CANDACE: I feel bad for men, too,
because I think they’re just as much
in the dark as women are when it
comes to hormonal issues. I make
sure my girls know about this. My
boys, too. They giggle and laugh all
day about it, but I say, “Hey, you’re
not going to be 19 and 25 years old for
the rest of your life, and there’s going
to come a time when you’ll need
to know about this!” I never heard
about any of this from my mother.
NICOLE: Isn’t it liberating to be
able to talk about all of this? With
HRT, I feel so much better. Even
when I’m just out and about, I
feel like I have my happiness, my
silliness, my confidence back.
things were happening with me, too,
and all of that caused my marriage to
end. I didn’t want anyone to touch
me when I was having a hot flash!
SUE: Exactly! And they tend
to take that personally.
CANDACE: But now, when I get my
next pellet, I feel like I’m 21 again.
You can tell the difference between
when you first get a pellet and
when you know you need another.
You know when you’re ready.
SUE: I’ve been taking HRT for a
SUE: It gives you “you” back. while, and I’ve found that the pellets
work much better than creams.
They’re a steady dosage and a lot
more exact. And every three to
four months, you just have your
hormone levels checked and then
get another pellet. It’s so easy!
NICOLE: It does! And the sad thing CANDACE: More and more doctors
CANDACE: It’s a state of mind!
is, you don’t even know you lost it.
SUE: Right! Because it’s a gradual
thing, and you just accept it and
think, “Well, I’m getting older.”
NICOLE: And all of these
symptoms are because of the same
thing: menopause. My husband
and I eventually wound up getting
divorced because neither of us could
understand what was happening.
We’d been married for 22 years,
and there just came a point where
I said, “I’m done.” I just didn’t
know what I was going through.
word out. I’m passionate about
telling my story. Ladies, when
you start feeling symptoms, if
somebody wants to put you on
antidepressants, do your research
first. This kind of HRT works!
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are now stepping up and realizing that
we need to go this route because it’s
“curing” women of their menopausal
symptoms. But it’s going to take a
long time before testosterone pellets
are mainstream. I will be forever
grateful to Dr. Mok and this therapy
because it gave me my life back.
NICOLE: Yes! I wanted to
come in today and participate in
this roundtable to help get the
CANDACE: Without HRT, I
probably would be divorced by
now, too. There was a two-year
period where things weren’t good.
It’s not that you don’t love your
husband, but your libido just isn’t
there. Now, my husband says,
“You’re back to being happy again.
You’re back to being funny and
easygoing again. It’s good to see
you’re back! I have my wife again.”
NICOLE: I know what you mean.
I wanted to spend time with my
husband and go on vacations and
trips with him, but the same kinds of
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