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Menopause - The Journey
The document discusses menopause and provides information on its symptoms such as depression, incontinence, and weight gain. It promotes the benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to protect women's health and addresses lifestyle factors like nutrition, exercise, and avoiding smoking and alcohol. The document advertises resources and support services for women going through menopause.
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- 1. The Journey through Menopause !
- 2. Menopause: lThe Movie! l http://www.simplyhormones.co m/video.asp l Enough to make a grown man cry!
- 3. H O R M O N The Challenge! If this is you, it’s not too E late and if it’s not, don’t get like this! S !
- 4. With Symptoms likethese, is it any wonder women go nuts???
- 5. Good News about HRT ~ It Protects and Preserves
- 6. “Any woman worriedabout her health and ageing should quit smoking and alcohol before she quits hormones.”
- 7. Silent Symptoms • Incontinence • Depression • Vaginal Dryness • Osteoporo sis •
- 8. Surgical Menopause ~Go Crashing into debilitating symptoms overnight Caused by: Ø Hysterectomy Ø Make sure you get the correct Ø Cancer advice and support and perhaps a 2nd opinion Treatments and
- 9. Putting on Weightcan be a problem but can be dealt with, as these two images show. Taken 10 years apart~ On the left I’m 48 and on the right I’m 58!
- 10. lDEPRESSION is4 x higher at menopause and it’s mainly due to hormones and NOT Mental Health
- 11. The leading threatto women’s health and ageing today is hormone loss and weight gain. Oestrogen (Estrogen) is your greatest ally.
- 12. Obesity ~ adouble whammy! l Today, one third of l Degenerative diseases the UK population linked to obesity and loss of oestrogen over 16 is obese (estrogen): This is due to over- – Cardiovascular disease eating Processed – Diabetes Foods. – Cancers – Osteoarthritis Don’t set yourself up for Disease and early Death!
- 13. Balanced Hormones andNutrition ~ the key to long term good health l By embracing this... Ø Stabilises metabolism l Improves immune system Please build in … l Movement, l Rest and Relaxation
- 14. World Health Organisation says … l lEat 5-a-day+ lAre you?
- 15. An apple aday … There are 10,000 micro- nutrients in one apple!
- 16. You will agemore quickly if you ... • skip meals •eat processed foods •drink coffee/ alcohol/ fizzy drinks • smoke
- 17. Where are yourManolo Blahniks? Fantastic at 40 Fabulous at 50 lStill Sexy at 60 But you gotta work at it!
- 18. Menopause Survival Kit– Free! This is my fact sheet with information on Natural Products, Specialist Medical Practitioners and other useful info When you Subscribe to http://www.simplyhormones.com
- 19. Mentoring through Menopause What if you had someone by your side, helping you to understand and make the right choices that work for YOU? Mentoring through Menopause is that someone! Start Here: http://www.mentoringthroughm
- 20. Take Courage! Take Action! Take Control ! Start Here: www.simplyhormones.com And www.mentoringthroughmenopause.com
Editor's Notes
- #2 . This all began … problems, sebbatical, research, website, SH.com was born. ‘Getting your life back’ … SH.com created to help and support women through all the stages of meno The Time of Your Life roadshows - enhance the website SH.com . Meno - mis-nomer – peri-menopause 40+ post-menopausal 51-54. ‘final menses’ one year transition to post-menopause Average age 51 – transition almost complete Permi-menopausal for up to 10 years Tonight’s Guest Speakers: Christine Martin , Aromatherapist - developed own oils Rhiannon Hill , Psychotherapist - suppport groups Katie Day , Image Consultant - ‘The Wise Woman’ Dr John Moran , Holistic Medical Practitioner - Wimpole Street and Hove guest speakers - especially chosen to deal with areas I consider important - rounded picture - how to improve your life as you dive headlong, albeit in slow-motion, trying to avoid the abyss they call menopause. Nothing works in isolation but by getting to grips with what is important to YOU is a great place to start Don’t Forget – full details of tonight’s show will shortly be appearing at SH.com
- #4 Misconceptions about memory - You know, my mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely! misconceptions and stigma - nobody fully understands it. SH.com - created to help and support Sit between patient/ GP or other chosen medical practitioner Menopause - common denominator very individual tip of iceberg – hot flushes, night sweats Analogy of drug addiction – Cocktail of drugs – Hormones – 30 years Sweat, flush, angry, depressed, misunderstood Isolation – nothing works in Getting to grips with what is important to YOU is a great place to start How you deal with rebalancing your hormones, your mind, your body, is NOT a question of vanity but SANITY Let’s continue now by getting in touch with how our bodies work with aromatherapy … And it gives me great pleasure to introduce Christine Martin who will tell you how her specialist subject fits in with your new found desire to rebalance you.
- #5 EUREKA! List of symptoms So I’m not mad! There is a list of symptoms Read out a few Every book I picked up – eerie feeling – reading my mail No alone – millions experience Age of research +30yrs Nothing’s changed
- #8 Incontinence – 80%+ affected Story, crossed legs Pelvic floor exercises restores muscle tone Vaginal atrophy – Nobody tells you! Easy to restore Worse with age Causes strife in families Divorce Embarrassing to discuss with doctor DO NOT SUFFER IN SILENCE! Hysterectomy will drive you inexorably to menopause overnight! No real help or advice All types of operation discussed at SH.com Non-invasive surgery – ablation The 90 second surgery! Mennorhagia usual cause for hysterectomy Find what questions to ask at SH.com
- #9 Incontinence – 80%+ affected Story, crossed legs Temporary – pelvic floor exercises restores muscle tone Vaginal atrophy – a terrible affliction Worse with age Causes strife in families Divorce Embarrassing to discuss with doctor Best resolved with a locally applied oestrogen cream Dr Moran DO NOT SUFFER IN SILENCE! Hysterectomy will drive you inexorably to menopause overnight! No real help or advice All types of operation discussed at SH.com Non-invasive surgery – ablation The 90 second surgery! Mennorhagia usual cause for hysterectomy Find what questions to ask at SH.com
- #11 Get hormone levels checked CBT or hypnotherapy good
- #21 Feeling at your wits end? Take Courage, etc Find the strength to do all these things by visiting simplyhormones.com