Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith
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Sub-Optimal Iron in Women – How to Detect, Correct, and Thrive | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Iron is a vital micronutrient that is sub-optimal in more than 50% of women. This is frequently missed because it masks as many other things, and most doctors don't check the labs that are necessary to evaluate this completely.
Today I'll be talking about where we find iron in our diet, how to diagnose low iron and how to address it by evaluating our input, absorption, and ruling out any sources of blood loss. I'll also tell you about my own story with low iron, how I corrected it, and how both my patients and I feel so much better when our iron is optimized!
Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith is a Board-Certified Gynecologist and Certified Menopause Practitioner specializing in women's midlife wellness, hormone optimization, and sexual wellness. She is the founder of Complete Midlife Wellness Center in Houston, TX, and the best-selling author of "Sexually Woke- Awaken the Secrets to Your Best Sex Life in Midlife and Beyond." She also hosts the popular podcast "Empowering Midlife Wellness."
Dr. Susan is the recipient of the Texas Super Doctor award over a dozen times, as well as a multiple-time recipient of H-Texas magazine's Top Doctor and Top Doctor for Women awards. She also has been chosen as one of Houston's "3 best-rated" gynecologists for several consecutive years. Dr. Susan is also an ICF-certified life and leadership coach, multiple-time marathoner and Ironman triathlete, and mother of 3 young adults.
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Reframe Your Relationship with Alcohol: 28 Days Alcohol Free Challenge | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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We all know that alcohol is a toxin with numerous effects on our health - from weight gain, to sleep and mood disruption as well as causing multiple cancers, diabetes, heart disease, gut dysbiosis, liver damage and dementia - even at "socially acceptable levels." Many of us drink in moderation and don't consider it to be a "problem"- but today I'm discussing an interesting way of reframing your...
Heart Health & Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What Women Need to Know | Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith
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The most common killer of both men and women is heart attack, so understanding how to reduce our risk could not be more important. Since the 1980's, studies have consistently shown that menopausal hormone therapy (particularly estrogen) reduces the risk of heart disease in women. The now infamous Women's Health Initiative study surprised the medical community in 2002 by suggesting that hormone ...
Compounding Pharmacies Explained: Safety, Regulations & Misconceptions | Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith
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Many people have strong opinions about compounding pharmacies, although few people know what they really are, how they are regulated and what the difference is between one type of compounding pharmacy and another. There is a perception that compounded drugs are not FDA approved, not regulated or somehow not safe or reliable. Today I'm going to explain what these pharmacies are, why we might cho...
Hormone Pellet - The Dose is CRITICAL | Empowering Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan
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Getting the right dose of hormone pellets is crucial for optimal results. 💊 #HormoneTherapy #HealthAwareness #shorts Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith is a Board-Certified Gynecologist and Certified Menopause Practitioner specializing in women's midlife wellness, hormone optimization, and sexual wellness. She is the founder of Complete Midlife Wellness Center in Houston, TX, and the best-selling author ...
Estrogen and Breast Cancer: A Contemporary Perspective | Empowering Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan
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This past two decades has brought so much confusion about menopausal hormone replacement and breast cancer risk, but we now are entering a modern time with a much better understanding of how all this works. Today I'm going to review how this controversy ever started and what the modern understanding is regarding estrogen and breast cancer. You may be surprised that we are now flipping the scrip...
Hormone Therapy for Menopause: A Guide to Doses, Levels, and Delivery Methods | Dr. Susan
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While the safety and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) are becoming widely accepted, hot debate continues around dosing, delivery methods and how to monitor levels. Advisory boards including the American College of Ob/Gyn and the Menopause Society support the use of (MHT), but much confusion continues regarding ideal blood levels, whether to check blood levels at all, and optimal rou...
Mastering Lab Values: A Vital Handbook for Women in Menopause & Perimenopause | Dr. Susan
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Sometimes we have to be our own advocate and ask for the tests that we need since many doctors don't offer very high-level labs that can be critical to maximizing your healthspan and helping you to feel great. Today I'm going to go through a real patient's lab panel and show you what we look for in our office during a hormone consultation. I'll be discussing the difference between "reference ra...
The Controversy Behind Testosterone for Women with Dominique Sachse | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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Today, I'm thrilled to share a special cross-published episode from Dominique Sachse's esteemed podcast "Over 50 and Flourishing." In this episode, we're venturing into the much-debated and hotly contested realm of Testosterone and its implications for women's health. With conflicting information swirling around and leaving many in a cloud of uncertainty, I step in to provide clarity, shedding ...
Understanding Your Cholesterol Results | Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith
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So much has changed in our understanding of cholesterol and how it affects our risk for heart disease since I was in med school! Until recently we talked about "good cholesterol" and "bad cholesterol" with very little understanding of what those words actually meant. Today I'll attempt to unwind a little bit about what cholesterol does in our body, how to test for the particular lipoproteins th...
Are You In A Drama Triangle? Empowering Midlife Wellness with Meg Ellis - ENNEAGRAM Certified Coach
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This week we're unpacking The Drama Triangle, a transformative Conscious Living coaching strategy aimed at enhancing your interactions with others and ultimately, with yourself. Discover how you might be cast as the victim (among other limiting roles) in your own life narrative and seize the opportunity to redefine your story-one that you're genuinely excited about. For anyone longing for deepe...
The Truth About Fats: The Good, The Bad, and The UGLY | Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith
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Have you been as confused as me about all the controversy that you hear about which fats are the healthiest? Which ones we should avoid and which we should consume more of? What does MUFA, PUFA, trans fat, or saturated fat mean? Is a low-fat diet healthy or should we aim for 30% fat or higher? Today I'll go through a basic introduction to the types of fat that are available in foods, which ones...
Optimizing Weight Loss: Inspiring Success Stories of REAL PEOPLE who achieved dramatic weight loss
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Today I'm speaking to a real patient about her journey over the past year. On her first visit, she was feeling hopeless. She was obese, pre-diabetic, hypothyroid and insulin resistant with significantly elevated cholesterol, and was feeling clinically depressed in the throes of peri-menopause. The second half of life looked like a pretty bleak prospect. Now one year later she is at her optimal ...
Drop Belly Fat by Reducing Insulin NOT Calories! with @drleahatoz - PART 2 | Menopause Solutions
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Last month my video with Dr. Antoniewicz started the discussion about the importance of diagnosing and treating insulin resistance, not only for weight management but for lifelong health and disease reduction. Today we are digging more into this really important and complex topic, and highlighting some more details about what IR is, why it’s important, how we diagnose it and how we can treat it...
Menopause Aid: Live Vaginal Laser Therapy & O-Shot Procedure | Overcoming Dryness & Pain
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Menopause Aid: Live Vaginal Laser Therapy & O-Shot Procedure | Overcoming Dryness & Pain
Menopause Supplements Myth! Don’t Fall For The Hype! | Dr. Susan Hardwick Smith
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Menopause Supplements Myth! Don’t Fall For The Hype! | Dr. Susan Hardwick Smith
Can Hormone Replacement Therapy Help with Weight Loss? Uncovering the Truth
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Can Hormone Replacement Therapy Help with Weight Loss? Uncovering the Truth
ACTIVATING HAPPINESS RETREAT: COSTA RICA NOV 6-10 | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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ACTIVATING HAPPINESS RETREAT: COSTA RICA NOV 6-10 | Empowering Midlife Wellness
The Truth About Testosterone For Women Over 50 | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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The Truth About Testosterone For Women Over 50 | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Lose the Fat Forever - Our 12-Week Medical Weight Loss Optimization Program is Now Virtual!
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Lose the Fat Forever - Our 12-Week Medical Weight Loss Optimization Program is Now Virtual!
Drop Belly Fat by Reducing Insulin NOT Calories! with @drleahatoz | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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Drop Belly Fat by Reducing Insulin NOT Calories! with @drleahatoz | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Top 10 Ways to Achieve Optimal Health | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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Top 10 Ways to Achieve Optimal Health | Empowering Midlife Wellness
5 Ways to Improve Sex Drive in Midlife! | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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5 Ways to Improve Sex Drive in Midlife! | Empowering Midlife Wellness
What to Expect From a Nutrition Consult with @drleahatoz | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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What to Expect From a Nutrition Consult with @drleahatoz | Empowering Midlife Wellness
10 Treatments for Hot Flashes & Night Sweats! | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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10 Treatments for Hot Flashes & Night Sweats! | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Red Yeast Rice Lowered My LDL Cholesterol By 35% | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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Red Yeast Rice Lowered My LDL Cholesterol By 35% | Empowering Midlife Wellness
HRT, Breast Cancer, and the WHI Study with @drleahatoz | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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HRT, Breast Cancer, and the WHI Study with @drleahatoz | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Ozempic/GLP-1 Agonists for Weight Loss with Dr. Gracia Wynne Duncan | Empowering Midlife Wellness
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Ozempic/GLP-1 Agonists for Weight Loss with Dr. Gracia Wynne Duncan | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Activating Happiness in Midlife - WE DID IT!! (and we are doing it again!)
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Activating Happiness in Midlife - WE DID IT!! (and we are doing it again!)

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  • @deboralove3986
    @deboralove3986 7 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you, Dr. Susan! BeforeI had my hysterectomy, I had to have a blood transfusion, because my count was 5. I took my daughter to her high school football game, and I thought I was going to have a heart attack walking up the ramp to the stadium

  • @christinemack2153
    @christinemack2153 16 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for all the great information.

  • @barbaraabualy5973
    @barbaraabualy5973 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent. Video... I try to keep my ferritin @ 100. If it creeps down, my hair starts to fall out.

  • @bridgetodigo409
    @bridgetodigo409 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you

  • @pattisteely4650
    @pattisteely4650 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Bone tired fatigue. I really need to feel better for my life.

    • @drsusan
      @drsusan 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Get some labs done! 😮

  • @inhim4158
    @inhim4158 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I understand post menopausal women don't need as much iron mainly because they aren't having periods. We should make sure if we do take iron that it's ferrous fumerate and not elemental iron.

    • @drsusan
      @drsusan 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      We don't really know until we check because of the reasons that I mentioned some people don't absorb it very well and people get very little in their diet so really important to check labs no matter how old you are! As I mentioned, mine was really low and I haven't had a period in 10 years!!!

    • @inhim4158
      @inhim4158 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@drsusan I'm 70 so my periods are long gone! I love the pellets though! Love your videos too!

  • @cleanqueen75
    @cleanqueen75 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    My husband produces too many red blood cells. His hemoglobin and hematocrits are high so he gets a phlebotomy. I have high cholesterol so I try not to eat red meat plus colon cancer runs in my family. Dairy does a number on my digestive system and I’m gluten sensitive. I don’t take an iron supplement because it constipates me.

    • @drsusan
      @drsusan 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Absolutely not everybody is low in iron but about half of women are - so maybe you are in the lucky half 😮

  • @missluna3409
    @missluna3409 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    This was soooo helpful, thank you. I suspect this is me. I'll be talking to my doctor soon.

  • @theruminator241
    @theruminator241 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I would love to know the minimum and maximum ranges for female labs. My conventional doc says my results are in range and I don't need anything. I want to believe that of course, but I also am not a big supporter of conventional "wisdom" about health. I have severe body aches, and since this is a symptom of low estrogen, I would love to get another opinion. Not medical advice, as I know that is not allowed, but just some actual ranges so I can compare my own. Do you have some standard advice?

  • @kimnel77
    @kimnel77 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I just recently was seen and given hormone pellets w testosterone because my testosterone was at 1.1. I am also being given progesterone tablets. I was having peri symptoms and hairloss was one of them. I also was having 3 periods in a month in half after going a full 30 days without a period. I went to this clinic and this is what they prescribed. Is this good?

  • @DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn
    @DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The opinions of ryr is all over the map. But I love this doc and trust her

  • @puffchickpam1
    @puffchickpam1 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Pellets are dangerous. It’s a lie that they deliver a steady stream of hormones. If you look over the course of a year, the fluctuations are up and down like a “saw toothed” pattern. I was given one, and was extremely high for a long time. YET THEY WERE READY TO STICK ME WITH ANOTHER ONE until I told them to check my blood levels. Can’t imagine what would’ve happened to me if I let them. walked around jittery and headache. And when you crash, YOU CRASH.

  • @user-gc6sb7ie6n
    @user-gc6sb7ie6n 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    What kind of progesterone pill.

  • @anaf9314
    @anaf9314 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you

  • @Erogevoli123
    @Erogevoli123 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very informative!

  • @CoachSallyBowers
    @CoachSallyBowers วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m 60, post menopausal, and have Hashimoto. I developed many issues. I went carnivore (no dairy) and healed most of my issues with nutrition alone (no meds.). My hypothyroid is gone (BEFORE TAKING IODINE) But I still have some hashi antibodies. Im up to 10 drops of 2% lugols. Each time I increase by a drop I get a bromide dump and have to drink salt water. I’ve been doing this for a few months now but it has my head foggy which I’m not thrilled with. Iodine does not make me feel better in any way but I’m hoping it will in time. I actually feel better without it but after doing a urine iodine test I only came through at 57% iodine and it should be 90% or above. My bromides came through at 3.96. That is double what they normally see. So I’m assuming I’m going to bromide dump every time I increase my iodine. I’m not on any thyroid med. I never took any. I’ve lost a lot of hair, but am no longer losing any. I would love for it to grow back though. That’s been a challenge. IG: @CarnivoreAngelHealing This is what I healed w/ carnivore BEFORE starting iodine: Since 2-1-21: Massive Inflammation, Chronic Edema, & Pain gone! Asthma gone! BP normal Foot neuropathy Gone! Liver, Kidney, & Heart labs are now excellent! Total Cholesterol is 140. LDL is 61 Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)- Gone! Spastic esophagus-HEALED! Leaky gut- HEALED! Insulin resistance-HEALED! Fasting insulin now 4!! NA Fatty Liver-HEALED! Severe Hypokalemia-HEALED! Dry eye & Dry mouth HEALED! Hairloss stopped! Balance improved. Sugar addiction & Binging STOPPED! Bulemia healed! A1C is 4.5!! (Used to be 6.7) HS-CRP went triple high of 9.37 to 1.89. Eye Floaters are almost gone! (And they were baddddd) Sleep Apnea gone!!! Fatty Lipoma on wrist GONE!!! High eye pressure gone! Off ALL meds 🥳 Hypothyroid GONE!!! HASHIMOTO is almost gone, WITHOUT ANY MEDS!!! And 112 lbs Gone! (So far)

  • @carolwong9279
    @carolwong9279 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dr. Susan, you are the best teacher. You explain this topic in such an easy way to understand. Thank you so much for all you do 😘

  • @ElenaGabriel-nr5pb
    @ElenaGabriel-nr5pb วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am doing Pellets since 2021, recently I was forced to live US, and moved to Romania, what I can take to replace Pellets treatment because this treatment is not available in Romania?

  • @lourdesfajardo3515
    @lourdesfajardo3515 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you so much!

  • @roseguerrero977
    @roseguerrero977 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you so much for educating me on this subject. I’ll soon be 64 & I was thinking, what for now, so glad I found you on TH-cam. You’ve answered so many of my concerns/fears of starting to use a patch. My doctor did prescribe them to me, but I wasn’t totally sure if I should. Now that I’ve listened to a few of your videos. I’m hoping this will be a good health choice. Thank you. Much appreciated. 🫶🏼

  • @NadiaDakroub
    @NadiaDakroub วันที่ผ่านมา

    I take 2% lugols iodine drops. 8 drops once a day. Is this the correct amount?

  • @rebeccaketner816
    @rebeccaketner816 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant, thank you!

  • @lpg8518
    @lpg8518 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have been taking this medication for about five months, and will have to stop because it is very expensive. However, it does work very well. The effect lasts about 10 hours and with continued use, the hot flashes lessen, but once you are off, they come back. Taking in the morning, you can get through your workday, if your symptoms are worse at night, you can take it at night, and you will sleep through without sweating.

  • @amymasreliez8957
    @amymasreliez8957 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No hair loss, no irritation or mood changes, very calm and even keel, no acne but high testosterone at 87. High insulin sensitivity. Not sure since I'm 1 year post menopause. Total testosterone and free testosterone all in the mid range. This part is consistent with your analysis. I take a DHEA supplement, though. You covered this 😮 Progesterone is low at .1 and Estradiol is less than 15. Hemoglobin A1C is 4.9 low mid-range. I fast 36 hours once per week and stopped my strength training though. Thyroid is optimal. Sleep is great. Trying to solve this.

  • @margotdenger1485
    @margotdenger1485 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’ve had alcohol 3x in the past 2 years and feel great. Other than that immediate short-term buzz, it just doesn’t have much to offer me and my body thanks me. SO glad I rarely drink anymore. I don’t miss it.

  • @shanab1298
    @shanab1298 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The company that you recommended for the CBD oil is not processing payments and when I tried to call them the number disconnected me before it even rang. Do you recommend a new source for CBD oil? Because I really wanted to get the one that you use! 🙏

  • @jartotable
    @jartotable 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What about splitting up the cream dose into 2 doses. One on am second at 5pm?

  • @shanab1298
    @shanab1298 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do we need to see a Dr. of functional medicine like yourself, or will the GYN be able to test for and supply testosterone?

  • @shanab1298
    @shanab1298 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I struggle to drift off to sleep and there are nights that I have pretty bad insomnia and overall I'm probably not getting more than 5 to 6 hours of sleep on a "good night". Do you do all of these supplements every night?! Just to get to sleep? Even though I don't have my periods anymore, my doctor said I should take only 100 mg of progesterone per night. But I'm going to ask her if I can do 200 per night. I also take .5 Estradiol patch 2x/week My doctor has prescribed me gabapentin to help me sleep but I'm nervous to start it because I've heard horror stories about getting off of it or becoming too used to it or it having addictive properties. There are some nights that I only get 3 hours of sleep and my insomnia is terrible! I'll be seeing a sleep doctor in September, but I really need something in the meantime. I've used an extended release Melatonin, and I felt drunk the entire next day (I was even nervous to drive!) and it was awful so I'm nervous to ever try that again. But I'm just curious if you're taking all of those things together at night just so that you're able to sleep?

  • @jazzyt22
    @jazzyt22 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can you give a ballpark cost for the type of MRI you had please?

  • @JK_O13
    @JK_O13 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is amazing!!! Thank God for doctors like you!!! We need education on this! I am working with a doctor who will be administering pellets! I’m excited!

  • @aimajeffresswood8702
    @aimajeffresswood8702 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you 🎉

  • @carolwong9279
    @carolwong9279 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If I get hormone via telemedicine, don’t I still need gyn exams. So, should I still follow up with my OB~Gyn?

  • @michelleflood251
    @michelleflood251 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This makes me sad, Im only 32. I got married at 28 and was planning on having 6 kids. Im experiencing what I believe is perimenopause. I had a regular cycle of 32 days but the passed eight months have been between 28 and 35 days long. Now im on cycle day 50 and still no period and about 20 negitive pregnancy tests.cant go to doctor cause i dont have insurrance right now. 😔💔

  • @paulagardner8720
    @paulagardner8720 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I took Thorne's red yeast yeast for 3 months every evening before going to bed, worked perfect on lowering my Cholesterol but gave me bad insomnia, 😢

    • @DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn
      @DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Easy fox is to take on am I had similar issues at night

  • @rupalpatel5749
    @rupalpatel5749 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very good information, thank you. Just started climara 0.025mg patch once a week and prometrium 100mg daily, 2 weeks now. Feeling bodyache, sinus congestion, sore throat and headache. It was also showing under adverse reactions in the package insert. Should I try it for few more weeks? Will it go away? Other options? Thanks

  • @frankhardy4969
    @frankhardy4969 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They Medical System Has Been Trying To Eliminate Us For Years...Its An Evil Organization!

  • @farrahgoff557
    @farrahgoff557 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You are a breath of fresh air, esp to those of us struggling with peri/menopause. Thank you. 💗

  • @anaf9314
    @anaf9314 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    PLEASE DR. WHAT IS A GOOD DOSAGE OF TESTOSTERON FOR A WOMAN ON A CREAM PRESENTATION? PLEASE AND THANK YOU

  • @HotelSnob
    @HotelSnob 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this simple, practical, and straightforward perspective 🎉

  • @muldoon9007
    @muldoon9007 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi Doctor Susan! So glad I found you. I am 3 months cancer free. Double Mastectomy and Stage 1A with no lymph node cancer found. Hooray. My surgeon saw me after being off bio identical low dose .25 cream bi-est for only 2 weeks. I was a mess! This was just prior to surgery. After surgery, she agreed that I could resume with as small a dose as possible, following the pathology report results. While I took compounded estrogen for twenty years after hysterectomy, I am finding that the consistency of the quality is not what it should be. It is costing $200.00 every 3 months for vaginal cream and topical cream. I can no longer tolerate the vaginal estriol for some reason and it isn't effective anyway. I was started on Yuva-fem 10 microgram, 2x per week recently and it is just okay not great. I am supposed to begin Divi gel this week .25 per day. I am feeling so estrogen deficient since surgery. Not sleeping, still burning, inflammation galore which means a lot of muscle pain and my memory has left the building, oh yes and dry skin everywhere. I agree so much, Doctor, with your statement about quality of life. I am 72 and after losing my breasts but with an excellent outcome, "Enough"! I an to feel good!

  • @suzieg9076
    @suzieg9076 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Or put iodine liquid on your forearm if it disappears in an hour you are deficient.

  • @anthonyb2334
    @anthonyb2334 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for your video. Very informative and helpful. Although my cholesterol is below guidelines requiring statins, my previous cardiologist recommended red yeast rice. I took it until he retired. My present cardiologist said it was a waste of money, and to stop. My total cholesterol went up 25 points. I’m going back to RYR. Thank you for a very helpful video

  • @lb6065
    @lb6065 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you can travel to Houston, I highly, highly, highly recommend Dr. Susan's clinic. We saw Dr. Leah and she is AMAZING.

  • @michellejacquesvenable6068
    @michellejacquesvenable6068 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So my doctor said that with the testosterone pellet, my levels would be between 150 and 250. How can we get them lower than that? At least now I know that it is possible to have them lower. I didn’t think it was such a thing.

  • @user-nd5lr9zb9c
    @user-nd5lr9zb9c 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What's the special?

  • @rebeccajones8628
    @rebeccajones8628 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very sad. My boyfriend had ED from the first time we slept together. I was DEVASTATED but very understanding and supportive, too supportive. He did not bother to work on this through diet, exercise, lifestyle factors. He did not see his doctor, and ignored it. Two years later I have ABSOLUTELY NO sexual attraction towards him now. He is 62 and I am 56. He spent 12 years in a live in relationship without sex prior to our relationship. There is something there. He was very kind to me at first. Lately, extremely mean, angry, impatient and hypercritical of me. He admires young girls who are prettier, thinner, with great legs, and eyes for example on TV. He comments on them and has always spoken to me too much about his ex wife and other sex partners. Two years later I went to my gynecologist and she could not even insert a speculum inside me. My vagina had closed from 2 yrs no sex. (I had been very active before). I am so tired of this partner and his terrible attitude. In the end he was horribly mean to me and did nothing for his issue. We broke up 2 weeks ago. I am very relieved and so much less stressed. He was upsetting me terribly. His mother was even inviting a younger woman over for lunch with friends and him (without me). She is an enmeshed mommy. I think that is his problem and hence my problem. He cannot control her and she has come between us. 62 % of 62 yr olds have ED. If you do not seek help your partner will lose interest. I should have run after 3 months but wanted to give us a chance. Take charge guys or your partner will lose attraction for you. Do not resist viagra, or other treatments. Work on your relationship if you love her.

  • @MR-pr8tp
    @MR-pr8tp 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am unable to take prescribed statins due to muscle weakness. I have read that red yeast rice will cause the same effect since it is in the prescribed statins. My other concern is you have recommended explicitly Thorne products which has me asking if you have received any funding from them? I would love to get my cholesterol under control, but having said that I have switched to a mostly vegan diet, fish being my protein source. Once I changed my diet (due to celiac and pre diabetes) my cholesterol did drop a lot but still high. It is in fact the best it has ever been. No processed foods, no sugar, low carbs, mostly leafy greens and I did notice a significant positive change. Would like to continue and this red yeast rice does interest me.

  • @carolwong9279
    @carolwong9279 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this video. Thank you for all the calculation tips. Fortunately mine are all good. I gave up alcohol over 5 years ago and never felt better. My restaurant bills are soooo much lower. Love you 😘

  • @jenniferm586
    @jenniferm586 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is Red Yeast Rice connected with dementia like the pharmaceutical statins?