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“When I find a good thing, I stick with it! ”

Fran is 56 and was having hot flashes around the clock.  She also has chronic back pain and had gained weight from not being able to exercise.  Not only was she not sleeping at night, but she found it hard to be herself.  She’s been on the Personal Program for close to a month now and her hot flashes are gone.  She’s lost five pounds, generally sleeps six to seven hours a night and plans to stick with the Personal Program. Here’s what she told us:

“Before starting your Personal Program, I was waking up every two hours—between my back pain and my constant hot flashes, I wasn’t getting any sleep.  It’s hard to be nice when you don’t get a lot of sleep, so I did a lot of complaining.  Because of my back pain, I haven’t been able to exercise anymore and I gained some weight.

“When I spoke to my doctor about my hot flashes, he wasn’t very helpful.  He said, more or less, to go find something myself.  I tried black cohosh and thought for the first week that it might be working, but then forget it!  The hot flashes came right back.

“I found Women to Women accidentally on the internet.  And I have to be honest, I was skeptical at first.  I figured it wasn’t going to work, but I thought I had nothing to lose.  And when it worked: oh my, it was wonderful!  I’ve been on the Personal Program for about a month and after one week my hot flashes were subsiding and I was feeling better.  Once in a blue moon I get warm, and I wonder why I’m warm.  And then I think, was that a hot flash?  It is nothing like the sweating I used to get and it only lasts about a minute.  I don’t have hot flashes anymore.

“I also used to crave sweets.  Ever since I started taking your vitamins, I don’t crave sweets anymore.  Maybe I was lacking a vitamin and didn’t know it.  Maybe it’s just my chemistry.  Your vitamin pack has the right combination for me.  Without craving sweets, the Personal Program is 100% easier to stay on than other programs.  I’ve lost at least five pounds in a month and generally sleep six to seven hours a night.  I only wake up now because of back pain, not from hot flashes.

“I like what the program has done for me, and I like that you call and stay in contact with me to see how I’m doing.  I definitely plan to stay on the Personal Program.  Those vitamins are doing wonders for me!  When I find a good thing, I stick with it!”

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Original Publication Date:11/27/2006

Last Modified: 02/16/2010