Soraka just isn't fun anymore with the new Coin line

I love playing Soraka. I play her as much as I possibly can, but ever since 7.9 hit live and a week later, I'm just not having fun on her anymore. I find myself at less health and mana per match than pre-7.9, and without the heal on minion death, that makes picking up coins a lot riskier as Soraka than any other support. She just isn't satisfying to play anymore, and I feel like a hindrance to my team half the time.

Unless we're stomping the lane, collecting coins becomes too much of a risk as a champion who consumes her health to heal her allies. Topple that with the fact Coin no longer restores health or provide decent health and mana regeneration stats, and I find myself at less mana than usual too. Again, unless we're winning the lane hard. And I mean, winning the lane HARD.

Starcall just isn't providing enough healing early to mid game. I find my health and mana becoming less of a problem once I start getting full build, when the health and mana regeneration becomes plentiful and Starcall starts healing for much more with the bonus healing. Until late game however, I'm just suffering to perform my duties as Soraka. I'm in less team fights than usual and find myself with less XP than I would playing as Janna with coin. The coin changes aren't horrible, but they really hit Soraka.

Two Rioters said they'd be watching Soraka when I asked, and I'm wondering how is she doing on your side now that a week has passed? I really feel like she's suffering in the early game, particularly laning phase, that it's becoming hard to transition into mid game smoothly in most games.