Menopause messes with your internal timetable. For one thing, it almost always comes way earlier than we think it should! I often speak to women who say, "I'm in my mid-forties. I can't be going through menopause, can I?"
Well, yes you can. But add to that the various symptoms of menopause and pretty soon it can feel like menopause... Read more
Although menopause is a natural part of what I like to call "growing up" (I hate to use the word "aging"), it can be accompanied by medical problems that are anything but natural. Hot flashes are annoying as heck, but they won't kill you. Heart disease can.
I hear from a lot of you asking, "Is this normal?" Undoubtedly menopause can be a... Read more
Some experts say that men go through menopause at about the same age as women, and some scientists say that's impossible. I think some men do and some men don't, but anecdotal evidence tells me that they definitely go through SOMETHING.
It used to be called mid-life crisis, and it all too often accompanied looking for the fountain of... Read more
This week I've made an extra effort to look at the questions, comments and other posts on this site and have thought a lot about what others are going through: painful intercourse, early menopause because of surgery, difficulty with intimacy for a variety of reasons. These are very tough problems we face at this point in our lives, when you'd hope... Read more
In my last post, I wrote about the good and the bad concerning caffeine. For better or worse, I can't--no--make that won't--give it up, at least not yet. But I am definitely cutting back, because I found out that there is an amazing amount of caffeine in places I would have never suspected and the evidence is that more than a little bit can... Read more
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