Patient Story
Cat: weight loss, gut issues, menopause, anxiety
Summary
Cat, a type 1 diabetic and former fitness instructor, spent three years suffering through severe menopausal symptoms while conventional doctors kept increasing her estrogen and dismissing her concerns. Blood testing at Med Matrix revealed she actually needed progesterone and testosterone in addition to estrogen, plus had significant inflammation. After roughly six months on a balanced hormone protocol and targeted supplements, her weight stabilized, sleep improved, anxiety resolved, moods balanced, and she feels like herself again. Med Matrix also resolved a gut issue in two months with two supplements, where her primary care had been unable to diagnose it after months of testing.
Before Med Matrix
- Type 1 diabetes
- Severe menopausal symptoms for approximately 3 years: hot flashes, weight gain, exhaustion, arthritic pain, anxiety
- Former fitness instructor, but unable to work out consistently due to symptoms
- Conventional OB and PCP kept increasing estrogen, which worsened symptoms
- Felt gaslit by doctors: "This is menopause. You're getting older. This is normal."
- Extreme internal inflammation discovered at first visit
- Separate gut issue that primary care was unable to diagnose (suspected colitis or food allergies)
- Family history of early heart disease
Results
- Weight stabilized; bloat and excess weight resolved
- Sleep improved significantly
- Mood regulation dramatically better (husband confirmed)
- Anxiety resolved without going on anxiety medication
- More energy
- Able to work out and exercise again
- Gut issue resolved within two months (vs. months of inconclusive testing from primary care)
- Feels like she got herself back
- Feels genuinely heard and trusted by her providers for the first time
Key Quotes
“I kept going back to my insurance-paying general PCP and OB, they just kept giving me more and more estrogen, which seemed to actually make the symptoms a whole lot worse. I was feeling really, really terrible.”
“For a woman going through menopause and you just keep going back to the doctors and they keep gaslighting you because that's how I felt. They kept saying, 'Well, this is menopause. Well, you're getting older. Well, this is normal.' I felt really unheard.”
“Coming to you guys, it was the first time somebody actually believed my story.”
“I feel like I got myself back.”
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