The headlines read, “Experts Urge Caution with Bioidenticals – Millions have tried custom hormones. What the article didn’t say is more telling! Millions of women are being helped by natural bioidentical hormones, whether customized prescription or Rx manufactured prescription. So we’d like to walk through the media talking points and share our perspective: Bioidentical is …
Contributed by Lynette Sheppard,RN Many times menopause can have the qualities of a 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 it is hard for them to read the myriad menopause self-help books out there. The books seem …
My cats, Princess and Po, don’t have any trouble sleeping. Their mistress cannot claim the same. When Perimenopause first came to live at my house, my biggest complaint wasn’t hot flashes or mood swings. Insomnia topped my list. All my life, I’d been a good sleeper, dropping off for seven or eight hours of deep …
By Lynette Sheppard, RN “Oomph,” grunts my husband lifting my suitcase, as we prepared to leave for a recent trip. “Why is your bag so heavy?” “Maintenance,” I reply. In the post-menopausal period of my life, I find that I require a great many products, supplements, and emollients just to maintain a level of adequacy. …