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Karisa
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Great idea, @dabbe ! I love Melani‘s videos (she makes me laugh— I always have glasses on my head too). Plus reading through what others wrote on Litsy today makes me feel not so alone on this journey. #WDNCW

(Tagged an excellent perimenopause/menopause book I read earlier this year. Highly recommended.)

peaKnit I just loved Somebody Somewhere too ❤️ 2w
lil1inblue Love these! 😂 Re: packing for a 2 day trip. I completely agree. I swear it's harder than packing for a week! 😂 2w
dabbe AD🤩RE your answers! I'm thinking of joining Instagram JUST to see Melani's posts! 😂 Glad to be on this journey with you, m'dear.

And thanks for the book link! I'm gonna look into it! 😍
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Karisa @dabbe 🥰 Facebook has been sending her reels? stories? Whatever they are called on FB to me. Probably because I follow the doctor that wrote that book. Melani is hilarious and so vulnerable. The menopause specialist doctor I follow was glad The NY Times wrote an article but said their advice in the article was not enough/out dated 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w
JenlovesJT47 Love this! Watched the new episode of The Gilded Age last night and it was so good! Wish I could binge the whole season now 😭 Might do a rewatch! 2w
Karisa @JenlovesJT47 it‘s so good! I can‘t believe the sets. I started listening to the podcast while driving 😅 2w
JenlovesJT47 I‘m in love with the costumes!! Especially Mrs. Russell. That blue/white dress she wore in Newport is stunning. 😍 2w
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🥳👌🏼💝. 2w
Karisa @JenlovesJT47 Right?! Crazy good. So many great actors and characters on it too. Christine Baranski called her character Agnes a “walking declarative statement” 😂 1w
JenlovesJT47 My favorite is the banter between Agnes and Ada! At the end of last season, when Bannister addresses Ada as the one in charge — oh the scream I scrumpt!! 😅😅😅 I love that Ada stands up for herself while still being her usual sweet self. 1w
mcctrish I love Somebody, Somewhere and The Gilded Age 1w
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Pickpick

This Canadian doctor is funny and thorough and not patronizing. I was a bit overwhelmed, but the information was useful. I now know what questions to ask my doctor. I would recommend it to anyone currently going through the menopause transition who feels like there's a lot of junk information to sort through.

For anyone else confused or mortified by this whole process, I feel your pain.

ChaoticMissAdventures My own gyno recently asked me if I had heard of her and recommended reading her. I have seen her speak before and she is really personable. I am glad she is getting her messages out. 2mo
Desha I just finished this book about a week ago before my gyno appointment…it really helped! I also recommend The New Hot by Meg Mathews and Next Level by Stacy T. Sims and Selene Yeager! 2mo
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Scochrane26
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Pickpick

I listened to this book in March, & I love it! The narrator is great—she gets all the sarcastic comments right. Warning—This book will probably make you mad about the history of women‘s medical treatment. I learned so much. I think it‘s obvious in our history that 1) men are terrified of women & our vaginas & 2) men only care about a woman‘s uterus. I laughed while driving several times from the sarcasm, so I hope you all will read this. 5⭐️

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quietlycuriouskate
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Oh dear, I think we might have a problem here.
She's talking about the SNS and PNS (sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous systems) except it sounds like she is saying "penis", which results in startling clauses such as "women with a dominant penis...". And it comes up a lot! (Oh God, now even that innocuous sentence is loaded with Freudian subtext! ?)

Texreader Whoopsy!! 🤣 3mo
squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 3mo
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Suet624 😂😂 3mo
GingerAntics Oh boy 😂 3mo
CarolynM 😂😂😂 3mo
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limada
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Pickpick

Probably the most useful book I'll read this year. Yeah, I'm old. But it's great information to really believe that you're not going insane. #16-2025

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GingerAntics
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Pickpick

The easiest way to describe this book is the say this is the specific ways everyday sexism is used against women and their bodies in the name of science. It‘s pathetic just how many doctors are, in fact, this bad. It‘s even worse to consider that many of these doctors are also women themselves.

GingerAntics The fact that anyone was fine conducting research on breast and uterine cancer, where every test subject was a man is proof that men are not superior at critical thinking. #MayaDusenbery #DoingHarm #audiobook #women #womenshealth #health #everydaysexism #doctors #donoharm 4mo
TrishB 🤔🤔 4mo
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staci.reads
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Conversations about menopause are *finally* becoming more common, but we need more of a push in the medical community to study the effects and potential treatments for it, instead of writing off all the symptoms as "just something you have to go through." ⬇️

staci.reads As someone who was put into sudden, forced menopause 17 months ago after a radical hysterectomy, I am concerned about my increased risk for things such as heart disease, stroke, and osteoporosis. This book does a great job of laying out all the issues menopause can cause and the various ways to treat it, including a serious, research-based discussion of HRT. I highly recommend this to all women experiencing perimenopause or postmenopause. 4mo
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Karisa
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Eye-opening and so informative! I feel so seen listening to this book by a doctor who specializes in menopause (after going through it herself).

A friend recommended it to me today when I told her about the strange, intense shoulder pain I‘ve been having lately. It‘s called “frozen shoulder”—I‘m not the only one!

Prairiegirl_reading When I was 42 I got frozen shoulder. I had never even heard of it! At 48 I had so many perimenopause symptoms that I had no idea to be looking for. It‘s so good to know! 5mo
Karisa @Prairiegirl_reading Right? Just having a name for what‘s going on is good. I‘m going in to my doctor next week and hoping he can find ways to help me manage it. So much pain when it flares up! 5mo
Prairiegirl_reading I had debilitating fatigue, sleep issues, tinnitus, all sorts of things. I really hope you get the help you need. Suffering is not normal! 5mo
Karisa @Prairiegirl_reading Thank you! I‘m going to ask for physical therapy and HRT. If he‘s not hearing me, I‘ll go to my OB-Gyn next 🤞💗 5mo
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