Testimonials

Before I discovered Vine Healthcare I suffered through mysterious joint pain which a rheumatologist diagnosed as Rheumatoid Arthritis. I had aches and pains that would radiate through my body. One day my shoulder would hurt then it might move to my knee. Basically, I was in a lot of pain and didn’t have much energy. I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life on prescription drugs to treat the pain so I began researching natural remedies. Dr. Scott Antoine was recommended to me so I made the appointment. He did a battery of lab tests and discovered I had Lyme disease and blood abnormalities which included heavy metals and mycotoxins all of which were missed by traditional doctors. After following his treatment program which took about a year I can say I feel great! I have more energy and feel like I did prior to my first flare up. I will continue to work with Dr Antoine as I feel he truly cares about me as a person. He is always engaged during our appointments and makes a point to follow up with me on a timely basis. They also have a great staff at Vine and they feel a little like family to me now!

I am homeschooling mother of four and came to Vine in 2016 in the depths of a debilitating health crisis. I had been suffering from chronic depression, severe irritability, brain fog, loss of memory, lack of energy, irregular cycles, and a growing list of food allergies. As a result of these symptoms, I had mostly lost my ability to relate to other people, including my own family. For over a year our young family had been seeking healing through prayer, detoxification, and the GAPS diet, but had been struggling to see much improvement. In working with Dr. Scott, I learned that I was actually suffering from severe lead poisoning (from a previously unknown source in our well water), mold toxicity (from a previously unknown mold issue in our house), gut dysbiosis, candida overgrowth, and an MTHFR gene mutation. We praise the Lord that since treatment I have made a near full recovery and am able to be the wife, mother, and Christian that I want to be! We are grateful for Dr. Scott’s expertise and even though we live out of state, we have already referred others to him.

Hello Dr. Scott, Just wanted to shoot you a note to say how much I (and my husband) enjoyed finally getting to meet with you face-to-face during our meeting in December. I’m a huge fan of what you and Dr. Ellen are doing at Vine Health. I love the positive less “clinical” approach to health. The articles from Vine Health as well as the recipes you share resonate with me! My conversation(s) with you have been the first time I’ve felt like a doctor “got me” and my approach to achieving and maintaining the best health I can. I feel that I’ve finally found a partner for my health care plan – I’m not one of your younger patients – so this has been a long journey for me. 🙂

I was a mess when I got to Vine. For over 10 years I had suffered with stomach issues as well as chronic inflammation in my knees and back. I went to various doctors and specialist and spent 10s of thousands of dollars in tests. All were inconclusive and I was offered various prescriptions that they were not sure would do anything. My wife found Vine Healthcare and Dr. Ellen. Within 2 weeks of being there my symptoms were subsiding and I felt better and more clear than I had in years. 6 weeks in family and friends said they couldn’t believe the levels of energy and positivity that were coming from me. All of this without one prescribed drug or surgery. Dr. Ellen and her team are phenomenal. Everyone there is knowledgeable and genuinely care about making you the best you can be. I can’t recommend Vine Healthcare enough. Give it a try and you will never regret it!

If you are here looking at testimonials, you probably aren’t sure if a Functional Medicine doctor can help improve your health issues. I was in the same situation. My traditional care providers treated my health issues with traditional medicine: prescriptions.

However, other healthcare issues were, for the most part, met with a shrug and the usual advice to eat healthily and exercise regularly (which I already was). There was no attempt to determine the underlying cause of these problems.

That changed with my first visit to Vine. I have never experienced an exam that was as thorough, educational and in-depth. I felt that there was a real desire from all the staff at Vine to first determine what the cause (or causes) were and then to determine the best way to get me to where I wanted to be health-wise.

Six months after my first visit, I’ve been able to eliminate the need for a majority of the prescriptions I had been taking for decades. Best of all, the healthcare concerns identified at my first consultation have been resolved. And as a bonus, my BMI has dropped to the point where I am no longer considered obese.

If you are committed to taking the steps and following the recommendations to become a healthier you, it can happen here.

I would guess that my husband and I were among some of the more healthy patients Dr. Ellen had come through her door. We had no chronic health problems and were on no medications. However, we were around 65 years of age and felt much older, didn’t have any energy, were overweight and starting to have little things plague us. I had muscle aches and fatigue and was starting to get fungal rashes in moister places on my body. My husband was a former athlete but was feeling like a slug. He had also developed psoriasis patches in his scalp and on his body, which were very aggravating and itched like crazy. We had both been very sick with ongoing upper respiratory and sinus infections for 3 winters in a row, with repeated rounds of antibiotics. So when our family doctor retired we went in search of a new doctor, finding Dr. Ellen in the process. 

We liked the fact that she was trained in traditional medicine and then had the additional training in functional or integrative medicine. This is what we were looking for. And the final thing prompting us to pursue this type of treatment was the fact that my sister went into the hospital for stones and was told by her doctor that her body ‘made an abundance of calcium’ and that she should definitely not be taking calcium supplements. Which led to the question…..how in the world, with all of the conflicting nutritional information out there, were we to determine what vitamins, minerals and supplements we needed? So we decided to ‘gamble’ on Dr. Ellen. The gamble has paid off in spades. 

My CRP levels indicating inflammation had been over 8 at one time, and our previous doctor had not been able to tell me how to lower it. My level has now reduced to 1.2, which is about where it should be. My borderline insulin resistance and rashes have disappeared. And though you don’t ever ‘cure’ psoriasis, my husband’s patches have all disappeared and you wouldn’t even know he had this immune deficiency. We both feel much more energetic and productive. And though we didn’t embark on the program to lose weight per se, once Dr. Ellen customized our eating plan we both started dropping weight quickly….something we had been unsuccessful at previously. I’ve lost 55 pounds and my husband 30. Cleaning our gut and eliminating ‘trigger’ foods in our diet has helped us in more ways than I can describe. We will never go back to eating our old way. Dr. Ellen has been supportive at every turn, and through a portal on the computer we can contact her with any problems or concerns we have. She always answers us back immediately. We’ve never had the luxury of contact with a doctor like that before. We would highly recommend Vine Healthcare. The entire staff is wonderful, and we will be life-long proponents of integrative medicine.

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I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis five years ago.  Besides the typical symptoms of weight gain and fatigue, I also started having anxiety, panic attacks, vertigo and palpitations to the point where everyday tasks became difficult if not impossible to get done. I knew I needed to find someone that would take the time to figure out what was going on. I found Vine Healthcare and met with Dr. Scott in January 2018. I followed the plan he laid out and after only a few days noticed a difference. In the eight weeks since I started, I have not had a panic attack, vertigo, palpitations or anxiety.  My energy level is slowly increasing and my weight is starting to come off. Dr. Scott listened to my history and figured out the plan to get me healthy. I highly recommend Dr. Scott and the team at Vine Healthcare.

I would like to share my experience with Dr. Ellen Antoine and the entire Vine Healthcare staff. From the moment I walked into the office for my initial consultation, I have been treated like family. I recently came to Dr. Ellen with a myriad of health complaints that have been accruing over the last 13 years. During that time, I was repeatedly either misdiagnosed or told nothing wrong could be found by several well-intentioned conventional medical doctors, including various specialists. I grew tired of taking medicine that addressed only my symptoms and not the underlying causes. After much research and soul-searching, I knew it was time to see a functional-integrative doctor who would be able to think “outside the box”. Since Dr. Ellen was previously an emergency room doctor, she is uniquely qualified to help people who not only benefit from her mastery of conventional medicine but from her functional-integrative expertise as well. If you are seeking personalized quality care from a doctor who wants you to be involved in your health decisions, who will educate and empower you to take back your health, and who treats and nurtures the entire person – mind, body, and spirit – then you have found the right doctor!

I’m so grateful for Dr. Ellen and for Fully Functional. A friend referred me to Dr. Ellen back in 2015 and I am thankful that I found her when I did. I was suffering from chronic fatigue and a long list of additional symptoms.

I felt like I had tried everything through traditional medicine but I had been researching and learning about integrative and functional medicine and I liked the idea of treating the root cause of my symptoms and not just taking medications that would only help for the short term. I knew that I needed a doctor that would truly take the time to listen to me as well as to get to the bottom of why I was feeling terrible.

Dr. Ellen did exactly that. She took the time to explain what was happening with my body. She was incredibly thorough, knowledgeable, and patient with me through the process of diagnosing me with Biotoxin Illness. I appreciate that her first approach for treatment is to use natural supplements and therapies but that she can and will use medications if they are required. I love that both Dr. Ellen and Dr. Scott continue to learn about new treatments and practices that will help them with their patients. It shows me how much they care and how committed they are to their patients.

When I started with Dr. Ellen, I lived in Indiana but I have recently moved out of the state and I can’t tell you how wonderful it has been to be able to remain under Dr. Ellen’s care. Even with the long distance, she is able to answer all of my questions and concerns in a timely manner. I am able to continue to have doctor visits over the phone and have my supplements shipped to me.

This has allowed me to continue my health journey without any interruptions. I feel blessed to be taking this journey with her.

I’m so grateful for Dr. Ellen and for Vine Healthcare. A friend referred me to Dr. Ellen back in 2015 and I am thankful that I found her when I did. I was suffering from chronic fatigue and a long list of additional symptoms.

I felt like I had tried everything through traditional medicine but I had been researching and learning about integrative and functional medicine and I liked the idea of treating the root cause of my symptoms and not just taking medications that would only help for the short term. I knew that I needed a doctor that would truly take the time to listen to me as well as to get to the bottom of why I was feeling terrible.

Dr. Ellen did exactly that. She took the time to explain what was happening with my body. She was incredibly thorough, knowledgeable, and patient with me through the process of diagnosing me with Biotoxin Illness. I appreciate that her first approach for treatment is to use natural supplements and therapies but that she can and will use medications if they are required. I love that both Dr. Ellen and Dr. Scott continue to learn about new treatments and practices that will help them with their patients. It shows me how much they care and how committed they are to their patients.

When I started with Dr. Ellen, I lived in Indiana but I have recently moved out of the state and I can’t tell you how wonderful it has been to be able to remain under Dr. Ellen’s care. Even with the long distance, she is able to answer all of my questions and concerns in a timely manner. I am able to continue to have doctor visits over the phone and have my supplements shipped to me.

This has allowed me to continue my health journey without any interruptions. I feel blessed to be taking this journey with her.

I highly recommend Dr. Ellen Antoine, and Vine Healthcare, to anyone that has health care needs. She and her staff provide me the care I need with kindness and professionalism. Equally important, all of my appointments have been on time with no waiting. I have been a patient of Dr. Ellen for almost 2 years now and in that time, she has cured me of problems that had persisted, and worsened, for 11 years. During those 11 long years, I had been treated continuously by a variety of traditional medicine practitioners without success. The past 2 years of care by Dr. Ellen has transformed my health and my life and these improvements have been noticed by family, friends and co-workers alike. Sincerely, Ellen Gigowski

I love Dr. Antoine. Her assessment and guidance have been immeasurably helpful to me. If you’re dealing with autoimmune diseases and chronic fatigue or pain – you may want to investigate functional medicine options or call her office and make an appointment.

I found Vine Healthcare at a critical time in my life. I developed a form of inflammatory bowel in college after my freshmen year when I was constantly on antibiotics, eating processed food, and continually stressed.

Dr. Ellen has given me my life back. I can’t thank her enough for giving me all the tools for healing my body. She is truly a lifesaver and cares about her patients. God put her in my life for a special reason and I am eternally grateful. Not a day goes by that I don’t smile when I realize how far I’ve come, and realize Vine Healthcare got me there. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The staff here is off the charts amazing too, I’ve never been anywhere like this. They care! If you are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, you’ve got to go here. You won’t regret getting your life back and feeling wonderful.

Dr. Ellen Antoine introduced me to PEMF when I was having challenges recovering from foot surgery. I noticed a difference from the very first treatment! My nerve pain went away; circulation, flexibility and range of motion in my foot also dramatically improved. The incisions that were directly treated with the PEMF probe also faded considerably. After treatments I am more relaxed, have more energy and I sleep better at night. My experience is that PEMF is great for addressing a wide range of conditions and I highly recommend it!

When I came to Vine Healthcare, I was absolutely at my wit’s end. I dealt with chronic fatigue, digestive issues and female hormone imbalances for years. I saw many other doctors and nutritionists but was unable to find relief. Despite the fact that I’d been on thyroid hormone replacement for almost a year, my thyroid symptoms were nearly debilitating. At 25, I couldn’t stay awake past 9 p.m. and my strict diet wasn’t doing anything to ease my stomach pain. Although I balked at the initial cost of testing, I felt that even a few small answers would make it worth my time and money.

Dr. Ellen diagnosed me with autoimmune thyroid disease, which was the first step in my healing. I switched to a more effective medication and my energy levels skyrocketed. I was also encouraged to make dietary changes that finally brought me some relief. I like to know as much about my healthcare plan as possible, and I loved that I was always given as much time and explanation as I wanted in regards to my labs, treatment plan and alternative therapy options.

Vine Healthcare is a very special blend of cutting edge medicine and alternative treatment, and it’s a place where patients feel respected and affirmed. The doctors are completely undaunted by difficult symptoms, which always makes me feel less frustrated and alone.

I have more energy, less anxiety and have been able to reduce my antibodies since my first visit to Vine Healthcare. Plus, I’ve lost weight!

Dr. Ellen’s empathy, dedication and commitment to truly listening to her patients are things I’ve never experienced from a practitioner. From my very first visit, I felt the whole team at Vine Healthcare were caring partners in my journey toward wellness. They gave me hope in what was truly one of the most challenging periods of my life. I am so thankful!

Helped my husband get rid of his migraines! We never thought that would happen. He had 2-3 days of headaches a week. So thankful for them.

Amazing Doctors, amazing people, amazing place! They have it all covered for your total wellness package!

Dr. Ellen is a life saver! We love her and all her staff. What wonderful and caring people. We started going for my husband and now we all go (me and my three boys). We are very thankful to have found a great doctor here in Indiana!

My health has improved 200% through the help of the wonderful Vine team. Thank you, Dr. Antoine!

Really understands functional medicine, and practices it with their beautiful family. I moved away from the area but not before having a chronic condition cured! I miss the care I got here!

Amazing staff and doctors! It’s been a HUGE blessing going here. I can’t recommend it enough. The investment is so worth it. I went to a doctor after doctor couldn’t find out what was going on until I found Dr. Antoine. If you are serious about getting health from the inside out go here.

My husband and I are excited to start our journey to better health. Both doctors took their time with us and are figuring out what our issues to address them properly.
We had great customer service from the whole staff.

I am so thankful and blessed to have found Dr. Scott Antoine! I was sick for so long and had almost given up hope in finding out what was the cause of my medical problems. My quality of life was greatly reduced. Due to the diligence and hard work of Dr. Antoine he found out that I was suffering from mold toxicity along with other autoimmune diseases. I am healing my body and I will forever be grateful for him! He doesn’t give up and is a compassionate and dedicated doctor. The entire staff is caring, friendly and helpful. Highly recommend!!

I first stepped into Dr. Ellen Antoine’s office back in 2014 with so many issues that no other specialist could cure, that I thought I was destined to live a compromised quality of life.  Quite the contrary, due to Dr. Ellen’s relentless and innovative approach she quickly discovered the root cause of my issues and I now feel better physically and cognitively than I did in my 20’s!   I was treated with such compassion by the entire office that every time I visit I feel like I am visiting family.  I am thankful every day that Dr. Ellen is in my life!!!

Much like Goldilocks’ quest, my search for finding a doctor that could assist my family and I was long and unsuccessful, until I discovered Vine Healthcare. After discovering Vine’s truly wonderful and caring staff, I knew I had found the “just right” practice I had been searching for and needing so much. Dr. Antoine’s knowledge of Traditional Medicine paired with her Functional Medicine approach was everything we needed to overcome years of medical ailments plaguing my entire family. Obesity, migraines, IBS, food sensitivities and allergies, neurological issues, joint pain, hypoglycemia, and skin problems are just a few of the concerns we were facing. Usually when you start a journey, you have an idea of where you are and hopefully know where you are going. At the beginning of our journeys though, we knew neither. Over-medicated, unsure of a proper diagnosis, and ready for a change, our journey to health through a relationship with Vine is by far one of the best choices our family has ever made. Like with any journey, knowing how to get there is important. Throughout our quest for health, Dr. Antoine and her staff have been our map, going above and beyond what practices typically do to help their patients. Their genuine care for their patients’ health shows in everything thing they do. I am so thankful to God for pointing us in the right direction to start this journey, and thankful to Vine for being our guides to a healthier life.

When I reached out to Doctor Scott (Antoine), about a year ago, I felt I was out of “runway”.  I have fought anxiety and depression for almost 25 years. However, after the loss of my wife, the anxiety and depression became unbearable.  I knew I could not live feeling this way for the rest of my life.  I had tried all the mainstream medications, and frankly I just felt worse to even mentally numb.  I will admit, I was skeptical of Vine.  My western mental model of medicine said, “This can’t work”.  However, I was out of “runway”.  I took a leap of faith and prayed for healing that I desperately sought.

To be clear, you must look at what Dr. Scott offers as a journey, not a destination.  It isn’t necessarily easy, and you will have to “gotta” want it.  I had no choices left.  This isn’t about taking a pill and you can just move on happy living life as you did.  This is about taking a journey of discovery into your mind, body, and spirit.  Discovering how to take care of this wonderful body we have all been given.  Owning your health and your happiness.  It will take time, experimentation and yes, setbacks. However, the results for me have been more then I could have ever tought possible.  I have found my smile and mental peace.

If you seek long term physical health, mental clarity and peace, you must commit to owning your health first.  Vine will be with you every step of the way.

They were for me.

I’m so thankful I found Dr. Antoine. After suffering from migraines for a majority of my life, I looked to find a physician who wasn’t going to just write me a script and move on to the next patient. I’ve been seeing her now for a little over 3 months and can truly say my life has changed. I experience far less headaches and am much healthier overall.  She is a kind, compassionate and well-educated physician that is looking to partner with you on your journey to better health.   She’s always available to speak with me in the event I have a question or concern and her staff is equally amazing. If you’re willing to invest the time and energy to start on your path to better health, I would highly recommend you see Dr. Ellen Antoine.

I have spent the past 20 years with slowly increasing weight and declining health. I am only 5″ 1″, and I topped the scales at 230 pounds a few years ago. I have been unable to lose much at all these last several years, despite trying many different classes and diet plans. I have been given multiple diagnoses over the years…Fibromyalgia, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, IBS with chronic constipation, Interstitial Cystitis, Asthma, GERD, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Hormonal disturbances, Hypothyroidism and the list goes on.

Every time I went to the doctor, it seemed like I got a new diagnosis and a new medication to go with it. I was so desperate to feel better that each new diagnosis and medication would renew my hope that maybe this would finally be what would “fix” me, but nothing ever did. As my weight and fatigue level continued to increase, I found that working all day took all my energy. I didn’t have energy to get things done at home in the evenings, including cooking, which just exacerbated my already very poor eating habits. I couldn’t keep up with the housework, which just caused more stress and more fatigue, and the cycle felt never-ending.

I didn’t know how to break the cycle, and the doctors I had seen in the past mostly threw more medicine at me. At any given time, I was on 15 to 20 prescription medications. I felt like the medicines kept me functioning so I didn’t end up on disability, and I had just accepted this as my reality. But after both my 60-some-year-old parents went to heaven in the last two years due to a lifetime of poor choices and poor health, I realized that I had to do something.

I was ready for a true fix…a true cure. I was ready to do anything to feel better. And then, Vine Healthcare came into my life. In the first 5 weeks of my treatment at Vine, I have lost an incredible 20 pounds! I am already off of several of my prescription meds, my pulse and blood pressure have normalized, and I have more energy than I have had in years. And this is just the beginning of my journey. Now that Dr. Ellen has found my true underlying issues, my body can truly finally heal. Instead of just “functioning”, I feel like I am now thriving! I can’t wait to see how much better I continue to feel as I move toward a true cure instead of just managing my myriad of symptoms.

My husband has been so inspired by my health improvements, that he has made an appointment to see Dr. Scott. Now, we can go on this journey together and change the health of our family forever! It was by God’s divine hand that I found Vine at the moment in my life when I was finally ready to make lasting changes. I am so thankful for the wisdom of Dr. Ellen and the whole Vine Staff because I know I’m now on the road to being healthy and whole again.

I found Vine Healthcare at a critical time in my life. I developed a form of inflammatory bowel in college after my freshmen year when I was constantly on antibiotics, eating processed food, and continually stressed. When I went to my general doctor, I was sent away with steroids that kept my condition under control for a little while, but caused some not so friendly side effects. I continued to take the steroids on and off for several years until they stopped working completely. At that point, I decided to take my health into my own hands and started to research alternative medicine. I decided that I wanted to find a doctor that actually healed the body rather than cover up my symptoms with a pill. After reading a little bit about what Vine Healthcare believed, I knew it was the perfect place to go.

During my first meeting with Dr. Scott Antoine, my husband and I were blown away by his knowledge of healing the body. It was clear that he is passionate about what he does and therefore, researches and stay up to date on the latest medical findings. He took the entire history of my life into consideration when finding the best route to address my condition, which is something I never had when dealing with other doctors. They had me on a regimen that addressed my condition from all angles including, nutrition, detoxification, and supplementation. We continued to be blown away after meeting with the health coach, Nedra Hiday. She is an expert on using food as medicine and lead me on a nutritional journey that started to repair my body and improve my symptoms after two weeks!

I am so grateful that I was lead to Vine Healthcare and that doctors like this exist. I can’t thank them enough for what they have done. Currently, 100% of my symptoms are gone, I am full of energy, and happy! I forgot what it was like to feel this good. I owe it all to the amazing doctors and staff at Vine!!

I have been a migraine sufferer for over 30 years and I have been to every kind of doctor you can imagine. Dr. Antoine is the type of doctor I have been looking for all these years. She took the time to ask me questions and to listen to my answers. She not only came up with a reasonable treatment plan, she did so quickly and concisely, giving me clear instruction on how to carry out the treatment plan. Dr. Antoine is also caring & compassionate and her love for the LORD shows in the way she treats and loves her patients.

Ellen is an amazing doctor. She is thorough, caring and very knowledgeable in her field. I would recommend her to my closest friends and family. She not only goes above and beyond her job, but she genuinely cares about her patients and longs to see them recover and heal. Blessings!!

Dr. Antoine, I can’t tell you what a tremendous blessing you have been in my life during this very difficult time with my health. You have been the body of Christ to me during this healing process. Your passion and care for the individual always shine through. Thank you!

I simply cannot say enough about Dr. Antoine’s care. Her combination of both functional medicine and traditional medicine was the catalyst to my achievement of total wellness. In addition, her intuitive care and overall genuine compassion for her patients are qualities I find not only incredibly necessary in this field, but also quite rare in today’s impersonal society.