At Last. Discover What the Sexy Superstars Know About Hormones and Menopause And Feel Great--and Sexy--Again!
June 2008 Hi, I'm Pamela Tames and the way I see it, menopause is kind of like the pink elephant in the room--we all see it but we sure don't want to talk about it. After years of research, I'm convinced that's because we don't know what to do about it. I'm here to help by getting you started on the journey out of Hormone Hell into Hormone Heaven. It all starts with discovering how to master hormones and ride the Pink Elephant.
Has Menopause Taken The You Out of You?Maybe you've hit 50 or maybe you're still in your forties. Maybe you've mastered one career or possibly many. Maybe you've raised kids, been in and out of a few relationships, gathered some great friends around who make you laugh, and figured out a thing or two about life. And maybe, just maybe, you can handle pretty much anything except this: menopause and the big hormone shift that it brings. It's hit you hard and thrown you for a loop. It's brought you to your knees in a puddle of sweat, and left you feeling helpless, sexless, energy-less, control-less, and afraid for the future.
Menopause May Be Natural But It's Not HealthyNow maybe you're thinking, 'Whoa, don't get carried away with all this. Menopause is just Nature doing its thing. In a few years, I'll be back to my old self--right?' Funny, when I was in my forties, I used to think that, too. I'd watch Madonna on TV, pinch the "tire rolls"around my middle, and wonder how does she look like that at fifty and I look like this--a frazzled, frumpy, sexless fatty with frizzy hair? There's got to be more to Madonna's hot body than yoga and Kabbalah.
I Just Had to Crack The Hormone Mystery. And Finally, I Did!You see, I went into menopause early, when I was 38 years old. Seemingly overnight, my hormones flat-lined. Of course, I didn't get what was happening to me–I believe the word is, denial. Despite my ever-expanding waistline, the insomnia and overheating, irritability, exhaustion, moodiness, and anxiety, I refused to believe I was in menopause.
Without Hormones, I Had Become InvisibleThen one day something happened that jolted me out of denial. I couldn't get a date to save my life and I was oh, so lonely. It was as though hormones were these twinkling little Christmas lights that made me vibrant, bright, and sexually attractive. Without them, I had become invisible. Men looked right past me. It got so bad I resorted to calling a pricey dating service for help. The "psychological matchmaker specialist" hesitated on the phone when I told her I was in my forties. And then, as though trying to talk her self into letting me join her dating pool, she said with a sigh, "Well, at least you're not 50. I can't do anything with a 50 year old." "Even the super hot ones like Madonna?" I asked surprised. "Fuhget 'bout it," she said, sounding like a gangster. "Fifty is not nifty. And sixty is just sad."
That's when I got, "it's hot but I'm not."Needless to say, I passed on the dating service. But it got me wondering--surely I'm not the only middle-aged woman sitting alone at home on a Friday night, watching yet another rerun of Sex and the City, while pondering the loss of meaning in my life, generally and of hormones, specifically? I mean, 6,000 American women turn 50 every day. Are we supposed to go through the second half of our lives feeling all used up and invisible? Fuhget 'bout it. I started reading about the connection among hormones, health, and age. I confess, I got confused pretty quickly--there were so many contradictions, I couldn't put it all together. Menopause has been vilified, glorified, "medicalized," and even made into a musical, but in the end, it's still a big mystery. I guess that's why it's become such a Pink Elephant. We all know it's there, but we don't really know what to do about it. So we ain't talking.
The Science Saved Me--Of All Things!
A Man Worth ChasingI guess you won't be surprised to learn that I spent a lot of time chasing Dr. Heward around with tape recorder in hand and a million questions in mind. Everything from, 'How can I lose this weight and stop getting so wrinkly?' to 'What are hormones? Should I take them? How should I take them--pills, patches, or creams? What will happen to me if I don't go on hormones? And what are the risks and benefits if I do go on them?'
I mean research is all well and good but frankly, I'm only interested in what it means to me and to you. Now before you go off worrying that you won't understand the science--trust me, I thought the same thing. But I could only describe what I clearly understood. That's probably why it took me so long. I had to keep asking Dr. Heward to explain things more simply so it's almost as easy to read as a menu. Oh, and there's one other thing you need to know.
Guaranteed, Unbiased Information That Even Your Doctor May Not KnowThe information is totally unbiased. I guarantee, no one's ever written about menopause and hormones in quite this way. It makes all the other books out there either out of date or just plain wrong.
Our conclusions are based on what all the science is saying about hormones, not just the latest study or one expert's opinion. Neither Dr. Heward nor I are paid by any drug companies. We just want to tell the truth. And the truth is what the scientific data show. Like Dr. Heward always said to me, "if all the data showed hormones were generally bad for women's health, then that's what we'd write about. But that's not what they show." How to put the Orgasm Back in MenOpauseThis is information even your doctor probably doesn't know. How do I know this? Because Dr. Heward regularly presents this information to scientists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals around the country, and he's constantly amazed at how little they know about this subject. But that's not surprising, he says, because what happens in your doctor's office usually lags years behind cutting edge medical research. Which is exactly why you need to know what your doctor doesn't. Information is not just the key to your own empowerment, it's the key to saving your life--and that includes your sex life.
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