Your Menopause, Your Way

Everyone from social media influencers, internet ads, wellness spas, and online medical care platforms are touting menopausal hormonal therapy or "hormonal optimization" as a panacea for midlife perimenopausal and menopausal women. Hormones vacillate hourly if not more frequently and we base treatments on how someone feels not a lab result which may say it's normal, yet women can still feel "off or not themselves". There is no true "hormonal optimization", except perhaps, for those during infertility treatment but other than that, each woman is an individual with her own physiology, biochemistry and metabolism and needs to be cared for and treated and valued as such.

There are many ways to relieve hot flashes or to preserve bone other than estrogen. There are ways to screen for cardiovascular disease and mitigate risk other than via hormone use. YOUR MENOPAUSE CARE NEEDS TO BE MANAGED YOUR WAY encompassing your values, lifestyle and preferences. Since the black box label recently removed in November 2026 from all estrogens, (and was only supposed to be removed from vaginal estrogen but the FDA went a little too far) people with little knowledge base other than a weekend hormone course that doesn't even require someone to have a healthcare or medical backround, are touting estrogen as the answer to everything. Chiropractors, naturopaths, orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists, are prescribing hormone replacement therapy (who's correct name is now menopausal hormonal therapy). Understanding the side effects, family histories, bleeding complications and other disease risks are paramount in managing these women as they navigate through this time. These conversations are nuanced and highly complex. Women deserve to have their complaints, desires and preferences taken seriously which takes time by someone who has extensive training in the phamacokinetics of these compounds. . They don't deserve to be upsold supplements so their clinician may make addition revenue. Women are intelligent. They need a navigating partner. They deserve someone well trained, board certified that understands good science/the hormonal studies, what comprises a good double blind randomized study (not extrapolating just the parts that serve someone’s purpose) can digest and present the information to women in a positive unbiased manner which they can understand. Only then can women choose powerfully, be empowered and do what's right for them based on their lifestyle, values and priorities. That doesn't happen in a traditional 15–20-minute visit. That sometimes isn't even enough time to review someone's medical history properly to identify personal and family risks and trends and discuss alternatives of treatments. 

Ladies, YOU are the master of your universe, health, body and well-being.  Be discerning, be savvy, don't succumb to social media or peer pressure, Women are smart and can figure things out for themselves. Find a clinician that gets you, that listens to you, that cares about you and your preferences. Find someone that will discuss adjuvant treatments and interventions in addition to, or besides, hormones. We have a huge tool, box to help keep you healthy and feeling well and "like yourself".  Know all your options. Come prepared to your appointments with questions and know the qualifications of the person that is providing your care. That's your right and I hope you would want to know. It's your menopause. Do it your way. Know ALL your options including benefits and risks to figure out your WHY. Make the right decisions for you. That said, these things take time and require accessibility and great communication with your clinician. Women Wise Holistic Healthcare and Wellness  provides all that and more!! Please give us a call today and understand we want to help make you a wise woman, holistically healthy, meaning, physically, emotionally and spiritually well to live your best and last 1/3rd of your life (if lucky enough to live that long,) well, happy, vibrant and thriving. Your life may depend on it!! Namaste and blessings to all.