If I could turn back time.

These are the things I wish I had done when I experienced premature menopause.

If I could turn back time to 2002, here is what I wish I had done or been given to manage the impending long-term estrogen deficiency caused by chemotherapy and adjuvant endocrine therapy for my breast cancer.

1. An honest discussion of what was about to happen.

I was an OBGYN resident, so you think I would have known better, but frankly, menopause educ…