Sherri GriggsNurse Practitioner, Balanced Body Health and Wellness LLC · Nurse Practitioner at Balanced Body Health and Wellness LLC

From Illness to Wellness: My Hormonal Balance Journey #shorts

1 Sept 2026 · 2 min

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In this first-person testimonial, the speaker recounts a long history of hormonal and metabolic issues—including insulin resistance, PCOS, infertility, heavy periods, depression, brain fog, low libido, and low energy—exacerbated by a cerebellar ischemic stroke in July 2023. Conventional providers (endocrinologists and general practitioners) were unable to diagnose or treat the underlying hormonal imbalance, offering only additional medications. Seeking a last‑ditch solution, the speaker consulted a practitioner named Sherri, who conducted extensive testing and prescribed an elimination diet to identify inflammatory triggers. By removing processed foods, refined sugars, and ultra‑processed items and focusing on whole foods, the speaker lost 45 lb, resolved insulin resistance, and regained a sense of control and empowerment over her health.

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Before I went to see Sherri, I had insulin resistance, PCOS, infertility issues, heavy periods, depression, extreme brain fog, very low libido, and extremely low energy. And a lot of those things were due to hormonal imbalance as well as a cerebellar ischemic stroke that I had in July of '23. Even before my stroke, I always knew that I had a hormonal imbalance. I went to an endocrinologist and my general practitioners and They really didn't understand how to help me. They didn't understand the tests to run, and they just prescribed me more medications, honestly. And so when I heard about Sherri, I thought, you know, this is kind of a last-ditch effort to try and heal my body. And so I went to see her and let her know all of my symptoms, and she If she didn't know the answer to any of my questions, then she would find the answers for me. And she ran as many tests as she could think of and put me on an elimination diet to try and figure out what, what was I doing that was causing the inflammation. Was it my— I mean, it could have just been environment, or it could have been the foods that I was eating. Um, and through that elimination diet, I was able to completely With Sherri's help, I was able to completely change my life. And I am currently no longer eating processed foods, ultra-processed foods, refined sugars. I'm just trying to eat whole foods. And that is actually healing my body. I'm no longer insulin resistant. I've lost 45 pounds, which is amazing because I'm not on any sort of named diet, which I have done my entire life. So I feel like I have the power back. I feel like I have control over my life.