ISBN |
9780306874765 (paperback) |
Name |
Corinna, Heather author. |
Title |
What fresh hell is this? : perimenopause, menopause, other indignities, and you / written by a deeply perimenopausal Heather Corinna ; [interior and author illustrations by Archie Bongiovanni]. |
Edition |
First edition. |
Published |
New York : Hachette Books, 2021. |
©2021 |
Description |
viii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. |
Contents |
Are you kidding me? A perimenopause story -- What were they thinking? -- The menopausal transition: when, why, how, where, and what the literal hell -- Ya basics -- Doctor! Doctor! (Or ARNP! Or midwife! Or TCM practitioner! Or not) -- Vasomotor chaos: hot flashes and night sweats -- Moods, feelings, mental health impacts, and trauma -- Brain! (cognitive impacts) -- Pain! (and other neurological impacts) -- Guts to gonads: digestive, urinary, and genital impacts -- Bodies, skin, and looks -- Sex and sexuality -- Other people at home, at work, on dates, and other places. How to avoid them when you can and how to deal with them when you can't (or don't want to) -- Are we there yet? -- The maybe-great beyond: postmenopausal projections. |
Summary |
"An informative, blisteringly funny, somewhat cranky and always spot-on guide to perimenopause and menopause by the award-winning sex ed/health educator and author of S.E.X"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subjects |
Menopause |
Perimenopause |
Genre |
Self-help publications |
Wit and humor |
Other Names |
Bongiovanni, Archie illustrator. |
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