I would like to recommend Andrea Dell as an excellent practitioner of homeopathy.
In the autumn of 2020 at the height of the pandemic I awoke to find my fingers swollen and painful. Over the following month the pain spread over my whole body.
During this time Covid restrictions meant visiting a GP was difficult, hospital departments were not functioning. After four months I saw a GP who sent me to the rheumatology department. A series of blood tests and X-rays two months later indicated rheumatoid arthritis. However the only treatment offered necessitated taking highly toxic drugs for the rest of my life which had originally been manufactured as chemotherapy treatments. I failed to see how this treatment could help me and decided to avoid it for as long as possible while exploring other avenues. It was eighteen months later I travelled to Bath to see Andrea. I was very weak, in a lot of discomfort and pain and feeling physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted. I had by this time tried a number of alternative and complimentary treatments. Nothing had helped me and I did not automatically believe a homeopath would help me either.
For two years now I have taken homeopathic remedies and I feel stronger and able to function again. There is still some way to go, on a scale of one to ten, one being the worst point of the illness and ten being as fit as I was before its onset, I have reached nine. Chronic illness is a multilevel event and I believe it was brought about by many years of physical and mental debility. I had a stressful job as a registered nurse, I lived in Central London, which was a very stressful city, and I was dealing with complex and emotionally difficult personal problems. All of these factors coupled with my own personality, physical body and emotional make up, culminated in a serious illness.
The remedies began to heal the underlying emotional and physical causes which led to the development of rheumatoid arthritis. For me the treatment was a journey into the conscious uncovering of subconscious fears, resentments, anger and grief. They were the leftover shadows of traumatic situations and emotions that I had not consciously recognised. The various remedies involved a measure of perseverance, some worked more quickly than others. I changed and confronted some of the conditions that had led to the onset of physical illness and I began to accept more fully those things I couldn’t change.
In addition to taking the remedies I built up my physical strength with an almost ruthless determination to eliminate areas of unnecessary stress. I paid a lot of attention to my diet and sleep, I slept whenever I was tired. While I was recovering I was unable to go out, the external world shrank and my internal world expanded. Bit by bit the world came back into focus again.
The remedies were like a boat that takes you safely to the other side of a river. I cannot recommend not listening to medics or failing to take advantage of modern medicine. There is an important place for orthodox medicine. However it does not have a good record for all ailments and has some severe limitations in my opinion. There are no absolute guarantees in any medical system whether its conventional treatment or alternative and complimentary treatments. I only know from my own experience that homeopathy in the right hands can be enormously beneficial.
When the illness was at its worst and the raging storms of severe debility and despair were all around, Andrea and the remedies were like a shelter from that storm. I am extremely grateful to Andrea for her help and skill.
Cyra Croft, May 2024