Bleeding During Menopause - Articles
Is it Menopause?
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Cathy T.
Q: 'How do I know if my symptoms are caused by the menopause, or if I may have a serious disease?' A: Tony Hanlon replies: If you're troubled by hot flushes, missed periods, achy joints and mood swings, don't let your doc send you home with a flip 'It's only the menopause'. It could be something more serious. Read more here
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Menopause
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Jennifer J.
I have been wrestling with this issue for more than two years. I had surgical menopause in 1995. In 2005 I began having more stress than before, with Mom's cancer surgeries #5 and 6. The stress of coping with a career that I had to put on hold was immense. Perimenopause is when you still menstruate, but are having menopausal symptoms. Menopause is ...
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Menopause
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Jennifer J.
I have been wrestling with this issue for more than 4 years. I had surgical menopause in 1995. In 2005 I began having more stress than before, with Mom's cancer surgeries #5 and 6. The stress of coping with a career that I had to put on hold was immense. Perimenopause is when you still menstruate, but are having menopausal symptoms. Menopause is wh ...
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Menopause Is Schizophrenic
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Lynette Sheppard
Menopause is a schizzy thing. The whole transition has the quality of split personality. It s difficult and delightful. It s wonderful and just plain weird. It s frightening and freeing. This may be why so many goddesses tell me that its been hard for them to read the myriad Menopause self-help books out there. (That and we have lost our ment ...
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The Emotions Of Menopause...
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Robin P.
Being almost post-menopausal I've researched many things to help with "the change." I recently came across Cathy's blog. It's a blog about menopause, using hormones, tips about how to deal with menopause, a wealth of information. Cathy writes, "If women could write a book of words to describe how they feel during the perimenopausal a ...
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Menopausal Tourette s
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Lynette Sheppard
I briefly mentioned Menopausal Tourette s in the January 15th blog entry Things Got Hairy, Then They Didn t. Judging from the comments and mail I received, it would seem that this menopause symptom has afflicted a number of my sister goddesses. We all have an internal censor that most of the time keeps us from saying stupid, hurtful, or outrage ...
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Menopause and Immunity
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Lynette Sheppard
I m way overdue writing a blog entry. I ve been sneezing, coughing, hacking, and blowing for the past week thanks to a horrific cold/flu bug. Travel for 24 odd hours with recirculated air and no sleep and ZAP - there goes your immunity. Though uncomfortable, it s perfectly normal for your natural defenses to be lowered in such a situation. Here ...
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Thankful For Menopause
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Lynette Sheppard
It s Thanksgiving already - time to take stock of things that inspire gratitude. I find that I have so much to be grateful for: family and friends, the beauty outside my window, cats, sunsets, Jimmy Buffett songs, art projects, home renovation that is FINISHED, rain, boat rides, and cheeseburgers. The list goes on and on. And strangely enough, ...
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PMS, Menopause, and Hysterectomy
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Dr. Edward Leyton
A reader from Trinidad writes:I had a hysterectomy recently and my ovaries are still in. I am having off and on low mood swings and can't figure out if its hormonal or not and what to do? After a hysterectomy, (with ovaries remaining) what is a woman to expect about her cycle and the whole PMS deal, emotional upheaval etc.? Good question. I c ...
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