I am interested to know whether I can use Naturone on my children, from what age, and how my husband would use it.

Your children .... do not use progesterone therapy on them until their endocrine system is fully developed i.e. until puberty. Thereafter you can use it liberally.

Re your husband, Dr Shirley Bond's book Natural Progesterone therapy which she wrote with Ann A Rushton, has a chapter on men and how they use it. Basically they use it for whatever a woman does (except falling pregnant!!) but they use 1/3 of the female dose. It is excellent for stress ... i.e. in being non-reactive to stress, as well as for allergiesand auto-immune disease prevention and treatment in the early stages to reverse the condition and also men respond especially well for Arthritis. It is natures anti-inflammartory and pain-killer and rubbed onto the joint it works wonders.

I was going to give you a call but will drop you a short e-mail in the meantime. I wanted to tell you that I started taking progesterone in November, Pip actually gave me a sample when he popped in to see my Mom and Dad and then I came to a talk and carried on with it. I have been trying to fall pregnant since the beginning of last year – not ovulating – and low and behold, am now 12 weeks pregnant! (just 3 month’s later) The progesterone definitely worked for me, unless the fertility dolls from a friend in Kenya did the trick!

A Mitchley

Thought you would like to know ….., both girls that were on Naturone to enhance there chances of pregnancy are now pregnant. One stopped the cream before I knew she was pregnant and hasn't ordered any more but she is doing okay.

The other girl has just found out today (and rang me first - delighted!!!), I advised her to stay on the cream which she as agreed to do but has discussed whether she needs to stay on it throughout. She is the client the has the polycystic ovaries. How should I advise?

Take care, Patricia

My mother attended a talk given by you here in Harare and bought me a tub of Naturone. I had had severe PND after my first baby which lasted for 6 months, and she knew I would give anything not to go through the same thing again.

This time round, (my baby is now 3 month) I put 1ml Naturone morning and night and have not had depression, in fact have not had so much as one negative thought. It is quite amazing. It is also wonderful to know that there was a reason for the other depression and that I was NOT going mad !

Many thanks for your product, I will be telling all my pregnant friends about this wonderful product.

By the way, I am an amazing cow, this time round, and my baby is so good. Could this also be an effect of this product?

Brenda, Harare

MOYRA had a thyroid problem and was suffering from depression. She started the Naturone cream on 5 May. She initially felt nauseous and very tired, but soon started to feel well. Full of energy and not depressed at all anymore, and has lost 5 kg’s in weight (in only 6 weeks!). Before leaving to live in the UK, she gave us her Thyroid print out

14 March PATIENTS RESULTS CORRECT RANGE

F.T.3. 4.0pmd 2.2 – 5.4

Thyroxine 9.9 9.1 – 23.8

T.S.H. 10.28 0.049 – 4.67

30 May F.T.3. 4.1 2.2 – 5.4

Thyroxine 13.5 9.1 – 23.8

T.S.H. 4.14 0.049 – 4.67

Her doctor is very pleased with this result!

I was diagnosed with Endometriosis two years ago. At the end of July I visited Eden Health and told them about my situation and how I had to go back into hospital for Laparoscopic Surgery. They recommended I used a progesterone cream which could help my symptoms, so I did for the next six months. At first I thought the cream was very expensive but now I feel it was worth every penny and will continue to use it in the future.

After surgery had taken place to remove the Endometirosis I was informed by the Doctor that something strange had happened and they could not explain what, but I did not need to go back into hospital for further surgery, which would have been a Hysterectomy in my case. I was absolutely delighted and immediately thought of the Naturone cream, that it had worked for me.

Hi Moira and Sally,

I would just like to express my sincere gratitude to your team who were at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast last night. I found the talk to be very informative.

I purchased the progeseterone cream last night, but I am not entirely sure how much to use. I am 33 years old and suffer from severe migraines that occur at least once a week – this has devastating effects on both my work & family life. I was put on the contraceptive pill (Cerazette) about 3 years ago as my periods were very painful and heavy and my migraines were much more severe at this time. I would like to know if I should stop the pill immediately & how much cream should I use?

I look forward to your response.

Many Thanks

Karen McLoughlin

Many Thanks Sally – I have been using the cream regularly and haven’t had a migraine attack since, which is wonderful, I have also got some for my mum & aunt – who are both delighted with it.

Many Thanks once again!

Karen McLoughlin

So I really feel indebted to you for approaching my mother-in-law in the bank that day! I am so excited about this alternative to HRT as well and also look forward to my eventual menopause instead of the dread most women view it in these modern times.

I have started to tell my friends about it should any of them like to try this therapy.

Take care. God bless.

Best wishes.

Shelagh

Just want to testify, this is the first month that I have not had a cyclical migraine, only been on the cream 4th week

now!! God and Natural Progesterone is good!!

Thanks

Nikki

Hi Sally,

Just a short e mail to say hi and hope you are both well.

Just before my walk in the vineyard this morning I was flicking through the TV channels and came to this programme 3 talk on Sabc Africa. We don’t get Sabc 1 2 or 3.And they were discussing bones etc. What a load of rubbish and the gynaecologist ended with his words of wisdom that all women need estrogen for their bones and da da da.

It again just made me so thankful that you were an answer to my prayers when I was going through that tough time four years ago with the menopause and continual bleeding etc. Thank you Sally for all that you have done for me and given me the knowledge so that I can pass on the TRUTH to many ignorant people.

I have found over these last four years that with many of the women I have talked to, the ones who have stuck with the cream and altering their life styles and making good choices and becoming responsible for their own bodies are the ones who are converted and spread the message. So many just tried the cream for a few months, tossed it aside and have gone on with their old life styles. And they are suffering now. A lot simply refuse to believe that the cream can do so much good. I have example after example of "friends" who are battling health issues because not only do they refuse to buy the cream[ bleating its too expensive but go on overseas holidays regularly or change their habits of drinking diet coke etc. One friend is religiously swallowing fosamex and complaining of stomach ailments. and another has crippled fingers but keeps on drinking sodas. I now just refuse that they will steal my joy and we avoid the health topic altogether.

But I have had a few wonderful converts.

Thanks Sally for letting me be a part of your team I really do appreciate it and I press on because of the few out there who genuinely want my help.

Take care and bless you both,

Avis

Greetings Sally,

I last menstruated almost 8 Months ago, have polycycstic ovaries and insulin resistant - for this reason, am unable to note my ovulation date. I wrote to you asking how to take Naturone in my case. You advised that I should take Naturone 1ml morning and 1ml night every day leaving off 5 days between jars. I should carry on until a period starts,

Once a period starts then count 12 days before applying Naturone, continue with the cream until the next period, count 12 days etc. etc. This, you said would soon get me regular (hopefully within the next 6 months) You also attached serious dietary changes that I need to make to overcome Insulin resistance, if I want this all to work.

Well, it has been ten days since I started my first bottle of Naturone as per your dosages below and am so "over the moon" to report that I have had my first period in over 8 months.

I have marked the calendar and am trusting that my next period will be "on time".

Wow, wish I had come across this product sooner.

Blessings

Chantelle

Hi Sally,

I'm just so grateful to have access to a product that I now can use and know it helps. I've been diagnosed in 2000 with Fibro-myalgia and ever since been very frustrated, not being able to live a pain free life or having access to medication that can cure me or make me feel better. Dr Beverly Traub diagnosed me and since I've taken muscle relaxers, S5 pain killers, anti-inflammatory, Cymbalta and multiple injections. Sometimes just the side effects of some of the medication were too much to deal with. I must be honest with you. I was very skeptical to try Naturone, obviously because by now I've tried so many products and all in vain. I was desperate, because my health deteriorated by the day, but I had nothing to loose. We also end up paying for all my medication half way trough the year already. To make things worse, I developed an overactive thyroid and after treatment now a under active thyroid. My gynecologist suggested the Merina for me to avoid taking oral contraceptives as well.

Yolandi told me about the product and urged me on to visit your website or to phone you. Both my husband and myself visited you're website and I knew I had to try the treatment. The first month was horrible. I used the naturone, stopped all the other medication and could hardly walk or sleep. The pain was overwhelming. I remembered phoning you and complaining. You in return said that I must try and complete the three months course and rub the cream on in the area where the pain was most severe. I spite off the further deterioration of my health (as I was convinced), I decided to use the 2nd tub in December and the holiday period made it easier now because I had less work related stress.

That was the turn in my health situation. I felt better after the second month. Better means even better than any other day before I started with Naturone. As soon as I started feeling uncomfortable I knew it was time to start the cream again. I've completed my first three months course now and feel like a new person. The pain has changed from overwhelming to slightly uncomfortable. I didn't take any form of pain killers over the last three months and certainly don't need any now. As a result, I don't feel like a Zombie, I sleep well and is back at work in full force. My husband is also delighted because my not being well has put a lot of strain on my family. He asked me to reorder enough cream for another 6 months.

Do you know what it feels like to me; like a doctor telling me I'm going to live after all, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Regards

Elna Oberholzer (0825603054)

SALLY’S COMMENT " <slongden@naturone.com>

PROGESTERONE THERAPY IS NATURE'S VALIUM AND ONE OF IT'S WONDERFUL EFFECTS IS CALMING AND MAKING YOU NON-REACTIVE. PEOPLE DO USE IT TO SLEEP

Thanks Sally. Now I understand why I am so calm in Traffic when I used to be a wreck before. I can recommend it for all would be "road-ragers."

Regards Sylvia

Hi Sally

I doubt you will remember me but I called you two months ago in mid-September to ask advice about the use of Naturone. We discussed it and you asked me to let you know how it’s going. I wanted to give you an update. I had been taking HRT for approx 10 years and in discussion with my GP I took a lowered dosage for 6 months and then stopped taking it all together. About four months after I stopped taking it I was experiencing horrendous symptoms of chronic anxiety, heart palpitations, depression and panic attacks. I really thought I was going insane, I couldn’t understand why I was feeling what I was feeling and it scared me, I had never experienced these things before. I would wake in the middle of the night with a fright, my heart pounding, my mind racing, adrenaline pumping through my veins and then I would panic because I didn’t understand what was happening.

During this time, I consulted my GP who said I was depressed and gave me anti-depressants. This was the same GP that took me off HRT’s. He never mentioned that I might suffer any side effects from coming off HRT’s. I took the antidepressants for three days, had a massive panic attack and never took them again. I went back to my GP and he prescribed different anti-depressants. I refused to take them. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, but I couldn’t face taking those pills again, it just didn’t feel right. I decided to find the real cause of these symptoms on my own.

It was a few weeks later that a friend of mine, who suffers terribly from endometriosis and is allergic to HRT’s, asked me if what I was experiencing could be hormone related. I had no idea so I started researching. I was shocked at what I found. My GP never warned me and yet all the symptoms I was experiencing were common side effects from unbalanced hormones! I became convinced that this was the route of my problem. I discussed it with my Dietician (Mathie Leach) because I was looking for a way to fix it, naturally, and she introduced me to Naturone and gave me the web address.

I read everything I could find on your product and listened to Dr Lee’s CD. I was horrified to hear the facts about HRT’s and just earlier this year I had to undergo surgery to remove a lump from one of my breasts, it was clear, no cancer…but I got a real shock and then hearing about synthetic hormones and their effect on your body, I was shocked, I had been on them for 10 years and no one ever questioned that! If I had gone back to my GP he would have recommended I go back on the pill immediately and I would be back at square one.

Instead, I ordered a batch of Naturone in the hopes that my diagnosis was correct and that this would balance my hormones again. That’s when I called you the first time. The day I called, I was so desperate, I was constantly panicked and anxious, my brain felt like it was on speed all the time, I felt like I was stuck in a bad acid trip with no way out.

You were so friendly and professional on the phone and Helen, from your distribution office, was so efficient and helpful, thank you so much!

The cream arrived within two days and I immediately started using it. I was warned that at first it might get a little worse and admittedly the first day was bad but I kept using the cream and literally within hours I was feeling better and within days I almost felt euphoric because I felt normal!

I’ve been using the cream twice a day from day 12 to day 1, for two months now and I am still experiencing heart palpitations on certain days of my cycle (always from approx day 17) and my ears are still ringing but the worst of the symptoms are gone. Once in a while I have felt anxiety or panic but always briefly and nothing as severe as before. I have struggled with emotional ups and downs (especially pre-menstrual) and my cycle was starting after 30-32 days and now it is starting between 19-20 days but I am sure it will balance out eventually. It is such a relief, I honestly thought I would never feel normal again, I was so scared! I believe that although my body is not 100% right yet, it will get there with time.

I wanted to thank you for your product and your excellent service. It seems like the world is becoming more and more selfish and profit driven and it frightens me to think that the people who have the skills, the knowledge and the technology to help people, abuse them to make more profit. It gives me hope to know that there are some who are still fighting a good fight! Thank you, I, for one, am so grateful for people like Dr Lee and the others who developed this cream and this treatment.

I have just ordered my second batch and I look forward to sending you more good news as the months go by.

Kindest regards

K

Thank you for my previous order; I cannot express fully enough the delight and relief of symptoms that this cream has given me. For years I have (unknowingly) suffered from ovarian cysts culminating in one bursting last year resulting in major surgery and removal of my right ovary and fallopian tube. A few months later another appeared on my left ovary - the size of a football! The pain and swelling was extremely debilitating and I was advised by my gynae that another operation was the only option. Not happy with this prospect I wanted to understand and address the source of the problem. This led me to Stella Berg, who pinpointed the cause - hormonal imbalance - and in turn put me onto your Naturone. Within a couple of weeks of using your cream the swelling reduced completely and of course the consequent pain disappeared - I can now walk without discomfort, I'm no longer plagued by intermittent seizures of pain and my energy levels are rising again.

Just absolutely marvellous!!

Please send me a repeat order –

P Higgins

I was recently introduced to the cream Naturone by Pam. I was dubious at first as this cream is not inexpensive. I was willing to try it as I am no spring chicken and with menopause around the corner as well, as me being a potential victim for breast cancer; I took the plunge and started using the cream. When I say I am a potential victim for cancer it is because I have relatives on my father and my mothers side who have had breast cancer. My mom was also a victim, so I have to go for regular check-ups for this reason. I have only experienced tenderness on my left side and after using Naturone for two months this has disappeared.

I was also suffering from bleeding piles for quite some time and nothing seemed to help. After using Naturone this condition suddenly cleared up. As I am no medical expert I cannot prove that it was the cream that helped me, but as I was not using anything else I can only put it down to that.

My only complaint is that you cannot get this through your medical aid and as this is a natural progesterone it can only be beneficial for you. We live in such an artificial age and good products like Naturone are hard to come by and it can also be heavy on your pocket. I feel we should all be able to benefit from natural products which do more good than harm.

Thank you

Susan.

Gisela Gross

Heidi

Always come off drugs slowly. Your body has become used to them and you could have withdrawal effects if you come off the HRT too quickly.

I suggest you immediately start using Naturone and then wean yourself off HRT over 3 - 6 months, whichever is best for you. Some people can come off fairly quickly without having withdrawal symptoms, others need longer. On a pill, it is easy , as you would miss every other day for the first month, miss 2 days between dose in the second month. miss 3 days in the third month etc. With the patch, you would cut a quarter out of the patch used in the first month. a half off the second month, 3/4 the 3rd month etc. The implant you just never take another one, but may use more Naturone for those months until you feel totally balanced

Thanks

BRENDA

SALLY’S COMMENT ….. That really shows how little he knows about fibroids ...... their growth is STIMULATED by oestrogen.

Anyway, don't be confused, be joyful... they have gone !!! And WE know how !!!

I am 42 and have had just about all the symptoms you talk about on the website in varying degrees over the  years - I find doctors really unhelpful and unwilling to try and understand that I listen to my body and that things have been changing gradually for the last 4 years. They just don't seem to understand this peri-menopause idea!!!.

I am unwilling to pursue the sleeping problem with the doctor as prescription sleeping tablets and anti-depressants make the situation worse and I certainly am not prepared to go the HRT rote, I have several friends who have come badly unglued that way. Can I continue to adjust the cream when the peri menopausal symtoms just aren't manageable on 2 spoons and then readjust when it calms down again ?

Thanks so much

Martine Watts

SALLY’S REPLY

Yes you are doing the right thing by using it more when you need it more. You are going through extreme ostrogen dominance right now ... with cessation of ovulation. Also increase the dose especially if you are stressed, the progesterone is all converted into the stress hormones leaving nothing to balance YOU, so then too is a good time to increase the dose according to stress levels. You will find when having gone through menopause you will be able to take less and less. I too listen intently to my body.

NATURONE has helped me so very much.

As I told you Shirley got me started. She said to me last year, "Susan, I think what you need is natural progesterone cream".

To cut a long story short, I had decided I would not be going the HRT route and although I am so glad I made this decision, it has been a difficult one, since the effects of menopause, like the hot flushes and moods swings have been awful.

Once I began using the natural Progesterone cream and getting used to the amount I needed to balance my system, my skin has improved, my energy levels better, mood swings have disappeared, my weight seems more balanced and most of all the hot flushes have lessened and almost down to nothing now.

So I am keen to assist others who are battling with various problems also and would like to become a promoter of your product.

Thank you once

Sincerely

Susan Huntingford