Monday, February 9, 2009
The 'Oprah' Effect on Menopause
Well, more news outlets are covering the menopause subject these days. Why? One word - Oprah! After a segment on her popular talk show and articles in O Magazine, Oprah Winfrey has raised the menopause profile to great heights. But will it last? Let's hope the subject is no 'hot flash' in the pan (sorry, couldn't help myself.)
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Starting a Different Conversation
Getting a grip on menopause is like trying to keep up with technology. Just when you think you have a handle on it, something new comes along.
That’s why conversations are so important. Whether they are between you and your health advisor, your significant other, your best friend or another multi-symptom, mood-swinging, brain-fogged, sleep-derived, cranky as in “rip your head off if you even look at me wrong” menopause maven, you need to keep talking.
Change doesn’t happen overnight. President Obama is finding that out, so why would we expect anything to change on the menopause front if we don’t push for change. Now, I really don’t know what kind of change I would like to see, except that I do believe menopause is part of a women's hormonal lifeline and should be part of the bigger picture of hormone health. Hormones wreck havoc on us all throughout our lives and unless we can get some kind of hormonal balance going on here, nothing about menopause is going to change. That was the focus of a webinar presentation I was involved in last week: Menopausal Women. Treating the Symptoms and Marketing Strategies. Trying to move the conversation to address hormones throughout our lives and to look at developing products that could address hormone health and the various symptoms that being out of hormonal balance creates.
Speaking of balance, check out www.womeninbalance.org.
That’s why conversations are so important. Whether they are between you and your health advisor, your significant other, your best friend or another multi-symptom, mood-swinging, brain-fogged, sleep-derived, cranky as in “rip your head off if you even look at me wrong” menopause maven, you need to keep talking.
Change doesn’t happen overnight. President Obama is finding that out, so why would we expect anything to change on the menopause front if we don’t push for change. Now, I really don’t know what kind of change I would like to see, except that I do believe menopause is part of a women's hormonal lifeline and should be part of the bigger picture of hormone health. Hormones wreck havoc on us all throughout our lives and unless we can get some kind of hormonal balance going on here, nothing about menopause is going to change. That was the focus of a webinar presentation I was involved in last week: Menopausal Women. Treating the Symptoms and Marketing Strategies. Trying to move the conversation to address hormones throughout our lives and to look at developing products that could address hormone health and the various symptoms that being out of hormonal balance creates.
Speaking of balance, check out www.womeninbalance.org.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Omega 3s and Menopause-Good News?
New studies come out each month on how natural products can address menopause symptoms. Not enough research is being done, mind you, but this article in FoodNavigator.com caught my eye today. It basically found that Omega 3s can lessen depression and hot flash symptoms of menopause. Interesting findings that just might be good for you and your mood!
Monday, January 26, 2009
So, She Doesn't Have Hot Flashes!!
Friday evening I was at my hairdressers and the temperature in the salon was very comfortable. We started lamenting about getting older and how "hot" we were in our thirties. We got on to the subject of menopause and she said she was in her early 50's and no sign of hot flashes. "Good for you", I said, "mine were miserable for at least five years". About ten minutes later she went rushing to the front door and flung it open letting in a freezing cold draught of artic air. As she proceeded to wedge the door open I commented on the cold air. "Oh no, she said, it's boiling hot in here."
Doesn't have hot flashes - not much.
Can't quite decide if she was in denial, or really wasn't sure what a hot flash is. I just remember everyone in my office complaining bitterly every time I turned the thermostat to zero. As they sat there shivering I was like, "It's not cold in here, put a sweater on or something!"
Pay back's a bitch!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Hot Flash: The Menopause Superhero!
Don't mess with me, Menopause. Personally, I think any women going through menopause is a superhero!As if Menopause Wasn't Bad Enough, now HRT Shrinks Your Brain!
I just read this article in the Washington Post and I am telling you, it is scary! Hormone Replacement Therapy, or HRT, has been found to shrink your brain. While the article said it didn't bring on disease, it is a shame that some women have to risk these side effects when there are plenty of alternative treatments out there.
Look, treating menopause is a personal decision, but please be well informed before you do anything. I was told over and over again I needed a hysterectomy, only to find that different, all natural treatments could help me. But that took alot of research and a lot of time. But it was well worth it.
Read the article and tell me what YOU think about it!
Look, treating menopause is a personal decision, but please be well informed before you do anything. I was told over and over again I needed a hysterectomy, only to find that different, all natural treatments could help me. But that took alot of research and a lot of time. But it was well worth it.
Read the article and tell me what YOU think about it!
They're Baaaack!
Well just when you think they have gone for good those pesky hot flashes come back again. It's been about a year and a half and now just when I thought it was all over, back they come. Not as often and not as severe, but even so... any one elese have this happening to them? Thinking cool thoughts.
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