Bothersome symptoms on the path to menopause can interfere with relationships and affect how we feel about our health.
Perimenopause education needed
This article is an excerpt from Ada Calhoun’s book, “Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis”. There are several important themes. First, the suffering women experience, caused by not having anticipatory guidance about the menopause transition, or as she puts it, “being badly prepared”. Everyone can deal better with things…
Sudden onset menopause from hysterectomy — many of the same symptoms as the menopausal transition. Here we share an opinion piece from the Guardian written by Diane Danzebrink. In it, she shares her experience of sudden onset menopause after a hysterectomy. Many of her symptoms will sound very familiar to…
An article calling for anticipatory guidance for menopause — hear, hear! We can’t believe we haven’t shared this piece by Lisa Selin Davis from November of 2018 sooner. Forty-five-year-old women need a version of “the talk,” because our bodies are changing in ways that are both really weird and really…
In this article, Aileen Weintraub shares her personal story with symptoms in her early forties and wonders why women don’t know what’s coming. We couldn’t agree more! But who is taking care of us while we navigate this new territory? Who is telling us that it is perfectly normal to…
In this article, Wency Leung points out how little is known as women approach hormonal changes at midlife and how little we talk about menopause (or perimenopause). “The lack of candid discussion about menopause has real consequences. Without a good understanding of what to expect, it can be a needlessly…