Wow, what a difference a few months make. Not to mention almost two years of difference since finding Dr. David Garcia and BodyLogicMD of Columbus, Ohio.

In 2004 at age 40 I started with the hot flashes and night sweats. By the end of the year I was starting to have a few sleepless nights to go with the flashes and sweats. My body tone was going down literally with gravity’s pull and no matter how much I cut back on my caloric intake I could not lose that blob in my middle or any weight from my frame.

As if this was not bad enough I had started having horrible periods. The bleeding was so profuse that I thought I might have to have surgery or the new balloon ablation procedure being touted as the last resort for my problem before hysterectomy. Both grandmothers and my mother had gone through hysterectomies du e to the problems that I was going through. I did not want surgery or the balloon procedure so I started researching alternative methods for dealing with my problems.

After awhile frustration sets in and you start to become a bit depressed. By the middle of 2007 I was at my breaking point. I felt tired all the time, I was having severe bleeding with my periods and erratic start dates and sometimes I bled all month long. Added to the fact I had missed so much sleep that I was tired all the time and unable to remember simple things during my days, I felt I would lose my mind. I tried a female doctor who ran test after test until finally she stated that she could not find anything wrong with me. I thought I might find answers from another woman but this proved to be wrong. If my blood tests were all within the “normal” range; which they were, I had no recourse left to me other than the “typical” female treatments “modern” medicine has to offer. Thanks, but NO Thanks.

Thank God I kept searching, unsatisfied with “traditional” medicine answers and lack of understanding. I Googled everything I could relate to my ailments and symptoms and I found some interesting articles about bioidentical hormone therapy. The more I read the more convinced I was that this may me the answer I had been looking for. Upon trying to find a doctor close to where I lived that practiced anti-aging medicine and used bioidentical hormone therapy I found the BodyLogicMD website and found your Columbus, Ohio location. After doing extensive research and learning about the doctors who are affiliated with BodyLogicMD I decided I could not afford (physically or mentally) not to make an appointment with Dr. David Garcia. I was also fortunate that BodyLogicMD Columbus, OH was holding a seminar before my scheduled appointment date. I attended that seminar, even though there was a snowstorm, and it only reinforced my decision to make that appointment.

After a battery of tests including saliva tests for my hormone levels and stress levels to extensive blood work and comprehensive questionnaires on family history as well as physical history and much more I had my appointment with Dr. David Garcia. I spent a full hour with Dr. Garcia who was very proficient in explaining all the tests and their results and what each one meant to me. During this appointment he recommended a treatment course with bioidentical hormones to help not only my erratic menstrual cycles but to also help with my sleep and mental acuity.

I received my hormone therapy within a few days and started my new routine. Within a few weeks I was sleeping better and starting to feel like I might just be able to “catch up” for my year of missing/disturbed sleep. At the end of the month when my period came it was like I was a new woman. My period was back to “normal”. The profuse bleeding had subsided and given way to what was regular for me before I turned 40. The night sweats were almost completely gone and I was having no more hot flashes. I also felt the depression lifting after a year of struggling for answers to no avail, then finding what I can only call “my miracle” with bioidentical hormone therapy and guidance from Dr. David Garcia.

Fast forward almost 2 years later and I am a new woman. I am sleeping like I did before this “lady’s time” started, I am having regular periods without the menopause symptoms such as profuse bleeding and that blob around my middle has decreased with my weight loss. I continue to see Dr. David Garcia for “tweaks” to my bioidentical hormone regimen as well as regular monitoring and any health concerns or needs I may have. I feel fortunate in the fact that I did not “let” traditional medicine force me into a decision I may have regretted for the rest of my life. I am so happy that I kept reaching for answers to treat the sever symptoms of menopause and hormonal imbalance.

I have finally turned my “body meltdown” into a “comeback kid” story.

I urge anyone having any of these or other problems related to menopause or hormonal imbalance or “the change” to contact Dr. David Garcia BEFORE making the decision to have surgery or other possible unnecessary procedures. You can always decide later to have those things done if you can’t find your “comeback kid” story. I will never regret my decision to put off traditional medicines “answers” and go with my gut that there was something else out there for me and my body. I had nothing to lose and everything to gain by seeing Dr. Garcia and boy did I gain. I got my life back.

Sincerely,
R.G. Age 44
Columbus, Ohio BodyLogicMD Patient