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Have you shredded your shorts, thrown your bathing suit in the dumpster? If you haven’t already done so, I bet you are seriously considering it. Along with all the other issues we face as perimenopausal, menopausal, or post-menopausal women, nothing is more apparent to others — or our mirrors — than the advancement of celluliteContinue reading “CELLULITE & MENOPAUSE”

Vaginal rejuvenation is a broad term for several types of procedures that are performed for cosmetic reasons or to correct age-related problems, such as incontinence or lack of lubrication in menopausal or post-menopausal women. If you read my earlier posting, “What Your Mother Never Told You About Menopause,” you are aware of my experience withContinue reading “VAGINAL REJUVENATION & MENOPAUSE”

As a follow-up to my post, “Menopause, Migraines — and Chocolate??,” I recently read a blurb from Medical News Today that a zavegepant nasal spray for preventing or stopping migraines is awaiting approval by the FDA. According to the article, a nasal spray will act more quickly than other medications in providing relief for sufferersContinue reading “NEW MIGRAINE MEDICATION ON THE HORIZON?”

I approached menopause with some trepidation due to the fact that my mother and her mother experienced severe migraines prior and during menopause. Lying in bed in a darkened room with a cold washcloth applied to the forehead was their only relief. Fortunately, for whatever reason (maybe 20 plus years of taking birth control pills),Continue reading “MENOPAUSE, MIGRAINES – AND CHOCOLATE??”

Gynecocracy ~ It means a government or society ruled by women. As females, in each of our own individual worlds, whether you are a C.E.O. or a mother, we do have the power to affect our menopause destiny. 

I only heard the derogatory term “cougar” as it pertains to women a few years ago.  However, when researching the subject, I discovered that it has been in use for at least 20 years (well, the last time I was single and looking for love in all the wrong places was more than 20 years,Continue reading “MENOPAUSE “COUGARS” – FACT OR FICTION?”

A perspective of the human aging process

Yes, ladies, there is a possibility that your sweaty nights could last until you shuffle off this mortal coil, along with other menopause symptoms such as insomnia, hot flashes and vaginal dryness. I first became aware of this little known fact (at least by me) when I was regularly transporting my client, 84 years ofContinue reading “MENOPAUSE HOT FLASHES IN THE GOLDEN YEARS?”