I remember sitting in the acupuncturist’s office, and hearing her say, “I cannot help you anymore, but I know where you should go.” This was after several M.D.’s, six chiropractors, a couple of other acupuncturists, an orthopedic surgeon, some cortisone shots, as well as a supporting cast of dozens of remedies and potions had failed to relieve my constant neck and shoulder pain. My left shoulder and neck had been, on a day to day/hour to hour basis, reminding me of the fact that something was wrong. Eight Advils a day, with various doses of opiates would dull the pain but it never went fully away. I also had long-term chronic psoriasis on my hands. It had become so bad that I was sleeping with gloves and hiding my hands in public. My hands hurt so badly that I began to think my working career was about over. My marriage was also in deep trouble and I was being treated for mental illness.
This was where I was the day I first walked into Brenda’s office and she asked me why I had come to see her. My answer to her was, “Because you are next.” Next in the long line of people I have met on the journey to find the life I live now. Brenda told me I would come to have a new knowing. That seems to be the case. Two years later, my life seems to bear little resemblance to the life I dragged into her office. I do not know how to describe what Brenda does, but I do know that the answers to solve my problems appeared to me over the last two years in a form that I could recognize, and then utilize as a solution in my life.
I shall forever be grateful that Brenda was placed in my life.
Paul Hendrickson, San Luis Obispo