This blog article provides a balanced look at hormone replacement treatment for surgical menopause.

Surgical menopause follows removal of a woman's ovaries - for example, to treat cancer. Chemotherapy can damage ovaries, but won't necessarily cause menopause.

Surgical menopause comes complete with menopause symptoms - it's the sudden drop in hormones that causes them.

Hysterectomies don't cause surgical menopause unless a woman's ovaries are also removed. A hysterectomy can be linked to early menopause, however.

Depression can follow surgical menopause. This article discusses what you can do for the blues.

This article reports that migraine sufferers may have more headaches after surgical menopause. Black colosh is the suggested treatment.

Self-care for surgical menopause and natural menopause can include the same strategies. This article provides some basic tips.

There's no transition period with surgical menopause. This article provides some coping tips from women who've gone through it.

Surgical menopause can come with more intense menopause symptoms. There's physical and mental healing involved.

Describes the symptoms of surgical menopause and suggests lifestyle changes to help you cope.

Women talk about their experiences with surgical menopause and hormone replacement therapy.

A frank discussion of how surgical menopause can affect your sex drive. Describes treatments available.

Part of coping with surgical menopause is understanding your treatment options. This article gives you a start.

It's hard enough to deal with the surgery part of surgical menopause. Dealing with estrogen pills may be too much. As this article points out, a patch can be an alternative.

Surgical removal of ovaries to reduce cancer risk is controversial and causes surgical menopause. Hormone replacement therapies can help.