“I can not tell you how refreshing it is to be seen as a person and not a disease.”

I am a person with a physical disability.  As other people living with disabilities know western conventional approaches to medicine often focus on “making you comfortable” and “masking your symptoms”.  Too often I have felt with western medicine that my disability was perceived to be the root of any secondary ailment I might have.

When I first started seeing Dr. Nigh I suffered from debilitating respiratory infection associated with common colds and allergies.  I have a reduced respiratory capacity do to my disability, and so a simple cold would leave me incapacitated for up to three weeks, dependent on a nebulizer every two hours to breath. Western Doctors would load me up with antibiotics and expectorants and I would suffer all winter long, lucky if I had a week or two before getting sick again.

When I began treatment with Dr. Nigh he not only helped to ease the the symptoms of what I was experiencing at the time he also spent valuable time working to develop regiments with me that would be preventative.  He was mindful of my lifestyle needs and limitations yet at the same time treating each issue as a unique piece to the whole picture of me, with my disability being just one small piece.  I can not tell you how refreshing it is to be seen as a person and not a disease.

I have continued to work with Dr. Nigh for over three years now and each year I have seen dramatic improvement in my health.  If i do get sick I am sick for less time and do not need to rely on the nebulizer or oral steroids.  I am currently halfway through the winter cold and flu season and have yet to get sick.  For those of you who think there is no help out there other than “making you comfortable” I highly recommend Dr. Nigh to you!

Tags: allergies, Alternative medicine, Dr. Greg Nigh, Naturopathic medicine, physical disability, respiratory infection, spent valuable time, western medicine

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