Then Klopfer told him the problem was that he hadn’t re-
ceived the super refined Krebiozen and it was coming next week. He purposely told him that to build up the intensity of the situa- tion. A week later he told him it came and gave him an injection of a placebo and his cancer melted away and he remained well until six months later when the final report was published declar- ing the drug was of no use in the treatment of cancer. He died within the week.
Doctor Milton Erickson, from his childhood experience with polio and hearing his doctor’s dire predictions to his mother that he wouldn’t see the sun rise, knew how important words were. As a child his anger led him to defy the doctor’s predictions. As a psychiatrist, and hypnotherapist, he knew how to talk to patients to achieve the best outcome. There are many books about his work. One, by Dr. Sidney Rosen, is entitled My Voice Will Go With You. And our voices do. At the conclusion of an operation, while patients were still under anesthesia, a time when they hear their surgeon’s words, I would say, “You will awaken comfortable, thirsty and hungry.” I did that until I noticed many of my patients were gaining weight and so I added these words, “but you won’t finish everything on your plate.”
One last story and it is hard for me to stop because there is only one thing truer than the truth: a story. Stories change peo- ple while statistics give them something to argue about. Erickson would write in a patient’s chart and then excuse himself and leave the room. Of course he expected the patient would get up and go look at what he had written and he wrote, “Doing well.” So give your family mottoes to live by, like: Do what makes you happy, so they pay attention to their feelings, and difficulties are God’s redirections, so they keep an open mind about the future. Remind your doctor that his or her words can become swords and, like a scalpel, kill or cure.
For many, Dr. Bernard Siegel—or Bernie, as he prefers to be called—needs no introduction. He has touched many lives all over the Planet. In 1978, he reached a national and then in- ternational audience when he began talking about patient em- powerment and the choice to live fully and die in peace. As a physician who has cared for and counseled innumerable people whose mortality has been threatened by illness, Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues our Society grapples with today. In May 2011, Bernie was honored by the Watkins Review of London, England, as one of the Top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People on the Planet. He continues to break new ground in the field of healing, supporting changes in medical education to “humanize” medical practice. Read Bernie’s regular blog posts on his website where you will also find his books, articles, and CDs:
http://www.berniesiegelmd.com.
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