Heidi Codino

Blossoming Longevity

Several years ago when I had an emergency c-section to deliver my last daughter 9 weeks early, I died-several times. I remember lying on the recovery bed after they rushed my daughter to the NICU for breathing support and feeling extremely exhausted. I closed my eyes and a few seconds later I heard the heart monitor flatline. I remember thinking “oh sh**!” Next thing I knew I woke up with a sore chest and my husband standing over my bed crying. Apparently, I had a bad reaction to the anesthesia and flatlined several times before finally being stabilized. After that is when my real health journey started.

The next few months were terrible. I was exhausted every second, my hair was falling out, and I gained 60lbs without changing anything.

I went to several doctors and no one could help me. Finally, I got help from a Naturopathic Doctor who diagnosed me with Autoimmune Thyroiditis and put me on bioidentical thyroid hormones. Within weeks the weight started coming off, my hair stopped falling out, and I wasn’t exhausted all the time – I was getting my life back. I decided that I needed to help other women. This is when my journey to become a doctor started.

While getting my doctoral degree, I met my partner in crime: Dr. Serena

Fast forward, 4 very long years after and I started perimenopause. Although I had been taught about hormonal dysregulation and menopause, I had no clue what was happening to my own body. I was having dizzy spells, heart palpitations, panic attacks, severe mood swings, irregular periods, hair thinning, dry skin, and packed on 40lbs, again, without changing anything. These are not the symptoms talked or taught about, and of course, I tried to brush it all off, at first. One day, after a trip to the hospital with no answers, I had enough! I sat down with Dr. Serena and she ran labs that showed I was having severe hormone dysregulation – we figured it out, it was all perimenopause. Dr. Serena then started me on BHRT and I regained my life once again.

There are many different transitions in a women’s life and we are here to make every transition for every one the best it can be!

Heidi Codino
Blossoming Longevity

https://www.blossominglongevity.com/