The Wisdom of Menopause

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chris_northrup_md: Sometimes a few physical symptoms are the only challenges one will find at menopause. There is no need to look for spiritual challenges if all is well with your life.

chris_northrup_md: A mastectomy itself will not cause early onset, but the physiologic stress associated with surgery could cause several months of missed periods which may mimic menopause. Chances are that your periods will restart.

chris_northrup_md: Most people who have had their uterus removed but who retain their ovaries will experience things such as hot flashes. This may be the only symptom you will have. Others go through mood swings, insomnia, PMS-type symptoms. Each case is individual.

chris_northrup_md: There is a kind of increase in life force available to us at menopause if we open to our spirits. New growth begins in the spring; menopause is the springtime of the second half of life.

At the same time, we have a heightened sense of our mortality, so we feel a certain urgency to get on with those things which we've always wanted to do but which we've kept putting off until later.

asimpkinson: Dr. Northrup's book "The Wisdom of Menopause" has recently been published by Bantam Books. For more information about Dr. Northrup's upcoming events, newsletter, workshops, etc., log on to www.drnorthrup.com.

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