The Menopause Blogs

  • Menopause – Different Country, Different Doctor, Different Treatment, Different Attitude

    I have lived in several states (never any other country) : California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Hawaii, let me say this, doctors in different states don’t treat you the same. How about living in a different country? How do different country’s doctors address Menopause?

  • Menopause – Different State, Different Doctor, Different Treatment, Different Attitude

    I have lived in several states: California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Hawaii, let me say this, doctors in different states don’t treat you the same.

  • What Affects Your Menopause?

    I’ve said this before and I’m going to say it again, doctors do not know SQUAT about Menopause, and it blows my mind that any claim they do. There is one and only one exception to that: The doctor that has gone through their menopause. I use They/Them/Their pronouns because anyone with a female reproductive…

  • The Price of Menopause

    Since my menopause began in October of 2018, I have spent thousands on mixable concoctions, capsules, oils etc., to ease my symptoms. Over the counter formulas doctors prescribed, things I purchased on my own to try, and then the hours upon endless hours awake in the middle of the night, during a hot flash, researching…

  • Menopause and Hormone Testing

    Doctors have changed the timeline for menopause. Personally, my head shakes when I hear “pre” menopause” and “post” menopause as we are all suffering from the same symptoms, and it is simply a change in our internal hormone structure. And how old we are. Hormones tend to change by the second, the minute, the hour.…

  • Traveling With Menopause

    Ok, fine, if you have to, but first let me tell you a story… Two humans and two cats decided to take a three-week tour of the US on our way to Canada to spend a year with our best friends. We thought if we liked it, we might stay awhile, but let’s get there…

  • Menopause – The Battle with Ovarian Cysts

    So, a couple of weeks ago I started feeling more icky than normal. The bloating is excessive, the pain moving through my tummy excruciating. Add in a few strange muscle spasms (one is in my upper lip), the odd smell of fish when I heat up water (seriously wtf?) and lower back pain and you…

  • Menopause: Television Commercials – How They Shame and Ignore Us at the Same Time

    No matter what time of day, no matter what television program I am watching, the TV is shaming me. I am not pretty enough, smell bad “down there”, need help pooping, and my eyes may bulge. If it’s not me, it’s a man’s bent or flaccid penis or your kids’ potential for ADD/ADHD. When is…

  • Menopause and the Real World

    In a previous article I wrote about Menopause and the Workplace. That article was based on the last workplace I knew, and I only knew office jobs. How ignorant of me and I sincerely apologize to those that have way harder jobs than I have ever had. I cannot touch on all of them but…

  • Cholesterol and Menopause or is it Menopause and Cholesterol?

    So, like, did ya know, like, the two are totally, like, related? They are! That’s my Valley Girl creeping out. So, in my family it has been said that high cholesterol runs on the women’s side of my family. Sadly, there is not a lot to go on from the past.