Success Story: Parrish
My hormone journey began when I was 42 years old, soon after I received radiation treatment for breast cancer.
Within a few months, I started having symptoms I had never experienced—fatigue, hot flashes, dizzy spells, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations, sleep issues, brain fog—the list was endless and I felt like I was losing my mind. I assumed the symptoms were side effects of radiation and hoped they would lessen as my body healed.
When my period became irregular a year later, I began researching and learned what was actually happening was I was going into menopause because of the radiation treatments. It took me more years of research to learn what I needed to be healthy again was to replace the hormones my body had stopped making.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a doctor willing to prescribe them for me with my history of breast cancer.
Several more years of debilitating symptoms and the onset of osteoporosis ensued until I read an article about estradiol pellets, did a google search and found Christine Farrell.
From the moment I spoke with her, I knew I had found the person who would help me. It was clear she had cutting edge knowledge of bio identical hormones that few doctors did at the time regarding the importance of replacing what your body was deficient in.
I’ll never forget our first conversation, she was incredibly kind, understanding and supportive and she confirmed what I knew intuitively, that I needed hormones.
As we worked together to figure out the best delivery system and dosage for me, the severity of my symptoms lessened and after 7 years of hardly functioning and being scared to leave my house, I was able to be present for my family again, start working and enjoy my life.
It really was nothing short of a miracle. That was almost 18 years ago and I’ve remained cancer free, never broken another bone and I see Christine regularly for my pellet. I know in my heart I would not be as healthy as I am at 68 without her knowledge, care and expertise.
