by LynetteSh | Feb 21, 2011 | Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Relief & Treatment, Physical Menopause Symptoms |
Unlike when my friend, Dee Adams of Minnie Pauz fame, began writing about the Big M over 16 years ago, a plethora of menopause sites are to be found on the web. This is good and this is bad. Good – lots of information is available at your fingertips. We are...
by LynetteSh | Sep 8, 2010 | Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hot Flashes, Menopause in Community, Menopause Relief & Treatment, Stopping HRT |
It has been 5 months since I cut my estradiol patch in half; the next step in getting off HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy.) Thankfully, the process has been relatively easy. Oh sure, I’ve had hot flashes on occasion. Especially at night. Still, none of them has been...
by LynetteSh | Jun 1, 2010 | Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause in Community, Research on Menopause |
Calling all Menopause Goddesses. We need your help in a cutting edge new study. As you all know, research on the menopause transition has been sadly lacking. I have been bitching about that for what seems like forever. Thanks to Menopause Goddess, Dee Adams, the...
by LynetteSh | Apr 21, 2010 | After the Pause, bioidentical hormones, Hormone Replacement Therapy |
Day One of Operation Stop HRT Dear diary, Today, I cut my patch in half and secured the non-adhesive end with waterproof tape. I’ve felt virtuous all day. No symptoms or adverse effects at all – not that I expected any. Estrogen will store in fat tissue, and...
by LynetteSh | Apr 12, 2010 | bioidentical hormones, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause in Community, Menopause Relief & Treatment |
Last spring I visited my family practice physician. She is a woman of Goddess age and I asked her if she was taking anything for Menopause symptoms. When she told me that she was on HRT, I Mentioned that I was considering titrating off my bioidentical estrogen, since...
by LynetteSh | Mar 28, 2010 | bioidentical hormones, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hot Flashes, Physical Menopause Symptoms, Research on Menopause |
I’d like to be a jellyfish ‘Cause jelly fish don’t pay rent… They’re just simple protoplasm Clear as cellophane. They ride the winds of fortune, Life without a brain.” from the song Mental Floss by Jimmy Buffett Now that my menopause brain fog has lifted, I...