Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause

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Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause

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Editorial Review: For significant milestones, significant books: first, Our Bodies, Ourselves, then What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and now, Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause. Written with an uncompromising intelligence and wit by two award-winning Newsweek journalists, Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? is the essential, comprehensive, up-to-the-minute, deeply optimistic book for the millions of women in their forties-to-sixties.

The menopause transition—so often mysterious—varies greatly from woman to woman. Finally, here is the one book that makes the full scope of it accessible and understood. It covers the role of hormones and the controversy over hormone therapy. The truth about hot flashes . . . and how to deal with one in the middle of a meeting. A top-to-bottom assessment of the aches, pains, and assorted ills that can afflict menopausal women. The impact on sexuality, and how to counteract that waver...

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Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause, 2008-06-03
Really good practical book on menopause and what to expect. Written in plain english and easy to understand. Excellent reference book to have.

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Could Be More Informative on Topics, 2007-09-17
This is a good general book for any woman interested in what she has to look forward to during menopause. The questions and answers are informative up to a point. My problem is that I'd like a more in-depth discussion of the topics that interest me the most. Having just been diagnosed with fibroids, I'm very interested in all I can find out about them. This book contains a few hit and miss mentions of them throughout under various topics. The actual fibroid topic itself has only two pages, and 90% of that is discussion of various surgical procedures to remove them (ie. hysterectomy). As I'm not interested in surgery, but want information on diet, exercise, herbal remedies, etc., I was very disappointed in this respect. While I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants some broad general knowledge on various topics, I'd suggest looking elswhwere if you want information on something in particular. I ended up buying another book which discusses only the topic I'm interested in at the moment.

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Very Informative, 2007-08-20
"Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause" has three parts: "The Basics"; "What You're Feeling Now"; and "Staying Healthy Forever". The chapters in part one are called: "What's Happening?" and "The Hormone Question". The chapters in the second part are: "Hot Flashes"; "sleep"; "Sex"; "Bleeding"; "Aches and Pains"; "Moods and Emotions"; and "Thinking and Memory". Chapters in the last part include: "Bones"; "Eyes and Ears"; "Heart"; "Cancer"; "Diet and Exercise"; and "Looking Good". There are also two Appendices. The first appendix is organized by chapter and is filled with charts and graphs related to each chapter. The second appendix lists websites and books for further information on menopause. Each chapter in the book explains the subject and has a question and answer section.

"Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause" is one of the best books on Menopause that I've read. I especially liked that fact that the authors emphasize the positive side of menopause saying it is not an ending, but a beginning and the fact that menopause is a natural process not a disease. I also liked the fact that each chapter had a list called "when to see the doctor". Each chapter is full of useful information and several of the chapters have charts or diary suggestions that can be very helpful. The book addresses the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy and alternatives to HRT. The diet and exercise section not only discusses what to eat and how much exercise to do but includes recipes and gives several exercises, with illustrations, to do. The question and answer section was very informative although there were a few times when I found there were questions that I had that weren't asked. The book also talks about which problems are caused by aging and not by Menopause. Much of the advise in the book is helpful but it's impossible to do everything the authors say when it comes to diet and exercising (who has time to exercise 30 - 60 minutes every single day?) The appendices were as useful as the rest of the book, especially the list of websites. And pay attention to the illustrations scattered throughout the book - many of them add a nice bit of humor to a sometimes serious subject.

"Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause" is a great resource book on Menopause.

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AND HOW ARE YOU EXPERTS???, 2007-07-11
Im not laughing at all about this "humorous" guide to menopause. I have been dealing with menopause for several years and this book in no way, shape or form helped me to find a cure for my symptoms. But then again why would I buy a book written by journalists about medical conditions?!?!
And as a side, I have found that bio-identical hormones are the ONLY therapy that has saved my life, instead of "possibly" risking my life by taking synthetic hormones.
Get this book off the market!

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Oh, Please! , 2007-04-15
If this is the very first book about menopause you've ever read, then you might find it entertaining first, and informative second. If, like me, you've read up a bit on this normal phase of life, then this book will shed no new light on the process, and might just make you say, "Oh, please!" After all, what's new about menopause? Not much, but this book rehashes it all, and then some. Five hundred plus pages could be cut to half if the authors dropped the question and answer format in each chapter. (Answers below in parenthesis are mine.)

(p. 303) "Do I really need bifocals? If I take off my glasses and hold the type close, I can read just fine." (You can hold off on the bifocals until you need the book so close you can no longer breath.)

(p.298) "I've heard that putting testosterone in your eyes helps. Is this true?" (Helps what? Growing hair on your eyeballs?)

(p. 269) "I admit it. I've done almost everything on the not-to-do list. My diet isn't particularly good, I smoke, I drink more than I should, and I hate exercise. At 45 is there any help for me?" (No. Return the book and get your money back.)

If you're finding it hard to squeeze in a walk, let alone going to the gym, you probably won't care to know that there are vaginal barbells available for recommended three times a week exercise. Also included are very explicit instructions on "how to kegel." (p. 118) Oh, please!

If you're feeling a bit down about aging, you might not welcome the fact that the "secret to happiness" section lists "get older" as one of the things to do. (p.209) Other secrets are: be proactively grateful, forgive someone, be kind to someone . . . and there's more. Oh, please!

If you haven't gagged yet, you might like the book. There is information to be found among the fillers, if you care to look.

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