Marissa’s Story

Diagnosed, Dismissed, and Determined: How Premature Menopause Became My Mission by Marissa Fontanez, DNP, FAIHM, MSCP In the United States, the first COVID case emerged in Washington state, where I worked as a primary care/urgent care doctor. It was a time of intersecting crises – the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and devastating forest… Continue reading Marissa’s Story

Jade’s Story

Jade, 36, has been in menopause for over a year. A series of surgeries have left her without the children she had hoped to birth — and a resolute focus to bring her emotional, mental, and physical self, back from trauma she was not prepared for. Her story unfolds …   Was this an unexpected surgery that… Continue reading Jade’s Story