A small pellet under the skin a few times a year, and no more daily creams, patches, or pills to remember. For many women and men dealing with hormone symptoms, that pitch sounds almost too good to pass up. Hormone pellets do help some people feel much better, and many patients love the convenience. They … Read more
It starts small. A little discomfort during sex. Some itching or burning you blame on a new soap. Maybe you find yourself running to the bathroom more often, or dealing with another urinary infection that seems to come out of nowhere. Many women never mention it. It feels too personal to bring up, and many … Read more
You love your partner. You still find them attractive. And yet desire has quietly gone missing, and the idea of sex now feels more like a task on the list than something you want. Maybe you have caught yourself asking, why don’t I want sex anymore? Maybe you have wondered if something is wrong with … Read more
You fall asleep without much trouble. Then, like clockwork, your eyes open at 2:47 or 3:12. Your mind starts replaying the day, planning tomorrow, or worrying about nothing in particular, and an hour later you are still staring at the ceiling. By the time you drift off again, the alarm is about to go off. … Read more
You are eating the way you always have. Maybe better. You still walk, you skip dessert more often than not, and yet your waistband keeps getting tighter while the scale barely moves. The weight seems to have picked a new address, too. Many women call it a hormonal belly, and it settles around your middle … Read more
Many women I see grew up hearing the same warning from their mothers: hormones cause cancer. In a lot of families, that one sentence ended the conversation for twenty years. Perhaps you have been suffering through hot flashes, sleepless nights, and a body that no longer feels like yours because hormone therapy seemed too dangerous … Read more
Your period still shows up every month. Fifty feels a long way off. Somewhere in the last year or two, though, your sleep turned light and restless, and the week before your period started to feel like someone else had moved into your body. Maybe you brought it up at your last checkup. Your labs … Read more