Prepare yourself to feel medicals fake. Doctors enter medicine with the hope of making patients feel better. However, when delivering bad news, that's not what happens. No matter how people feel before I give them bad news, afterward they always feel worse. If I don't recognize this as normal, that working hard to make people feel good about bad news is not only counterproductive to the grieving process but potentially deleterious for our doctor-patient relationship, in the long run I'll add to my patients' pain rather than diminish it.
And a greater part of medicals fake the issue is all those products bought were with the idea that the cure was just about to happen the next day or at the very latest next week. You didn't get to the point of being unhealthy yesterday or last week, but the good news is it won't take you as long to undo what it took so long to accomplish, if you want to call poor health an accomplishment.
I've written this article about my mental health well over a year ago. At the time I felt medicals bad and fake like Depakote was the answer to my prayers. Sadly, it wasn't. Neither was Lithium.
Next, look at how you are eating and sleeping. Are you eating foods that are rich in bone-building nutrients like calcium and magnesium? Are you eating enough protein for muscle tone? When you sleep, practice perfect spinal alignment - get rid of that old worn mattress and get a back friendly model that will help you improve your posture.
If you don't believe me and your are diabetic, test it at home with your test kit. I had a patient do this and her sugars 2 hours after breakfast were 190. The next morning she had leftover chicken, celery, and cottage cheese, and her sugars were 100 two hours after breakfast. She became a believer too. Type II diabetes is a choice. You may not have ever received the knowledge to make good choices, but you have it now, use it wisely.
If you have one specific person helping out your patients, politely answering their queries, informing them in advance if it is going to take a little longer for them to see the doctor, basically, you have a personal relationship person whose only task is to put the patients at ease. Try this out and you will see a measurable difference in your business. Such personal service sets you apart from your competition.