Patient Story
Menopause Relief and Keeping Up on the Job Site
Summary
Alison came to Med Matrix for answers on her blood work and menopause. A year in, she says her menopausal symptoms are really non-existent.
Before Med Matrix
- Says doctors don't seem to help her very much, and she hoped Med Matrix could help her figure out what was going on with her blood work
- Says her doctors wanted to put her on medication and that was the only education they offered
- Going through menopause and hoping for some relief
- An inflammation issue with chronic pain. Every single little joint would ache quite often, and any change in the weather brought on achy joints
- Knew her hormones weren't where they needed to be, and knew she had estrogen depletion
- Very itchy episodes she could not explain. She went to doctors and all kinds of dermatologists, and nobody could tell her why
- Says blood draws at her traditional doctors left her with two or three inch bruises on her arm
- Says with traditional doctors you leave a note and might get a call back or might not, and might not hear a result until you call and hound them
Results
- Says her menopausal symptoms are really non-existent
- Says a lot of her inflammation problems are not even a problem at all
- Much less pain in her joints; she says she really hasn't noticed the weather-related aches since being on the medication and the supplements
- No longer itchy at all, since one of the supplements cleared it right up
- Says her plan is going great. She is not going backwards, but she is plateauing over the summer because she will not give up her ice cream
- Pours concrete for work, early in the morning until dark, and calls it heavy manual labor. Says she can keep up with workers in their 20s and 30s, and sometimes outwork them
- Says a year ago she would never have been able to sit here and do this
- Calls the clinic's blood work panel far superior, and says that after years of doctors, Med Matrix is the first to pinpoint what she needs
- Her traditional doctor asked her to bring in her Med Matrix printout
Key Quotes
“The menopausal symptoms are really non-existent. A lot of my inflammation problems are not even a problem at all.”
“Well, I've lost a lot of the pain that I had in my joints. Every single little joint would just ache quite often.”
“I've gone to doctors a lot of years, and you guys are the first ones that have actually been able to pinpoint and say, this is what you need. This is what will make you feel better.”
“I pour concrete for work, so I have to get up and go pretty early in the morning until dark at night. And it's not light work. It's heavy manual labor.”
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