STORY BY ASHLEY STAMOULIS, FOUNDER OF SUTHINGIRL
Your mama called it “The Change of Life.” Your grandmother, well, she didn’t call it anything; that’s not ladylike. Me? I’m calling it Prime Time. As a 46-year-old mother of three teenagers, I jumped at the chance to sit down with Heather Quaile and Julie Morin, the clinical dream team at Atlanta’s new NORE WOMEN’S HEALTH, to dish about menopause and ask real questions posed by myself and my girlfriends. No holding back.
SUTHINGIRL
Girls, let’s talk hot flashes! Why don’t I run down my personal list of symptoms and see what hits home? Hot flashes, menstrual cycle with a mind of its own, weight gain around my middle…stop me when I get to the part where you tell me I’m in full-blown menopause…
JULIE
You’re definitely speaking our language. At Nore Women’s Health we see women with those symptoms every day.
HEATHER
You left out sleep disturbance, low libido, irritability, overactive bladder, vaginal dryness…
SUTHINGIRL
Right! So, let’s talk about what’s going on.
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