new patients
how to prepare
Click here to set up your Patient Portal and access your New Patient paperwork. Once you create and login to your Patient Portal, click on “Forms” and then “Edit” to fill out all four forms; Patient Disclosure Form, Patient Consent Form, Western Symptoms, and Patient Confidential Information. When you’re finished filling out each form, click “Submit Form.”
On the day of your appointment, be sure not to brush your tongue. The presence or absence of coating on your tongue is crucial to determine your Chinese medical diagnosis. You may brush your teeth, though!
Wear comfortable clothing that is loose and easy to access above the knee and elbow. You will be lying down on a massage table for about 45 minutes, so wear your favorite sweats, PJs or yoga clothes.
It’s important to eat a good meal before your appointment. In Chinese medicine we receive energy or Qi (“chee”) from our food. When needles are inserted into your body, the practitioner is moving your Qi. It is said that, “it takes Qi to move Qi.”
Intersectional Fertility is located at 12157 W Cedar Drive, Suite 200, Lakewood, CO 80228. From I-25, take 6th Ave West for 5 miles. Exit onto Union Blvd and go south for 1 mile. Turn right onto Cedar Drive. Intersectional Fertility is located in the white two-story building that says “Humanly” on the side, the third block on your right before the traffic light.
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covid protocols
I have taken multiple precautions to make your visit as safe as possible, including getting fully vaccinated + boosted multiple times, wearing a face mask, only treating one patient at a time, and more precautions listed below.
On the day of your appointment, please take your temperature and notify me if it’s elevated above 99 degrees. Please repeat this process before every appointment.
On the day of your appointment, click here to answer this COVID-19 questionnaire. Please remember to complete this questionnaire before every appointment.
On the day of your appointment, take two pictures of your tongue in natural light, above and underneath, and text them to me at 303-229-9684. Please remember to do this before every appointment.
Masks are now optional for my patients, but please wash your hands before arriving if possible. There will also be hand sanitizer available for you.
Be sure to wear comfortable, loose clothing so that I can easily access above your knees, above your elbows, and your stomach without you having to undress, as I no longer have towels available.
When you arrive, text me at 303-229-9684 or check in using the kiosk and wait for me in the seated waiting area. I will be notified that you are here for your appointment and I will come and let you in as soon as I’m available.
If you’d like to pay with credit card in person, you may insert your card into the chip reader, or tap your card, and I will sign for you or skip the signature. If you’d rather pay online before you come in, you can do so here. You may also keep a credit card on file.
what to expect
First we will sit and talk for 45 minutes or so where I will ask you about your chief complaint, medical history, diet, exercise, digestion, sleep, and menstrual cycle, among other things.
Next, you will lie down on the massage table where I will take your pulses. (Yes, pulses, plural. In Chinese medicine there are nine pulses on each wrist!)
Then you will listen to soothing music (you’re welcome to bring earbuds and listen to something on your phone or connect it to my Bluetooth speaker if you’d like!) while I insert the needles. And to answer your burning question, no, the needles do not hurt. There may be a slightly uncomfortable sensation at first — like a pinching, burning, or aching — but it quickly dissipates and the overall feeling is complete and total relaxation. Most patients fall asleep during their session. And don’t worry about snoring, I take it as a compliment! Once the needles are in, I will position a heat lamp on your feet, and adjust the space heater. It’s like being back in the womb.
After 30 minutes of resting, I will come in, turn on the lights, and remove the needles. Sometimes I will perform additional therapies if necessary like moxibustion (heat therapy), cupping (suction therapy), electrical-stimulation, among others. These will be explained to you beforehand. Then you will take your time getting up, getting your shoes on, and coming back to planet earth.
Afterwards, with your consent, we will discuss in-depth dietary and lifestyle recommendations, I might prescribe an herbal formula and/or nutritional supplements, I will take payment and schedule your next appointment. I will also email you with any additional information from your session.
Then you will float out to your car or ride, hopefully feeling blissed out and sublimely relaxed. :-)
