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The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Mary Claire Haver
4.2 AVERAGE
532 reviews for:
The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Mary Claire Haver
4.2 AVERAGE
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I 'read' this as an audiobook on a week of long drives and then a few evenings of cooking. I was really unsure how to rate it, it does some things that in other books I would find really annoying, but overall the content is good and I think it's an important subject, so I've gone with 4 stars.
Firstly, I'm really glad it exists as an audio book but I think it would be a MUCH better to have this as a hard copy so you could flick past stuff that doesn't concern you yet.
I was reading it as someone who *could possibly* be in peri-menopause, but without any symptoms that I knew of for more info and sometimes it was just so terrifying and depressing I wanted to switch it off. But I guess that's part of the problem right? Like my mum gets vertigo and so now I'm worried about her bone density as the two symptoms are linked. I did not know that before this book.
It is about a fact of life for half the planet, which is also a whole bunch of medical symptoms. So, it gets jargon-y. It talks about hormones. Lots of them. Like, did you know there are 3 types of oestrogen? And they all have bloody long names. It talks about conditions and symptoms and sometimes it's something like 'hot flushes' and you know about that even if it's just anecdotally, but other times it's something else, that is actually caused by something else, or grouped together with lots of other symptoms and that has a medical term and oh god.... listening to that is hard.
Which means there's some chapters that worked better than others to read, the ones that aren't literally like a reference index - but, but, but, within those awful to listen to chapters is where there is literal life changing info. So they have to be there and that's why I haven't marked this book down.
I've seen other reviews say she's too reliant on MHT (menopause hormone therapy) as a fix, or is too pushy trying to sell her diet book or supplements.
- I say maybe to the first point? But she gives loads of research based alternatives where she can and was an actual doctor and has done a ****ton of research into these and sometimes hormones have been the only things that work for people. When it gets to your turn to go through what sounds like potential hell on earth, then do what you feel is right and if that is not having hormones then more power to you! But this book would still give you a load of ideas.
- to the second point, yeah they are mentioned... but not too much to be jarring in my opinion, mainly it feels appropriate. She also advertises her free resources a lot and shouts out other menopause accounts and health books. I think she genuinely wants to help. And if she makes some money good for her. Take it up with capitalism.
I think it'd be good for men to read it too, I think it's really important reading for women or people who were afab and may still be affected by oestrogen levels dropping. Whatever your age, forewarned is forarmed right? and it will give you a level of respect for the elder ladies in your life and give you some good fodder for some really great conversations.
Anyway, this should be in the top ten horror charts as well as in the health section.
Thanks for reading to the end of my review. If you've got better suggestions for books on this subject I would love to hear them in the comments.
May your symptoms be better than 'bearable' and your doctors be kind x
Firstly, I'm really glad it exists as an audio book but I think it would be a MUCH better to have this as a hard copy so you could flick past stuff that doesn't concern you yet.
I was reading it as someone who *could possibly* be in peri-menopause, but without any symptoms that I knew of for more info and sometimes it was just so terrifying and depressing I wanted to switch it off. But I guess that's part of the problem right? Like my mum gets vertigo and so now I'm worried about her bone density as the two symptoms are linked. I did not know that before this book.
It is about a fact of life for half the planet, which is also a whole bunch of medical symptoms. So, it gets jargon-y. It talks about hormones. Lots of them. Like, did you know there are 3 types of oestrogen? And they all have bloody long names. It talks about conditions and symptoms and sometimes it's something like 'hot flushes' and you know about that even if it's just anecdotally, but other times it's something else, that is actually caused by something else, or grouped together with lots of other symptoms and that has a medical term and oh god.... listening to that is hard.
Which means there's some chapters that worked better than others to read, the ones that aren't literally like a reference index - but, but, but, within those awful to listen to chapters is where there is literal life changing info. So they have to be there and that's why I haven't marked this book down.
I've seen other reviews say she's too reliant on MHT (menopause hormone therapy) as a fix, or is too pushy trying to sell her diet book or supplements.
- I say maybe to the first point? But she gives loads of research based alternatives where she can and was an actual doctor and has done a ****ton of research into these and sometimes hormones have been the only things that work for people. When it gets to your turn to go through what sounds like potential hell on earth, then do what you feel is right and if that is not having hormones then more power to you! But this book would still give you a load of ideas.
- to the second point, yeah they are mentioned... but not too much to be jarring in my opinion, mainly it feels appropriate. She also advertises her free resources a lot and shouts out other menopause accounts and health books. I think she genuinely wants to help. And if she makes some money good for her. Take it up with capitalism.
I think it'd be good for men to read it too, I think it's really important reading for women or people who were afab and may still be affected by oestrogen levels dropping. Whatever your age, forewarned is forarmed right? and it will give you a level of respect for the elder ladies in your life and give you some good fodder for some really great conversations.
Anyway, this should be in the top ten horror charts as well as in the health section.
Thanks for reading to the end of my review. If you've got better suggestions for books on this subject I would love to hear them in the comments.
May your symptoms be better than 'bearable' and your doctors be kind x
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