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I began my search – in both Chicago and

downstate – for a Board Certified-Family

Practice physician who would also be Board
Certified in Integrative Holistic Medicine.

The search ended in 2009 when a physician

opened her practice only 20 miles from

my hometown. She is now a nationally-
recognized leader in Functional Medicine

practicing in the Denver area.

HOSPICE - DAD’S ROAD-

LESS-TR AVELED

In September 2003, Dad began an extraordinary 18-month hospice
experience at home – during which time he was on one heart

medication – almost completely med-free. With deep gratitude to

Stephanie Mayercik, RN, a good friend from one of the hospitals

where I had worked in earlier years, we were pointed in the

direction of an area hospice in downstate Illinois.

By that time, Stephanie was serving as Executive Director of a