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Perimenopause Quotes

“Messages we get about menopause more often tell us we must keep ourselves from much of what we want and need in this time. It's easy to get the idea that life in and after menopause is going to be little, dreary rituals of desperate maintenance and exacting control over food, exercise, the shape and size of our bodies, our skin, our intimate relationships, our sexuality, our leisure, our moods, robbing us of what pleasure we might have found in these things before.”

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Book:What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
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“You might be chatting sociably with friends, and suddenly you notice that they're all flapping their hands at at their faces. You're all sitting there like a bunch of chickens - all flapping away. You hardly notice that you're doing it because it's such a habit. All clutching at your clothes to try and flap some cool air in, And all of you are bright red in the face." Sally, 58”

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Book:Menopause: The Guide for Real Women
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“I made a mental note of where I'd parked the car, but when I came out of the precinctI couldn't remember where it was. I pushed a full shopping trolley through acres of busy car park to try to find it, and after 20 minutes I was nearly in tears. Eventually I just stumbled across it, but I don't remember parking there at all. I felt so stupid. What's even worse was that a few weeks later I did exactly the same thing. - Fiona, 56”

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Book:Menopause: The Guide for Real Women
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“The mold she was dealing with produced zearalenone, which was affecting her hormones. The key to getting her to even be able to function was to start progesterone during the luteal phase. She was able to function enough to start the detox process and heal from the mold.”

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Book:The Perimenopause Reset: 28 Days to Energize Your Body, Shed Weight, and Find Peace with God
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