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A heartfelt thank you to all of you who have taken the time and effort to submit beautiful testimonials. We know that many will benefit from your effort to share your story and experience. Sincerely and Respectfully, Dr. Sharon Gurm & Staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 31, 2009 Dear Dr. Gurm, It is hard to believe that I have been under your care since March 2008. I would like to express to you how grateful I am with the excellent service you and your staff have provided me. Port Moody Naturopathic Health & Wellness continues to provide the same outstanding level of compassion and dedication of service as the first day that I walked into the clinic. It is evident that you and your staff take a great deal of pride in the work provided. After having been under the care of numerous doctors for a number of years with no success of relief, I had resigned to living with the constant pain and health issues. I must confess that when I walked into the clinic back in March 08, I was very skeptical of a “natural” type of treatment but willing to try as my last resort. The relief did not come overnight but with dedication and support you and your staff provided, I feel as though I have been given a second chance to live pain free. Thank you...what a wonderful feeling! It is without hesitation, that I highly recommend Port Moody Naturopathic Health and Wellness to anyone who is willing to listen. I commend you and your staff on a job well done and would be more than happy to speak to anyone who should request a referral. Sincerely, Jeanne Gilbert, 50 years old Assistant General Manager, Simpson Associates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 1, 2009 Dear Dr. Gurm & Staff, I never thought I would feel this good. My whole life I’ve suffered through digestive issues and a hoard of other small and seemingly unimportant health issues (allergies, stiff joints, steadily worsening psoriasis) and I never imagined that I could feel differently. It took a major health challenge to change that. On Christmas day 2008, I suffered a major change - I had severe vertigo, purged the contents of my stomach all day and on Boxing Day, woke up deaf in my right ear while maintaining a very loud ringing in my ears. Off to the hospital to be misdiagnosed by the emergency doctor and referred to and ENT. The ENT advised that I had a “profound loss of hearing” and that I’d have to get used to it, along with the vertigo - that there was nothing for me but prescription drugs to help with the dizziness. I couldn’t help but feel completely hopeless and discouraged. That was until I decided to seek out help in the form of the Port Moody Naturopathic Health & Wellness Centre and Dr. Sharon Gurm. When I first walked into the clinic, I was barely walking at all. I had a cane, I was falling over and I was constantly in tears. We had a thorough first meeting where we discussed every single health challenge I’d ever had - not limited to my current condition. We went through everything and I finally felt like someone in the health profession was listening. No one ever took that much time with me before. Dr. Gurm scheduled me in for some tests to determine the best way to treat my situation. We immediately started various therapies and supplements, which we have continued for the year. And I felt an immediate difference in the form of hope. If all else is failing, if you can just continue to hope - it always helps. In the long run, it may be the very thing that has changed my outlook and my health for the better. I really enjoy going to Dr. Gurm’s new clinic - from smiling Eva in the front to Raluca in the back helping with my treatments, everyone treats me with respect, dignity, compassion and most importantly (to me personally) with humour. I find the new clinic extremely relaxing - to the point where I can fall asleep and Raluca will cover me with a blanket, just in case I get cold. After a full year of treatment, I can confidently say that I am much further along in the recovery phase that I would have been just using my regular doctor and specialists. My audiologist has confirmed that nearly 50% of my hearing has returned in what he calls a “remarkable recovery”. My ENT was shocked at how much hearing has returned - he told me I’d never recover anything. My overall bill of health is fantastic. Things I never expected to “fix” are better. Through Dr. Gurm’s recommendations for my supplements and my diet, I have lost nearly 30lbs and have been able to basically eliminate my major digestive issues along with my mild psoriasis. I’ve got more energy. I fight off colds better. And most importantly, I’m happy - VERY happy. I’m extremely pleased with the results of my continued therapies through Dr. Gurm. I thank my lucky stars to have sought out integrative medicine and the various therapies Dr. Gurm practices, which I wholeheartedly believe should be main-stream. I may always struggle with my willpower but with the help of Port Moody Naturopathic Health and Wellness and all of Dr. Gurm’s team members, I know that I have a support network to help me when I need that extra hug or those words of encouragement. So thanks to everyone at PMNHW - without you I would not have such a big smile on my face every day, nor would I be able to hear your sweet laughter - it is truly is music to my ears. With Love, Amanda Stajan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 25, 2010 Dear Dr. Gurm, I would like to submit the following testimonial for Port Moody Naturopathic Health & Wellness. My way of handling any difficulties I have in my life is by visualizing an end result, knowing with absolute certainty that the result will take place, feeling how it feels to attain the result...and then taking action steps when my intuition shows me the way. In the case of my health, my end result was vibrant health and energy, after having undergone surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my bladder and menopause which left me experiencing undesirable symptoms (dry skin, loss of libido, weight gain) I arrive at the clinic feeling tired and unusually lethargic after undergoing surgery and wanting to take whatever steps I could to prevent a recurrence. My intuition led me to a newspaper advertisement for Port Moody Naturopathic Health and Wellness that jumped off the page at me. I had my first consultation with Dr. Sharon Gurm in March of 2009. From the beginning she showed she truly cared about my health and well-being by listening carefully to my history and offering valuable insights. She also exhibited a tremendous knowledge about every topic I presented. Having investigated a lot of health issue myself, I really felt I had found someone I could trust. The most important aspect of our first meeting for me was feeling her magnificent calming, loving energy. She glowed and I felt immediately protected and in good hands. I immediately started diligently following every treatment she recommended and am thrilled with the results. I have found the facility to be very welcoming, professional and enjoyable. The members of Dr. Gurm’s staff (Eva, Raluca and others) are also very professional and competent. I truly believe that the best healers are ones capable of transmitting loving energy. This has been demonstrated to me so many times during my visits. Without wanting to sound like some weird new-age Pollyanna, I have even experienced hearts appearing in my mind’s eye on several occasions during some of Dr. Gurm’s one-on-one treatments, a spiritual signpost for me that I was in the best hands. I feel energetic again with vibrant health and have recently undergone a cystoscopy to find my cancer has not recurred! After completing a few months of bio-identical hormone treatments, my menopausal symptoms have all disappeared. I am grateful to have found this clinic and appreciate that Dr. Gurm conducts her practice in a calm, patient, caring way while transmitting her loving energy. I have highly recommended Dr. Gurm to anyone I have met who has any kind of health issues. Respectfully Submitted, Maybeth Wallace ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 15, 2009 To Whom It May Concern, I am a woman in her 50’s who has suffered with extreme neck and back pain for the past 12 years. Taking pain drugs and other numerous drugs prescribed by a medical doctor did not make the pain subside but only created other medical problems. Determined to find some relief, I took the initiative to look at other avenues. I have always been interested in the natural approach. After visiting Dr. Sharon Gurm three months ago and receiving acupuncture treatments, detox treatments and two neural therapy treatments, I am so relieved to say that I have not felt like this in the past 12 years. I am now pain free, have no migraines and other medical problems have also been addressed. At this time I continue therapy once a week. I have great faith in Dr. Gurm’s natural approach in healing the body. Dr. Gurm and all her staff make you feel like they sincerely care. Now every day I am able to live and enjoy life! Sincerely, Gale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10, 2010 After spending more than a decade sick most of the time, I approached Dr. Gurm. My name is Joan and this is my story. I started getting some nasty colds when I turned 30. They would last 4-6 weeks, occur about 2-3 times a year. I produced excess phlegm and would often end up with a nasty bacterial infection or bronchitis. I was no stranger to antibiotics. I was otherwise very healthy with what I thought was a good diet and plenty of exercise. For the next 10 years my colds intensified and I grew more and more tired. I dreaded the onset of these colds as I knew what I was in for. I would blow my nose every 3 minutes and fill three tissues at a time. I would have coughing fits throughout the day and night and spit up chunks of phlegm. It could be brown or green. My sleep was disturbed with coughing fits. I would get up at night and cough from 3-5 am, then sleep again from 5-7am, then get up and go to work. This went on for 6 weeks at a time. I could sleep anywhere, anytime. I seemed to get any bug that came along: viruses, bacteria, nasal infections, upper respiratory infections and strep throat. I also started to get yeast infections. My doctor gave me antibiotics and a puffer (steroids). I was always taking cough medicines and allergy meds to clear up my phlegm. Halls cough drops were everywhere, in my purse, by the bed, in all my jacket pockets. By the time I was 40, my colds would last 3-4 months and come on at least twice a year. If I found the energy to exercise, it would last a month at most and then I would be back to my dreaded state where my energy was only for work and chores. I would experience a yeast infection every month. I could not figure out what was wrong. At age 41, I left my high stress job to stay home with my 5 year old son and help my husband in his business. I was sure that this new lifestyle would cure me. Within two months, I had another nasty cold. Three months later I still had my cold and it was getting worse. I had given up on my doctor so I went to saw a practitioner who identified my food sensitivities and found I had lots of bacteria and fungus in my blood. I learned that my colds were actually caused by food allergies. My immune system was beat up and very low. I found the term “allergy induced asthma” in a health magazine. Allergy induced asthma is a type of asthma. Coughing fits are from excess phlegm produced from allergies not asthma from constricted airways. This was me. I was put on a stricter diet and given many homeopathic remedies to clean out my system and rebuild my digestive tract. Within a few weeks I stopped coughing. Over 6 months I felt much better and my reading improved. I experienced a whole year without a cold. Then the symptoms started again. My cold would last 3-4 months, I had general malaise, headaches, chills, fatigue. These symptoms would come and go and finally they never left. I had a sore throat for a whole year. In July 2008, I came to Dr. Gurm. I was 44. I was pale and run down and I was getting desperate. My quality of life was not great and I was concerned about the direction it was heading. I had loved being active my whole life but had no energy for anything more than a walk. My workout was a nap. I had had a severe cold and some type of infection for the past 14 years. Dr. Gurm did very comprehensive testing and found my system was still full of bacteria, fungus and parasites. The mercury levels in my body were off the charts. It was explained to me that bacteria thrive in an environment with toxic heavy metals (due to the acidic pH created by toxins). So no matter what I did in terms of diet or cleansing I would not rid myself of my bugs and my symptoms. I had to get rid of the toxic metals in my system. Dr. Gurm put me through a process over the past year and a half which included neural therapy, homeopathic remedies, chelation (a process that removes mercury from the blood) and meditation for stress management and spiritual growth. A strict month long cleanse revealed my intolerance for ANY dairy. I can’t even have milk in my tea without getting a sore throat or phlegm. After numerous chelation treatments my mercury levels came down dramatically. Then testing revealed significant lead storage in deeper tissues in body, which Dr. Gurm had explained to me would be a likely outcome once we started chelation. So now we are doing more chelation to get the lead out. It is still quite shocking to me that I was full of toxic chemicals and heavy metals. I have always considered myself quite healthy and frankly I am a bit of a health nut. I have always exercised. I was a runner since I was 15 and a regular distance swimmer as well. I ate salads, fruit and vegetable and took vitamins. I got eight hours sleep at night. I was a very light drinker. I will admit to a high stress at times in my life, but who doesn’t? Looking back now I can see some patterns. At age 30, I started to enjoy sushi, all you can eat sushi (mercury), wine and beer (yeast and sugar), pasta (white flour) and bread (wheat). I ate whole-wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, whole wheat crackers and whole wheat cereal. I also had several mercury fillings. I now have a diet with no diary, very low sugar, caffeine or wheat. I plan my monthly alcoholic beverage or two for a date with my husband. I used to have fish twice a week, now I have it twice a month while we are doing chelation. My food allergies may improve in the future but for now I am used to and feel great on my modified diet. I had a just one cold last Fall in 2009 for a week. My energy is back. I exercise regularly. I enjoy yoga and I meditate. I have my own infrared sauna. I have energy for my son and husband. I have clarity of mind and better ability to focus and make decisions for myself and family. I feel joy again. I feel my old positive self again. I have peace. Of course, this process did not come without an investment of effort, commitment and finances. Sure I could have renovated my kitchen, but instead I chose to renovate my life. Sincerely, Joan Weiten http://www.portmoodynaturopathic.com/

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