Dr. Darshan Shah

In fact, things were getting worse and the problems were accumulating. And then I saw looking in the mirror, just working 12, 14 hours a day in the operating room. Like I would get, I would wake up after four hours of sleep being frustrated. completely stressed out as soon as I woke up in the morning because I had to get to the operating room by 6 a.m. for a 6.15 cut time, right?

And then I would basically stand there in the OR with minimal breaks for hours and hours, probably 12, 14 hours a day sometimes.

And then I would basically stand there in the OR with minimal breaks for hours and hours, probably 12, 14 hours a day sometimes.

And then I would basically stand there in the OR with minimal breaks for hours and hours, probably 12, 14 hours a day sometimes.

Sometimes you wish you had one.

Sometimes you wish you had one.

Sometimes you wish you had one.

Exactly. But you're there for hours with your cortisol levels up to here, and you're just eating whatever's in the nurse's lounge. You're usually a combination of donuts and bagels, right?

Exactly. But you're there for hours with your cortisol levels up to here, and you're just eating whatever's in the nurse's lounge. You're usually a combination of donuts and bagels, right?

Exactly. But you're there for hours with your cortisol levels up to here, and you're just eating whatever's in the nurse's lounge. You're usually a combination of donuts and bagels, right?

Exactly, exactly. And then you're drinking coffee in between every single case.

Exactly, exactly. And then you're drinking coffee in between every single case.

Exactly, exactly. And then you're drinking coffee in between every single case.

Coffee and sugar, right.

Coffee and sugar, right.

Coffee and sugar, right.

Exactly. So I found myself in my early 40s in the sickest possible state that I could be in. I had five different diagnoses. Personally. Personally, yeah. I was five different diagnoses, uncontrolled hypertension. I had an autoimmune disease. I had diabetes, not even pre-diabetes anymore. I was diabetic on my hemoglobin A1C level.

Exactly. So I found myself in my early 40s in the sickest possible state that I could be in. I had five different diagnoses. Personally. Personally, yeah. I was five different diagnoses, uncontrolled hypertension. I had an autoimmune disease. I had diabetes, not even pre-diabetes anymore. I was diabetic on my hemoglobin A1C level.

Exactly. So I found myself in my early 40s in the sickest possible state that I could be in. I had five different diagnoses. Personally. Personally, yeah. I was five different diagnoses, uncontrolled hypertension. I had an autoimmune disease. I had diabetes, not even pre-diabetes anymore. I was diabetic on my hemoglobin A1C level.

And I was on multiple medications, which then I saw my personal concierge physician, okay, and expensive guy in Beverly Hills. And his solution was to put me on Prozac because I was depressed about all of this stuff. Oh, yeah.