"More than 20 million baby boomers will enter menopause during the next ten years. As modern women, we take control of our lives in a myriad of ways that our mothers never contemplated. Approaching menopause, the one journey in life we all share, should be no different. Our mothers were largely silent about what happened to them as they passed through this midlife change. But a new generation of women has already started to break the wall of silence." - from the Preface.
When she was forty-six, Trisha Posner finished her annual physical feeling wonderful - until her doctor later called with one final fact: although she had not recognized the symptoms, her blood test indicated she was in full menopause. When her gynecologist urged hormone replacement therapy, Trisha balked, fearing it might increase her risk for the breast cancer that had already struck her mother and two aunts.
This Is Not Your Mother's Menopause is Trisha's quest for a fresh alternative between most doctors' advice to take hormones and the option of doing nothing while her heart, bones, and mind slowly deteriorated. In frank and engaging terms, Trisha reveals how she developed a personal program to naturally counter the effects of menopause--from aggravating ones like hot flashes and headaches, to more serious problems like depression and loss of sexual desire. Ultimately, Trisha's unique regimen -- built around exercise, diet, and nutritional and herbal supplements--not only eliminated her symptoms, but significantly improved her health and quality of life.
Trisha Posner's journey is a powerful reminder that women must be informed consumers about menopause, and proves that this passage affords a gateway to physical, spiritual, and emotional growth. Candid, at times irreverent and humorous, but ultimately empowering, This Is Not Your Mother's Menopause reveals how one modern woman grabbed control of her health and her life with inspiring results.
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