My Menopause Blog

It’s time for a weeks worth of seriousness dear blog readers.
Besides being a natural stage of a woman’s reproductive life cycle, menopause is a major cash cow for the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry. The latest pill to ‘win’ FDA approval is Wyeth’s new antidepressant Pristiq.
I say ‘win’ with great intention. Getting a new drug […]

It’s minus 10C with a wind chill that makes it feel like a jaunty minus 20C.
While everyone else is wrapped up beyond recognition, my menopause let’s me get away with a vest and stylish hat.
Sure, the frozen people think I’m nuts but so what. At least I’m a comfortable nut.
Sue Richards
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Today was our first 30C day of the season. There I was, sitting in my doctors office, a stuffy rather rustic space with no central air, discussing something non-menopause related when a hot flash from hell decided to BBQ me right on the spot.
I quickly did a clothing adjustment followed by a hair tie trick […]

I no longer have hot flashes. Hot flashes have me.
Sue Richards
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As a younger woman, I spent several weeks traveling around India with a friend. Now as I look through my photos, I wonder how the women in this remarkable and chaotic country face menopause.
I was surprised to learn this statistic. The worldwide average for onset menopause is 51. Yet in India, the average menopausal age […]

This is me on the first day of a weeklong safari into the Serengeti.
I was lucky. Besides bringing a few sarongs, one dress and my black, knit yoga pants - I had nothing safari appropriate to wear on my nether regions. My sweet man bailed me out of my somewhat unfortunate situation by lending me […]

Photo Credit: The lovely Anne Hansen
I’m a cool menopausal Canadian.
Sue Richards
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We finally have seasonally appropriate weather in my town - coincidentally just in time for the return of my favorite hormone hit Hot Flash Season.
Yes my friends, my internal toast dial is cranked to ‘burn baby burn’ once again. This morning when I waddled out to the curb in my slippers and jammies to toss […]