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

"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."--

Perimenopause and menopause experiences are as unique as all of us who move through them. There's no one-size-fits-all approach, but Corinna tells you the basics, and what you can do to take care of yourself. Corinna busts myths, offers real self-care tips, and is inclusive of many who have been left out of the discussion, such as people with disabilities and queer, transgender, non-binary, and other gender-diverse people. -- adapted from back cover