Perimenopause and Menopause Archive

Your Sexuality: Great Info from Gunter

I’ve found a new (to me) source for my sexual-health-info-seeking: Dr. Jen Gunter. You already know this if you follow her: she’s factual and funny. She’s an OB/GYN with a passion for health and social media. And she’s Canadian-born (shout-out to Winnipeg)!  I like to read her stuff because she is sex positive, and can [...]

Size Wise, We All Need Support

While there is always great discussion on Twitter about body image, a couple of things in the last week caught me in particular. pressure cooker

One of them was a post by Pamela Madsen, one of my faves. She talked about tension between embracing her (large-ish) self as a way of healing and then facing the health implications that a weightier body can pose.

Safer sex advice says “Use a Condom.” What if Your Partner Won’t?

“I think you need to have something about how men don’t want to wear condoms,” said Carol. The “Use a condom” message is spouted by HIV prevention educators (including myself) the world over, but we know it’s not always reasonable advice. There are situations where women and men alike can’t use a condom.

Gals I Adore

I’m fascinated by things our amazing bodies can do and what to do to help them when things aren’t going too well. Luckily, I get paid to do this: I work in HIV education/ prevention. There are some folks I visit online on a regular basis online, and I sing their praises for their generous and provocative thoughts, questions and observations.

Do You Avoid the Doctor?

I have a friend who refused to get her first mammogram until she was 48. She has young kids, and said she just couldn’t handle the stress if something was found. Her partner and I would present our “better to be diagnosed early IF it’s even an issue, which it won’t be” argument, but she didn’t buy it.

Your Friend the Pap

Love them or hate them, they offer invaluable information. Of course I’m talking about the Pap test. Pap smears test for irregular cells on the cervix, which indicate the possibility of cervical cancer.

Relationships that Count

I had the best afternoon last week. I was in a room full of soon-to-be doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and counselors to talk about sexual health, specifically HIV, and what’s so different for women. Patients, clients, whatever they’re going to call them- it’s the relationships that count.

30 Years of AIDS and Ignorance Reigns

Serious title of a serious post, yes. But today’s a big day: it’s the 30th anniversary of the first identified cases of what would eventually be called AIDS. The cases puzzled the doctors- seemingly healthy young men suddenly developing pneumonia and dying. What was going on? More cases appeared, and in 1984, the human immunodeficiency [...]

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