Menopause Metamorphosis

Wise Woman Books for Fibroids

Dear Susun,

I am have been trying to buy your book The Wise Woman. I am not able to find it in Toronto. I am wondering if you could tell please were to find a copy. I have fibroids and I need some help with that.

Hello,

Susun's books The New Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way and her newest book, Down There: Sexual and Reproductive Health the Wise Woman Way both contain information on fibroids. If you are unable to find them on the shelves, most bookstores will do special orders for you, so you can ask about that possiblity.

We also sell them online at our bookshop here: http://www.herbalmedicinehealing.com/store/item_view.asp?estore_itemid=1000021 and here: http://www.herbalmedicinehealing.com/store/item_view.asp?estore_itemid=1000578

Here is an article by Susun on fibroids: http://www.menopause-metamorphosis.com/An_Article-fibroids.htm

blessings,

Kim

Wise Woman Team

www.wisewomanweb.com

www.wisewomanbookshop.com

www.wisewomanuniversity.org

 

Protruding Abdomen

Hello,

For quite some time now, I can't remember when I first noticed this, maybe about 6-7 years ago I noticed the right side of my abdominal area is noticeably more distended than the left. My abdominal area has always been somewhat protruding.  I am 61, and had my last period in April of 2004, when I was 55, about 6 years ago.

It doesn't go away, but I am extremely worried about cancer of some type. I have no other symptoms.  Should I, at this point, get a pelvic ultrasound to see if that detects anything.

Have you heard of anything like this before?

Thanks for any input you can give me.

Hello,

One pelvic ultrasound will not harm you, and that will give you a picture of what is going on inside.

It may well likely be a benign cyst, and they will be able to see that in the sonogram.

It is often normal to have a somewhat protruding abdomen, particularly as one gets older. That is why they made corsets.

If you intuitively feel there is cancer of some type, follow your intuition. Have you been drinking red clover infusion to reverse a possible cancer? What other measures have you been taking to reverse cancer if it should be present?

Have you read the article at following link? http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/discoveries/articles/can_cancer_go_away_on_its_own_.html

That being said, worry is prayer for that which we do not want. So better to do something proactive rather than worry about cancer.

Here is an article by Susun that will offer some ideas for you (see below my signature), plus another

http://www.breasthealthcancerprevention.com/Article_Calming_Herbs.htm#SusunWeed

Sending love,

Justine

http://www.breasthealthcancerprevention.com/Anti_cancer_lifestyle.htm

An anti-cancer lifestyle is not a rigid set of rules to follow, but a safe space to be filled with your favorite ways of nourishing health and discouraging cancer. Since cancer thrives in a too-ordered situation, relax and let chaos give a hand now and then in the execution of your plan. I include all the following elements in my anti-cancer lifestyle. Were I to be diagnosed with cancer, I would continue to do these things in addition to any other remedies I might choose.

• Stay in touch with my own daily and seasonal rhythms.
• Sleep in total darkness or moonlight; get into the sun daily.
• Eat one meal at the same time each day.
• Have emotional outlets.
• Choose friends who support me and my truth.
• Have artistic outlets.
• Receive lots of appreciation and approval (a.k.a. love).
• Exercise one hour three times a week.
• Get a massage once a month or more.
• Do my yoga practice once a week or more.
• Have sexual outlets.
• Take a quiet time of beingness daily.
• Make full use of all sources of joy available to me.
• Eat a Mediterranean-style diet of mostly organically grown foods including daily use of cabbage family plants, raw and cooked greens, whole grains, beans, sunflower seeds, soy products, olive oil, garlic, seasonal fresh fruit, seaweed, yogurt and cheese, herbal infusions, herbal vinegars, and antioxidant seasonings. Plus, at least four times a month, seafood, nuts, mushrooms, dried fruit, and eggs; and, less than four times a month, meat, alcohol, white sugar, and coffee.
• And I avoid: Vitamin/mineral supplements, chlorine, nitrates, tobacco, prescription hormones, TV, white flour, processed foods, and non-organic animal products.

Excerpt from
Breast Cancer? Breast Health the Wise Woman Way by Susun S. Weed

You can get your health questions answered by Susun in one of two ways. Join the health hotline teleseminar on Monday and Thursday evenings 8pm EST, through the winter months. Or you may register for a private telephone consultation. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

Resources for Fibroids and Endometriosis

Hi,

My midwife suggested that I get a book you had written she thinks the title is about fibroids and endometriosis and is a green paperback book. I have been to your website but can't find it

Can you help me find a copy of this book?

Thanks.

Hello,

Very sorry but Susun does not have any books by that title. She does, however, go into both topics in her book, The New Menopausal Years. You can check out the book here: http://www.herbalmedicinehealing.com/store/item_view.asp?estore_itemid=1000021

We also have a website that has excerpts from the book, articles etc. here: http://www.menopause-metamorphosis.com/

Some help in regards to fibroids: http://www.menopause-metamorphosis.com/An_Article-fibroids.htm

There is also this book that we have promoted in the past: http://www.susunweed.com/Excerpt_Endometriosis-Guide.htm#intro

Again, not a green cover, but this may be what you are looking for. It is not in our bookshop, but can be ordered through Amazon.com at this link here. Endometriosis: A Holistic Healing Guide. Just let me know if you need any further assistance.  

blessings,

Kim

Wise Woman Team

www.wisewomanweb.com

www.wisewomanbookshop.com

www.wisewomanuniversity.org

You can get your health questions answered by Susun in one of two ways. Join the health hotline teleseminar on Monday and Thursday evenings 8pm EST, through the winter months. Or you may register for a private telephone consultation. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

 

 

PeriMenopause and Trying to Conceive

Hello Susun,

Once upon  a  time  I have been  advised to buy your  book  " New
Menopausal  Years"  I am very glad I did it..

You see: I am 45  years old,, have one child , and  only now  ready for
second  one..However  realized that  might be not so easy.

I also  read your article  now to make  nourishing  herbal  infusions such
as stinging nettle, red clover, raspberry leaf... And what you have advised:
to see only one herbal  infusion at the same time ( for one week?)..

In your  chapter Fertility after forty  you have several  recommendations 
to  use: red clover,  stinging  nettle infusion,  chasteberry tincture..... 
daily... Only   red clover infusion for one week.. SO how to combine  all of them?

Thank you in advanced,

Hello,

For the infusions you usually rotate them around from day to day, so one day red clover, the next day nettles, the next day oat straw, and so on. If you are specifically working on enhancing your fertility, you will want to make sure that the red clover is part of your routine. You will want to make sure that you do red clover at least two of the days out of the week and you can continue with this schedule indefinitely. Make sure you only use the infusions - not pills or tincture.

A bit of a reminder on the infusions: http://www.susunweed.com/How_to_make_Infusions.htm

Stinging nettle is a good idea to help build overall health and strength, so always need to have at least a day or two of that infusion as well. You can use the chasteberry tincture daily, 1 dropperful 2-3 times a day.

So, to recap you will be drinking an herbal infusion and using the chasteberry tincture each day. Hope that clears things up a bit. Glad that you have enjoyed Susun's book. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

blessings,

Kim

Wise Woman Team

www.wisewomanweb.com

www.wisewomanuniversity.org

www.wisewomanbookshop.com

You can get your health questions answered by Susun in one of two ways. Join the health hotline teleseminar on Monday and Thursday evenings 8pm EST, through the winter months. Or you may register for a private telephone consultation. You can also join the free women's health forum where hundreds of wise woman can help you. Sign up for the free herbal healing ezine, filled with wise woman wit and wisdom. Visit the Wise Woman Bookshop for online university, gift shop, bookshop, digital downloads, and more. Go to www.susunweed.com for a complete list of offerings including radio show and free videos.

NEW Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way

Hello,
 
I have a signed copy of Susun's first book on menopause. I see there is another one now. Is it very different?  I wouldn't like to buy a book that is mostly the same.
 
Please Advise,

Hello, there are some parts that are very much the same, but the new edition is nearly 100 pages longer. There is a lot more material added, from the decade more of thousands of women Susun worked with and heard from, and from her own personal experience with her transition.  Also Susun's stance on a few things changed, primarily on unfermented soy products and progesterone creams.  If you are unsure perhaps you could check out a copy through your local library and browse yourself.  

I very much understand the question.  I have often found reprints to have little more than a few page layout or simple word changes.  I more often opt for reading the new one and taking the few notes in the old, that for buying the new one.  In this case I find the new edition far more superior, much more information, and some important insights changed. 

Since your old one is signed perhaps you could keep it as a keepsake, or write a note with your request for a new explaining your desire for the signature and ask kindly if Susun would be willing to sign the new one for you.

Love and Blessings,
Karen Joy
http://www.wisewomanweb.com
[email protected]

Dear Karen Joy,
 
Thank you so much for your very honest answer.  With one hundred new pages of information and some information  and things changed I think that the book is worth buying.
 
Happy New Year to you,

Wonderful, enjoy!

Karen Joy
[email protected]

A Book on Menopause

Q: I was just reading some of the comments from the women in your website.  I am wondering what book it is that they are talking about.   Is there a book that I can read, that would help me with some of the symptoms.

Thank you

A: Hello, yes there is a wonderful book that is often recommended at the forum and elsewhere.  It is New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way by Susun Weed.  You can find it in most bookstores, or can order it online direct form the publisher.  Enjoy!!

Blessings,
Karen Joy
[email protected]
www.wisewomanweb.com

Embracing Changes in Sexual Desire

Q: Loved the site!  However, I was specifically looking for something along the lines of Lack of Sexual Desire And How To Gain It Back or at least some suggestions on herbal remedies for said problem.  I'm only 42, darn it!

    Can you guide me?

   

   

A: Hello, we are so glad you are enjoying the websites!  This topic is covered in Susun's New Menopausal Years book, some of which is excerpted on the sites.  However the section on this topic is not yet online.  It has been discussed quite a number of times though at Susun Weed's Wise Woman Forum.  I invite you to go there and read and post.  It is a question I have heard of often, so you are not alone.

I only encourage you to be patient with yourself, and explore the ways perhaps what is interesting has changed rather than simply disappeared.  Also at times in our lives our sexual passion is moved in another direction or can be rekindled in ways other than what we have known as sex.  This forces us inside to explore our true passions and often forces us to stop focusing on the demands or wants of a partner who (understandably) wants things to remain as they have been in the past.  As women we are ever-changing :)

Blessings,
Karen Joy
[email protected]
www.wisewomanweb.com