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My Health, My Choices, My Journey
MyHealth, My Choices, My Journey By Gina Kegel
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Hearing this was disappointing. Not only was I en- own kind of support. I still needed a doctor for the usual during pain and exhaustion in that moment, but it stuff. We have incarnated into physical bodies, after all, had gone on for decades. I had hung a lot of hope on this and they need looking after. appointment, and this doctor. After decades of searching, I found a holistic prac-
“Well then, I guess we’re done here,” I said, and picked titioner that I want to brag about (she doesn’t know I’m up my purse. writing this!). Meet Rowena Daly, a Naturopathic Practi-
It wasn’t all her fault: she’s an allopathic (medical) tioner at the UCI Health Susan Samueli Integrative Health professional, doing her best in a system that prioritizes Institute in Costa Mesa, CA. My first appointment was an profits and shortcuts over whole person discovery and hour (an hour!). I felt like I was meeting up with a friend investigation. I’m sure she wanted me to feel better, to with very special skills; one who remembers your kids, thrive as best I could, but her tools were limited by her cares about the trials and triumphs happening in your training. life, and also happens to have a ton of medi-
As I drove home, defeated and in cal knowledge and resources to share. tears, I gave up. Not on healing - I clung to the To learn more We ran more blood tests than any other doctors ever had, and belief that I would someday find about the UCI Health we learned vital answers to answers and wellness. But Susan Samueli Integrative many questions. We were able Western Medicine seemed as Health Institute, visit their to make sense of many of my exhausted with me as I was symptoms and she crafted with my body, so I decided to website here (http://www. a strategic supplementation look elsewhere. ucihealth.org/locations/cos- plan for my specific needs.
Let me be clear: Western ta-mesa/susan-samueli-inThey happen to stock most of Medicine can be miraculous and lifesaving, especially when it tegrative-health-instiwhat their practitioners recom mend for patient convenience, comes to acute care. There are an- tute). but they also help you look online gels in doctors’ offices and hospitals for better prices because your all over this planet working their hearts health is their priority, not their bottom out to help people. When it’s truly needed, I’m line. Imagine that? grateful it’s there. But too often its limitations and over- In this time of limited interaction due to the pandemic, use cause more problems than they solve. they have begun offering online consultations for new
Finally, I found energy healing and began releasing and existing patients. UCI Health does accept insurance, trapped emotional energy, cleansing my chakras, and ex- so check with your carrier to see if you qualify. panding my perspective. That took care of around 90% And if you see Rowena Daly online or in person, tell of my physical pain and emotional issues, but the body - the organs, glands, muscles, fascia - all needed their her I said hello.��
