1 in 200 Americans suffers from Graves' Disease - an autoimmune form of hyperthyroidism, which often progresses to TED (thyroid eye disease) with multiple symptoms.
These symptoms might include anxiety, hand tremors, heat sensitivity, weight loss, puffy eyes, enlarged thyroid (even goiters), loss of libido, change in the menstrual cycle (for women), fatigue, thick red skin, irregular heartbeat (palpitations), bulging eyes, and much more.
The prognosis for Graves' is always grim - it gets worse even when medication is used, leading to heart disorders, brittle bones and thyroid storms (can be fatal).
The medical community has only a couple of ways to deal with Graves' - medications, until thyroid gives out or the medication becomes too risky (with its side effects) to the patients' health, and then surgery or radiation to kill off the thyroid gland.
Graves' can start off as another thyroid disorder. By the time Ochie reached out to me, she went through several diagnoses - hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's, and then Graves' mixed in with TED. 52 symptoms and counting.
She already survived a few thyroid storms, each time fearing that she won't make it. Medicated. Pregnant. Scared for her life.
Nikki's Graves' was a smidge milder, but she was exhausted, 20+ symptoms, medicated, and was facing a choice between radioactive treatment or thyroidectomy because methimazole - medication used to treat Graves' - was becoming a ticking bomb in her body - she was risking kidney failure the longer she kept taking it.
As I said - prognosis for Graves' is grim.
Both of these women went through the 360° Impact Health Program.
Much to the surprise of their doctors - both were able to put Graves' into remission!
Ochie, now nearly 2 years, and Nikki - one year symptom-free.
We did an interview with them when they first graduated from the program. You can catch them on our website.
Today, as they are nearing their big anniversaries, we sit down to catch up with them to see what their health looks like, if they are still sticking to the lifestyle that saved their lives, and to learn about the biggest tool they both rely on to maintain their newly found wellness.
Listen to their story and then, if you are struggling with a grim prognosis of your own, and are ready to get your life back on track...
Hormone replacement therapy drugs are a multi-billion industry.
Millions of women and men opt into HRT, whether pharmaceutical or bio-identical, each year in hopes of reviving their libido, reducing menopausal symptoms, or as a means to address numerous hormone imbalances.
Few, however, know the risk they are taking by adding HRT to their regimen.
While numerous studies have shown that HRT is not only a bad but a risky health choice, doctors often fail to tell their patients the whole truth, dispensing HRT drugs freely. Only few will warn their patients about possible side effects and recommend a short exposure to HRT.
However, the studies show that even a short-term exposure to HRT can be very dangerous.
Today you will learn about the risks you are facing, the moment you agree to HRT, whether of the pharmaceutical or bio-identical grade.
Listen to the whole podcast, and then join FREE Facebook community I started, where we talk about overcoming hormone imbalance symptoms naturally, without sacrificing our long-term health.