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January 4 - February 3, 2023
I also declare that what the patriarchy thinks of menopause is irrelevant. Men do not get to define the value of women at any age.
you can’t be an informed patient with inaccurate information.
women have their symptoms and health concerns related to menopause dismissed as being fabricated, unimportant, or just “part of being a woman”—meaning something to endure.
42 percent of women having a heart attack don’t have chest pain.
Whether it’s a heavy flow or a pinkish tinge, bleeding after menopause should never be brushed off as one last hurrah as there is a 6 percent to 10 percent chance the cause could be endometrial cancer. Bleeding after menopause is such a sensitive sign of endometrial cancer that up to 90 percent of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer had at least one episode of bleeding after menopause.
