Dr. Nagel was more interested in treating the reason I had depression, as opposed to just giving me drugs for my symptoms. I was on high doses of anti-depressants when I met Dr. Nagel. I have not needed to take anti-depressants, or any medications, since I became a patient of Dr. Nagel’s. The goal was to get to the root cause; fix the problem that was causing the symptoms I needed the anti-depressants for in the first place.

Quality of Life Medicine has been the only medical (or dental) office I have ever been a patient of where I am treated with dignity and respect. The staff is the friendliest group of people I have come across in a very long time. Whether I call or come in, they continue to make me feel as though I’m their only patient.

When I first started seeing Dr. Nagel, I was at a point in my life where things had started to change in ways I wasn’t really liking. At that time, I was 51 and just recently turned 52.

For starters, the night sweats and hot flashes during the day were really making me uncomfortable. Along with the night sweats, I wasn’t sleeping well and would wake up often during the night and then not be able to fall back asleep. My energy levels just weren’t the same (due in part to lack of sound sleep), and I seemed to be fatigued more and more, with diminishing strength. Since I have always been a naturally thin person, the pounds that were slowly starting to show up were really frustrating. My diet hadn’t changed but my body was, and quite honestly I didn’t like it one bit! And my libido – well, that had become almost non-existent. Added to that, intercourse had also become very painful and uncomfortable.

So, for many reasons, I started searching for some natural solutions. I have two wonderful grandbabies and wanted to be a fun “mimi” and have energy to keep up with them. I wanted the motivation and energy to exercise to help keep me in better shape and try to lose those pounds that were creeping on. I was craving a good night’s sleep. And I really wanted my libido back for my gentle, understanding husband as well as for myself.

I have never been comfortable with the medical field’s accepted form of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and wanted something more natural. I had been doing a bit of research on my own and when a co-worker told me about Dr. Nagel, I made an appointment. After an in-depth consultation and blood work, I began a program to get my life back in order. Through a combination of nutritional changes, supplements, a good exercise program and the Wiley-Protocol (WP) natural HRT, I have seen incredible changes in myself, and they’re good changes!

When I first met with Dr. Nagel, my hormone levels were so low that he wondered how I was even functioning! No wonder I was having so many of the issues I talked about earlier. He recommended a nutritional and exercise plan, along with the use of the WP HRT (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone).

I started the WP in March and it is now October. In those seven months, my hormone levels have come much closer to being balanced, which in turn has resulted in the positive changes. My energy levels have increased, my libido has come back, I sleep soundly and deeply now, and my strength has increased. I can keep up with my two little grandsons. I’m able to get up in the mornings before work to exercise along with my husband, and I’m able to get through my days without feeling fatigued (well, most of the time). And speaking of exercise, I have always had very little upper body strength and could do women’s push-ups, but not men’s. Just the other day I was actually able to do 12 men’s push-ups, which was a huge accomplishment for me! And speaking of men, my husband is a very happy man. My libido has greatly improved, I have no more pain, and things are, well, just wonderful!

Overall, my sense of well being is so much better. I feel contented and peaceful and have a sense of positiveness. This improved attitude not only affects me, but spills over to those around me and makes life much more pleasant for all of us!

Thank you Dr. Nagel, for your understanding, your knowledge and your care! It’s made a wonderful difference in my life and I am truly grateful.

It’s no wonder why Quality of Life Medicine received four Best of Chico awards. You can’t help but get better when the doctors’ only focus is to get you well, not mask the symptoms. --Stacy

My doctor never told me there was a board certified hormone specialist in town. I watched my neighbor make a life changing transformation right before my eyes and turn into a spunky, lively women with great energy. I wish my doctor would have stopped messing around with what he doesn’t know and refer me to Dr. Nagel. I feel better than I can ever remember. Even better.

Dear Dr. Nagel,

It goes with a territory that while practicing as a physician you tend to hear more of what is wrong with patients than what is right. This letter is indeed to tip the scales in the other direction, to give you something positive for a change! You provide such a wonderful addition to traditional medicine in your concern for your patient’s well-being and greater longevity that I want to give something back to you.

I have not been to your office in quite awhile, so here is an update on my health. For the last year, I have been feeling great in all areas except one. You have seen me for this problem: excessive gas, distention, and flatulence. I have received the opinion of my primary care physician, as well as a gastroenterologist. You have all concluded that I am plagued with bad” bacterial overgrowth in my intestines. I have tried digestive enzymes, probiotics, homeopathic remedies, and antibiotics—all to no avail. In desperation, I saw Joe Matthews who operated on me ten years ago after my near-death experience in Mexico with a bowel obstruction. He was going to put me on LIFELONG Tetracycline. At this point, I went home and scoured my computer for a magic fix. And I found it! A book called “Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet” by Elaine Gottschall. I immediately drove to Barnes and Noble where I purchased one of two copies left on the shelf. I returned home to “digest” the book.

By the following day of adhering to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet in the book, I was feeling like a new person. No longer was I so unbelievably bloated that I could hardly breathe at times. I felt “born again!” I have been on this diet now for 10 days and I am feeling like a new person. The diet is this: no grains, pasta, starches, nor disaccharides. In other words, fresh, fresh, fresh! All meats and fishes, fruits, and most vegetables are considered “legal.” If you want bread, then use almond Flour. Does this sound familiar?

Dr. Nagel, you tried to steer me in the direction of this sort of regime, but I wasn’t ready to accept it. I am relating my saga in hopes that if you don’t already know of this book, you will check it out and tell your patients. It is fabulous! I now make my own yogurt and bread. Meals at my house are surprisingly gourmet. (Lucyskitchen.com will hook your patients up with a great yogurt maker, starter, cookbooks, and almond flour to die for).

The next time I see you, I will have a flat stomach and a smile on my face! Thank you, thank you for planting the seed, even if it took awhile for me to get it out of desperation. This is my story, and you are indeed my favorite doctor!

I went to my doctor because my blood pressure and cholesterol was up, I was depressed, couldn’t sleep, had joint and muscle pain, and had no interest in doing anything. I left with a prescription to maintain my blood pressure, a prescription to maintain my cholesterol, one to “treat” my depression, one for an anti-inflammatory, and a sleeping pill. When I went to Dr. Nagel for a second opinion, he told me these were all symptoms of andropause (male menopause). Since I got my hormones balanced, these things are no longer an issue. I even have a lot more energy and endurance.

Let’s just say I have more strength, energy, strong sex drive and performance, I’m not moody anymore, I sleep like a baby, my cholesterol came down, as did my blood pressure, my belly is gone, my muscle mass has returned, have the energy of a teenager, and I’m more on top of my game than ever before thanks to Dr. Nagel.

A friend told us about Dr. Nagel and his bio identical hormone replacement therapy and weight loss program. BHRT really didn’t mean anything to us at that time but the weight loss program held my interest.

Two weeks later I found out I needed surgery and the surgeon suggested that I lose weight before I had surgery. I felt I just couldn’t buy another diet book and lose weight again only to regain it again. We both needed to lose weight so we looked up Dr. Nagel’s web site and decided to drive the 1 hr and 40 minutes to his office. Dr. Nagel suggested we try BHRT as this would help with weight loss and libido and told us to read a book about it and decide.

Our love-making was happening less and less as we got older. I was 61 and my husband was 66 at the time. We would have to be quick about it before it went down and/or for me getting in the mood was harder. Although we had always enjoyed an active sex life it was becoming more of a chore. We both suffered from a lack of libido.

We are now behaving like we did in our forties. We are making love four to five times a week and having so much fun. We are playful in other rooms of the house and making sexual innuendos to each other. It’s really nice to be retired and enjoy taking our time with lovemaking. We often joke around our house “THANK YOU DR. NAGEL”.

Since I had been through menopause and had stopped having periods I was hard pressed to accept the idea of having a period again by using the Wiley Protocol BHRT. My periods are short and painless and a small price to pay for how well I feel on this program. My husband also things life is pretty darn good too!

Having our vitality and libido back not only makes for a great sex life but also a wonderful sense of well being.