In the words of our esteemed patients, here are some of the success stories we celebrate.
MIKE KOENIGS
Entrepreneur
MAYBE YOU’RE INSANELY TIRED EVERYDAY AT MID AFTERNOON, OR MAYBE YOU CAN’T SHAKE THAT GROWING BELLY FAT AND LOVE HANDLES, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU EXERCISE OR DIET.
VIVIAN GLYCK,
Founder
DR. ROCCO NAILS IT ON MANY FRONTS: THE SOLUTION TO OUR UNAFFORDABLE, UNSUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN
Former Vice Presidential Candidate, 9th Governor of Alaska, Author, Commentator and Reality Television Personality
SANDRA RANKIN
Patient of 10 years
“AT 31 YEARS OLD, AFTER SUFFERING WITH HORRIBLE MENSTRUAL PAIN AND CONSTIPATION ALL MY LIFE AND FROM HAVING DOCTORS TELLING ME THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME, ONE MORNING AT AGE 31, I FELT A LUMP ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF MY ABDOMEN
Please do not be surprised that I am writing to you. I have never felt the need to write to a Doctor before, but it has been on my mind for a long time now, to let you know that you saved my life, so I finally decided to share my experience as your patient for over 10 years this year.
At 31 years old, after suffering with horrible menstrual pain and constipation all my life and from having doctors telling me that they could not help me, One morning at age 31, I felt a lump on the lower right side of my abdomen. I was very scared, it was the time when Ovarian Cancer was taking so many women’s life. I thought I would die. My doctor advised me to have a total hysterectomy which I did. He also prescribed hormones pills called Premarin, after the surgery. That’s when my real hell began. I took those pills to keep the hot flashes away, but then I developed severe headaches, pain in my abdomen and became constipated. I went to my doctor over and over and they did nothing for me. I began to gain wait and became depressed, and for the first time in my life I began to get suicidal thoughts. I didn’t know that that’s what they were at the time until, one day, one of the Volunteering Nuns at St. Bernardines/Dignity Health Hospital met me volunteering at “Mary’s Mercy Center” and invited me to volunteer at the Hospital as a Spanish/English interpreter for the non-English Spanish speaking families. During these times, my body was still weak, I had continued to have pain in my gut and the depression continued. One day a lady in her forty’s, I’m guessing, came in with her mother who was having surgery. I assisted the mother and the daughter waited in the waiting room. Suddenly, I heard her holding a conversation with another lady about depression and woman’s health and that her friend had gone to this Dr. Rocco and she is now getting married and all these good things she began to say about the Doctor. So, I began to tell her how I have been feeling and that sometimes I got these feelings that nothing is important in this world because I am going to die anyway. That is when I found out that they were suicidal thoughts. She looked and me and said: YOU HAVE TO SEE DR. ROCCO.” I asked, who is that, she said: You just have to see her. I asked her for Dr. Rocco’s phone number, she gave it to me. Then I asked her for her name and she would not give it to me. She said that it was not important, I should just go to see Dr. Rocco. I said: but who will I say referred me? She said, that is not important. I called Dr. Rocco’s office from my car on my way home from the Hospital and made my appointment.
Dr. Rocco, my first visit with you, oh my! I was in shock. First of all, for the amount of time you took with me explaining and asking me questions about my body, no other doctor had ever asked me. My Lab work was another shock. So many tubes. I thought, what are they going to do with so many vials of my blood. What I didn’t remember you telling me is that you check the entire body. After you looked at my lab-work, you ordered my hormone creams, which you had already instructed me how to apply and had them delivered at my door. I’m not sure if you recall, but when I returned for my follow-up, I was not the half- dead person you saw the first time. I was already bouncing off the wall. And that was just the beginning. You fixed my gut problem, my thyroid and my Anemia problems.
All the money I’ve spent through the years with doctors and insurance and no one could fix my problems. I have Kaiser and every year I go for my Physical, the doctor says: “ You take good care of yourself” Keep on doing what you are doing because at your age you are in excellent health”. I wanted to say, that it is because I go to Dr. Rocco. But Didn’t. I am now 61 years old and still running up the steps, with no more hot flashes, no more gaining weight, no more anemia, thyroid and gut problems, no more depression and my Hormones are Balanced. I AM HAPPY! And living a healthy life.
Thank you for saving my life. Thank you for being a great human being and an excellent doctor who truly cares for the health of others. I see how it makes you happy when your patients are healthy and happy. I know that God sent me to you. That lady never gave me her name and I never saw her again. I was volunteering, serving others when I found you. Thanks be to God.”
GINNY
Patient
DR. ROCCO HAS MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER
When my old doctor said”Honey the weight gain you are having is normal for your age!” That was NOT the answer I wanted. I feel so much better have more energy and all because of Dr. Rocco takes the time to spend with me and listen to me! No judgements and helpful in everyday! She looks for the answers to why we feel tired and sluggish! I feel GREAT, have lost weight, have a much better sex drive and energy, and, it’s all because of her!
JOHN SMOLEY
Patient
MY WIFE AND I WERE REFERRED TO DR. ROCCO FROM HER BEST FRIEND
She has so much patience, listens to her patients, is positive and enthusiastic. Very motivating when you feel hopeless. She explains everything so I can understand things, not in “doctor language!” like my other doctors. She ACCURATELY identified my medical weaknesses and imbalances, and she put me back on track to WELLNESS! Thank You, Dr. Rocco – You’re the BEST!!! Dr. Rocco’s infectious spirit and in-depth knowledge is the whole perfect package all patients need to heal. I owe a lot to Dr. Rocco because I feel amazing and look forward to aging without fear with Dr. Rocco!
WALKER “THE LEGEND” EVANS
Motorsports Hall of Fame, 142 Victories including 9 Baja 1000 wins
DIANE VIADERO
PASCALE REEDER
Patient
LYNN SCHEURELL
Professional Catalyst and Personal Mastery Teacher
I HAD SEEN MANY DIFFERENT PHYSICIANS OVER MORE THAN A DECADE
several of them specialists in endocrinology or anti-aging or weight loss. The net result was that I gained 40 pounds from my estrogen being mismanaged, my thyroid being overly enlarged by being over-medicated for a decade, I had to detox from statin drugs and was considered non-compliant because I wouldn’t take medications with side effects. When labs came back on my thyroid, I knew something was wrong. I had a cacophony of oddball symptoms that nobody took the time to understand holistically. When I did share the entire story, my physicians checked out – they were on a schedule with other patients waiting behind me. I became my own doctor, showing my ‘civilian’ research and neurotransmitter testing results to physicians who did not believe my rationale for what I later learned was the right leading-edge path. I didn’t want to take complicated drug protocols; instead, I wanted to get to the source of physical issues. But the medical system pushes doctors to have quotas and treat the urgent, not the important. By the time I met Dr. Gowri, I had given up on western medicine and no longer trusted the ‘medical establishment’ to appropriately help me as an individual patient vs. another number.
When I met Dr. Gowri, she took one look at me and knew she could help me. I had low energy, had gained significant weight and was not feeling good about myself, and felt defeated by what I figured would be my body for the rest of my life. Despite all that, Dr. Gowri gave me the courage to try again to achieve better health, vitality and systemic balance in my body. She worked with my timing (as I needed surgery), then kicked into high gear to help me get back on track. She said I would feel better inside of two weeks; I thought that was impossible. That was the second time I learned to believe in Dr. Gowri and the evidence-based medicine she practices – the first being that I could have hope for something different in my future. And she was right, as usual – except that I felt noticeably better in just one week.
Within just a few weeks, I had more energy and vitality than I had experienced in YEARS! People remarked that I was looking younger, my skin was improving and my energy was lighter. I was sleeping more than I had in years, feeling more emotionally centered and more in my body than ever, and caring again how I felt being in my body. In just 6 weeks, I dropped 18 pounds – a miracle! Dr. Gowri said it’s just the beginning as it will only keep getting better. And, because Dr. Gowri said, I believe her even if I can’t quite believe that on my own yet. Restoring health and growing younger is a journey; too many people don’t realize how good it can be to feel better. I intend to show people through my own example that it’s not only possible but they can do it too. Life is meant to be lived – and Dr. Gowri knows how to help her patients do it while growing younger. Not only is she a brilliant body ‘chemist’, she generously doles out good energy medicine too – based on my experience, she genuinely cares about her patients as individuals. Work with her while you can… she’s a rising star who is living her passion and being discovered by more people for it every day. Here’s to growing younger for the rest of my life with Dr. Gowri!
S. HORVATH
Patient
I AM FORTUNATE TO BE A PATIENT OF DR. ROCCO’S.
I was a hormonal mess, crying, angry, depressed, losing hair, anxious, couldn’t sleep, had a hysterectomy in my 40’s which instantly put me in menopause. My GP kept telling me “you’re not in menopause” – I thought I was losing my mind, the anxiety was terrible. Took Xanax for the anxiety, missed a lot of work…eventually after much pushing, I got blood work done and my GP put me on estrogen pills and then patches, none of it did any good. I read about Dr. Rocco as a reference in a Suzanne Somers book, and realized she was in my area! I feel so much better, so so much better, I feel human again, no more anxiety, turns out I have a thyroid issue on top of my low estrogen AND progesterone. Dr Rocco really cares about her patients, and her book shows her passion for wanting all women to be the best they can be! J.S AND S.S.
Patients
BOTH MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN WITH DR. ROCCO SINCE SHE STARTED HERE IN CORONA.
She has helped us both realize our full sexual and general well being in our 60’s. For that I am grateful. Ten years ago I was in the poorest health, but with Dr. Rocco’s help I have never felt better! BRENDA N.
Patient
KATE S.
Patient
DAINE SPEIGEL
JERRY P. HONSTEIN
Founder & President
Dental Ventures of America, Inc., and Thankful Patient
I MET DR. GOWRI ROCCO TWO YEARS AGO AS A 79 YEAR-OLD PATIENT
who had recently completed a nine-week daily proton radiation protocol to stem the advancement of prostate cancer. I was shockingly heavier than I am today; was suffering from a half-dozen ailments, and had absolutely no Zest for continuing on in the battle against those cardio-vascular ail- ments that normally accompany aging I presented myself before Dr Gowri accompanied by a significant degree of doubt. encapsulated with the mindful cynicism of a grumpy old curmudgeon. who had. basically. “Surrendered!” I guess I had just kind Of figured, “My time had come!”
Within four months of following Dr. pre;cribed treatment pro- gram, my spirits were considerably lifted as my blood xalues had in. dicated significant improvement in my hormonal balance and internal organ functions.
Now, after complying with the doctork treatment protocol, I find myself, at 8i years-old, 47 pounds lighter; free of joint pain, as well as the insidi- ous symptoms of diabetes and high blood pressure. My blood markings relative to these ailments have been reduced to “normal ranges.” To quote my cardiologist comments after reviewing my blood lipid values during the past year, “Jerry, you are aging backward.” comment was topped by his most recent statement that I was displaying values of a ‘teenager’.
Dr. ROCCO’S treatment during the past months, along With the Clarifying revelations offered in her newly published book, “Growing Younger,” had encouraged me to make further changes in my general lifestyle – one Of improved daily food consumption and regular exercise regimen, all supported by attention to attaining an improved hormonal balance.
The book, “Growing Younger,” provided. an understanding Of “What; HOW; and Why?” the protocol that the doctor had tasked me to follow, had served to improve Of my over-all bodily function, While elevating my “attitude and quality of life!”
Dr. Rocco’s “Growing Younger,” not only answers all of those questions in a clear, meaningful manner, the book is an incredibly motivating instrument. an easy read, but more importantly, it is an incredible treasured find, a trove for which I shall be forever thankful during my remaining years, especially, for Dr. offering within its pages a simple formula for healthy living. And, my parting comment is, “Thank you, Doctor!”
RHONDA B.
THANK YOU DR. ROCCO, YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, NO- MY HUSBAND AND I, BOTH, JOY AND HAPPINESS AGAIN.
My well-being is much more positive with purpose. My life as a woman in her 50’s who finally feels WELL! Dr. Rocco is dedicated, highly intelligent, compassionate and listens. Balance in my life is a joy. Nancy Riddle
DEAR DR. ROCCO AND TEAM,
Few people walk into our lives and make as big as a difference as you all!!! My golden years truly are GOLDEN now! I think you often Dr. Gowri Rocco and recommend you to everyone I meet. I cannot thank you enough for all the time you take to truly listen to me and fix my
problems. You gibe so much more than any health care professional I have ever gone to. You have earned your angel wings 100,000,000 of times over! I Love You so much, God Bless You!
Clare A.
P.W.
She has saved my life in so
many ways, physically, spiritually and mentally. I was suffering with mood swings, fatigue,
insomnia, hot flashes, depression overload, stressed out, losing my sex drive and beautiful hair! Dr. Rocco improved all that – fixed it all! I continue to feel well, stay healthy and just keep
improving – over these last eight years I’ve been under her care. I continue to improve on all
levels and feel so much younger, happier and sexier. Thank you for your “Big Love” and amazing
knowledge!
Kimberly
Chris Obradovitz
AS A FITNESS PROFESSIONAL FOR 28 YEARS
you can bet that I am serious about all aspects of my personal healthcare. When I first heard about bio-identical hormone replacement, I knew that I was a perfect candidate for this treatment. However, finding a qualified provider proved to be extremely difficult. I was not comfortable with a “one size fits all” approach or being anyone’s guinea pig in this complicated arena. To say I was excited when Dr. Rocco and her outstanding credentials arrived on my radar would be an extreme understatement. I have now been her patient for nine years and am so relieved to feel safe, comfortable and confident that I am receiving the very best treatment under her expert guidance. Charles Curran
DR. ROCCO HELPED ME WHEN CONVENTIONAL DOCTORS,
like my PCP, pretty much gave up and quit trying to discover why I was not feeling well. Since I found Dr. Rocco, I have been feeling 100% better and my health has greatly improved. Dr. Rocco is a fantastic Doctor! Thank you!
