I feel like I just won the lottery!!! Dr. Blanscet saved me from having a hysterectomy and gave me my life back!!! About two years ago, I started experiencing some weird symptoms, and I kept saying to my husband, "Something is wrong with me!" I thought maybe it was just the result of aging or possibly stress, but deep down I was worried it was something serious. I'm a professional singer, and I suddenly began struggling with my voice, which obviously affects my ability to make a living. It wasn't solid like before, and I was gasping for breath when I'd sing. I started thinking if it got any worse, I may not be able to sing anymore. I'd also been struggling with prolonged discouragement, and my outlook on life was not good, even having thoughts of wishing I'd never been born, and having no hope for the future, which totally wasn't me. I'm a naturally upbeat and positive person. I also had a lot more muscle aches and pains, pretty severe headaches, always hitting me Monday and taking me several days to recover from leading worship on Sundays, a skin issue with my scalp, unexplained, fast weight gain, that shortness of breath when leading worship (which bothered me most of all) and then finally something more serious--prolonged bleeding--which drove me to make a doctor's appointment. My doctor sent me to an OBGYN, who sent me to get an ultrasound, which revealed a uterine tumor and an ovarian cyst. They immediately wanted to do a full hysterectomy, which was alarming, without even checking to verify that it was cancerous! Both of my parents have survived cancer, so I knew I had a pretty good chance of dealing with it myself, but I've also been blessed to have chiropractors who've guided me nutritionally to take the natural route for health my whole life, and it's always worked. So, I told the doctor that I wanted to do research on this myself first. I went to the library, I started reading books and researching online and found out that most of these types of tumors and cysts are not cancerous, and that they can be cured through diet and natural hormones. Because of previous research I've done, directed by my chiropractors, it was always going to be my plan to go completely go off sugar, eat more vegetables, less carbs, less meat, whatever it took, to fight cancer with a healthy diet. So I did that, following Dr. Gundry's diet. And because of reading all of Suzanne Somer's books, I always planned on taking bioidentical hormones when I got older (plant-based hormones that mimic what your own body produces, and have no chemicals or horse urine like the ones a conventional doctor would give you, which are shown to actually cause cancer!). So, I went to Suzanne Somer's national network, ForeverHealth.com, and found a Bioidentical hormone doctor near us. I couldn't believe that one was right by us, here in Murrieta! In all honesty, I kinda thought that to go to one of these doctors you had to be a wealthy celebrity-type, and that I could never afford it on our below-middle class music ministry income, but I found out that's not true. If you've read her bio you know that Dr. Blanscet went through all this herself, and almost died on the operating table having a hysterectomy. She was already a doctor, but changed her focus after that experience to help women like me never have to go through what she did! She's super-knowledgeable and immediately put me on bioidentical hormones after having me take a blood test showing all my hormone levels. The first night I took my progesterone pill, I had the best night's sleep of my life! And every night since then! She then sent me to oncologist to monitor my tumor and cyst, leading me to have about 5 ultrasounds throughout the last year and a half. Now, here's where I'm at a loss for words, when my hormones became balanced, I felt like I got my life back! My whole outlook on life improved immediately. My husband said he can see it in my eyes. The fogginess I felt in the mornings went away, the discouragement and depression lifted, the headaches went away completely, the random bleeding stopped, and best of all, I got my voice back! After a few months of being on progesterone, and then starting to take testosterone too, my voice was just "there" again! No more gasping for breath! And now, here's the final result...I got the tests back from my last ultrasound and they told me ALL ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. No more cysts or tumors!!! I'm forever grateful for Dr. Laurie Blanscet, at An Optimal You. I never want to live without Bioidentical hormones! And I'll never stop telling people about this miracle because I believe it can help everyone, both men and women! Getting on Bioidentical hormones under the direction of Dr. Blanscet is LIFE-CHANGING! read more