Next question from Teresa, “How many patients do you recommend seeing a week, initial versus established, follow-up?”
Amy Nett: I think that’s so individual. I, personally, do about six new patients per week, and I found that if I do more than six new patients per week, it feels a little bit overwhelming, and then follow-ups, I think, that’s varied for me, personally, a little bit depending on how busy I am with other aspects because I’ve found that I do think it’s important, at least for me, and probably for most practitioners on working with patients with chronic illness, to have time for self-care, to really unwind. I found that if I do try to fill my schedule too much—and sometimes it’s because people are asking for appointments and I’ll say, “Okay, okay, I’ll fit you in on Friday”—and see more than I really planned to do, and I think sometimes that’s ended up being, even though my intention was good, I think I was probably a little tired and grumpy by the end of the week and ended up feeling like not a very good idea. I think you’ll have to kind of feel for yourself the number of hours you can put in there so that you still have time for self-care, and that’s going to depend a lot on your other responsibilities at home and for this additional course or whatever other training you’re doing. It’s definitely always a balance, or at least that’s been my experience. It certainly fluctuates a little bit, but trying to find the right balance.