun?
v Am I turning down most invitations to be with others?
v Am I feeling depressed about my situation?
v Am I feeling hurt when my efforts are unnoticed?
v Am I resentful when other family members are not helping?
v Am I feeling trapped by all the responsibilities?
v Am I being manipulated?
v Am I missing sleep and regular exercise?
v Am I too busy for quiet time with God?
v Am I feeling guilty when I take time for myself?
Warning Signs of Caregiver Stress:
Physically - exhausted and worn out
Emotionally - resentful, stressed, and bitter
Financially - overwhelmed or depleted
Is it right to care for those in need or have compassion for those who are hurting? The answer is a resounding YES! Of course it is. Caring can help you to feel better about yourself, and rightly so. Caring is important – but there are some hidden dangers if you care too much.
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
There is no better example of being a compassionate caregiver than the timeless story taught by Jesus about the Good Samaritan. Jesus showed that the person who really showed love for his neighbor was not the most religious, or the best educated, nor even from the same culture; rather the one who showed the greatest compassion was the only one who fulfilled the great commandment to ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
The point here is that the Good Samaritan is a caretaker rather a caregiver. He assembled a team of helpers. When we are a part of a team, we have more resources at hand, emotional, spiritual, time, and help. You can rest and get a break from care giving so that you have more energy to help others. If you are exhausted, you are no good to others.
Self Care comes First
Dwight Bain wrote about his experiences at Ground Zero with Chaplin Max Helton after 9/11/01 in New York City. Dwight says that he learned from him a great process in dealing with overwhelming situations:
“First, focus on ‘self-care’ then ‘buddy-care’ and finally ‘other care’. This way you can protect your own energy, help others facing the same caregiving challenges, and then together be much stronger and more focused on how to better serve others. It can be done, but it can’t be done alone. God designed us to work together in partnership with others….basically anyone could be in a situation of being a caregiver, but remember the principle do not go it alone. Let others help you.” (Emphasis mine)
Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness-it’s a sign of being human
We as humans, tend to go it alone and hate asking for help as if it is shameful to do so. We should be fully armored against all problems. The fact is we need help and that is what friends and family do. Caregiver stress comes on gradually, it creeps up on you and sooner rather than later it eats your energy and you hope. You are not alone. There is help in your community, such as National Family Caregivers Association, your church, and neighbors.
How to prevent being so full of “care” that you can’t care for yourself
According to Dwight there are seven things you can do to help you to care for yourself:
1. Be aware of the common stress signals that come with being a caregiver
__irritability or moodiness
__feeling of resentment
__loss of sleep or feeling frequently exhausted
__increased susceptibility to colds and flu
__feeling guilty about taking time for yourself
2. Be aware of the pressure of caregiving and that it builds over time
3. Be aware that as caregiving goes up, additional coping skills should go up too
4. Be aware of your own needs and don’t be afraid to ask for help
5. Be aware of the resources around you, and be willing to take a respite
6. Be aware that sometimes you need to just sit on the floor and laugh or cry
7. Be aware that caregiving is hard work and often times you may want to quit, yet it is still one of the most loving acts of Servant Leadership
Now go and do good!
Afterword
I want to thank Dwight Bain for his support and help with this article, which contains many of his thoughts. His is the founder of www.LifeWorksGroup.org.
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About the Author-Daniel “Dan” Wimer is dedicated to helping you achieve the maximum results in your personal and professional life. He is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in Psychiatric Nursing, and Professional Life Coach, with a BA in Psychology. Dan is a Communicator and a member of the National Speaker Association of Central Florida. Dan is a “3 Time Stroke Survivor” who specializing in motivational survival skills for business and individuals. His blog is Daniel Wimer -Professional Life Coach.

When Does Integrity Die?

2009-02-08T22:25:00.004-05:00

When Does Integrity Die?
By Daniel E. Wimer, RN - Professional Life Coach
Eli Lilly & Co. will pay a combined $1.42 billion, that’s “B” as in billion (1000 million) in fines and settlements for their actions in marketing Zyprexa off label for dementia. “Off Label” is term the FDA uses when a medicine is used for some other reason than stated in the literature of the product. The CEO of Eli Lilly, John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D. is not the Chief Ethical Officer of his company, he should be, but he is not. Bernard Madoff is a self-confessed crook, of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, lacks integrity. Arthur Nadel disappeared leaving his investors holding worthless paper investments of $350 million. He was not the Chief Ethical Officer at Scoop Management, his company. Congressman Barnny Frank is allegedly pressured FANNIE MAE, FEDDY MAC, other banking, and mortage companies to make home loans to unqualified borrowers for political reasons. He is not a Chief Ethical Officer for the House of Representative’s Banking Committee, which he heads. One could go on seemingly forever in a in a never-ending list of public figures that have betrayed their trust.
When does our integrity die?
James E. Lukuaszerewski in a speech; “Avoiding Integrity” found in VITAL SPEECES of the day, (May 2007) 197-200. He states, rightly so, “… integrity as the inherent tendency in individuals and organizations to the right thing at every opportunity when with choice, options, or dilemmas.” He goes on, “Integrity is the oxygen that drives the ethics process. So long as people have to behave differently at work that they do at home . . . I call them ‘Insidious Unethical Behaviors’ can present and operating within an organization.” He calls the CEO the Chief Integrity Officer. I use Chief Ethical Officer but the meanings are the same.
Dr. Ronald W. Clement, of Pittsburgh State U. states;”...unethical behavior starts from top down.” The results of unethical decisions are, ultimately, the executives’ responsibility. Everyone has ethics good, bad, or indifferent, but how we apply our ethics to life makes us the people we are! In the 1987, film Wall Street by director Oliver Stone the character Gordon Gekko, portrayed by Michael Douglas, spoke the now famous line “Greed, for lack of a word, is good.” (Wikipedia 2009). Twenty years have not kind to Wall Street yet greed still lives in comfort for a few. What would Gekko say to the today’s Wall Streeter? “Do not get caught!” maybe.
Integrity cannot be sold or bought, the moment give in to sin you lose your right to be called an honest man.
“Better is a little income with righteousness than great wealth with injustice.” Proverbs 16:8.

“Reprinted with permission from D.E.Wimer, RN and Associates, inc. (copyright@ 2009 by D.E.Wimer, RN and Associates, inc. in Florida 813-997-6564)”About the Author-Daniel “Dan” Wimer is dedicated to helping you achieve the maximum results in your personal and professional life. He is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in Psychiatric Nursing, and Professional Life Coach, with a BA in Psychology. Dan is a Communicator and a member of the National Speaker Association of Central Florida. Dan is a “3 Time Stroke Survivor” who specializing in motivational survival skills for business and individuals. His blog is Daniel Wimer -Professional Life Coach.

A Old Fart's View about His Strokes!

2009-01-09T16:44:00.010-05:00

Three Problems I had as a Stroke Victim as a Nurse.
Are we looking at the stroke patient as human?
Daniel E. Wimer, RN, BA, & Life Coach
Persistence meris a virtue that tries men souls!
Overview:
The Healthcare business is a business but we as nurses somtimes forget the patients's needs.
Participants will be able define the type of strokes and recognize the symptoms of Silent, Ischemic, and Hemorrhagic strokes.
Participants will be able to distinguish between Aphasia and Apraxia.
Participants will be able understand the inability to communicate strikes fear in the stroke victims heart.
The American Stroke Association (ASA) data show that approximately 700,000 people in the US have stokes every year; 500,000 are first attacks and 200,000 are recurrent attacks. These stats are personal since I have had three strokes, the last one in September of 2006.
Silent strokes. My first stroke was a silent type, similar to a silent heart attack. The doctors found evidence of a first stroke on a CAT scan after following my second stroke. For obvious reasons silent strokes are only detected after they have happen.
Ischemic Strokes. Within three days of my second and third stroke, 80% of my symptoms went away. Not all strokes are ischemic, about 80% are, and not all of them resolve as quickly as mine did. The source of the stroke is often a blood clot traveling to the brain from elsewhere in the body. This type of stroke the blood flow is block or greatly reduced, in the brain, or the vessel goes into spasms.
Hemorrhagic Strokes are less common but more deadly than an ischemic stroke according to the ASA. When a blood vessel bursts in the brain, the effect is usually catastrophic, resulting in a quick death.
1. We are not doing “good’.
The lost of communication was frustrating when I had my strokes. Strokes leave your mind intact but your body does not want to work. MOST males do not like the impersonal “WE.” “How are we doing tonight?”I am doing lousy and I hate the world how about you, says he?” “Besides which, I cannot talk, you idiot” or thoughts to that effect. The use of the impersonal “WE” is so pervasive in the helping professions. I fear that the PC Police will force us to continue use “we”. The use of “we” is offensive because you are not asking how I feel. It has become a barrier to commutation. You are talking at me, about me, but you really do not care about my answer.
Two of the most common problems of stroke victims are Aphasia and Apraxia.
Aphasia is the partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or compare spoken or written language, resulting from injury or disease.
Apraxia is the inability to perform learned movements on comma, it is understood and there is willingness to perform the movement. Both the desire and the capacity to move are present but the person simply cannot execute the act. The client fells trapped.
The hospital where I was taken after my third stroke had a stroke unit but I had recovered very quickly so they placed me on a Cardiac floor for heart monitoring. The nurses kept asking me about my chest pain level. They had apparently never read my chart and did not know that I was there as stroke patient. I had a commutation problem mine was aphasia what was thier exuse? Two days later I was able to let them know my diagnosis since I had somewhat regained my ability to talk.
Lesson 1: Stroke patients normally hear everything but cannot act on their needs. Plain writing pads works best or “Yes or No” type questions are best. Pay attention to the patient chart. A real problem for the stroke patient is that they feel helpless; they fear that no one will know when they need help. Checking on them hourly is very important to them and eases their fear.

2. Do not choke your patient before it is His Time to Go!
We all have had patients that we would kill if the opportunity came up. We are in the helping profession after all. I have had three major strokes and multiple focal seizures. My last stoke was in September of 2006 but I want to deal with my second stroke in AUG 2005. I had this stroke in my bathroom. I could stand but not walk. My wife put me in a chair with wheels and we waited for EMS. EMS had to carry me down the hall, down three steps to place me on the gurney. I weighed, at that time, around 300 lbs. Meanwhile, I was steadily going downhill, I could not talk or move myself. In the process of getting out the chair my head fell to my chest. I had lost all control of my neck muscles. The EMTs stopped to access their situation but not my status.
Meanwhile, I was running out of air, and I could not tell them, or anyone else for that matter. The need for air is bothersome, to say the least. The hour (an hour to me at least) that it took to carry me down the stairs was filled with increasing terror on my part. I started to have tunnel vision, a sign of hypoxia. By now, I really wanted air, Really, REALLY, WANTED LOTS OF AIR. Finally, the EMTs placed me on the gurney. They lowered my head and my head flopped up to back to normal position. Suddenly, I felt better; I had no more tunnel vision and I felt the air going into my lungs.
Lesson 2: A soft Cervical Collar will stabilize the neck in case the stroke victim loses their neck muscle control. The collar is a quick, efficient, and cheap way to help the victim regain his cool.
3. Men are not like women!
Lately, a local clinic, nearby, instigated a new policy that staff will not use terms like “Honey,” or the horrible appellation “Sugar.” I can guarantee that a female VP wrote the memo. Not surprising 95% of nurses are women; therefore; they view actions as needing action plans, in which most men see as no problem. They do not treat men as men. I, as a patient, with or without a stroke, felt more at ease with the friendly “Honey.” Women, however, especially those in power, take offense over the perceived slight and are more rigid in their relationships. Men are not like women. (Nurses should read. “Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.” by John Gray, Ph.D.).I, as a man, want to know the facts, when he can get out and go back work. I could less about you calling me Mr. Wimer. I do like a homey atmosphere; friendly is the key. Men need a different approach
By the way, when you leave my room do not say to me,” Have a good one!” Do you mean, “Have a good day, a good stroke, or a good BM?” I have been a RN for over 20 years and still this saying grates on my ears.
Lesson 3: In the search for PC equality, the mangers, they have taken the patient’s individuality and destroyed it, even shredded it. They have turned to being mangers not Leaders. ROne of the surest ways is to retain their name; my name is Dan not Mr. Wimer. By necessity, a hospital is not home but the stroke patient needs to feel at home as much as possible. Friendly staff with a few ‘Honeys’ thrown in helps their stay be ‘user friendly’.
After View: What have you learned?
The air we breathe is better when one is not choking. Using a soft cervical collar is a handy device to stabilize a patient. When you are transferring a person, double-check his airway for air going in and out.
Stroke patients’ communication problem is called Aphasia. The pervasive “WE” is impersonal. Pay attention to the patient chart, read at least the diagnoses. Stroke patients feel very alone, helpless and afraid. Check on them more frequently.
Again, I say Men are not like Women. The fear of lawsuits has made hospitals less friendly. We can put back humanness in our dealing with others.
Bonus Tip: Humor is a very, very helpful for the stroke patient, for that matter anyone is helped by humor. On the second day of my third stroke, I showed my neurologist a new skill that I had learned which I was able to pick my nose with my left hand and we laughed. My wife was appalled by the comment but my doctor understood my point. You have a choice in life and I choose to face my problem with humor. Laughing about yourself makes you less depressed and willing to take on the hard task of rehabilitation.
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