Women’s stories

I’m recapturing 15 years!

Gail, 56, is a sculptor who has been on a 20-year journey of hormonal ups and downs. From her strong devotion to HRT in her 40’s to quitting cold turkey in her 50’s, she has been through a truly harrowing experience and has finally found relief. Hear about her experience and how finding Women to Women’s Personal Program has helped her to feel better than ever!

“I had my daughter when I was 36, and for seven years my body just didn’t feel right. I had very little energy, my brain was foggy, and my joints ached. My periods stopped when I was 43-years-old. I kept telling my gynecologist something was wrong, but my hormone panels came back low-normal and he just said that I was stressed. It finally got to the point where my joints were popping out, and it literally hurt to walk.

“By the time I decided to go to the Mayo Clinic, the doctor who saw me brought in all the students and residents to look at me. They told me my genitals looked like an 80-year-old woman’s! I knew I was bad. I mean, I looked like I’d aged ten years in five years. All they had to do was look at me and they knew it wasn’t ‘stress’ like my doctor had been telling me. It was definitely hormonal imbalance.

“I was put on Estragest and Provera, which made me feel a million times better. I told everyone I would stay on my hormones for life! But then I got phlebitis in my leg, and I worried about a clot. I went to a vascular surgeon, who told me that my veins weren’t working properly and that it was just a matter of time before I’d get a DVT. He told me, ‘You’ve got to get off these hormones.’

“After that day, I didn’t take another one of my hormone pills. This was amazing, considering I was so hooked. The problem was, I had no idea you were supposed to wean off of them. Within weeks, I thought I was having a heart attack. I’m not a crier, but I was going out of my head. I called my daughter and said, ‘You better come over here and do something with me. I need to lock myself up. I’m gonna run out of here screaming.’ She said, ‘Mom, you gotta get a grip.’

“I’ve always said that I don’t need doctors. I can do my own studying. So, I started to search on the internet. And there you were! The Personal Program seemed a little expensive, but then I figured my mind was worth it! Within one week I noticed a difference. I’ve got energy, but it’s not nervous energy. It’s a calm energy. My mind is as good as it gets! My hair is shiny, and I’ve never had shiny hair. I feel so much better and look younger. I’m recapturing 15 years!

“I just went out to dinner with a man I haven’t seen in five months and he asked me, ‘Did you get a face lift or something?’ He couldn’t believe it when I told him about your Essential Nutrients. He asked if he could take some too! I think we all need supplements. It’s just a matter of getting the right balance for you. I’ll be on your Essential Nutrients forever! I’m just as hooked on them as I was hooked on my hormones.

“My mother can’t get a thought straight in her head. She just keeps saying, ‘Well, I’m old.’ But I tell her that I know 90-year-old women who are out there taking trips and having the time of their lives! We don’t have to feel like our bodies are breaking down. I’m telling her, and I hope I can help other women too. We have to help each other. If we don’t, who will? There’s never been enough research on women. We have to do it ourselves. After all, we’re the ones who make things happen in this world — we just don’t get any credit for it!”

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Last Modified Date: 05/25/2011