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Thanks
For The Help Just a note of public thanks to Robert Brenner from one of the most difficult kinds of client—another hypnotist. It's quite different being a client and I just got back from a 3 day series of blitzkrieg sessions with Bob for advanced and nearly incapacitating osteoarthritis (My last MRI was put to me this way by the orthopedic surgeon: "Your body's a wreck but your spine's in pretty good shape for an 85 year old man. The bad news is that you're only 49"--you get the picture). Thanks to Bob, I'm walking most of the time without my cane—walking without my cane-- (a first over the past year, just had to say it again) and know things are only getting better. Nurses make the worst patients. A combo of an RN and hypnotist as a client could be a really tough one. I
have been in pain, incapacitating at times, for the better part of these
past 5 years. I cannot take Motrin or any of the other non-steroidal
anti-inflammatories. Passive physical therapy kicks me into inflammatory overdrive
and immobilizes me for days. I’ve
been prescribed pain medicines that blunt but do not relieve the pain,
spent $4,000 out of pocket for Vax-D stretching, been
acupunctured—well, you get the idea. Now,
here’s the kicker. I’m
also a Registered Nurse, 26 years in the field, mostly acute cardiac and
psych nursing. And I’m a Certified Hypnotist through the National
Board of Hypnosis and the National Guild of Hypnotists.
In case you don’t know, nurses are notoriously reluctant
patients/clients. We’re very good at assessing and intervening for
other people, not so good I’m told when we are the person in need.
It appears that the same may be said for hypnotists, perhaps a
deeply seated feeling that we ought to be able to “take care of it
ourselves”. And, as a
nurse, I’m a minimizer. My
wife, a school psychologist, makes sure she is nearby when I’m on the
phone to my MD, shouting corrections to my low-key “I seem to be
having a little more pain” presentation. I
had attempted hypnosis for pain relief before, but the method used was a
progressive relaxation (no offence intended if you are a practitioner of
that hypnotic style, simply not effective for me), as opposed
the extremely advanced and rapid methods taught by Omni Hypnosis
Institute which I know, practice, and get results from for other people. I found myself critiquing the hypnotist, failed miserably,
and there was no one in my area that practiced the highly advanced Omni
hypnotic methods I thought had the best chance to make a difference.
Wife and son in tow, I made the 600 mile trip to Lake Mary,
Florida, for three days of getting to the root of pain and getting rid
of it. Let
me say it again. I’m
walking without my cane, now. And
it’s getting better. I stand straighter.
My energy level is consistently higher and rising.
I have more and more of my life back again. My wife and children
see the difference. Thanks
Bob. You did it.
Okay, you’re right, you’re right—We did it. With
very best wishes and warmest regards, Chuck
Hagaman, RN, CHt, (and, of course, Laurel and Aaron)"
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