For over 25 years I had not felt completely right. I was doctoring at a large clinic in Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire. I would talk to my doctor and explain how I was just not feeling right. They would check me over, have some blood drawn and run some tests on that. Everything would come back in the "normal" range and they would tell me I'm fine. So, I would go with that, because they were the expert and they should know.  I would go along for a few more years and then bring it up again that I didn't feel right, and the cycle would start all over again. During this time I was put on medications for depression, anxiety, ADHD etc. This was kind of my self diagnosis in that I would tell my doctor this or that may be wrong, and she would say ok lets try this medicine. Then about six years ago I thought I was having a nervous break-down. It was then that I remembered my mom telling me something her doctor had said to her when he was retiring. He told my mom that a doctor could check her over and run all kinds of tests and tell her she was fine, but if she knew she wasn't fine, don't stop there. Keep going to different doctors until you find someone who listens and is willing to keep helping you find out why you feel the way you do. So six years ago, when I thought I was having a nervous break-down I promised myself I wasn't going to stop until I found that doctor. So between local and big referral clinics, I saw 26 different doctors - all of them telling me they couldn't find anything wrong. I was just about at the point where I thought maybe I am crazy, but then I heard about a doctor in Chippewa Falls who had helped so many of her clients.  So I called to set up an appointment with Dr. Kristie Gering who did salivary hormone testing for me. When my results came back, they were so unusual, she didn't know who to refer me to, so she kept me as a patient. This was the beginning of what a blessing she has been for me.

It was my fortune that she kept me as a patient. Through traditional and functional medicine tests we found trouble with my thyroid, hormones, adrenal glands etc.  I had to have 1/2 of my thyroid removed and a full hysterectomy. With help from Dr. Gering and another doctor who is a Lyme Disease specialist, they found that I had Lyme Disease and the co-infection Babesia. For as much as my whole body hurt from head to toe and so deep, I was sure that I had Bone Cancer. The Lyme and Babesia were so bad, they figured I had it for quite a few years. Together they are working to help me regain my health.

Dr. Kristie has so many great qualities. She listens to what her patients have to say, she gets to know them now, and asks questions about the past, all the way back to your childhood. She doesn't just settle for what the "normal" range is for all people, but strives to find what is a normal range for each patient. No two people are completely the same. She works very hard and won't give up until she finds out why you feel the way you do!