Dear friends of Dr. Shah,
On a fateful visit to my son’s family in California, in Oct 2018, I was amazed to see Jenny, my daughter-in-law. Jenny has had years of various ailments due to two auto-accidents while in college- 20 years ago. Mainly, her upper cervical spine was rigid and her arms and fingers would go numb. She was overall weak and tired and had bad headaches on a daily basis. She had progressed to blurred vision and panic attacks while driving. She was convinced she would never feel good again!
But, last October I was overwhelmed to see a “new” Jenny. They were in a major home remodeling project and Jenny was“Super woman”. As the mom of three very active children she was totally engaged in all aspects of their lives. Previously, she couldn’t keep up.
She was observing her father-in-law Jim. He had no energy and was sleeping 12-14 hours a day. He wasn’t interested in going anywhere or engaging with his grand children. He was noticeably off balance, was shuffling and unsteady getting up from a sitting position. He also had trouble following conversations and was very withdrawn.
We had a yearly check-up with his neurologist in September. He prescribed physical therapy and a visit with a psychiatrist to get some anti-depressants. We also had an appointment with his neurosurgeon. He has a shunt inserted in his brain in October 2017 due to hydrocephalus (front an auto-accident). There seemed to be some improvement but he seemed to get weaker. Every doctor would sum up our visit, “Maybe there is something else.” He had been diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia in 2016, a very specific spinal fluid test proved that incorrect..
Of course he was depressed, tired, weak and convinced he was going to permanently feel this way. He lost his driving privileges due to fainting while driving in 2016. He hit a concrete barrier no the I-90, at seventy miles an hour. Thus began our medical journey.
So on our fateful visit to Jenny in Oct 2018 I heard the word NUCCA. Jenny was so convinced that Jim should see a NUCCA practitioner. She showed us an amazing video and we found out that Dr. Shah was only twelve minutes from our home.
I called immediately and talked to Dr. Shah. She was so interested in all the details and was anxious to meet Jim. Within days we completed his evaluation and he had his first NUCCA alignment on his 80th birthday in November 2018. WHAT A PRESENT!!
He was overwhelmed. He peacefully rested and slept for two days and felt “different.” Wehave never looked back. Each day he gets stronger and better.
We just returned from a wonderful month in Florida. We had daily walks, saw sunsets on the beach and lots of wonderful time and fun with our friends and also made new friends. Jim refused the wheelchair at the airport and said he felt like walking - and he did!
He has returned to singing in the church choir which he truly missed. He couldn’t stand for an hour and hold his choir book. Now HE CAN. Everybody in his life notices the difference. So the depressed, tired, disconnected, joyless Jim has left town. Dr. Shah is our “Super Woman.”
Carol & Jim Schultz