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[quote=Anonymous]From what I understand, menopause is not so bad, it’s perimenopause that really can kill you. It’s not the same for everyone, but how it is explained to me is that your brain does not understand what is going on and it’s fighting your body to produce more hormone and produce those eggs. For some women, it can be really debilitating - that transition.

I have heard from many women that things calm down once they’re in menopause, because the body stops fighting. But the transition can be hard because the hormone spikes can be unpredictable. If you look at hormones during other periods of your life, it is much more cyclical. Then of course pregnancy and things can be really disruptive. So women are I think built to deal with disruptions. But perimenopause comes at a time in many women’s lives when disruptions are not ideal.

It was one thing to be in my early 30s and pregnant twice. It’s quite another to be almost 50, dealing with two teen daughters, a marriage that’s to decades along and take some compromise, being pretty advanced in my career and wanting to hold on for 10 more years before I retire. Dealing with paying for college, looming retirement, and dealing with aging parents.

It’s a lot, and if there is something safe and effective, that can make the transition easier, why shouldn’t women have it? Doesn’t mean that every woman would need it or every woman should take it but the fact that it’s not been studied more and there’s not more that has been done to help women through this transition until now, when a bunch of Gen X women are demanding it, is kind of crazy to me.

Add that to the fact that there are over a dozen medications on the market that are very accessible that help men with erections. And erectile dysfunction is a totally normal part of aging. Men’s sperm declines, and it around age 40 the blood vessels really change and slow blood flow to that part of the body. Nature is taking its course. Nature knows that men shouldn’t be reproducing and won’t be reproducing as much after that age and takes cares of things for them. But men don’t want that and so science has come to the rescue. But women have a few complaints and it’s just that they’re getting old.

And other parts of aging, we don’t really stand for either. Cataracts are completely normal. Up until 60 years or so ago, people would often go blind from them because it wasn’t worth the risk of surgery. But technology and advancements have made it so that it’s very easily and accessible and 50% of Americans will get cataract surgery if they live to the age of 80.

I could go on with other natural parts of aging that we don’t stand for. I don’t think women are clamoring to their doctor because they don’t like the way they look. It’s mainly because their bodies are in turmoil and they’re seeking some relief. It’s amazing to me that that is so controversial.[/quote]

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