I started seeing Dr. Hoffman in the spring of 2015. It is now almost 2017. I have my life back. I…read moream hopeful and optimistic for the future and I know my health and future is in MY hands thanks to choosing Dr. Hoffman to be my partner in my health.
I suffered through horrible digestive problems no matter what I ate, very low energy to the point I could barely get out of bed, poor sleep, low immunity, random nerve pain, stubborn weight gain, foggy brain, and more, all of which affected my ability to work and live a normal life. When I would get sick I was sick for a month and could not recover from a simple cold. I was SO VERY TIRED and sick.
Conventional doctors (who do have their place), did not help me. I wanted my hormones tested as well. With a fight, I finally got the testing but I was told there was nothing wrong with me and I should change my attitude.
I was dismissed was mocked for trying to resolve my issues with diet and lifestyle.
Unhappy with that, I researched more. I started seeing a naturopath then a homeopath who did help, but only very slowly and marginally with a wait-and-see approach by doing one test at a time, which I didn't have time for: I want to eventually be healthy enough to have a child, and I didn't know what hormonal issues I had. I needed know what was wrong with me yesterday.
I found Dr. Hoffman though the IFM.
Finally someone believed me, wanted to test me PROPERLY, understood nutrition, praised me for all the research I had done on my own, not mocked me by warning me against the dangerous advice of "Dr. Google". He doesn't push any beliefs, he TESTS first, and will never make any recommendations before testing to see what YOUR individual needs are.
Gut, functioning, inflammatory markers, nutritional, antioxidant deficiencies, improper functioning, blood markers, entire hormonal system, stress levels, environmental factors, heavy metals, brain patterning, which is addressed with bio/neuro feedback training of the parasympathetic nervous system.
He is like Dr. House - he WILL figure out your big health mysteries. He actually cares about his patients, taking files home to research and study.
He spends his own time and money to go to conferences around the world by international experts on the leading edge of medicine. He is beyond just a doctor. He's generalized, specialized and fully integrated in so many things, he's like going to several specialists without referrals or waiting months for answer, or hoping that these specialists would have a meeting about you and just talk to each other. There's no wasting time going to several doctors hoping for progress. Time is something we can not get back and he never wasted mine.
He got to the root of the CAUSES of what happened to me. Dr. Hoffman does't just give you a one time solution until the next time - he will give you the answer for all your life. I can speak with confidence about health issues. Now I actually know how to heal myself now and don't have to be reliant on Dr. Hoffman as I was in the beginning.
Your homework he gives you is the easy part - because the hard work is done more than 16 hours a day in the brilliant mind of Dr. Hoffman, who unravels your health mysteries and gives you a chance to live to the fullest again and get your energy back like when you were young.
None of my healing could be done without me realizing that IT'S ME who is in control of my health, IT'S ME who is the CEO of my body and future and I wisely chose an excellent doctor who understands that this is a partnership and an investment - and there is no greater investment than in your health. It's not fair that provincial health won't cover this, but there's no time to waste complaining about it. Because you can't get time back and they won't do anything about it in our lifetimes. This is clinic is pioneering in medicine. And because your money making potential is unlimited, it's always there and only limited by your choices about your life and health. I have hope our children will have this kind of medicine covered but for now it's up to us and it's Dr. Hoffman who is making my ability to have children possible by fixing the hormones to have them naturally, and my energy levels to run after them. Now I will not have to spend money on fertility treatments or procedures and still have a sick body. Now because of him I get the whole future opening up for me. That's priceless to me.
He was and is still worth every dollar and minute I spent there, and will never ever see a conventional doctor without functional medicine certification from IFM. Thank you Dr. Hoffman!!!
A quick note about the staff - they are truly amazing! All of them. All the nurses, all the front house team, the clinic manager, and Brain Treatment Centre shout out to the very competent Corey and Liz!
With all my gratitude, (and that of my husband and future children)
Lisa