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Perimenopause

  • What do cysts on the ovary mean?

    I’ve been having some heavier bleeding and increased period cramps. I’m 34 and don’t know why, but my doctor sent me for a pelvic ultrasound. He just called me saying the ultrasound showed a big cyst on my ovary. He wants me to see a gynecologist about it.
    So I have two questions: What does a cyst on the ovary mean? And does having a cyst imply I must have surgery?

  • Why do I have Osteoporosis? I’m Way too Young!

    I slipped on some soggy leaves while walking home from work. I ended up breaking my upper arm. I’m only 36-this kind of fracture typically happens in 80 year olds! My bone density shows a Z-score of -3, meaning I have osteoporosis by bone density as well as low trauma fracture. But how I could have osteoporosis since I am so young and do everything right? I walk about an hour a day (my commute), I eat yogurt and cheese and drink 3 glasses of skim milk a day-all my life I have taken a multi vitamin. My weight is perfect. I’ve never skipped a period and they come predictably every 27 days. I don’t even have osteoporosis in my family. Why did I break my arm???

  • Why Does My Heart Feeling Like it is Doing Hurdles?

    I’m 46 years old, healthy and have never, ever had any heart trouble. However, three times in the last six months I’ve had to go to Emergency because my heart starts jumping and racing and I feel like I could black out. I’ve now seen two cardiologists who think they should do surgery to cut the electrical channels in my heart. But I’m young and healthy–my periods are even regular but I’m getting night sweats now and having much worse premenstrual symptoms, cramps and heavy periods. Please help! I’m scared.

  • Daily Perimenopause Diary©

    CeMCOR’s Daily Perimenopause Diary© is meant for perimenopausal women, including women with regular cycles who have hot flushes or night sweats. The Diary is available in both print and digital formats, with instructions provided. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read and print the PDF of the Diary with instructions. We have…

  • The Estrogen Errors: Why Progesterone Is Better for Women’s Health

    About In this revealing work, Dr. Jerilynn Prior teams up with Susan Baxter, a medical writer, to explain the controversy over medicine prescribing estrogen for perimenopausal women in the United States, and to detail why progesterone is actually a far more effective, and a far less risk-ridden, approach. Citing long-standing and emerging research, patient vignettes,…

  • The ABCs of Osteoporosis Prevention for Women in Midlife

    Bone Health: As Simple as ABC! Perimenopause, the time of change before, and a year after the final menstrual period, is also a time of increased risk for falling, bone loss and occasionally, for fractures. Bone loss is more rapid from the start of irregular flow until a year after the final period compared to…