What does this have to do with skincare? Read on and see...
I'm asked quite frequently about menopause and skin issues. Here is a review of my own personal story!
This October newsletter is a bit different from my usual newsletters in that I am going to share with you my transition from my "monthly" into menopause. Remember, skin care is just one part of the human body puzzle.
I was asked by my husband, if I would be willing to share an article in his clinic newsletter on how I went through menopause and what I did to help my symptoms and hormones, so of course I said yes!
My personal story on my “monthly”.
And how I mastered Menopause!
Maybe it will help you too!...
Some of you know me already and some of you do not, so let me introduce myself. My name is Rebecca Siegfried and yes, you guessed it, I am Dr. Siegfried’s wife! Just to give you my basic background, I have four beautiful children and nine grandchildren (wow that went fast!), I own my own natural skin care company called Dr. Lucy Pure Natural Skin Care (www.drlucy.net) and we sell exclusively in the US. I am also a retired microcurrent technician and a massage therapist.
Why am I telling you this?
I’m going to share my personal story of how I not only got through my “monthly”, (I honestly never used this word, but I will for the sake of the men reading this testimonial) and menopause with very few symptoms, but also how I kept all my female organs in the process even though the odds were stacked completely against me.
WARNING! Haha!
If this testimonial is too personal for you to read, you might want to stop right here. If you can handle it, then let’s get going!
Ok, let’s get started!
I could deal quite well with my periods, monthly, that time of the month, or whatever you want to call this “natural event” (be nice to yourself) in my 20’s and into the start of my 30’s. But when I got into my middle 30’s things started to change and not in a good way. That time of the month became harder and harder for me to deal with. The hormonal headaches were pretty bad, flow was way too heavy, feeling very off was a constant for about three to four days.
Once I got into my 40’s some of the months for about a week were just shear torture and I never knew how bad the symptoms would become. I can say without the Chiropractic care and certain supplements I think I would have been even worse off!
I knew by about age 45 I was heading straight on into menopause and needless to say, it was very daunting to say the least.
My Family History…
All the women in my family on both sides had had the “typical” hysterectomy’s whether they needed it or not, so this left me with no one to talk to about this very surreal time in my life…at least that is what I thought.
My Aunt (Dad’s sister) was visiting my parents at the time, so I went over to say hi. Auntie Joy (love her name) asked me how I was doing, and since I knew, I could talk to her about anything, I started telling her about my big “M” worries. Fortunately, she let me talk away!
Now I assumed Auntie Joy had never gone through menopause because of having a hysterectomy just like the rest of the women in my family. But I was so wrong! All of a sudden, she stopped me in mid-sentence to say, “Honey, I went through menopause and I have all my parts!” What a shock this was for me to hear! Then came my one hundred and one questions to her about her personal menopause process, questions like: Did you have hot flashes? Did you suffer the whole time with other problems and symptoms? How were your mood swings? Night sweats? Weight gain? And the list went on! She patiently listened to me. When I finally came up for air and asked her the million-dollar question: “What did you do or take to get through menopause?” She said: “Rebecca, I went to my doctor (medical doctor!) with some of these same questions and he said very simply, yet clearly, I want you to take WHEAT GERM OIL”.
What?! You’re kidding me, right? Only wheat germ oil? It can’t be this simple, it must have been more complicated than this?! I swear (actually, I don’t swear) she said wheat germ oil about ten times to me before it really sunk in.
I thought to myself, no way could this have been this simple…but it was. Her hot flashes stopped, flow balanced out and then stopped naturally, mood swings balanced back out, even her skin was glowing and beautiful (very French, very Irish, very German woman)!
You are probably wondering why doc didn’t tell me this about wheat germ oil and some other supplements. Well, it’s embarrassing for me to say, but he did. Sometimes you just need a woman in your own family telling you so that it really hits home.
What did I do and still do to this day?
I try to take wheat germ oil and other whole food supplements doc has recommended to me every single day (honestly, I do). I watch what I eat because it is all related to hormones and how you feel. I also exercise every day by at least walking or doing Pilates, light weights and stretching. The body needs to move so that it can flush out the toxins by squeezing the muscles and organs. Plus, oxygen for healing and youthfulness. Plus, I could not live without regular chiropractic care! No sales pitch here. I personally could not imagine life without organic food, the whole food supplements, exercise, and chiropractic care! Growing up in the country with lots of horses proved to me life without chiropractic would have been a much harder life to live!
Moral of the story?
I hope this little story will help any of you during your “monthly”, going into perimenopause, menopause or after you have gone through menopause. Or if you have had a hysterectomy or partial hysterectomy (YES, there is natural help for you too!).
Feed your body, feed your hormones for a happier and healthier life!
To You and Your Beautiful Skin!
Rebecca
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