The Truth About Menopause Urinary Incontinence - You're Not Alone #shorts

In this episode we meet Lindsay. Lindsay’s experience with perimenopause began very early, in her late 30s. The key issue she was having was urge incontinence, where the urge to urinate comes on quickly and is hard to control.

Lindsay's other main symptom was migraine headaches that were very painful and disruptive. When she finally found herself with such extreme urge incontinence that she couldn’t contain her urine as she got out of her car, she knew something had to be done.

Lindsay’s frustration and distress about her menopausal transition symptoms is only part of her story. She has experienced, as many of us have, the second-class status of women’s health. She had to become a strong and vocal advocate for her own health because none of her healthcare providers were taking her seriously. When she became the ‘squeaky wheel’, insisting on digging into her concerns, the doctors finally discovered significant ovarian cysts and realized the root cause of her symptoms was perimenopausal hormone changes.

Lindsay’s story is unique, yet the experience of disturbing, disruptive symptoms and a lack of concern from the medical establishment will be familiar to many women.

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Urinary System Changes
Changing hormone levels can have a physiological impact on the urinary system causing different types of bladder problems. Although the accompanying symptoms such as overactive bladder, stress incontinence, urge incontinence, urine leakage, and bladder leakage may be unpleasant, fortunately they are quite often easily addressed with simple self-care routines.

Experiencing menopause symptoms can make you feel caught off guard, out of control, confused and alone.

Am I In Menopause? PROJECT is a platform for radically honest storytelling that gives a voice to diverse individuals experiencing struggles with midlife women's health.

We’ve identified asked a selected group of individuals and asked them to participate in this a project so they can in which they share stories about their personal experiences with menopause symptoms. We hope that through this project of shared storytelling it will help us all learn more what’s happening to our bodies, give us tools and information that we can use for our own self-care, and remind us that we are not alone.

Am I in menopause? PROJECT uses personal shared stories to:
• Give hope to women who are struggling with menopause
• Normalize menopause experiences
• Give real life examples of what has worked for other women
• Showcase women’s courage in the face of this midlife journey
• And most importantly reassure women that they are not alone and that there is a way through

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If you are a person aged 35 – 55 experiencing sudden hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, rage, depression, anxiety or any the 35+ known symptoms of the menopause transition, you are in the right place.

Herstasis® Health is about education, trust and accuracy. Our primary goal is to help get valuable science-based information to women experiencing severe symptoms of perimenopause.

Herstasis® Health is a Canadian non-profit dedicated to providing the latest evidence-based research to people in plain language so they can learn, make informed choices, and advocate for their own menopause health.

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