Women’s stories

“Partial hysterectomy left me feeling manic.”

Lucy is 47 years old, owns and operates her own day care center, and has a grown son in the military. Three years ago she had a partial hysterectomy that left her miserable and feeling manic. Now that she’s on the Personal Program, she’s coping better, feeling more joy and is back to chasing the 143 kids in her care!

Lucy was despondent: “I had a hysterectomy in 2003 due to an unusual growth. It was a difficult surgery with a lot of blood loss, but they were able to leave my ovaries intact. My son went to Iraq and I was under a lot of stress, including running my own daycare center.

“I’d been taking Paxil for years, but I just didn’t feel right after the surgery and I didn’t like being on it, so I went off last summer.” Since then, Lucy found herself increasingly irritable, not eating and losing weight, and miserable — almost bipolar.

Then she found the Personal Program and started educating herself on how to create a better balance. She went off dairy and is eating more soy and walks 3-4 miles a day. She’s been taking just one packet of the Essential Nutrients, but even her doctor is impressed with the difference. It doesn’t hurt to know that her son is home now, too, safe and sound.

“I know now to leave the dirty dishes after a long, hard day and take care of myself. My doctor was glad to see your nutrients contain so many trace minerals, since he thinks many people are lacking in them. I’m pleased that I have an appetite again, am gaining back that lost weight.”

Lucy is telling all her friends, and women in her area. Even her husband says she is so much better and notices a difference. Lucy reports that she’s feeling joyful again at last and looks forward to all the things that used to exhaust her, like mowing her acres of lawn and playing with kids at her daycare business.

“There are 143 kids that depend on me and it’s nice to feel like I have the energy now to treat them like my own, with the same enthusiasm I had when I first opened! Thanks to the Program,  I finally feel normal again.”

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Last Modified Date: 05/25/2011