Posted on June 7, 2021
by kegarland
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by Tyran Butler I used to sleep like a rock. I used to be as sharp as a tack. I used to be relatively easy to get along with, in most cases. I used to be younger. Perimenopause has changed my life. None of… Continue Reading “It’s the Sweat and Itch for Me, Sis! by Tyran Butler”
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Category: BIPOC, Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Hot Flashes, Identities, Menopause Phase, Night Sweats, Perimenopause, Symptoms, Vaginal ItchingTags: blogger, Brain Fog, healthandwellness, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Night Sweats, Perimenopause, perimenopausesymptoms, personal, reproductivehealth, Vaginal Itching, women's wellness, women'sissues, womenshealth, womensupportingwomen
Posted on June 4, 2021
by kegarland
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I am afraid. I fear the mental illness that’s coursed through my blood will surface at last. Thus far, I’ve escaped my mother’s schizophrenia, my aunt’s clinical depression, my sister’s depression, my niece’s trichotillomania, my other niece’s bipolar diagnosis, and my daughter’s anxiety. For… Continue Reading “Diary of a Menopausal Woman: January 2021 (Fear)”
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Category: BIPOC, Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Diary of a Menopausal Woman, Hot Flashes, Identities, Insomnia, Menopause Phase, Mental Health, Moodiness, Night Sweats, Perimenopause, SymptomsTags: blogger, blogging, diary, journal, Menopause, menstrualcycle, mentalhealth, mentalillness, Perimenopause, period, personal, womenshealth, womensissues
Posted on May 17, 2021
by Just Joan
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Menopause is a pause, a time-out, a life stage that invites us to reflect and regroup.
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Category: Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Hair Issues, Hot Flashes, Insomnia, Menopause Phase, Night Sweats, Poetry, Postmenopause, Premenopause, Sex, SymptomsTags: blogger, early menopause, hormones, Menopause, personal, poem, Poetry, Postmenopause, reproductivehealth, rondeau, thyroid cancer, women, womenshealth, womensissues
Posted on May 7, 2021
by kegarland
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I can’t remember if it was 2018 or 2017, really. All I know is I was en route to my job, which is an hour and forty-five minutes away from my house. I was wearing my white jeans, a staple in my wardrobe, no… Continue Reading “Diary of a Menopausal Woman: 2018”
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