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What We All Need to Know About Perimenopause

Every person born with female reproductive organs who lives long enough, will go through menopause. Yet, our understanding of what that means for our overall health is minimal– which is problematic at best and dangerous at worst. This is not okay. With the understanding that the more we know, the...

Perimenopause

Menopause is liberating. Say what??!

Midlife is often painted as a time of tragic invisibility for women, mourning the way men’s heads no longer turn when they walk by. But after talking to lots of women over the past four years, exactly NONE of them ever mentioned missing unwanted male attention. Did men make that...

I am Dee Lifestyle

Endometriosis

I have endometriosis, a stage IV, to be exact. The adhesions are behind my uterus. In my vaginal wall, they stick to my rectum and colon, my left ovary, and my bladder. A hysterectomy is possible, but surgery is not recommended due to the size of the adhesions and the...

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My story of empowerment and radical self-love

Growing up I was raised in a tiny village in Canada. My entrepreneurial father established a thriving marina and recreational business, and my mother was a self-trained accountant. We were well known in the community; my dad was the disciplinarian, my mom the supportive listener. I was born the middle...

I am Dee

Invisibility is my Choice

My heart has two kinds of days. I have days when I walk the streets with my eyes wide open, curious, cheerful, and outgoing. On days like that, I see almost everything and everyone around me, men, women, young, old. On days like that, I give compliments to people that...

Perimenopause

Quarantine (perimeno)pause

Thank you for reading my words. Over here, I share my journey into aging and the different aspects involved. aging is accompanied by many changes, beautiful changes but also sometimes difficult changes. One important aspect of change is the perimenopause as a run-up to the menopause. I am not a...