Prior to being introduced to the Wiley Protocol, I had been experiencing debilitating "hot flashes" for several years. I had been put on Premarin following a partial hysterectomy more than 15 years ago, but after reading about the origin of this hormone replacement drug (the urine of pregnant mares) and the horrific conditions in which these pitiful animals were kept, as well as the fact that the drug had undergone initial testing on male prison volunteers, I advised my doctor that I would not continue with this drug. It took a year or so before the effects of low estrogen began to seriously affect me, but when they did, they hit hard. I would experience extreme and sudden sensations of feeling so terribly ill that it would stop me in my tracks. Day and night. Five or ten times a day.
And then, after moving to Santa Barbara and finding a new doctor, I was put on a bio-identical hormone pill. When getting my prescription filled, the pharmacist asked me if I knew about the Wiley Protocol, and then spent a good hour explaining to me the normal hormone fluctuations and how a single constant-dosage pill would not mimic this natural rhythmn and would not provide the needed secondary element of progesterone. As I left the pharmacy, a woman who had begun the Wiley protocol a few months before, spoke to me about how her life had changed. I was sold.
That was more than two years ago, when T.S. Wiley was not yet a national phenomenon and a growing cadre of Santa Barbara women were forming the core group of "believers" in the Wiley Protocol. From the outset, my symptoms were relieved. No more hot flashes or being overcome with a diffused sick feeling as my hormone levels sank. I truly believe that Susie Wiley has found what the pharmacologists and doctors continue to ignore, and that is a way to combat some of the factors that contribute to women's declining health over time with a regimen that makes sense because it mimics Nature better than any other program that I am aware of. Thank you Susie and and all the women who support this program and give hope to a growing population of women ready to take charge of their health independent of the tunnel-vision and dire warnings of the drug establishment. Brava!
Marylove Thralls
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