Dr. Vonda Wright

Or they say, I want to do this naturally.

And those are the things that say, okay, fine, do it naturally.

But brain fog, night sweats, and hot flashes are not the only thing going on.

And so if you're making this decision...

Fully informed.

Well, you're a sentient being.

Make the incision.

But you cannot feel your bones crumbling until they're broken.

You cannot feel that.

You cannot feel your muscle going away.

You cannot feel your brain starving.

You can't detect microvascular disease of your heart.

So you may think you're getting away with something.

And maybe you don't have night sweats, brain fog.

But it doesn't mean you're not having a different physiology.

And if you are fully aware of that and make a decision that you don't want to optimize your hormones, that's your decision.

And I'm fine with that.

But what I'm not fine with is people thinking they're getting away with something when they're not.

But I think that we would be remiss in this part of the conversation, and I'll say it, I'm the orth pod, but I'm going to say it anyway.

Many men, I just talked to my husband publicly about this because we're trying to educate men, is that most men don't realize that in perimenopause, as estrogen wanes, it affects all tissues.