"Dr. Mauro Takes On ABC TV"

This is Suzanne. I'm sitting here, by myself, in Dr. Mauro's Naturopathic Clinic. He just hired me as his new full-time receptionist last Wednesday. Then Saturday he flew off to Mexico.

Just before he left, he told me, "Oh yeah, send out an email introducing yourself."

Gulp!

So much for the days when a receptionist just answered phones...

Okay... I live in Tecumseh, but was born in Windsor (travelled far from home).

I'm married, with a son who just turned 21, another who is eight and a beautiful 14-year old daughter. It was a wise move spacing them out that way -- built in babysitters.

In my spare time (?) I hang out with my family but I also love to exercise... four times a week: Treadmill, weight circuit, Elliptical machine, etc.

When I showed up for work last Friday, my new boss says:

"Did you see last night's episode of 'Grey's Anatomy'?"

With his flight leaving in 24 hours, and hardly having anytime to train me, I was surprised he even brought this up. Maybe it was a test?

"I did," I replied.

"Natalia got me hooked on this show now," Dr. Mauro continued, with mounting excitement in his voice.

"It's very suspenseful," I replied.

"It's unbelievably suspenseful!" he said.

Truth is, it's actually my favourite show. I love the way it mixes the medical theme, drama, suspense and personal character stories all in under an hour.

Last Thursday's episode, where Meredith's mother tells her in that afterlife scene, "You're anything but ordinary. You need to go back." got me crying. Dr. Mauro said his wife was in tears too. Even he had to admit it choked him up (there's a soft guy under that 3rd degree black belt after all!).

But then Dr. Mauro's excitement went sour, when he remembered a previous episode where a lady with cancer was undergoing chemotherapy and the doctor's around her became very ill from her "toxic blood" as they called it.

Then one of the docs says that "they found some herbal remedies in her pocket" which caused her blood to become toxic.

These shows have a lot of influence over people and Dr. Mauro felt they were misrepresenting the case completely: "That was totally uncalled for and unethical on their part. It makes me angry! I can't help but wonder how much of that program is sponsored by pharmaceutical companies?"

Well, that got Dr. Mauro all worked up. He likes the show, but thinks they abuse their power to educate the public.

Good thing he's in Mexico now, relaxing on the beach. When he comes back, he'll be well rested and ready to take on ABC.

Well, today or tomorrow, all active patients should be receiving the February newsletter.

I'm in the clinic until Thursday. Please drop by, stock up and introduce yourself.

Stay warm,

Suzanne

On behalf of Dr. Karlo Mauro, N.D.
www.thenaturopath.ca/feelbetter
(519) 739-2402

P.S. Check out Dr. Mauro's Stress-Reduction prescription on page 2 of his newsletter -- the part about the Eiffel Tower made me laugh.