Spring 2013Newsletter
Lyn Hogrefe 2012
Spring 2013 Newsletter
From Lyn

Let Me Talk This Over With My Doctor! 

 

    I understand our trust in and attachment to our doctors. We have shared with them personal issues, built a relationship with them, and trusted them to help solve our health issues. So I get it when women come to us to get tested, get treated, get better and want to run our strategy by their trusted health care practitioner. After all, what we do is different. Our Happy Hormone Cottage is an educational resource center of women helping women get educated in the arena of natural hormone balance. It is also a resource center that helps facilitate each woman's journey to wellness by reestablishing optimal hormone balance that becomes imbalanced through the aging process.

     

  We provide the take home testing kits to determine current hormone levels at the capillary level, and our compounding pharmacist and holistic health expert analyzes these test results, symptom sheet and medical history of each client, so he can write his recommendation for the doctor. HHC offers support to the doctor with this written recommendation,  and to the client with a phone call explaining our recommendation, and interpreting the client's test results so she is prepared for her doctor visit. For best results, we recommend our clients make an appointment with our in-house doctor, who is a Functional Medicine and anti-aging doctor, who understands and encourages natural hormone balance as a wellness and disease prevention strategy. Those clients who do this, sail through on their way to their best health naturally. For those clients who take all of their information and our strategy back to their doctor for approval, their journey isn't always smooth sailing. The clients with doctors who are more open minded and willing to think outside the box of conventional medicine typically fare well. These doctors may not understand our testing procedures or the art of compounding bio identical hormone therapy, but their attitude is one of accepting their patient's request for how she would like to treat her body. So he agrees to give it a try, and the results are usually highly favorable. These are the success stories we like to hear. But not all clients are successful. Those clients who haven't done their homework in bio identical hormone replacement therapy or, worse, have done their homework but still defer to the limiting views of their own doctor are the ones who aren't successful because their doctor doesn't approve our strategy. I understand that what we do is not taught in medical school because it doesn't involve drug therapy. Our testing measures and our holistic health approach aren't within the parameters of conventional medicine. So taking our 'get tested, get treated, get better' wellness philosophy that is in the world of Functional Medicine to a conventionally trained doctor is risky. You wouldn't take your expensive imported car to a Ford dealership, would you? So why take your body, that is suffering from a hormone imbalance (women over 35 have hormone imbalance)and needs customized, compounded bio identical hormones, to a conventional doctor who specializes in anything BUT this approach? Isn't this just asking for failure? If your beloved pet went to a vet who wasn't willing to try various strategies to heal your pet, wouldn't you find a new vet? So why do we settle for so much less for ourselves? So when those clients tell me they are going to talk over our strategy with their doctor, I always raise my eyebrows and wish them luck because my experience is the outcome probably won't be favorable. Because what we do is different, the doctor who isn't open minded, will struggle, and often will relay the myths that have been passed on to him (by drug reps, inaccurate media reports, faulty literature, sometimes written by the pharmaceutical companies, perpetuating these myths.) These are the clients who simply don't get better.  

 

  Remember, what we put our attention on determines the quality of our lives. What we practice is what we have. If you do nothing to positively impact your health, today is the best day you will have. So the choice is yours: continue on the same path with the same program to get the same results......or let us support you on a new path to wellness? I think the answer is clear.        

 

 

ANNOUNCING OUR OWN IN-HOUSE DOCTOR
The Happy Hormone Cottage is pleased to announce our own in-house doctor, who is working with us on our campus, as well as his own. He is at our Mason office on Mondays, and will add days as needed.
Please call 513-444-6343 (Ohio) or 859-360-6696 (Kentucky) to schedule an appointment!
CALLING ALL SKIN CARE RECIPIENTS
Did you know that The Happy Hormone Cottage is carrying an age-defying skin care system that is created by compounding pharmacist, Kristen Riddle, RPh? Rx Skin Therapy is an amazing skin care line created to meet the needs of a variety of skin types, with pharmaceutical grade ingredients, and reasonably priced.  We have before and after photos after just 8 weeks of use. Go to my website for more information or to place your order.
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Don't Miss These Upcoming Cottage Events

Happy Hormone Hour: Living Your Best Life Naturally with Lyn


PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN HEALTHCARE 
Wednesday, March 27, 5:00-8:30 p.m.  
Riverwatch Lodge
9365 Barnes Rd
Versailles, OH  45380
Hors D'oeuvres 5:00-6:00
Dinner 6:00-7:00
Speaker: 7:00-8:00 with time for questions and answers
This is open to the public

 

There is a fee to attend this event; more info coming.
RSVP: Karen Platfoot, [email protected] or 
Happy Hormone Cottage [email protected] phone: 513-444-6343


Come Join the Conversation on Natural Hormone Balance

   

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Mom's Connect Ministry 

Southbrook Christian Church 
9095 Washington Church Road, Miamisburg 45342 
Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m. 

 

 

"Sips & Shops"

Join us for the Sips & Shops Fashion Show and shopping event featuring boutiques from the Heart of Centerville (and the home of the original Happy Hormone Cottage!).
Thursday, April 25th. Two timeframes to choose from: 6pm - 7:30pm and 7:30pm - 9pm.
The Wise Owl Wine Bar
6206 Mulhauser Road
West Chester OH
$10 per person includes swag bag, light apps and 1 drink ticket.
Co-sponsored by Cincy Chic.
Check back for details on how to register- you don't want to miss this special event!
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Dayton & Cincinnati Locations:
Phone: 513-444-6343

Northern Kentucky:
Phone: 859-360-6696
E-mail: [email protected]

St Louis, Mo
Phone: 636-373-5091
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COMING SOON: Happy Hormone Cottage Atlanta, GA
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