Roaring Sisters:
Empowering Your Health Journey
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This is not a "how-to book." It belongs in the romance, comedy, and drama sections. I hope my collection of stories help me move forward along the path of expressing love and gratitude, my spark plugs. Love among women means encouragement, vulnerability, and the brave risk to love differently. It means to support, have fun, and compliment one another. It means to survive and flourish together.
I wonder if Grandma looked at her ring like I do with my bracelet, if she touched it, which warmed her heart and soul as she thought of the sons she lost. I embrace the appreciation of diversity, including differences in gender, sexual preference, parenting styles, political opinions, and more...
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Follow the path of one woman’s battle for health while you learn how she turned pain and doubt into faith and gratitude in this poignantly detailed chronological story. Four Years and Counting…My Search for Normal takes the reader on a personal journey from June 2020 through 2024, learning that each day is truly a blessing. This book is the first in a two-book series. Readers will be intrigued to keep reading and follow up with I’m a Ferrari, Baby! and celebrate the successes along the “greatest race of Gail’s life.”
Gail shares an open, candid experience from what she calls the best trip of her life. After fighting years of a multitude of health deficits, traditional medical practices were not working. She found alternative, functional medicine through God’s divine intervention and the work of a lifelong friend. Gail shares, “I came to find some answers and a healing path. What I never anticipated was to find experiences and people who would forever change my life. “
Gail’s words are inspirational and factual, and she creates a sense of gratitude for the simple things in life. She reflects on an awareness that we are not alone in any journey of life and celebrates the chance meetings of strangers along the way. Gail’s journey improved her health and inspired her to cofound a non-profit organization and share it with fellow patients. Her work has just begun on the next part of her journey.
Functional medicine is a marathon, not a sprint. It is an ongoing process that I have seen work...My story and my journey continue as I move towards getting this book to the editor. There is no true happy ending yet; I am not holding hands, riding off into the sunset. I am still working on healing; each day is better. I have an occasional flare-up in my body. This is expected. The marathon continues.
Our voices are powerful if we use them. Sometimes, we all need to roar a little to gain attention when required.
I have learned that my story matters because there is that one person who needs to hear it. I am not crazy. I hate to call myself one, but I am, in part, a victim. There are many of us. I choose not to play the victim card. I choose to focus on moving forward.
I am experiencing a world of a journey in which my creator has opened my eyes to see that I am not alone. My world is quite right, right now.
We need to be mindful and completely present in the moments we breathe. We must allow our minds to clear out the messy stuff and focus on the simplistic, natural beauty of breathing. From this basic, instinctive, reflexive behavior, we become grounded again. It is where we find ourselves—just breathing.
I started the introduction to this book while having my IV today....I have a goal that this book will create more awareness for people seeking alternative medicine and fundraising to help them. I am working at looking at my life one year from now...It is a beautiful view...one year from now. Move ahead, look ahead. Rearview is no longer an option.
I have power over my own healing now. It did not come easily, and it has been quite a ride. I’ve been behind the steering wheel, oftentimes cruising on autopilot, hoping for something better than another crash. I’ve also been behind the steering wheel, with the windows open, loud, celebratory music playing, and in total control. I will forever keep using the premium fuel, and I will forever keep roaring. I will embrace every hill, curve, roadblock, and construction zone along the way. I know there is much more to come, but I am fueled, packed, and supplied with everything I need.
I am experiencing a world of a journey in which my creator has opened my eyes to see that I am not alone. My world is quite right, right now.
Side-by-side photos of Gail and Phillip Billman before and after Gail's treatments.
Renee DeTar and Travis from Mayer Clinic in Clearwater Florida, smiling for a selfie in front of a wall with a poster about spinal bones.
The madness and sadness are gone again for now. There will be more, but gaining a new friend today helped my smile return. I am ready for another day.
Every bit of our journey is part of the plan. We are worth it. We are worth sharing honesty and complete transparency. There is nothing to hide in healing. There is a story to be told and a lesson to be learned. I love my mom!
Functional medicine is a marathon, not a sprint. It is an ongoing process that I have seen work...My story and my journey continue as I move towards getting this book to the editor. There is no true happy ending yet; I am not holding hands, riding off into the sunset. I am still working on healing; each day is better. I have an occasional flare-up in my body. This is expected. The marathon continues.
I have power over my own healing now. It did not come easily, and it has been quite a ride. I’ve been behind the steering wheel, oftentimes cruising on autopilot, hoping for something better than another crash. I’ve also been behind the steering wheel, with the windows open, loud, celebratory music playing, and in total control. I will forever keep using the premium fuel, and I will forever keep roaring. I will embrace every hill, curve, roadblock, and construction zone along the way. I know there is much more to come, but I am fueled, packed, and supplied with everything I need.
Now, as I look back at that journal, it was gratitude for those little things that typically don’t stand out. I began seeing the gratitude in the little things that each day brought me, and although commonplace, they were essential and positive in the days I needed them the most....These simple things create the most intricate quilt we should drape around our shoulders at the end of each day and say, “Thank you. Thank you, God, for e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. Amen.”
I want to educate people about a healing process that changed my life forever. I want to give people hope in the healing process. I want people to know they are not alone in any journey unless they want to take the trip alone. I want to create awareness. I want to help connect people and provide financial assistance to those in need.
I see the magnitude of what my being sick has done to my family, my patients, and my friends. I am not sad. I am grateful. I can see that I am with other people who have a much stronger sense of what I am experiencing because they are walking perhaps a parallel path with me. I do not feel alone in this journey now.
Who
we are
Our founders are a powerful group of women who discovered each other while all on a healing journey in Clearwater, Florida. We were all going to the same functional health clinic for different reasons: breast cancer, Pars Plantis, Lyme disease, mold infections, and multiple autoimmune problems caused by vaccine injuries.
We are not always healthy, but we are fighters. We are not quitters; we are lovers. Our ages range from 24 to 70. We represent Kansas, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia. We are mothers, wives, girlfriends, farmers, adult children, professional career women, and caregivers to others.
The mission of Roaring Sisters is to provide resources and funding to assist those who have chosen a personalized integrative functional medicine approach in their treatment choices and healing journey regardless of age, gender, race or illness. Functional medicine practices are run differently and operate as for-profit cash-only businesses. For those practices, sales and treatment programming are a priority.
Drawing from our own first-hand experience, we share resources to help you navigate decisions that will cost money regardless of the illness or proposed treatment plan. Our input is meant to support your care and protect your pocketbook.
Remember, functional medicine providers are almost always cash-only businesses, so choosing this path is worth starting the research now. Waiting until you are reading an expensive treatment plan in an office with pressure to “pay in full today for a substantial discount” is not the time to start your fact collection. The information we provide here is to empower you to make decisions based on facts and real-life experience, instead of accepting everything you will be told in an assessment or new patient appointment.
Please understand that none of us regret our choice to pursue functional medicine. All of us first burned through many traditional medical practices only to be told we were fine and handed prescriptions to suppress our symptoms. We are just wiser now. We know how to navigate efficiently, and it’s the navigation that we love to share.
We have lots of plans. They include providing funding for critical tests that are not covered by insurance for those in need and to contribute to temporary housing options for those who need to travel away from home for treatment. But first and foremost, we are providing informational materials and connections to support you on what can be a lonely journey through a challenging healing process for you or a loved one.
Photo from top left to right: Samantha Word, Gail Billman, Kaitlin Roman; middle: Renee DeTar holding Kalisa Morton-Pierce. Sara Roman not pictured taking the photo!
Frequently Asked Questions
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diet and nutrition
blood tests that give you a baseline without a script
fitness tips
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How to chose a functional medicine practitioner.
Assess your finances.
Know what your insurance will cover and get clear about your out-of-pocket budget.
Decide if you can handle a concierge (online) practice or do you need onsite in-person care.
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are you looking for a treatment plan that can be managed yourself?
do you want to explore IV therapies, HBOT, oxy baths?
are you willing to purchase complimentary devices that can be used at home?
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Would you be interested in a regular online meeting?
Along with like minded others or one on one?
Are you willing to investigate online resources we can provide that would mean you would have to sign up? Rumble?X/Twitter posts? SubStack? Censored sites like YouTube, FB, Insta, LinkedIn are limited.
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We can guide you. Just know, making the decision to start on this path is one of the biggest most impactful decisions you can make. We respect that.
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