Here are some personal and medical articles, which may show other women ways to cope with personal and family events, which threaten to shake their emotional foundations.

Patricia has written movingly about her life story in the book Is It ME Or My Hormones?

She has written most movingly about forgiveness and part of that chapter is available below.

Margaret, in 2002, had a brush with death. This account - A Matter Of Life And Death was published in an abridged version in our local newspaper.

• A Matter of Life & Death


• Forgiveness: The Healing Balm, The Key to Happiness - By Patricia Michalka


• Symptomatic Menopausal Women Deserve HRT
  ... "I want to assure women that proper use of hormone therapy (HT) is both beneficial and safe..."


• The Neglected Vagina
  "For men sexual function remains reasonable well into old age, but if not, help is available (e.g. Viagra). The general complaint is that they don't get enough! But for an increasing number of women sex becomes a chore or literally a pain after menopause..."


• Misunderstanding HRT
  "I cannot think of any other medication which has been the subject of such savage and unwarranted attacks as has Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) in the last 10 years."


• Osteoporosis
  Definition: A disease characterised by low bone mass and deterioration of bone architecture, which increases the susceptibility to fractures.

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in the world than there is for bread.
Mother Theresa