Women’s stories

“Years of fatigue and thyroid problems cleared up with the Program.”

Anaïs had been struggling with hypothyroidism, fatigue, and menopausal symptoms for so long, she’d forgotten what it was like to feel energetic and joyful. After four months on the program she now has the energy to work and garden all day — and to dream and share a passionate marriage by night...

“I’d been doing bioidenticals for three years, and became so frustrated and angry because my symptoms really didn’t improve. So I went to the computer out of desperation one night and googled ‘menopause and bioidenticals,’ and Women to Women was the first thing to pop up. I read all about the clinic, the bio’s, and the testimonials, and was pleasantly surprised and hopeful. But then I went to the hormonal profile and I thought, Oh, no, I’m not going to take that, because I didn’t want anyone e-mailing me. But I ended up going back and taking it, and then I got the e-mail with some information about my symptoms — which were moderate to severe.

“I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired that I decided to call the next day, and the woman I spoke to was so wonderful. When I asked her, ‘Well, how do you feel?,’ she answered, ‘I feel great!’ I hadn’t planned on signing on at that point, but for me, hearing her say that was like being out in the desert and having someone hand me a glass of cool clear water. I was thirsty for that, so I said, ‘Just sign me up: I’m desperate.’

“And I was a tough case, for one because I’d been using the bioidenticals for three years. Plus I have low thyroid, so I had been having blood work drawn every six weeks to two months because my thyroid was fluctuating. I couldn’t sleep, and I was just exhausted. I had been sleeping so lightly that any little thing, plus constant hot flashes through the night, would wake me up. Then I couldn’t fall back asleep and was getting up to go to the bathroom like a pregnant woman. I hadn’t been functioning well for a very long time.

“Then I talked with Emily and told her all about my symptoms. She said, ‘Let’s tweak your program with some multibotanical support.’ So I’ve faithfully followed her directions, and for the first time in ten years I’m sleeping so well that I actually started having dreams again! When she called me back a month later I told her, ‘Emmy, I have dreams!’ I sleep so hard and so deep now that I feel like a new person. I feel so good!

“Now I have the energy to have sex again, which is saying something, because I work nine and ten hours a day. I deliver mail, which is a hard physical job. It’s not sitting at a desk. I’m running around for the whole time that I’m working. I last longer, so now I’m even doing more. Plus we have over an acre of all-organic avocado and fruit trees, and my husband and I manage it all ourselves. It’s our little jewel, our gift from God. Our oranges are like candy. It’s like eating the most wonderful full-of-flavor, full-of-juice treat you can imagine. And we have all-heirloom tomatoes, too — big, beautiful, juicy, yellow, and orange and red — totally organic. And I have energy for all that now and sex, too! I’m still not all that motivated in that area, but before it was like, ‘Oh, I’ve got to do this, this and this — and we need to have sex, too?’ But now I have the energy for it!

“But the really great thing is that it’s helped regulate my thyroid. The last time I saw my doctor, he didn’t call back to say I needed to have my blood work repeated. I used to have to get up early to go in on my day off every few weeks to have the blood drawn. I was just so tired, and because my thyroid was so off-balance, I was sick all the time. But I haven’t had to go back since starting the Program, about three to four months now.

“My friend at work said, ‘Oh, I can tell you are better now because you look so good. You look really rested.’ I’d been struggling with fatigue for so long, it was like, ‘Oh, I’m going through menopause now, and I might just as well go to bed and never wake up again.’ Not only did the women at Women to Women really want me to be successful, they really knew how to help me. So I’m not going to change anything right now. I like the fact that I feel clear, good, energetic, joyful.”

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Last Modified Date: 05/26/2011