I am 48, I have run 23 marathons, and I did everything right. My doctors kept telling me I was fine. So I stopped waiting and got comprehensive bloodwork that tested 125 biomarkers instead of the usual handful.
The results finally told the truth, ferritin at 10, bone density at the 11th percentile, an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of nearly 10 to 1, and a genetic cardiac risk factor called Lp(a) that nobody had ever told me about.
I also share what changed when I finally found a menopause specialist who actually listened. If you have ever been dismissed, told you were fine, or felt like you were fighting alone...you are not.
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