Ageless Beauty Enterprises, LLC

"I feel you're never too old, it's never too late to follow what you love doing," she said. https://www.wcnc.com/article/money/business/small-business/80-year-old-entrepreneur-opens-eighth-business-nail-salon/85-d4fe0266-ff2f-42b8-ae22-f73984814f36?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WCNC_Charlotte

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The way my mood swings are set up…sweet mother of God. I can’t. 😩 #over50 #menopause #perimenopause

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Ladies, how yall feeling? I’m so sick of this! HRT here I come. We must continue to have these conversations and help each other out. #menopause #klymaxx #hotflash #brainfog #sendhelp #hrt #hormones #estrogen

Super inspiring!

This 65-year-old woman is a pull-up legend: "It's never too late." 💪 https://abcnews.link/NX1h9mi

This is what “You don’t need to lose weight! Lose weight where??” looks like with clothes on. Clothes off? Let’s just say, hubby reeeeeaaalllly loves me!😩 (my apologies to anyone if this offends….but being honest🤷🏽‍♀️)

But it’s so much deeper than the external. For the past 3 yrs, I’ve been dealing with uncontrollable HBP. They say HBP is a silent killer. But for me, it wasn’t and I am so grateful to God because of it.🙌🏾 Buuuuuuttttt…..I’ve been in sooooo much pain. It’s started with piercing headaches to where I thought I wasn’t gonna wake up the next day. A whole yr later it went away. Then I started with chest pains to where I thought I was having a heart attack. I’ve been in and out of ER and last month was admitted. Every single visit, docs can’t find anything. Blood work, MRI, CAT scan, X-rays, you name it. Openly, “I am fine!”. Behind closed doors, the people closest to me knows the real. I started calling them “episodes”, because it’s what they are for me. I just had another last night.

The reason for this post is for several reasons:

1. I’m using this platform going forward as my open diary. Hopefully, my kids will better understand how serious this may be.

2. I want to show people that being able to hide fat doesn’t mean you aren’t. I am clinically obese. It’s showing externally and internally.

3. Maybe I can help someone else. Be diligent about getting bloodwork and never ignore the slightest pain.

So last week, my mind was made up and no more excuses. Because I did, I’ve lost 7lbs. I made simple changes but making exercising my priority to strengthen my heart and lower BP. Of course diet plays a big role and I’m working on that too. NO MORE FAST FOOD!

Last but not least, PLEASE check on your strong friends. Just because they don’t talk about it, doesn’t mean they aren’t going through it. I love ya’ll and hope you don’t take my post lightly.

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The fact that for just a bery small window i believed i finally earned some peace from mother nature just for her to double down with the misery!

“Dreadful Anniversary”! 👎🏾

One year ago today, this picture was taken. I was at the previous salon I worked at getting my hair colored by my good friend Eric and he noticed it. He asked what happened and how did I get that bruise? I was confused by his question, so he took this pic and showed me. I thought maybe I was allergic to the bleach or something an honesty didn’t put too much thought into it. He asked if it hurt or itch, it didn’t.

When I got home and showed my husband, we decided I should make a doc appt to check it out. The doctor confirmed that a blood vessel had popped and that was the result of bruising. My blood pressure had been creeping and would not subside, so I was put on blood pressure medicine….3 total. Today also makes a year since being on it.

There has been so much I have been dealing with for the entire year that I cannot put into this post.

Please, make conscious efforts to take care of yourselves. I have been on a pain rollercoaster and STILL trying to find a doctor that can help me get to the root of this. This rodeo is not fun and extremely costly.