When I was 44, I felt changes coming in my body. My monthly cycles were starting to get longer. By the time I was 45, my monthly cycle was lasting 14 days. I say that I was exhausted all the time would not have been completely correct. I was beyond exhausted at that point! My good days, I was able to function, but something was wrong.
I discussed the issue with my husband and told him I knew I needed to go see the Dr and get some tests run. I knew where I was headed with it all and I was honestly ok with it.
Hysterectomy.
The day came and I remember as I came out of anesthesia, I felt so much better already. I did not know what all they did, but they took everything out—uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, cervix—everything. The Dr explained that she didn’t want to cut into the uterus to take it out because we didn’t know if any of those tumors were cancerous, so she cut around the cervix and took everything. I was dumbfounded, but grateful. I felt so much better just having come out of the anesthesia that I was so very thankful!
While I was on very limited activity, I bought my Reference Guide for Essential Oils along with my Premium Starter Kit from Young Living I started reading and researching about all the oils in my kit and was completely blown away at everything these oils were good for! I looked up Frankincense and the fact that it has up to 90% in Monoterpenes really impressed me! No…not just impressed me but BLEW my doors off!
What is Frankincense good for? It is often referred to as the “Coconut Oil of Essential Oils”. It is a fantastic skin oil helping in all kinds of ways. I had used it on my scars from my laparoscopic hysterectomy and my body was pulling the oil in so fast that it made my skin a little red. I knew that I needed to add some carrier oil to slow the absorption, so that is what I did. I could not believe how much my body needed this oil! It told me in a very real way that it needed it!
So what did I do?
I started simply by taking a dime size piece of coconut oil in my hand and put 2 drops of Frankincense in my hand and mix them together by rubbing my hands together in a clockwise motion. I rubbed that on my lower abdomen in the morning. in the evening before bed, I did the same thing, but with Lavender.
This was only the beginning of my own discoveries! I loved looking new (to me) oils up in my book and reading all about them. One of the things I had not delved into until lately has been the more scientific aspect of oils. The Terpenes and all their functions are fascinating! 
I am sure you would love this fascinating world of essential oils as much as I have! The research is ongoing and updating every year on new plants and new studies that have been done. It does not take an Aromatherapist to use these essential oils. Just a little bit of training and you are off and running!
As I like to say to my kids and students, “Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!”
Have an amazing day!
God Bless!
Love,
Regina Graham
