Dr. Nerette
This is just a short note to let you know that I am very pleased with the results of your biodentical hormone treatment. My hot flashes are a thing of the past and my whole being feels better. I'll be seeing you again soon.
B.D.

I HAD A TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY WHEN I WAS 40 YRS OLD AND STARTED PRE-MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS, SEVERE HOT FLASHES AND NIGHT SWEATS. SO I TOOK SYNTHETIC HORMONES FOR 5 YEARS, SYMPTOMS WENT AWAY BUT THE FEAR OF TAKING THESE HORMONES GOT ME INTERESTED IN BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES. AT FIRST I TRIED CREAMS, AND A NATURAL SOY. STILL MY SYMPTOMS WERE NOT GONE. UNTIL I WOULD CALL IT, WHAT CHANGED MY LIFE EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY WERE THE PELLETS, WITHIN 1 MONTH OF TAKING MY PROGESTERONE AND THE DOCTOR INJECTED THE TESTOSTORONE AND ESTROGEN PELLETS ALL MY SYMPTOMS DISSAPPEARED AT A 100%, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS I COULD REALLY HAVE A GOODNIGHT SLEEP WITHOUT WAKING UP SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO NIGHT SWEATS, I HAVE MORE ENERGY, ESPECIALLY IN MY SPORT OF PLAYING TENNIS. MY SKIN, MY JOINTS,MY SEX DRIVE, MY EMOTIONS ARE ALL LIKE WHEN I WAS 20 YRS OLD, NOW I AM 49, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE THE PELLETS, I PROMISE!! IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!! I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR FINDING DR. NERETTE AND HELPING ME TO LOOK FORWARD TO
LIVING A FULLFILLING LIFE IN MY 40'S AND MANY MORE YEARS!! :)
D.L.

It is with great pleasure that I write about my experiences with Dr. Nerette and Stephanie Muniz, ARNP and their state of the art Medical Spa (Belissimo) in Weston,Fl. I feel incredibly blessed to have this quality facility right here in my hometown of Weston, but I would gladly drive to another county for this level of service.

In response to turning 50, and starting to get the usual battery of miserable “peri-menopausal “ symptoms, I started a process of self education over 2 years, in order to learn about my options. I was in denial about my gradual loss of energy, accepting that I would just have to live with the feeling of being completely pooped at the end of my day. I thought that I would never be able to sleep soundly through the night again. I thought that I would just have to “suck it up” and live with the hot flashes, the sagging, ever increasingly drying skin, the less than robust libido and the joint aches that I started to get at way to early an age. Making it through a workout at the gym, once a pleasure, was getting to be a huge chore , with delayed onset soreness that lasted for 3 or 4 days. My neck and jaw skin no longer look taut, and I was getting brown spots on my face , all of a sudden, it seemed.

Don’t get me wrong- as a trained medical professional ( I am a Physician Assistant) and have always been committed to healthy living and exercise, I didn’t look like “I was falling apart” ; I just felt like I was leaving behind the energy and pain free living I had always enjoyed. But I knew that I was not going to feel any better unless I did something. With a friend diagnosed with breast Cancer at age 43 and all the press around breast Ca, I wanted to make certain that I made the right choice about hormone replacement. I read several books and dozens of articles about hormone replacement and unflinchingly chose the bioidentical route. Without any doubt, I truly and completely believe that not only is this the way that women can manage their increasingly longer and productive lives joyfully, but I feel that bioidentical hormone therapies(along with good healthy living habits) are THE KEY TO MINIMIZING ONE’S RISK OF CANCER.

In the summer of 2008, I set out to find a local physician who knew enough about bioidentical therapies that I would feel comfortable be his patient. As a PA, I took a course of OB/GYN in training , prescribed and promoted (later, as a sales rep) birth control pills for several years. Add this to the fact that I am pretty obsessive about my own health and picky about the doctors that I choose to see. I went to lectures and first appointments with 3 other physicians before I came to see Dr. Nerette.

What impressed me about Dr Nerette (and Stephanie) were the following:
-he spent over 1 hour in initial consultation with me , cheerfully and thoroughly answering my questions
-he tested my blood for no more or less than he NEEDED to guide his therapy ( it is very easy in these situations to order unnecessary tests)
-they offer a Truly Complete array of medical and spa services, and there was no sense of over promotion-(as a result, I chose to do my Botox there next time)
-Dr. Nerette ( and Stephanie’s ) bedside manner were terrific; friendly, real, easy going, professional and informative.

About a week after my Sottopelle insertion ( a tiny bioactive pellet inserted under the skin of your tush), my hot flashes DISAPPEARED. Two weeks later, I started to get up in the morning without that dragging feeling I have felt for so long. At 4 PM, I was not looking for a latte nor a place to rest any longer…I was planning my family dinners and doing my administrative “homework” with out that feeling of tired drudgery. My workouts started to improve: I am able to do cardio AND weights again, instead of having to choose one or the other. My body , in all, feels like it did 10 or more years ago, long before I had any inkling of what it is like to live without hormones. You see, nearly every cell in the body has receptors for hormones, and my body had been, as they say” running on empty”. Stephanie just re-checked my levels at the one month point and, they were in the normal ranges for a non menopausal woman. More important to me than any of these mostly beauty conscious changes I have mentioned, is the feeling that I have done right by my body; that I have made the correct decision concerning my overall health and wellness.

I believe that Dr. Nerette and the bioidentical hormone replacement therapy options that he offers are truly cutting edge today. I fully expect that what he and select few other physician establishments are offering to the general public today will become mainstream by the time my children start to reach midlife… What Dr. Nerette offers is cost effective, future forward, sound medical practice with a terrific bedside manner. Please don’t wait until you are sick or suffering before you learn enough about bioidentical hormones. No pharmaceutical company is going to pay for the kind of ads needed to bring this forward to the American public at large , (because they are generic/un-patentable). It is a gift you give yourself and your family.

Sincerely,
A.S.

I am writing you this letter so that other women in my circumstance realize, they do have options. I am now a 40 year old woman, about a year and a half ago I started having some issues, originally, I thought I was depression. I've never been a depressed person or have never felt like this. I was feeling very down, not sleeping at all, my energy level was almost none, I became forgetful, nauseous periodically, had no sex drive. I began sweating all the time especially at night. I would wake up every hour on the hour with night sweats, on with the covers, off with the covers, getting up changing sheets because I was soaking through them. I would suffer hot flashes during the day and started not having a period when I should, I could not function properly. I felt like if anyone would say anything to me, I would either cry or tear there head off with my hands alone. My people skills seemed to be leaving me and I was left with this empty shell. I could hear the way I was speaking to people, especially my poor husband, and new that this was not me and something was terribly wrong.

I started with my G.P. and he did some blood work on me. At that time my blood work was pretty good. They checked my Thyroid, Liver, blood pressure all the usual stuff when your considered healthy. I explained the way I was feeling with my doctor and he told me that I was 38 going on 39, women sometimes get depressed at this age and with all the pressure I could be over stressed (which, I was stressed) that all I needed was to take a light anti-depressant and some sleeping pills. When I got home that night, I was beside myself. I could not believe that this guy wanted ME to take anti- depression drugs (even though I may be a little depressed). I got on line and looked up the medicine he prescribed and was taken back that my doctor wanted me to take that medicine.

Then I called my GYN for help, unfortunately he didn't do much more to help. He did a hormone blood test to see where my levels were. They were completely out of line and he prescribes me birth control pills, told me of a new birth control that was safe and effective for what I was going through. I thought I was going to go out of my mind, I do not like taking any medication, even Advil unless absolutely necessary.

Some history and being displeased with the decision of birth control, when I was 18 I had my first bad pap test. For the next 10 years I continued to take birth control and had one problem after the next with my Cervix. I was having a procedure every year if not twice in a year. Birth control pills was not what I wanted to hear because when I was 28 years old they found that I had Cervical Cancer and had to have 2 surgeries to remove it. When my doctor found the cancer, he advised that I get off the pill and never take it again. At that time studies had shown a possibility that birth control was or could be a factor. I stopped taking birth control and was not going to start now. I asked for another solution. His new solution was to take anti-depression medicine. I felt like I was going crazy.

I went to 4 doctors and numerous test later, before finding out from a friend about the Bioidentical hormone replacement. I found a doctor in my area and started interviewing. Dr. Nerette was the second phone call I made. By the time I got to Dr. Nerette I was so far depleted of hormones and started having trouble signs with my thyroid. I must admit, I am so thankful to have found a alternative solution that is natural for my body and lasts for 6 months or so.. It's been since November of 2008 and I am back to normal with, as of now, no side effects to complain about. I feel like my old self again and will continue Bioidentical treatments.
Thank you for my life back.
L.P.

I was already a believer in Bio- Identical hormone replacement but not happy with the doctor’s office I was going to for that treatment. I started exploring alternatives and learned about Sottopelle. After many visits to Dr. Nerette’ s web site I decided to go for a consult. Having my fears addressed about the surgical nature of pellet insertion, I finally decided to try Sottopelle. The main symptom I was hoping to control was hot flashes. I was asked to name 5 symptoms I would like to see abated. It’s been about 5 months since I first got the pellets. I can’t begin to say how much better I feel in so many ways. I am move energetic, I have seen unexpected weight loss, return of libido, no hot flashes, improved quality of sleep, and generally just more happy. All so worth a tiny incision.

Joan B.