Holistic Menopause Health Solutions, Susan Rinkus, NP Health Coach

03/11/2025

Cancer Rehab & Integrative Medicine - Austin TX

Our Women’s Circles are Back & In Person Now!

Our Women’s Circles are safe spaces where you are seen, heard, and held in community while sharing stories from your heart.

The circle listens deeply with attention and compassion and does not presume to advise, save, or fix anyone. There is no cross-talk in the circle.

Through guided meditation, mindful self-compassion, breathwork, poems, Tibetan and crystal bowls, and silence, our circles create space for you to discover your authentic self during your cancer journey. It's a place where we heal in the community of others.

Circle #1 April 6th & 20th
Women's Cancer Circle Newly Diagnosed/Currently Receiving Treatments
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1278256181649?

Circle #2 April 13th & 27
Women's Cancer Circle Living Beyond Cancer
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1278471505689?

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12/18/2024

Although therapy continues to have an important role in management, it is NOT recommended for primary or secondary disease prevention.

Different formulations, doses, and routes of delivery of hormone therapy have different effects on markers and risks of clinical CVD events.

However, long-term trials evaluating clinical outcomes with transdermal and other alternate HT regimens are limited.

SOURCE:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8063246/

12/15/2024

for & during the holiday season 🧑‍🎄🎄🧑‍🎄 & beyond.



Handheld bidet sprayer. Easy to install.

You can thank me later.

09/16/2024

09/04/2024

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Do you want to know more about Long Covid? For yourself? Family? Friends?

Here is an easy to read book by Dr Robert Groysman who is a specialist in interventional pain management, sports medicine, and anesthesiology in Irving, Texas.

He has taken up the cause to help us to better understand and manage Long Covid.

"....this book offers an in-depth exploration of Long COVID, breaking down the condition into understandable segments. You will gain knowledge of the risk factors, the underlying causes, and the various treatment options available. Importantly, this book is not just about theory; it’s about practical, actionable strategies that can be implemented in real-life scenarios."

I like that he dispels many myths surrounding Long Covid and the bogus treatments offered to those of us trying to live with Long Covid.

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Because Long COVID has over 200 symptoms and the presentation of symptoms is variable, I primarily focus on four causes and how much each cause contributes to the symptoms of Long COVID. It is not productive to chase symptoms of Long COVID.

-- Groysman MD, Robert. The Complete Long COVID Handbook: Volume 1 (p. 17). Kindle Edition.

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I purchased the eBook on Amazon and read it using the free Kindle app. Cost was a little less than $10.00. There is also a paperback version.

Here is the associated Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/longcovidsgb

Here is the website https://covidinstitute.org/

09/04/2024

Atomic Habits

08/23/2024

COVID-19 testing can help you know if you have COVID-19 so you can decide what to do next, like getting treatment to reduce your risk of severe illness and taking steps to lower your chances of spreading the virus to others.

08/21/2024

What you eat can affect how your thyroid functions, too, as well as make a difference in how well your thyroid replacement therapy works.

Following a healthy hypothyroidism diet won’t cure hypothyroidism. Most people with hypothyroidism need hormone replacement therapy to help manage their condition.

But your diet can make a difference.

“When you’re taking thyroid hormone replacement therapy, you don’t want anything to affect how your body absorbs the medication,” says endocrinologist Ravali Veeramachaneni, MD. “So, we advise people on these medications to be cautious about certain foods that can make those therapies less effective.”

Hypothyroidism is best managed with medication. But what you eat can make a difference in how well those medications work. Here’s what you need to know.

08/21/2024

As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week.

According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25 states have or likely have rising numbers of COVID infections.

The problem is, it's a much tougher virus for some people.

And it's like a lottery, where it could then weeks later lead to long COVID.

And we're still seeing that even with the current virus in people who were previously very healthy.

As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week. According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25 states have or likely have rising numbers of COVID infections. William Brangham sp...

08/21/2024

RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.

When I was at one of the lowest points in my life, even getting out of bed felt impossible. I had no energy, no motivation, and was barely surviving.

Once a week, I’d drag myself to therapy. But during one session, I had nothing to say. My therapist asked how my week had been, and all I could muster was, “I dunno, man. Life.”

He wasn’t satisfied. “No, what exactly are you struggling with right now? When you go home after this session, what will be staring you in the face?”

I hesitated, embarrassed by the answer. I wanted something more meaningful to say, something bigger. But the truth was so small.

Finally, I admitted, “Honestly? The dishes. It’s stupid, I know. The more I look at them, the more I can’t do them. I’ll have to scrub them first because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can’t stand there and scrub.”

I felt ridiculous. How could a grown woman be undone by dishes? But my therapist didn’t judge. He just nodded and said, *“Run the dishwasher twice.”*

I started to argue that you’re not supposed to, but he cut me off.

*“Why not? If your dishwasher sucks and you don’t want to scrub, run it twice. Run it three times. Who cares? There are no rules.”*
His words blew my mind in a way I can’t fully explain.

That day, I went home, threw the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, and ran it three times. It felt like slaying a dragon. The next day, I took a shower lying down. A few days later, I folded my laundry and put it wherever it fit. Suddenly, there were no arbitrary rules holding me back, and I could start accomplishing things again.

Now that I’m in a healthier place, I rinse my dishes, I shower standing up, and I sort my laundry. But back when living felt like a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned one of the most important lessons of my life:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.

✍️ Author | Kate Scott

07/11/2024

We’ve insulated ourselves from the reality of climate change

One of the problems with communicating heat risks is that they’re often obscure.

The average person lacks the context that helps us realize how dangerous things are actually getting.

A graph can show us things like incremental temperature increases, for example. But it doesn’t convey urgency.

One of the paradoxes of modern life is that as we insulate ourselves from the heat and retreat indoors, we also numb ourselves to the problem.

Our attitudes about enduring extreme heat have to evolve.