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Menopause Before 40: Coping with Premature Ovarian Failure
List Price: $9.99
Amazon Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Editorial Review: If you suspect you are in early menopause, you need this book.
Customer Reviews:
0 of 1 found this review helpful:
 Disappointed, 2007-12-27
As a woman who has been dx with POF I was looking forward to reading this highly recommended (by amazon reviewers) book. Overall I was disappointed with the book... perhaps it's my medical background or perhaps I just don't enjoy the overly explicit details regarding the author's personal traumas. I'm sure for some readers the author's personal musings about her severe depression and personal drama may be comforting in that "I'm not alone" sort of way but if you're looking for a positive perspective on how to cope with POF this is not the book to consider.
0 of 0 found this review helpful:
 A doctor's perspective, 2006-02-28
Karin Banerd's "Menopause before 40 Coping with Premature Ovarian Failure" is an excellent primer for ALL women undergoing menopause - not just those before 40. It is well written and researched with each chapter flowing seamlessly into the next one. I would recommend it as a very good read not only for the above reasons, but because the author draws on her personal experiences to make this not only informative, but interesting. I look forward to an updated version with the hope that the author will have the time to do one.
4 of 5 found this review helpful:
Amazing book for women with POF, 2005-05-29
If you suffer from premature ovarian failure, and are going through early menopause as a result, you'll find this book validates every single thought, emotion, physical feeling and sense of personal chaos you may be going through. I sure did! I want to thank the author for being so candid. I have read material on POF on the internet, and think this book should be required reading.
4 of 5 found this review helpful:
Early menopause: a personal journey., 2005-03-21
Karin Banerd's book is a most useful guide for all women who find themselves in the bewildering predicament of experiencing early menopause. Karin provides the reader with a most touching account of her long and painful journey to discovery, search for solutions and finally coping with this potentially health-threatening condition.
Karin's description of her poignant experiences as well as the wealth of well-researched material on all aspects of early menopause, including HRT, will no doubt be of great support to other women and their partners who find themselves in the same difficult situation. Her courage in telling her personal story will, I think, be appreciated by patients and doctors alike.
Moreover, Karin delivers this information from the point of view of the patient, not the medical practitioner.
5 of 6 found this review helpful:
At last! The truth about early menopause, 2005-03-16
Karin Banerd explains at the beginning of this book that premature menopause can occur naturally, as a result of a full or partial hysterectomy, or as a result of radiation or chemotherapy treatment. When Banerd realized that she was experiencing premature ovarian failure naturally (her body began the process before she was 35), the lack of information and support for women in her situation left her feeling isolated and lost. Her desire to fill this gap in women's health literature prompted her to write this book.
Menopause Before 40 is full of useful information. Banerd provides practical advice on how to identify and cope with the symptoms of early menopause. She includes a clear, thoughtful discussion on the pros and cons of various hormone replacement therapies (HRTs), and identifies the benefits and risks of some alternative approaches to alleviating menopausal symptoms. A list of web resources (which includes both Canadian and US sites), an extensive bibliography, and a good index are also provided.
But what makes this book unique is Banerd's courageous, deeply personal account of her own experience with early menopause. She describes the physical, emotional, and mental highs and lows that she experienced, and how they affected every aspect of her life, including her marriage, her work, and her sense of self. She tells the story of this tumultuous period in her life with unflinching honesty. It's all here - the frustration of trying to find doctors who would listen to her (at least one flatly refused to believe that a woman of her age could be menopausal), the devastating bouts of depression, the havoc wreaked on her sex life, and her struggles to fulfill her roles as employee, wife, and mother. Banerd tells her story calmly and matter-of-factly, but her descriptions of these experiences are heartrending.
Menopause Before 40 is an excellent resource for women who are, or suspect they are, experiencing early menopause. Karin Banerd makes the sometimes complex material interesting and easy to understand. This book will also be of interest to anyone, male or female, who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the impact that early menopause has on the women who experience it and those around them.
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