Women’s stories
“My aches and pains are gone!”
As she neared 70, Becky decided to take herself off the Prempro she had been on for 10 years. She had just come to the conclusion that her HRT shouldn’t be necessary anymore.
Unfortunately she began to suffer intense fatigue and bodily aches and joint pains. Her joints were so painful, she told us, “I couldn’t walk down the stairs without worry. I could hardly get around.” She wasn’t sure if this was due to her age, the side effects of her lifelong asthma treatments, or the rebound effect of stopping HRT.
Becky had read about bioidentical hormones and decided to ask her doctor about them. During a perfunctory 15-minute appointment, her questions were dismissed out of hand, her doctor refused to consider bioidentical hormones (at her age!), and she was sent home. Becky told us, “I walked through my door, sat down and ordered the Personal Program right away.”
Becky reported “The first week on my Program I felt worse, more wiped out and exhausted. I really had doubts that it was going to work - so I called in right away.” After speaking with a Member Advisor, she understood that she was going through an initial detoxification because her body was finally getting the nutrients that it needed. We told her it would soon pass. She reluctantly promised to continue.
“Boy, am I glad I did,” she reports. “By the second week I felt a bit better, and then by the third week I felt amazing!” Becky was ecstatic. “The Essential Nutrients really made a difference! Now I have more energy and, despite what my doctor said, all my aches and pains are gone.” As an added bonus, after four months Becky has lost 20 pounds. More importantly, she feels better, stronger and healthier than ever. And to her astonishment, she reports her asthma is “90% better.”
“Listening to my body and working with the Personal Program has motivated me to try some new approaches with my asthma care. Conventional medicine has really fallen behind in this field. I want to try a something different.” We discussed the many alternative and complementary therapies she could pursue locally. Now she’s off and running. She expects to update her story in a few months with the news that her asthma is behind her too!
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Last Modified: 08/17/2009