Day: August 1, 2020

Sarah Edrie says she was about 33 when she started to occasionally get a sudden, hot, prickly feeling that radiated into her neck and face, leaving her flushed and breathless. “Sometimes I would sweat. And my heart would race,” she says. The sensations subsided in a few moments, and seemed to meet the criteria for Read more…

Teri Hines was in her mid-40s when she started to notice that her body was changing. Her period became irregular and more intense. “It increased in frequency, it increased in intensity and it increased in duration,” she says. She began to have hot flashes, gained weight and her energy levels took a nosedive. “I just Read more…

Share the Knowledge Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 Twitter Reddit 0 Linkedin Print “It’s NOT all downhill from here! When you learn how to find balance in your life and in your hormones, it’s really possible to feel vital through perimenopause, menopause and beyond.” DR. AMY DAY, FOUNDER, THE WOMEN’S VITALITY CENTER IN BERKELEY, CA Too Read more…

Name: Margaret (Peg) Bradford Age: 48 Location: Sewell, New Jersey Before: 225 lbs. After:152 lbs. What was the “turning point” that prompted you to lose weight? I was 225 lbs in the dressing room crying. I was also fighting surgical menopause and on hormone replacement therapy. Still wasn’t feeling well. Walked in my front door Read more…

To be, or not to be? That is the question, at least according to Hamlet. Another query amongst women of a certain age might be: to use HRT (hormone replacement therapy), or not use HRT? That is certainly a big question, with strong advocates on both sides of the equation. I started out working in Read more…