Category: Patient Profile

A Mother of Four Recalls Her Cancer Journey

Posted on September 28, 2023 By Melody Spurney Kelli Ann Rollins of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was a busy mom of four in the early summer of 2022. She was looking forward ...

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Cancer Survivor Makes Changes for Better Health

Posted on February 1, 2023 By: Melody Spurney As a busy mortgage loan officer, Lori Caldwell loves to work, and in early 2022, low mortgage rates kept her ...

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Cardiology Patient Avoids Bypass Surgery Twice

Posted on November 1, 2022 By: Melody Spurney Frank Miller, of El Dorado, Kansas, was told he had two days until he was scheduled for a triple bypass surgery. ...

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Riordan Clinic Transforms Life for Two-Time Cancer Survivor

Posted on October 28, 2022 By Melody Spurney Jamie Bernard has found a community with more than 700 co-learners on Instagram after her second breast cancer ...

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Professor Grateful and Looks Forward After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Posted on September 30, 2022 By: Melody Spurney As Meredith Trexler Drees rode with her husband, Jeff, to her family’s farm near Hill City, Kansas on the day of her ...

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Riordan Clinic Cancer Survivor Looks To Help Others

Posted on September 20, 2022 By Melody Spurney Amye Williamson’s last day of her extended treatment at the Riordan Clinic in Overland Park helped reinforce her ...

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Patient Advises Others to “Be Curious” After Potentially Fatal Autoimmune Diagnosis

Posted on August 1, 2022 By Melody Spurney Scleroderma started small for Denise Douty, 49, of Wichita. Her fingers felt funny after scraping her windshield on a ...

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Retired Nurse Finds Healing at Riordan Clinic After Cancer Diagnosis

Posted on July 15, 2022 By: Melody Spurney Denise Ober was settling into an active retirement in early 2020 after a nearly 50-year career in nursing, but she ...

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Patient Story: IV vitamin C During Chemo

Posted on February 24, 2020 Submitted by: Sally Bass Ph.D. I am an 82-year-old retired nurse with metastatic endometrial and cervical cancer.  I am using ...

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What Real Health Means to Me – Erin

Posted on June 4, 2019 Author: Erin Manning, MBA After reading the “What Real Health Means to Me” column for the past year and a half it’s apparent – ...

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What Does Real Health Mean to Me? – Donna

Posted on November 20, 2018 By: Donna Kramme, CEO of the Riordan Clinic Real Health to me encompasses the body, mind, and spirit, and orchestrating them to work in ...

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What Real Health Means to Me – Mary Jo

Posted on September 10, 2018 Guest post by: Mary Jo Hunninghake Real health is such an interesting term for a concept that has changed so much over the years and ...

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Medical Weight Loss: A Co-Learner’s Journey

Posted on September 10, 2018 I have struggled with my weight since high school. Then with my first pregnancy, I gained a considerable amount more. I’ve asked so ...

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A Co-Learner’s Journey with Lyme Disease and Chronic Pain

Posted on June 1, 2017 Testimonial to Riordan Clinic: written by a co-learner I may not be running any races or even walking all that well yet, but what I can ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on September 24, 2014 More than 10 million people are currently living with cancer in the United States. Many factors beyond our control contribute to the ...

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Posted on July 23, 2014 A certain amount of sex hormones are needed to complete conception (man + women= baby). Testosterone helps men have the strength to ...

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Posted on June 24, 2014 We have all been told about the benefits of a healthy diet, but can we say we listen? What if you were told the benefits of cutting out ...

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Patient Profile: Weaning Off Pain Meds

Posted on April 18, 2014 Riordan Clinic staff had the pleasure of meeting a co-learner who had sustained a lot of sport injuries and had been in a car accident. ...

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Patient Profile: Stomach upset, reflux, embarrassing gas…oh my!

Posted on March 22, 2014 Did you know that approximately 60% of the adult population will experience some type of gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) within ...

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Patient Profile: Fighting Fatigue with Intravenous Vitamin C

Posted on February 19, 2014 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a common human virus in the herpes family of viruses, including those that cause cold sores and chicken ...

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Patient Profile: 21 Day Detox

Posted on January 1, 2014 In October, we began offering a 21 Day Detox Program here at Riordan Clinic. It has wonderful benefits, such as improved energy, better ...

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Patient Profile: Vitamin D and Postpartum

Posted on November 22, 2013 As winter is upon us, the days are getting shorter and our time outdoors will soon become limited as we head into the dark seasons with ...

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Nutritional Support for Anxiety and Stress: A Patient Profile

Posted on October 17, 2013 Having severe stress and anxiety can be more than just an obstacle to overcome; they can be completely overwhelming and interfere with ...

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Patient Profile: Autism

Posted on August 7, 2013 For most people, verbal communication and social interaction are tools used in their everyday lives. If you were not able to be ...

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Patient Profile: Pregnancy

Posted on June 10, 2013 For many couples, when a woman is pregnant, those nine months are filled with lots of preparing and planning. Now think of all that ...

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Patient Profile: Gluten Intolerance

Posted on May 13, 2013 Are people with gluten intolerance looking for an excuse for strict food habits, or are they just picky eaters? Probably not. Gluten is ...

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Hypothyroidism: One Family’s Concern

Posted on April 25, 2013 Our genes play a significant role in the diseases we may one day develop. By living a healthy lifestyle, we can hope to lessen our ...

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Sinusitis: A Patient Profile

Posted on March 13, 2013 The comedian Robin Williams once said, “Spring is nature’s way of saying ‘Let’s party!’” However, for allergy and asthma sufferers, ...

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February Patient Profile

Posted on February 11, 2013 It is often said that once you have a diagnosis, there is nothing you can do for it except suffer with it the rest of your life. ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on January 15, 2013 In the spring of 2011, a young female in her early 30’s visited the Riordan Clinic seeking a life change through nutrition. Initially, ...

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Folk Remedies that Work

Posted on December 12, 2012 Have you ever used folk remedies that really work? Many of us have heard of old folk remedies but have never tried them. Our doctors ...

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November Patient Profile

Posted on November 15, 2012 Naturopathic medicine is based on the belief that the human body has an innate healing ability. The doctors who practice this type of ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on October 18, 2012 Having trouble sleeping? This problem is one shared by one of our Riordan Clinic patients. A female patient came to the Riordan Clinic ...

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Posted on August 13, 2012 A healthy baby starts before conception. Many doctors will tell you that any woman in her child bearing age should be taking a ...

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Patient Testimonial: Harriet, Wichita

Posted on June 19, 2012 Harriet has been coming to the Riordan Clinic for 8 years. An avid co-learner, she became worried when she noticed the formation of a ...

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Patient Profile: Uncovering Infertility Issues as a Team

Posted on June 14, 2012 Editors Note: The following is a personal testimonial from one of our nurses detailing her struggle to conceive. One of the most ...

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Patient Profile–Thyroid Health

Posted on May 23, 2012 In December 2011, a young, single mom came to the clinic saying that she felt like “her body was shutting down.” She was suffering with ...

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Patient Profile: Benefits of Regular Exercise

Posted on April 17, 2012 Do you want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Then exercise! The health benefits of regular exercise and ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on March 27, 2012 In November 2011, a patient came to us seeking alternative treatment for her complaints, which included headaches, poor memory, muscle ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on February 9, 2012 In 2008, a patient came to us seeking treatment options for polycystic ovarian syndrome, decreased libido, fatigue and restless leg ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on January 10, 2012 In March of 2011, a patient came to us seeking alternative treatment options due to his inability to lose weight with therapies that ...

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Patient Profile

Posted on December 8, 2011 In September of this year, a 60-year-old patient with a history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma came to the Riordan Clinic with a multitude of ...

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Becoming a Co-Learner at The Center

Posted on April 1, 2002 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. Editor’s note: This is a letter Ron Hunninghake, M.D., sent to an insurance company to help a patient ...

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