Women’s stories
“I definitely won, and I will never go back to HRT!”
Desilie is a petite, grab-life-by-the-horns kind of lady. She and her husband own and run their own business and have a large family, with three kids and lots of grandchildren. She is in the habit of taking very good care of herself.
When she called us she wanted to stop her hormone replacement therapy. She had been on Prempro for five years. When we spoke the first time she had a long list of menopause symptoms, none especially severe, but the sheer volume of problems was wearing her down.
Desilie never does anything halfway, so she started her Personal Program with great enthusiasm and commitment. We discussed the weaning process in length and all her options. She chose to incorporate soy and flaxseed from the beginning for their supplemental phytoestrogens.
She already had a vigorous exercise schedule and has almost zero body fat — she’s just 119 pounds at 5’1”. We helped her realize that because of her adrenal fatigue, over-exercising was actually a source of added stress right now. She worked with her trainer to quiet down her work-out, to allow time for resting in-between weight training and aerobics.
When we next spoke she felt better and was right on schedule with weaning off her HRT, but she had found she couldn’t tolerate the added soy. We talked several times over the next few weeks about how to compensate for that by focusing on the triggers for her symptoms. She quit her Prempro completely right on schedule — and called us to celebrate!
A couple of weeks later Desilie called again. The hot flashes and night sweats had returned in full force. She was a little discouraged but determined not to return to the HRT, so we offered further suggestions for tweaking her program.
We called again about two months later. Desilie immediately exclaimed, “I’m doing quite well! I am a lot better than the last time we talked!” She is still having occasional hot flashes but they’re quite manageable. She understands now what triggers them. She has also learned recently that she has a displaced disk in her spine. We talked about how that may act as another trigger for her hot flashes. With all that said, she is doing wonderfully. “I definitely won, and I will never go back to HRT!”
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Last Modified: 08/17/2009