After two years of daily migraines—yes, daily migraines—I wanted someone, anyone, to tell me they could make them disappear—which blinded me to the red flags when choosing a healer.
Every morning began with the same hope: Maybe today I won’t have to take any medication. Maybe today I won’t have a headache.
And almost every day ended the same way.
I would eventually reach for Excedrin Migraine, hoping to stop the headache before it became a full-blown migraine. If it escalated, I’d take a Naratriptan—a tiny pill that cost about eight dollars and was worth every penny. Some days, nothing worked at all, and I ended up in bed.
Living with chronic pain changes you.
It wears down your patience, your optimism, and sometimes even your critical thinking. When you’re suffering every day, you become willing to try almost anything if someone promises relief.
That’s what makes chronic illness so dangerous—not just the illness itself, but the vulnerability it creates.
In my case, allergies have been a major trigger throughout my entire adult life.
Perfumes, colognes, cleaning products, soaps, lotions, smoke, and those plug-in air fresheners (whoever invented those should be shot) can all trigger migraines. Once I moved to Sedona, things became even worse. The constant changes in barometric pressure felt like they were attacking my head from every direction.
And, ironically, in a place known for healing, almost everyone loves to burn sage, incense, or palo santo—all of which can trigger an instant headache for me.
After years of trying to manage this, I was exhausted.
And exhausted people begin to search for miracles.
That’s where this story begins.
Desperation can make intelligent people suspend critical thinking.
This isn’t a story about being foolish. It’s a story about being human.
Because when we’re desperate to heal, we can become easy targets for people who promise impossible things.
I wanted to get up in the morning, see my clients, do my work, and make it through my day without a migraine. Believe me, I tried all kinds of medical and alternative treatments, but so far nothing had worked.
Then a good friend who researches to the nth degree—the kind of person who dots every i and crosses every t—found the “Miracle Doc.”
I was immediately on board. This “Miracle Doc” had not only “cured” my friend, but she’d also “cured” her partner, too.
I did some research myself, but mostly I trusted my friend because she’s extraordinarily thorough. Plus, she was supposedly getting results.
I wanted a miracle. Were there red flags? Absolutely.
Did I see them? Not so much. As you’ll see below, I chose to ignore those red flags when choosing a healer.
Red Flags When Choosing A Healer
The “doc’s” website was a mess; there were misspellings all over, the strangest of which was her own name. I mean, who doesn’t know how to spell their own name?
And there were these issues:
· She claimed to have a $500K scanning machine that is commonly used in Sweden. She claimed that Sweden mandates that all citizens have this scan 3-4 times a year. I couldn’t verify either of these claims. In fact, when I saw the “500K machine,” it was a common ultrasound machine that can be purchased for under $30,000.
· She supposedly invented a “smart chip technology” which was installed in those common ultrasound machines, to do “full body scans” which could diagnose, treat, and cure a wide variety of human diseases and medical conditions, including cancers.
· She claimed to have a Ph.D. in Vascular Physics from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and to have been a professor there. She did not and was not.
· She claimed to have worked at a major cancer hospital in Texas, yet never stated the name. I was unable to verify these claims.
· She went by at least half a dozen different aliases, which a simple background check verified.
· When we went to her office, it was very strange: crocheted Afghans on cheesy, chintz sofas –computers on folding TV tray-like tables, like Gramma’s house in the 50s, not a professional office.
Looking back, I believe she was running a sophisticated deception/fraud.
She claimed there was a blocked vein in the back of my neck, yet she supposedly couldn’t scan that area. She suggested ProARgi 9 for both of us, along with a couple of other supplements she sold, that would dissolve plaque in the arteries, reset my thyroid, etc.
We went on our merry way, believing we were saved.
But I wasn’t.
Ironically, months later, my migraines finally improved after working consistently with a reflexologist. Maybe that was the answer all along. Maybe my body needed something entirely different. Either way, it reminded me that healing is often slower, less glamorous, and far less miraculous than we’d like it to be.
So why am I coming clean about all this now?
When I told my friend – the one who researched to the nth degree – what I had found out about the “miracle doc”, she said, “But she’s saving lives! She heals people.” And I questioned her, “Is she saving lives, or do we want the miracle so badly that we would believe anything? Did they heal themselves?”
You don’t get to pick and choose your ethics when you claim to be a healer. Either you operate with integrity, or you don’t. Nothing justified her lies and deception.
She made false claims, including finding cancer before it kills you, even preying on a Women’s Cancer group by giving them discounts on scans. When I called the Women’s Cancer group to request pictures and verify the “doc’s” credentials, no one returned my call.
Wanting to be healed is one of the most human things we do. There is no shame in wanting a miracle. However, the right healer won’t ask you to abandon your common sense to trust them. Please don’t ignore the red flags when choosing a healer.
Hope should never replace discernment.
If you’ve been searching for answers, whether emotional, spiritual, or physical, I hope this story reminds you to trust both your intuition and your critical thinking.
Sometimes healing begins when we stop looking for miracles outside ourselves.
If you’d like someone to help you explore what’s keeping you stuck, I’d be honored to work with you.
BakeR
https://44times.com/spiritual-life-coaching-psychic
p.s. This story is from several years ago. I now work with a good neurologist, and the migraines are at manageable levels.
Karma Catches Up To Them!
Since I originally wrote this article, the individuals described as the “Miracle Doc” and her husband have publicly pleaded guilty in federal court to fraud-related charges connected to the operation of their medical clinic. Reading the federal case only reinforced the lesson I learned years ago:
Hope is powerful, but discernment is essential.
If you’d like to read the U.S. Department of Justice announcement, you can find it here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/arizona-couple-ran-medical-clinic-business-plead-guilty-conspiracy-commit-fraud-and
