About Justin Gallant
I believe most medications and supplements should be used as a crutch to restore health, they should not be depended on indefinitely.
I do not believe Doctors should be viewed as an authoritative figure, the patient should feel comfortable with their Doctor and this can only be accomplished through openness and transparency. I do not like when someones ego gets in the way of someone else's healing.
Each person's disease is just as unique as they are as an individual. Generalizing treatments is just as wrong as generalizing groups of people. Two people could have the same condition but the way it affects them could be completely opposite and a successful treatment will differ.
The ideal healthcare setting is when a patient has a multidisciplinary group of healthcare providers looking after them and each member of the group can communicate openly with each other. Each healthcare provider has their own benefits and limitations so it is important to work together in order to fill these gaps.
I consider myself to be a health detective, health educator, health ambassador and a health guide. I am a health detective in the sense that my number one goal is finding out what is wrong with a patient, especially after they've been through the healthcare system with no answer. After a patient has been to a couple of different specialists they become discerned until they come see me and I take a look at the totality of their symptoms and their health timeline to patch together what could be going wrong and what caused everything to go wrong. I'm a health educator in the sense that most of my hour long visits are spent teaching my patients about several areas of health, from nutrition to parenting, psychology, you name it! I'm a health ambassador because I act as a medium between my patients and their MD's or specialists. It's often difficult for patients to get their point across to their family doctor so it's common for me to take their case and put it in a concise professional letter for their MD to read so they can get a better picture of what is going on. Sometimes I will also request which specialist my patients should go to and I'll let my patient know whether their condition is something they need to see me, their Family Doctor or go to the Emergency for. I am a health guide in the sense that I gently guide my patients into doing the right things for their lifestyle.
