I was not a healthy person a year ago. For the first time, my illnesses were affecting my daily life and making it impossible to do my job. I had been tired for a long time, and I have had stomach aches since middle school. The migraines and body aches began in college. At times they were completely debilitating. I had painful periods every month. It was so bad I threw up, blacked out and required prescriptions to help with the cramps. It was not until the winter of 2004 that the hot flashes started. I was a mess. I came home from work every day completely exhausted; I never felt good. I had been told I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and had also been told it was all in my head. One year ago, I was only 22 years old but my body felt like it had been through 100 years of a hard life. I was afraid that I would be completely dysfunctional as a person within a few years. I was not going to give up without a fight!
“I had been told I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia,
and had also been told it was all in my head.”
I researched my options and, through the suggestions of friends and family, decided to call Dr. Hotze. I was skeptical. I believed and trusted in “modern medicine”. I was also at the point where no one had been able to help me and I was willing to try anything. It was not even a matter of getting my life back. There was no back because I did not know what it felt like to feel normal. I just needed to get my life!
The rest is history, as they say. Dr. Hotze’s Wellness Center had an opening and I got in less than a week after I called. As I did my phone interviews, I was amazed that they were asking me questions that no other doctor had even considered. They were able to explain to me why I had different symptoms that most doctors overlooked.
I am at a very different place right now than I was a year ago. The only way to describe it is that I feel…normal. I can function on a reasonable night’s sleep with the occasional late night. I have not had a migraine in more than 6 months. My periods are nearly cramp-free and last only 4 days. I found out I was allergic to wheat and that has taken care of my stomach aches and also improved my fatigue. The things causing my symptoms were a mixture of hypothyroidism, estrogen dominance, a wheat allergy and lack of nutrition.
I would not give up my bio-identical hormones for anything. The greatest tragedy of my life would have been never knowing what it meant to feel rested; to feel healthy. I am very lucky. I believe that I could not have found help anywhere else. I feel so blessed that I will be able to live a full life and be healthy for my husband, my students at school, and for my future children. My life is now filled with energy for my life. I am able to give to my husband and be a good teacher to my high school students. I leave work feeling invigorated and head to the gym to work out each day. When I come home, I eat a healthy meal, get to bed at a normal time and do it all over again in the morning. Normal. Normal. I do not need an extraordinary life. Normal is good enough for me!
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Since 1989, Hotze Health & Wellness Center has helped over 33,000 patients get their lives back using bioidentical hormones that restore hormones to optimal levels, strengthen immune systems, and increase energy levels. Our treatment regimen addresses the root cause of hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone, allergies, and candida.
Led by best-selling author, radio host and leading natural health expert, Steven F. Hotze, M.D., our medical team has over 100 years’ combined medical experience backed by a staff of nearly 100 caring professionals who provide an environment of hope and extraordinary hospitality for each of our patients, who we call our guests. It is our deepest desire to help you obtain and maintain health and wellness naturally so that you may enjoy a better quality of life, pure and simple.
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