Like most chiropractic
patients, I am grateful
for the thorough and
excellent care I have
received over the years
from my chiropractors. But perhaps unlike many patients,
I have decided to express my appreciation for their skills
in healing by supporting their alma mater—Palmer
College of Chiropractic. Let me share with you why
I decided to put Palmer in my will and to give a gift
to the College each year.
As a child I wasn’t sickly; I had the usual childhood
illnesses. But if any medicine was prescribed for me,
it seemed to worsen the condition and therefore it had
to be discontinued. When I was about four years old,
I came down with a very serious illness with a very
high fever for several days. The only thing that finally
broke the fever was sleep and a cool cloth.
After the illness, my parents took me to a pediatrician,
explaining that medicines caused serious problems
for me. I was given a complete examination, and the
conclusion was that a different kind of care, perhaps
chiropractic, might serve me better.
I was having something like seizures, and my parents
took me to Dr. Harley Drew, a chiropractor and Palmer
graduate who had helped relieve my mother’s back
pain. Dr. Drew took X-rays, along with examining my
neck and spine, etc. He found I could turn my neck to
the extreme right and to the extreme left, which is not
normal. This caused the flow of blood to be shut off. In
very short order, Dr. Drew stopped the neck problem
and the seizures, and my life went forward.
Dr. Drew retired and encouraged me to continue the
adjustments with his chiropractor, Dr. Sam Tyrell, also
a graduate of Palmer. I went to him for years until he
retired. His son, Dr. David Tyrell, also a Palmer graduate,
took over his father’s practice. He is now my chiropractor.
I feel that chiropractic has saved me from serious
illnesses and diseases. I have an adjustment every
10 weeks almost to the minute—keeping my spine
aligned and permitting my body to be flexible and able
to heal. I don’t believe I would be in such wonderful
condition if I hadn’t stayed with chiropractic. I haven’t
had a cold or the flu or any operations, and I don’t use
medicine, not even aspirin. Nor do I have headaches
or any of the usual life’s complaints.
Here’s what my current chiropractor, Dr. Tyrell, had to
say about me as a patient: “I have been treating Lorraine
now for 20 years. My father also cared for her for almost
20 years. She has never been late for an appointment
and is truly a model chiropractic patient. Her dedication
to maintenance care has brought her decades of optimum
health. I wish all of my patients were like Lorraine! She
understands the commitment that the Palmer family and
College has given to the chiropractic profession and to
chiropractors all around the world.”
As for why I give to Palmer, I believe that I owe something
to the three chiropractors who have cared for me
so well over the years, and to the dedication that Palmer
College provides to each student. Palmer is where it all
started, and from the time Dr. Palmer founded it until
today and into the future, it will continue to grow and
serve future chiropractors with the best possible chiropractic
education.