perimenopause Q and A

...Sue Goldie, regarding her Parkinson’s Diagnosis. As told to John Branch in the New York Times, October 13, 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/13/us/sue-goldie-parkinsons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.e_kf.cQC_AZZlQhCm&smid=url-share  Not all healing leads to recovery of your previous functions.  Some is just about slowing the decline; the rest of us have to figure out how to be supportive. And accept the person, along with the diagnosis. I couldn't possib

Retractor is a verb, potentially passive or active.  It is also the person doing the thing, and the instrument used for it

Another view on predicting your lifespan and what you do with that information. That's all. Summer is for reading.

knowing your future, if you could

June is here, Pride Month all over. Support your local celebration however you choose. Last year, we were in Nice, France for their...

burnout and fear

Helping your loved ones recover when and how you can. And their loved ones.

This is the OG link from prior post on STD information. From 2.22.24, "Not your mom's gyno visit" Yes, that was less than a year ago. ...

Sometimes. It's validating to have experts endorse the things we live by. My personal favorites are: go to bed when you're sleepy drop...

Do our consumer choices really matter?

Apolitical comfort food; as always better the next day

Pain and clinic procedures.

taking a break this summer

hormones for treating periods, not just preventing pregnancy

A doctor's advice on birth control options

It will know you got some money, somewhere, and entropy will ensue. In residency, we were paid every 2 weeks. This meant that a few times...

Elegy for my generation: I’m no poet, so that’s a lie.  But I’m not ready for my generation to be the one dying, to contemplate our...

Minnesota has > 10,000 lakes.  The Minnesota dream for many is a cabin getaway. When you are semi-comfortable in life, you find a lake...