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Graduation August 2008

My husband was awarded master of technique award in the Logan Basic technique and special mention for being an outstanding clinicians assistant at an awards breakfast the day before graduation. It was nice.

We sold our trailer and gave all the money towards the purchase of the business. We had already given the business owner we were buying from a significant amount down from saving extra borrowed tuition answer loan money. We still owed 30K even though we'd given him 20K. We found ourselves waiting for the state of Utah to get us the license. IN the mean time we put all of our posessions in my mother in laws garage. We thought they would only be there a month or two but there they stayed 19 months!

Due to the gag agreement in the details of what transpired between us and the original owner of the 6 yr old practice we purchased I can't tell you all about it but would LOVE to. Sparring details let me just say this involved a undisclosed lean, the original owner moving back within months, and family of the original owner owning our business lease. In RURAL UTAH!! Let's just say he feels cheated, and we felt cheated. Pretty standard right of passage from college graduation and the real world story. Sort of like my husband living a real life Pinocchio scene with no cricket at his side but his faith in Christ and me. Typical prey mentality that senior chiropractors have. Guilt free self serving BS. This post was started and saved as a draft for over a year. I resurrected and finished it today because I think it would serve the want to be chiropractor well. The best way to avoid this is to refrain from going to chiopractic school in the first place. That act alone will spare you from extremely limiting options thereafter!

The Grand Finale

My husband's basic desires going in to chiropractic in the first place was to help people, and to be able to provide for his modest little family. A millionaire once told him at one of his weekly chamber of commerce meetings that he diligently attended (until the dues ran out), "You need three things to be successful. You need passion, skill, and opportunity. If even one of these things are missing you won't succeed." One of my favorite comedians of all time Lucille Ball said, "Ability is of little account without opportunity." The truth of the matter is that there is not an abundance of opportunity in the chiropractic profession as it is today. You will hear differently and it will do nothing but build false hope and waste more of your time and money in the long run. Mark my word those making a viable living in this profession are the minority.



This is the truth and must be shouted from the top of every mountain so those entering the Chiropractic Schools are being informed. My husband with my support ignored all the negative nay sayers and stayed positive surrounding ourselves with expensive coaches, retreats, and resources to fuel our success. In the end we failed. We would have failed sooner had we not been so relentlessly positive! We wouldn't have lasted a month in practice with the mountain of odds that were stacked against us but we did. We practiced 26 months and always did our best. I can't say we don't have regrets reflecting back on it all but I can't say that it all wasn't for our own good.

He graduated in August 2008 with his DC. Now, with no current license to practice anywhere remains just another statistic at this point. I hope this Blog has helped at least ONE PERSON avoid the debt and disenfranchisement that is Chiropractic. Obviously I am an open book and happy to answer any of your questions about our experience.

It was very therapeutic to put our story into the form of a blog from my point of view. Should my husband resurrect his license and begin to practice chiropractic again I will resume posting. In the mean time I am laying this effort to rest. I tire of moderating the myriad of bullshit comments of people claiming to have read my blog when the comments/claims/and questions they present prove otherwise. This blog has always been my experience and opinion. No one can make this stuff up! Comments trying to disprove or put me or my husband down as a result have never been published. Even the many who have commented only to pimp out their chiro products or services.


Thank you to those of you who have followed my story sincerely and saw it for what it was.

License Renewal Fail

So am I still considered a "Chiropractors Wife" if Utah refuses to provide some sort of alternative to the fact that my husband falls short of the 40 required CE credits 10 of which can be online and 10 of which have to be Acupuncture? Risking the fact that he could get audited at any time just after a renewal and we don't have any shady friends that we know of capable of forging CE credit proof we made the mistake of contacting our state professional license board to see if we had any options which exposed us and guarantees that if we renew despite our short in hours we will get audited. So the choice was don't bring it up, stay quiet, pay the fees and lie hoping we don't get audited or bring it up and see if there are options we don't know about. For those of you who delight in our misfortune you will be pleased to know that they refuse to grant any provision for part time chiropractors. In fact, they let us know he is not to practice effective immediately through July until a hearing and appeal can be pursued. He is officially professionally castrated. Most professions require CE credits. In fact, I can't think of any licensed positions that don't. What pisses me off is the fact that all my professional colleague's as well as family over the years all have that provided for them by their employers. Even my dad who is aircraft maintenance for American Airlines is paid to sit though classes provided for him towards maintaining his license. Even comparable fields like DO, or MD positions are very often treated by their hospital networks to a menu of options throughout the year. Now to explain the reality of CE credits of a DC practicing in Utah. First of all it is and honor system. This means that the DC's here may or may not be meeting their hours. Take my husband for example. Utah has very, very, very few options as far as opportunities to obtain said CE credits. The internet is full of them but our state only allows 10 out of the 40 to come from that resource. Luckily we are close to Denver, Vegas, and California which are full of options. Should you settle on one of these or several of these destinations throughout your two year at a time frame you need to plan to pay for expenses which not only require fees for the event, but travel, room, food, and board. Even when owning a practice it was difficult to loose money shutting down and paying for these vacation like getaways in the name of CE credit. While my husband was in practice full time and we owned a clinic we had no choice but to make it happen even if it meant putting it on a credit card. This behavior is what can lead to bankruptcy. If one is practicing like my husband extremely part time...like adjusting 2 days a month it is hardly worth it. I am disgusted at the reality that has become chiropractic. Effective immediately I have decided to put full support behind his teaching and rock career. I intend to write the Tom Petty and ask for some connections in making that a reality. Flying my husband out for rock rhythm or lead guitar positions is far more worth it than this current sad

state of affairs. He is off all summer and the prospects are good. This fall he has a full teaching contract waiting for him if nothing pans out. Relationship wise, we have decided to do what we always do....cope with it by making love. Lot's and lot's of love.

Summer Time=Part Time

I have decided to cut to part time at my job. I took a transfer within the company I work for to work 1/2 as much as I do now which is the worst timing because my husband has no income this summer. This fall he has a full time teaching contract and will get paid through next summer but not this one. Luckily we are proficient living lean and frugal. Being a chiropractor guarantees one will become experts at living at or below poverty level as defined by our federal government. I also expect this to be one of our families most memorable summers! Money doesn't mean happiness for us because we've hardly tasted what it feels like to have money at all so it is a non-issue. I guess we have become expert at hoping my husbands big break is right around the corner! I feel like his luck is going to change and we will all benefit and be ready for it. We are lucky to have really good kids who enjoy life as is. Our biggest desire is to take them to Disney Land in California this fall and it is possible if we play our cards right!

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Big Ballin' Chiropractor

In a week and a day I will have been married to my husband for 10 years. I am so glad 1/3 of that marriage was me keeping our little kids quiet so he could study the many hours involved in completing requirements to be a doctor of chiropractic. Boy has it paid off! I am sporting a 4ct 3 stone diamond ring set in 2 toned 14K gold because I earned it! It wasn't easy filling out welfare applications for our family every 6 months to ensure he could keep his head down and focus on his studies to stay on track to graduate in 2008 on time! If any of you are ever in Salt Lake City, UT and want a ride I would love to take you somewhere in my 2012 Hybrid Toyota Highlander that is decked out with all the bells and whistles including back seat DVD player which comes in handy for our frequent road trips to Las Vegas and California! The weather has been so very nice lately. The landscaping in our front and back yard is really coming together especially since we've hired people this year to take care of it. After all, an acre estate isn't easy to maintain all on our own. My husband is thinking about installing a lovely area where we can host social gatherings and perhaps include a jacuzzi. Now that our kids are getting to both be school age this fall I have decided to hire a personal trainer, personal chef and massage therapist to maintain my wellness regimen! I'll see you at the Whole Foods market since it is the ONLY place I shop these days which is a far cry from my local chain grocer I was use to! Let me know if you ever want to join us skiing next season. We are season pass holders to Alta and we own a cabin in Park City with a couple other friends so accommodating you wouldn't be entirely out of the question! My husband is half way done obtaining his pilot license. Hopefully the same friends we own the cabin with will go in on a small plane as well so we can take turns flying all around! Being married to a chiropractor is THE BEST!!