To avoid an early and painful, potent termination of my enraged procedure to remove the manhole cover of this disgraceful sewer which penetrates and permeates human societies, human families, members that are our precious, precocious infants —to our treasured, dignity-seeking elderly—I am writing this under the nom de plume, “Bartholomew Identity.”

Also, to avoid avertable legitimate legal repercussions, unless I am quoting from another source (which will be always perceptible by my use of distinct references and the appropriate punctuation), never will I mention even one sole human person’s name in relation to the burden I have endured and sought succor for via Western medical practitioners since 1964 and needed (actually) since I was very young.

At the regular “sanctioned-doctors only” conventions held at diverse, global, extravagant venues, do those wealthy members beam out there each time with the excited catchphrase mantra: “The only thing that stops a tired guy with a ‘depressed’ (actually this simply means dispirited, downcast) appearance is a medical guy with a prescription for antidepressants?”

The scenario, which I am in this booklet depicting, was once my prevailing, appalling reality; however I know that I am not a sole victim; thus my hideous internment had not been unique!

This type of incarceration by the effect of antidepressants (which is often almost laughingly, nearly callously, verbally mitigated by the delivery of the terminology “side effects”) has been a legally enacted operant of medical professionals at least since the first known use of even the word “antidepressant” —in 1961.

To avoid an early and painful, potent termination of my enraged procedure to remove the manhole cover of this disgraceful sewer which penetrates and permeates human societies, human families, members that are our precious, precocious infants —to our treasured, dignity-seeking elderly—I am writing this under the nom de plume, “Bartholomew Identity.”

Also, to avoid avertable legitimate legal repercussions, unless I am quoting from another source (which will be always perceptible by my use of distinct references and the appropriate punctuation), never will I mention even one sole human person’s name in relation to the burden I have endured and sought succor for via Western medical practitioners since 1964 and needed (actually) since I was very young.

At the regular “sanctioned-doctors only” conventions held at diverse, global, extravagant venues, do those wealthy members beam out there each time with the excited catchphrase mantra: “The only thing that stops a tired guy with a ‘depressed’ (actually this simply means dispirited, downcast) appearance is a medical guy with a prescription for antidepressants?”

The scenario, which I am in this booklet depicting, was once my prevailing, appalling reality; however I know that I am not a sole victim; thus my hideous internment had not been unique!

This type of incarceration by the effect of antidepressants (which is often almost laughingly, nearly callously, verbally mitigated by the delivery of the terminology “side effects”) has been a legally enacted operant of medical professionals at least since the first known use of even the word “antidepressant” —in 1961.

If cancer has touched your family, you need this book.

The Cancer Caregiver Roles that have to be assumed are:

1) Medical Support—including scheduling, medication support, monitoring side effects, managing pain, maintaining medical records, and advance medical directives.

2) Insurance and Financial Management—selecting the right insurance plans, or finding resources if you have no insurance, and navigating the medical quicksand of costs so as not to drown in medical bankruptcy or lose your home.

3) Household Management—including nutrition management, safety, controls for infection, modesty, and physical/emotional/spiritual support.

The final chapter of the book is on Laughter because splashes of laughter are a powerful antidote to pain, stress, and conflict. Laughter strengthens the body's immune system. Laughter pushes back the cancer for a while. The Epilogue deals with end of life.

In the Eagle’s Way: The Importance of Love in Healthcare, the author, a general practitioner, looks back at the changes he has seen over fifty years of study and practice of medicine. Remarkable advances in medicine and surgery have been accompanied by the growth of alternative medicine. He sees the emergence of holistic/integrative medicine as an important development in the evolution of healthcare. In this guide, he explores the principles and philosophies of alternative medicine and its complementary relationship with traditional medicine. 

The underlying principle of orthodox medicine is fighting disease; in contrast, the underlying principle of alternative medicine is embracing disease, an approach consistent with the new paradigm of unity. Both principles are varied yet powerful. He believes that maintenance of scientific standards dictates that most alternative therapies will remain outside the parameters of orthodox medicine but will be complementary to it. 

Conventional medicine is intellectual, sensory, head-based, and extraverted in its approach, whereas alternative medicine, especially the new psychotherapies, tends to be intuitive, heartbased, and introverted. The latter tends to go with the flow rather than have set standards of treatment. Practitioners of holistic and integrative medicine using both systems are often viewed as the healers of the future. While both systems can offer help to the patient, the most powerful force in healing remains unconditional love in the form of nonjudgmental respect, care, trust, and compassion. Dr. Johnston presents this as the central core of holistic and integrative medicine in The Eagle’s Way.

In the Eagle’s Way: The Importance of Love in Healthcare, the author, a general practitioner, looks back at the changes he has seen over fifty years of study and practice of medicine. Remarkable advances in medicine and surgery have been accompanied by the growth of alternative medicine. He sees the emergence of holistic/integrative medicine as an important development in the evolution of healthcare. In this guide, he explores the principles and philosophies of alternative medicine and its complementary relationship with traditional medicine. 

The underlying principle of orthodox medicine is fighting disease; in contrast, the underlying principle of alternative medicine is embracing disease, an approach consistent with the new paradigm of unity. Both principles are varied yet powerful. He believes that maintenance of scientific standards dictates that most alternative therapies will remain outside the parameters of orthodox medicine but will be complementary to it. 

Conventional medicine is intellectual, sensory, head-based, and extraverted in its approach, whereas alternative medicine, especially the new psychotherapies, tends to be intuitive, heartbased, and introverted. The latter tends to go with the flow rather than have set standards of treatment. Practitioners of holistic and integrative medicine using both systems are often viewed as the healers of the future. While both systems can offer help to the patient, the most powerful force in healing remains unconditional love in the form of nonjudgmental respect, care, trust, and compassion. Dr. Johnston presents this as the central core of holistic and integrative medicine in The Eagle’s Way.

Yes, today she feeds the goose that lays the golden eggs! But her life once read like a mystery, because for forty-five years she had spasms of the face and neck, her head would ring and, most baffling of all, she had an ache deep in her chest like she was having a heart attack. Unbeknownst to her family, she lived with depression from the age of ten, until finally ending up in a psychiatrist’s little crash pad shortly after having a beautiful little girl. From here she began a quest to try to do herself in—she tried six times! Then it finally became apparent she was living with chronic pain, and a sublime head injury that kept her from accomplishing her quest of a nursing career. Then, in 2002, at the age of fifty-four, she finally threw up her arms and became willing to do whatever it took to get her life back. She began the twelve-step process of recovery that would open her life to healing. She soon found herself, strangely, thanking God for her affliction. Then, one day in June of 2002, she decided to live. Today she still has the pain but no longer suffers. Now it is a blessing to have lived, because her life has become part of one very big, ongoing miracle, a miracle of which you, the reader, are a part.

Imagine every family in America having accessibility to affordable alternative medicine. Imagine every man, woman, and child having accessibility to a safe and natural medicine that is within their reach and within their means, whenever and wherever there is a need.

This is the story of one woman’s vision to transform the disparities and lack within the alternative medicine community and is a call to action relevant to every person in America today. This book unveils the illusion about traditional Chinese medicine as a viable health care alternative for all people. While Hollywood and the media portrayed an exotic image of Chinese medicine, the issues of cost, affordability, and accessibility were not readily touched upon.

The choice to act toward an equitable, compassionate, and inclusive society and health care system is within each one of us. It is not about whether or not one can do it. It is about whether or not one wants to do it.

A Vision of Compassionate Health Care for All People is the launch of a grassroots effort that carries the potential of becoming a widespread movement.

Yes, today she feeds the goose that lays the golden eggs! But her life once read like a mystery, because for forty-five years she had spasms of the face and neck, her head would ring and, most baffling of all, she had an ache deep in her chest like she was having a heart attack. Unbeknownst to her family, she lived with depression from the age of ten, until finally ending up in a psychiatrist’s little crash pad shortly after having a beautiful little girl. From here she began a quest to try to do herself in—she tried six times! Then it finally became apparent she was living with chronic pain, and a sublime head injury that kept her from accomplishing her quest of a nursing career. Then, in 2002, at the age of fifty-four, she finally threw up her arms and became willing to do whatever it took to get her life back. She began the twelve-step process of recovery that would open her life to healing. She soon found herself, strangely, thanking God for her affliction. Then, one day in June of 2002, she decided to live. Today she still has the pain but no longer suffers. Now it is a blessing to have lived, because her life has become part of one very big, ongoing miracle, a miracle of which you, the reader, are a part.

Yes, today she feeds the goose that lays the golden eggs! But her life once read like a mystery, because for forty-five years she had spasms of the face and neck, her head would ring and, most baffling of all, she had an ache deep in her chest like she was having a heart attack. Unbeknownst to her family, she lived with depression from the age of ten, until finally ending up in a psychiatrist’s little crash pad shortly after having a beautiful little girl. From here she began a quest to try to do herself in—she tried six times! Then it finally became apparent she was living with chronic pain, and a sublime head injury that kept her from accomplishing her quest of a nursing career. Then, in 2002, at the age of fifty-four, she finally threw up her arms and became willing to do whatever it took to get her life back. She began the twelve-step process of recovery that would open her life to healing. She soon found herself, strangely, thanking God for her affliction. Then, one day in June of 2002, she decided to live. Today she still has the pain but no longer suffers. Now it is a blessing to have lived, because her life has become part of one very big, ongoing miracle, a miracle of which you, the reader, are a part.

Imagine every family in America having accessibility to affordable alternative medicine. Imagine every man, woman, and child having accessibility to a safe and natural medicine that is within their reach and within their means, whenever and wherever there is a need.

This is the story of one woman’s vision to transform the disparities and lack within the alternative medicine community and is a call to action relevant to every person in America today. This book unveils the illusion about traditional Chinese medicine as a viable health care alternative for all people. While Hollywood and the media portrayed an exotic image of Chinese medicine, the issues of cost, affordability, and accessibility were not readily touched upon.

The choice to act toward an equitable, compassionate, and inclusive society and health care system is within each one of us. It is not about whether or not one can do it. It is about whether or not one wants to do it.

A Vision of Compassionate Health Care for All People is the launch of a grassroots effort that carries the potential of becoming a widespread movement.

“Truehart gives us a real inside peak at her work and the devotion and skills of those who work alongside her. But most important, she takes the “scary” out of hospice. She makes it clear that choosing hospice creates the best possible world for the dying and the people who love them…that terminal illness does not necessitate living every day as though it is your last. Rather… hospice can create a world of possibilities for each and every day that is left to us—just like in real life.”

—Kay Degenhardt, KDI

“When I was first diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma over three years ago, it had the face of my mortality on it…I was blessed to come across a copy of Cathy’s manuscript of her life’s work in hospice… [which] made me laugh while I cried, but more importantly, Cathy’s compassion and her patients’ courage gave me hope and inspiration when I needed it most. I recommend that anyone…read this!”

—Joan Rose Ellsworth

The information in this book has helped me and my husband to save thousands of dollars in major dental work. This information is highly recommended for anyone considering any major dental treatment. S.

—Brown Palm Desert, CA * * * * *

I am so happy to receive all this information prior to my commitment to of nearly $20,000 to a dentist that I don't know well. The book has given me the tools to ask the right questions. Thank You.

—R. Lem Los Angeles, CA * * * * *

I had no idea that my sleep apnea was related to my bite. No dentist or physician ever gave me this information. I think I will buy an extra copy of this book for my doctor so he can help other patients. The information in this book has saved my life. God bless you.

—P. Brown Newport Beach, CA * * * * *

Imagine you are in an unfamiliar country or situation. Would the confidential support and encouragement of another person having been through a similar experience be of help?

The DAFFODIL (Dial A Family Friend Or Dial In Line) programme was developed as a communication network run by volunteers - mothers wanting to support other young mothers separated from family and friends.

This network, led by Sister Denise Latto PSM, lobbied Government agencies and businesses on behalf of parents and built trust, friendships and communities for new families making their homes in Salisbury, South Australia during the 1980’s.

The founder of the group and author of this book offers the reader the same handy hints, recipes and simple remedies she gave to all parents during her time as a community child health nurse.

Imagine you are in an unfamiliar country or situation. Would the confidential support and encouragement of another person having been through a similar experience be of help?

The DAFFODIL (Dial A Family Friend Or Dial In Line) programme was developed as a communication network run by volunteers - mothers wanting to support other young mothers separated from family and friends.

This network, led by Sister Denise Latto PSM, lobbied Government agencies and businesses on behalf of parents and built trust, friendships and communities for new families making their homes in Salisbury, South Australia during the 1980’s.

The founder of the group and author of this book offers the reader the same handy hints, recipes and simple remedies she gave to all parents during her time as a community child health nurse.

The information in this book has helped me and my husband to save thousands of dollars in major dental work. This information is highly recommended for anyone considering any major dental treatment. S.

—Brown Palm Desert, CA * * * * *

I am so happy to receive all this information prior to my commitment to of nearly $20,000 to a dentist that I don't know well. The book has given me the tools to ask the right questions. Thank You.

—R. Lem Los Angeles, CA * * * * *

I had no idea that my sleep apnea was related to my bite. No dentist or physician ever gave me this information. I think I will buy an extra copy of this book for my doctor so he can help other patients. The information in this book has saved my life. God bless you.

—P. Brown Newport Beach, CA * * * * *