Lone Star Wellness Clinic

08/05/2026

Series: The Hill I’ll Stand On #5…

A normal blood count does not automatically mean your iron status is normal.

Iron stores can become depleted before blood counts drops enough to meet the definition of anemia. That may show up as fatigue, hair shedding, brain fog, restless legs, headaches, feeling cold, or reduced stamina.

The irony? 😆 Iron deficiency can look a lot like hormone deficiency.

Iron is needed for oxygen transport, cellular energy, brain and nervous-system function, healthy hair growth, and enzymes involved in thyroid-hormone production.

This does not mean everyone with these symptoms needs iron—or that anyone should supplement blindly.

It means ferritin and iron studies may deserve a closer look, followed by one important question:

🧐 Why are the iron stores low?

🩸 Sometimes the answer is heavy periods.

🥗 Sometimes it is nutrition, poor absorption, blood donation, or another source of blood loss.

🩸 Normal hemoglobin is only part of the story.

👀 Not every “hormone symptom” is caused by hormones.

08/04/2026

In such a short time, this chair has held the weight of more stories than most people will ever know.

It has held people exhausted from searching—not for someone to simply tell them what they wanted to hear, but for someone willing to truly listen.

Someone to acknowledge what they were experiencing.
To investigate beyond the obvious.
To look at the whole picture.
And to honestly discuss every appropriate option.

Here, I don’t promise easy answers. I promise thoughtful, individualized care. I’ll meet you where you are, and we’ll decide together what comes next.

It may look like just a chair.

But for many, it has been the place where the search finally ended.

If you’re still searching, there’s a seat for you here. ⭐️

08/03/2026

Women’s wellness—without the rushed, check-the-box experience.

Our $275 Women’s Wellness Comprehensive Visit includes:

✓ Women’s wellness history and risk assessment
✓ Breast and pelvic exam when indicated
✓ Pap testing when due
✓ Preventive labs
✓ Review of metabolic and hormonal symptoms
✓ Screening recommendations and referrals when indicated

If your symptom review identifies concerns, a complete hormone evaluation with targeted labs is available separately.

⭐️ Appointments available
📞903-265-3395 (call or text)

08/03/2026

👀Can your mitochondria mimic exercise? 🏋🏻‍♀️🏃🏽‍➡️

🧬MOTS-c is a naturally occurring peptide that rises with exercise and may help regulate energy, glucose use, insulin sensitivity, and muscle function.

🧐Animal research is promising—but human treatment data remain limited.

🐁In mice fed a high-fat diet, MOTS-c reduced weight gain and protected against insulin resistance—but we don’t yet know whether MOTS-c treatment produces the same effects in humans.

An FDA advisory committee recently recommended MOTS-c for the 503A Bulks List. That’s an important step, but it is not FDA approval or final authorization for compounding.

Promising science? Yes. ✅
Proven therapy? Not yet. 🛑

I’m watching this one closely. 🔬

08/02/2026

07/31/2026

Clinic Chronicles

🚦TSH is the signal.
🛟T4 is largely the reserve.
🔋T3 is the active hormone your cells actually use.

💊Levothyroxine supplies T4 and relies on the body to convert it into T3. Many patients do well with that and others don't. Some still feel awful despite a “normal” TSH.

That is why I don’t evaluate one number in isolation. I consider symptoms, TSH, free T4, free T3, antibodies, medication absorption, and other possible causes.

🤔Not everyone needs T3—but persistent symptoms deserve more than:
“Your TSH is normal.”

🧠 Carefully dosed and monitored T3 replacement is not the same as thyroid overtreatment.

🙋🏻‍♀️I understand because I have been this patient.

—Brittani, NP
Lone Star Wellness Clinic

07/30/2026

07/29/2026

Women’s wellness just became even more convenient at Lone Star Wellness Clinic.

I’m excited to now offer:

🌸 Annual well-woman exams
🌸 Pap smears
🌸 Breast exams
🌸 Birth control counseling
🌸 IUD placement and removal
🌸 Menopause & perimenopause care
🌸 Hormone optimization

Your annual exam shouldn’t feel rushed or uncomfortable.

My goal is to create a space where you feel heard, respected, and comfortable asking every question.

Whether you’re due for your Pap, considering an IUD, or navigating changing hormones, I’m here to help.

📍Bullard, Texas
📞 Call or message us to schedule
903-265-3395

07/27/2026

📚Anyone can hang a certificate on the wall. This one represents far more than a piece of paper.

🛤️ My journey with bioidentical hormone therapy began in 2012, when I worked in a BHRT clinic and witnessed firsthand how life-changing this care could be. I watched people regain their energy, confidence, relationships, health, and sense of self after believing they simply had to accept how they felt.

✨ That experience planted a dream in me.

🫶🏽 I was proud to serve patients as a nurse, but I wanted to do more than carry out the treatment plan. I wanted the education and responsibility to evaluate the whole person, search for answers, develop the plan, manage their care, and walk beside them through the process.

👩🏻‍⚕️ So I went back to school—not once, but twice—earning two additional degrees and becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner.

👩🏻‍🏫 Although I did not practice hormone therapy continuously throughout those years, I never stopped following it, learning about it, or believing in its potential to change lives. Completing all four courses in WorldLink Medical’s Advanced Bioidentical Hormone Therapy training brought that journey full circle.

📚This certificate does not replace clinical judgment, experience, compassion, or continued learning. It represents the years behind it: the education, sacrifice, curiosity, and determination it took to become the provider I once dreamed of being.

💡The paper will hang on the wall. The knowledge belongs in the exam room.

07/24/2026

Clinic Chronicles-

One of the hardest parts of healthcare isn’t always finding the diagnosis.

Sometimes it’s feeling like no one really listened.

Stress is real.
Life is busy.
But sometimes “stress” becomes the explanation before the questions have even been asked.

Symptoms deserve a conversation—not assumptions.

Whether the answer is hormones, thyroid, nutrition, sleep, mental health, or something else entirely, every patient deserves someone willing to dig deeper.