Menopause

A television writer deals with too much plot.A storyteller wants to know the future. That’s our job, after all: to map out the plot. We must keep a bird’s-eye view of the whole saga in mind — beginning, middle and end — while we make our way through each individual moment.This narrator’s drive to predict the future has always been so compulsive in me that it’s manifested in daily actions ranging from the practical (to-do lists, calendars) to the goofy (astrology, tarot). What happens next, I ask the cards, yearning for certainty, for control over my own story.Before I got married, all I did was wonder if I would ever get married. And soon after my wedding (a firm conclusion to that question), I visited a gynecologist, hoping to tackle the next big plot point. I was 35, a professional screenwriter, and I had always wanted children.Your Questions About Menopause, AnsweredCard 1 of 6What are perimenopause and menopause? More