At UV, I’ve met some of the most fascinating and exciting people. One of those people is Dr. Ed Dodge, a retired general practitioner living in Florida with his wife, Carol, whom I also met. We shared lots of classes and lunches and dinners together during the years we visited at UV.
Ed and Carol are extraordinary people. They work hard to live TRUTH in all that they do, day by day. So, when I heard that Ed’s new book, Dan Story, was being released this month through amazon.com and other outlets, I couldn’t wait to share this book with you.
Dan’s Story is an extraordinary story!
It is extraordinary in that it’s not like many other books about diet and exercise and mental health. It is ALL those things and MORE, because Dr. Ed Dodge put “love” into writing this book!
The love of empowering people with good health, body, mind floats up through the pages, as you realize the extraordinary care Dr. Dodge took in sharing the importance of taking charge of your health through the eyes of Dan.
By using the fictional character,Dan, through whom personal empowerment for his health unfolds, Dr. Dodge takes information that others would make complicated and very “uninspiring” and made it straightforward, real and palatable for us.
Through the eyes of 47-year-old Dan, his wife, Judy, and others on the health “war” path, we are able to clearly see the dangers in ignoring signs of failing health and also in continuing habits that serve no good.
Dan’s Story is an important book about Healthcare! It covers all the angles as to the why, how, when, where and the other nuts and bolts, but what I especially like about it is that the teaching and preaching are so subtle you get caught right up into agreeing to take care of your health. You learn so much about the importance of taking care of your health without much prodding after reading through Dan’s Story.
“Okay...all right...I’m gonna do it!” you find yourself stating as you see the stress that Dan, Judy and others with different challenges, place on their health.
Dan’s Story is a fictionalized version of real happenings in people's health lives. It is the story of many of us or people we know who are intimately connected to us. The characters may be fictional, but the stories are real!
Dan’s Story opens up with an urgent call to visit his brother, Ken, in Atlanta, who had a heart attack. As he flew from his home in Orlando to Atlanta, Dan, is shaken out of his complacency about his health, realizing for the first time how vulnerable he also was to a sudden death. After all, his brother, Ken, was only 51!
When Ken died the same night Dan visited, he made a vow to begin to take control of his health. He visited with a cardiologist soon after Ken’s funeral, and therein begins his story of ill health and the corrective actions he needs to undertake.
*We learn about body mass index, or BMI, and how and why this is an indicator of obesity.
*We learn about Dan’s poor eating habits and what he needs to do to change that and get onto a path of good health.
*We learn what foods carry the most potent vitamins, minerals and fiber and about developing a code system to categorize right and wrong food groups.
Gradually, we’re lead from the most dominant threats to Dan health to the more subtle ones, like his need for exercise, and support from his wife in helping him stay on track with meals and the overall program.
We learn about hygiene, i.e. that smoking is considered “poor hygiene,” and how Judy’s light smoking habit (“less than a pack a day” ) was affecting both her and Dan’s health!
We learn about the effects of medication on our health and the probability of medication errors and the challenges therein.
The most empowering part of Dan’s Story is its bridge to “wholeness.” Dr. Dodge leaves no area of medical care unexamined, suggesting this thoroughness in his introduction:
“The common notion that our medical system will
help Americans be as healthy as possible is fl awed.
Rather, this system’s primary mission is to detect and
treat disease. Instead of a health-care system, it would
be more accurate to call it a disease-care system.
Please don’t misunderstand. In spite of major
fl aws in the system, America’s medical care is superb in
many ways. Physicians are well trained to diagnose and
treat the wide array of diseases prevalent in America
today. Because of their doctors’ skills, thousands of
patients who face death are saved, and millions more
remain alive because of the ongoing care they receive.
With few exceptions, the work of most physicians is
to diagnose, treat, or control disease or disability in
one form or another—and that is fine. If I become
seriously ill, I want skilled doctors taking good care
of me. Yet, treating disease is not the same thing as
enhancing health.”
Dan’s Story is an “extraordinary” look at taking control of your mind-body-spirit! It is a slim, easy to read book, and I highly recommend you get this just-released book from amazon.com or wherever you make your book purchases!
Like me, you’ll be happy to have the power to “heal” your health and your life in your own hands...FINALLY!
Like me, too, you’ll also want to send Dr. Ed Dodge a thank you note...for sharing his medical knowledge, his insights and his Spirit with love!
Namaste’,
Che’
NOTE: You can access Dr. Ed Dodge’s Website at: http://www.passionforhealth.info/book-dans-story
2 comments:
What a great review! Of course, I'm biased, but even so, you summarized the book beautifully. Thanks!
This story is not JUST easy-to-read, it is easy to incorporate into your lifestyle immediately! This simple, holistic approach has changed my life, and I am grateful to Dr. Dodge for presenting it in a fashion that I was not intimidated by........I was actually inspired to make positive changes that have already improved my quality of life. THANK YOU!!
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