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Is it Hot in Here, or is it Just Me?
by Eileen Smotzer, President
When I was 18, I thought I was terribly clever when I purchased a cardboard fan to place on my newly menopausal mom’s bedside table. The fan had a terrific photo still from the black comedy, “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” Bette Davis was standing over Joan’s Crawford’s crumpled body after pushing her down the stairs, shouting “Heat got ya down, Blanche?” Mom smiled mysteriously and laughed when she saw the fan – and, to think I thought she laughed because I was so funny.
Mom, you can stop laughing now. 30 years later, I finally understand: Welcome to Menopause!
About 6 years ago, I found myself entering what I now know to be peri-menopause. With a boatload of annoying symptoms – night sweats, anxiety, memory loss, extremely irregular periods, short temper, to mention a few - and a trusted gynecologist who claimed I was “way too young to worry about things like menopause” - I wanted to get educated, and feel better.
I searched everywhere - websites, the library, periodicals, even switched doctors - and dug up enough information to understand what was happening: I was soundly in the midst of peri-menopause (and more recently, menopause). And, I’ve survived it all without having to turn to pharmaceutical approaches to relieve my symptoms.
So, Real Hot Attitude is my gift to you. I’ll bring you the definitive information you need to make good decisions to approach menopause with the right balance – updated every month! We’ll feature timely information from clinicians, medical journals, and our resident exercise physiologist, Judith A. Juvancic-Heltzel MA, Certified ACSM Health Fitness Instructor®, so you can develop your personal menopause survival program. We’ve got great fitness wear and casual clothes – Real Hot STUFF - to help you look great, be healthy, and be hot! And, we’ll give you the tools you need to develop a good dialogue with your physician – with whom you should consult regularly and responsibly.
Hey, you’re hot – your REAL hot – so get your hot self into gear and let us help you Embrace Change with a Real Hot Attitude!
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