"What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause," by Dr. John R. Lee and Virginia HopkinsWhat Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause is a book I read several years before I hit menopause. At the time, I suffered from PMS and severe menstrual cramps. I was desperate for a solution and refused to believe, "That was just the way it is for some woman." Dr. John R. Lee and Virgina Hopkins wrote this book so that women could read and understand it. It is not written for doctors. He wrote separate works directed at the medical doctors. This one is for us. As a woman, you may take it for granted that you understand your hormones and the menstual cycle. After all, it is part of Health Class in school. Well, I have to tell you that Dr. Lee's explanation in What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause is the best, most easy to understand overview I ever encountered--and I am including the Nursing texts I had in college too. You can do something about your menopause symptoms. What about those other symptoms you're having that occur before menopause? For me, I was able to find out that I was suffering from premenopause or perimenopause. And it was the result of hormone imbalances. Hormonal imbalances can cause such things as:
I can remember how excited I was when I finished the book. Right away, I got on the phone and called my mom, aunts and sisters. I wanted everyone I cared about to drop everything and get the book. I know, I got a little overly excited. It's just that I could see my loved ones being described in the book with one symptom or another. And I knew that it didn't have to be that way for us any more. Imagine for a moment, women being able to prevent post menopausal osteoporosis, heart disease and all the other horror stories we hear about as risks of this normal and natural part of life. Being in menopause or post menopausal does not have to mean the end of health and most definitely does not have to be the end of your sex-drive. After all, what we are talking about is a normal stage of life. It shouldn't be filled with fear and mis-information. It just never made any sense to me that women should suffer so many symptoms because of our hormones. I was sure that nature never intended any hardship and so just kept searching for an answer. And I'm glad I did. Maybe this book could answer some questions that you may be having about your unique symptoms. You can get What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause at the library; or get it at the bookstore.
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