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Beginning March 28th through April 11th
Share the Important Information from the
Award Winning Movie:
On the Big Screen Nationwide
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Let's Go To The Movies! | |
Dear Hot Flashers, 
These are exciting times. The long awaited release of our award-winning documentary Hot Flash Havoc into movie theaters begins this month. Please review the locations listed above and spread the word to get everyone into these theaters to demonstrate your interest and our concern for better health and well being for all women everywhere.
This is an amazing opportunity for all of you, who are already part of this grassroots effort, to band together to be part of promoting this important message. Email, twitter, blog & Face Book that Hot Flash Havoc the movie is the answer to provide women everywhere with the information they need to make vital decisions about their own health. Isn't it amazing no one took the time to make this movie before? Well, we did it and now we need you to get the word out ... we already have thousands of supporters but we need millions. "You" can make that happen. Look at the list of locations pin point the ones nearest you, call, e-mail and tell everyone you know to go to this movie and spread the word to everyone they know. This is how the power of one works .... Please be a part of making this happen. Let's go viral.
Remember this is for woman and men..........
Beverly Hills on March 30th to April 5th at the Laemmle Hall 3 Theater is of prime importance to getting more releases in the US. Please get your girl friends and partners and come out to support us. We believe you can help promote the life-changing information of Hot Flash Havoc by not only attending the movie but making it a sell out by getting your friends, health organizations, medical centers and all women's groups to see HOT FLASH HAVOC. www.laemmle.com
Remember if this movie is not coming to a theater near you, contact us to bring a special event to your city. We appreciate you and your support!
Let's go to the movies.
 Heidi HoustonExecutive Producer
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What Your Mother Never Told You | |
A Continuing Series of Articles by the Experts:
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By: Staness Jonekos; Author, speaker, advocate for women's health,
wellness and empowerment. Co-Author: "The Menopause Makeover"
www.MenopauseMakeover.com |
My mother never told me a thing about menopause. She never had hot flashes, night sweats, loss of libido or weight gain. How did Mom escape going through "the change?" 
While growing up I noticed my mom always had a difficult time with her period - she went through countless boxes of Kotex pads and super-sized tampons to manage an irregular and heavy period. She suffered from abdominal pain and cramps, and was, no doubt, an emotional mess from constantly feeling miserable. In her 40s, she endured a few outpatient procedures and then, finally, a hysterectomy.
As a teenager I did not completely understand Mom's journey, but after her surgery she was a new person! It was the first time I saw her completely happy. She went back to college, earned her Master's degree, started a new career and enjoyed traveling.
My take-away lesson was, "Turn 40 and become happy". So you can imagine my surprise when, at the age of 47, menopause slammed into my life full speed ahead with no sign of stopping. Weight gain, loss of libido, hot flashes and night sweats made my life miserable. I was the classic cliché, "Is it hot in here, or is it me?".
After a 30-year career in television as an executive producer, writer and director, menopause affected my ability to work for my current, not to mention my favorite, boss, Oprah Winfrey. My world was falling apart professionally, physically, and emotionally. Worse yet, it affected my relationship to my now husband, who had just proposed. Let's just say, I was in no mood for a honeymoon.
Mom had shared no words of wisdom because she did not go through a "natural" menopause. Having a hysterectomy and being on estrogen therapy (ET) actually put an end to a lifetime suffering from endometriosis. Mom's female surgeon informed her that endometriosis was the culprit to her monthly problems.
My reproductive history was a different story. At the age of 20, my surgeon discovered an extreme case of endometriosis and I had two orange-sized ovarian cysts removed. As a result, I started taking birth control pills which allowed me to live without the menstrual difficulties my mom had endured for so many years. After being on birth control pills for over 25 years, my doctor suggested I stop using them in order to do a FSH blood test. This test would determine my reproductive cycle prior to getting married.
That decision lit the fire that launched my living hell called menopause. When I terminated the hormone therapy my body was accustomed to from the birth control pills, my body reacted as if it had had a hysterectomy...an "artificial" hysterectomy, if you will. As you can see, my mother and I had very different reproductive journeys.
Today I am on low dose hormone therapy (HT) as is Mom, and we've never been happier. We both benefited from the latest women's health science and are both good candidates for HT (i.e. healthy weight, active and no risk factors). Everyone is different, but in our case...."Like mother, like daughter."
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Heidi's Book Review | |
The Menopause Makeover - by Staness Jonekos and Wendy Klein, M.D.
If you were 46 years old and getting married for the very first time, while going through the roller coaster of menopause, would you take 12 weeks to take charge of your health and happiness and get your body into shape?
That's what Staness Jonekos did with the help of Dr. Wendy Klein and together they organized it into a fun format creating an easy to follow 12-week planner called The Menopause Makeover.
Even after everything I learned while making our movie "Hot Flash Havoc" I found Staness' book an easy to understand explanation of the science behind what is happening to your menopausal body and what you can do about it. The book has wonderful charts and graphs to get you actively involved in your own transformation. We all need tools to guide us and this is a great one.
If you want a "kick start" for inspiration: go to YouTube and watch The Menopause Makeover by Staness Jonekos. It's a 3-minute joyous summary of her journey to health and happiness.
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Men On Top . . . of a Women's Movement | |
Read this article about three of the man men who have helped create Hot Flash Havoc. We love our men and we love that they love women.
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Documentary Reveals the
Good, Bad, Ugly of Menopause | |
We are proud to announce that Hot Flash Havoc makes ABC NEWS with a feature article about the movie!
By Mikaela Conley (@mikaelaconley) March 13, 2012 "When I think of menopause, I think of hate, pure clean hate," one woman said in the new documentary "Hot Flash Havoc."
"I told my wife if she goes through menopause again, we're getting a divorce," a husband said.
Nevertheless, "you're very lucky to reach menopause," another woman said. "If you don't reach it, you have some troubles."
"Hot Flash Havoc," a film of "menopausal proportions," is a documentary meant to examine menopausal symptoms, reveal the history and society's view on menopause and even question the results from an ongoing National Institutes of Health initiative, which, in 2002, discouraged women from taking estrogen plus progesterone to treat symptoms of menopause.
For some women, menopause symptoms are much more than the occasional hot flash. Depression, low libido, night sweats and panic attacks are only a few of the many indications that storm through the body of a menopausal woman.
The controversial documentary will be released to the public March 30.
The beginning of the documentary creates a playful dialogue on the experiences and expectations of menopause and menstruation.
For one woman, the roundabout way in which she was told about her feminine health left her confused for decades. "Your Aunt Tilly is going to visit you once a month, and she's going to hang around for about 30 years," the interviewee described how her menstrual cycle was explained. "When Aunt Tilly dies, you'll know about it cause she won't come around no more. Who the hell is Aunt Tilly?"
The majority of the film documents the benefits of estrogen replacement therapy, commonly taken to curb hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms. It particularly criticizes a NIH Women's Health Initiative study, which, in 2002, found that women taking estrogen were at higher risk of certain cancers and heart disease. Researchers halted the clinical trial altogether in 2002 because of the noted increased risk.
Filmmakers and menopause experts interviewed in the documentary argue that the 2002 study results were misrepresented, and led millions of menopausal women to unnecessarily stop taking hormones that otherwise curbed debilitating symptoms sometimes associated with menopause. No money from pharmaceutical companies was used to create the film, according to producers.
And research released last week in the Lancet reignited this debate when a study found that estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy might lower the risk of breast cancer for some postmenopausal women. While the findings were specific to women who have had a hysterectomy, have no increased risk of breast cancer and no increased risk of strokes and blood clots, advocates of hormone therapy welcomed the results. . . . . . . . . .
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Letters . . . . . . We Get Letters! | |
FROM ONE OF OUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS AND HAVOC ROCK STARS, HELP HER OUT and HAVE SOME FUN.
BE SURE TO SCROLL THROUGH ALL 10 QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU GET TO #10 AND FILL IN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PLEASE MENTION THAT YOU ARE PART OF "THE HAVOC" so we can track our impact.
Hi Heidi!
I am a grateful subscriber to your Hot Flash Havoc newsletter and love it.
Currently, I am in the midst of writing a book called Hot Flashes & Cool Insights. It will be a humorous and inspirational look at how to make midlife suck less and rock more!
I am collecting juicy tidbits and truths from midlife women through a fun and easy survey which is on my website. Below is the link to the page the survey is on.
http://www.kathycagney.com/Hot-Flashes-and-Cool-Insights/
I would just love it if you could take a few moments to participate. And, then if you want to forward this info to other fabulous midlife rock stars to help me get their input, well I would just be over the moon thrilled!!!
Thanks for your time and consideration.
Keep living the midlife dream!
My best,
Kathy
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Kathy Cagney
~Have a great day -- unless you made other plans~
Author of the upcoming bestseller - Hot Flashes & Cool Insights!
www.kathycagney.com
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Hot Flash Havoc
Thanks again to our loyal Hot Flashers! We look forward to seeing you and all your friends at the movie!!!
Heidi Houston, & the
Hot Flash Havoc Team
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Theater Locations and Times
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Alabama
Birmingham
Lee Branch 15
801 Doug Baker Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35242
(205) 408-0526
April 8th and April 11th
Huntsville
Valley Bend 18 + IMAX
1485 Four Mile Rd. SE
Huntsville, AL 35802
(256) 882-1202
April 8th and April 11th
Montgomery
Festival Plaza 16
Montgomery, AL 36116
(334) 244-1355
April 8th and April 11th
Arizona
Scottsdale
Studio Movie Grill
15515 N. Hayden Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(480) 991-3106
March 28th and April 4th
100 seat capacity
Arkansas
Little Rock
Colonel Glen 18
18 Colonel Glenn Plaza Dr.
Little Rock, AR 72210
(501) 687-0687
April 8th and April 11th
California
Brentwood
Brentwood 14 + IMAX
2525 Sand Creek Rd.
Brentwood, CA 94513
(925) 809-0030
April 8th and April 11th
Los Angeles
Rave 18 + IMAX
6081 Center Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 568-3394
April 8th and April 11th
Los Angeles
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza 15
4020 Marlton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
(323) 296-1005
April 8th and April 11th
Beverly Hills
Laemmle's Music Hall 3
9036 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310.478.3836
http://laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=7094
March 30th through April 5th
100 seat capacity
Colorado
Carbondale / El Jebel
Movieland 7
218 E. Valley Rd. (at the stoplight in El Jebel)
Carbondale, CO 81623
(970) 920-1300
April 8th and April 11th
Connecticut
New Haven
Criterion Cinema
86 Temple St.
New Haven CT, 06510
(203) 498-7001
March 30th Through the April 5th
50 seat capacity
Hartford
Cinema City at The Place
330 New Park Ave. (in the Palace 17 Theatre Building)
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 549-0030
Box Office (860) 523-0272
April 8th and April 11th
Manchester
Buckland Hills 18 + IMAX
99 Redstone Rd.
Manchester, CT 06045
(860) 646-4555
April 8th and April 11th
Stamford
Majestic 6
118 Summer St.
Stamford, CT 06901
(203) 323-1690
April 8th and April 11th
Florida
Destin
Destin Commons 14 + IMAX
4000 Legendary Dr.
Destin, FL 32541
(850) 650-4539
April 8th and April 11th
Melbourne
Avenue 16
2241 Town Center Ave.
Melbourne, FL 32940
(321) 775-1210
April 8th and April 11th
Pensacola
Pensacola W. St. 18
6595 North "W" Street
Pensacola, FL 32505
(850) 471-1441
April 8th and April 11th
Port St. Lucie
St. Lucie West 14
1900 N. W. Courtyard
Port St. Lucie, FL 34986
(772) 344-3580
April 8th and April 11th
Georgia
Atlanta
Studio Movie Grill
2880 Holcomb Bridge Road
Alpharetta, GA 30022
(770) 992-8411
March 28th and April 4th
100 seat capacity
Illinois
Peoria
Grand Prairie 18 + IMAX
5311 West American Prairie Dr.
Peoria, IL 61615
309) 282-7308
April 8th and April 11th
Indiana
Plainfield
Metropolis 18
2490 Futura Parkway
Plainfield, IN 46168
(317) 839-0525
April 8th and April 11th
Kentucky
Louisville
Stonybrook 20 + IMAX
2745 S. Hurstbourne Parkway
Louisville, KY 40220
(502) 499-6658
April 8th and April 11th
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge 16
16040 Hattera Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
(225) 753-2710
April 8th and April 11th
Maryland
Annapolis
Harbour 9 Cinema
2474 Solomons Island Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 224-1145
April 8th and April 11th
Massachusetts
West Springfield
West Springfield 15
864 Riverdale Rd.
West Springfield, MA 01089
(413) 733-5134
April 8th and April 11th
Michigan
Flint
Flint West 14
1591 South Graham Rd.
Flint, MI 48532
(810) 732-6668
April 8th and April 11th
Nebraska
Omaha
Westroads 14
10000 California Street
Omaha, NE 68114
(402) 393-9200
April 8th and April 11th
Nevada
Las Vegas
Town Square 18
6587 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89119
(702) 362-7283
April 8th and April 11th
New Jersey
Hazlet
Hazlet 12
2821 Highway 35
Hazlet, NJ 07730
(732) 888-4654
April 8th and April 11th
Voorhees
Ritz Center 16
900 Haddonfield-Berlin Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(856) 770-9065
April 8th and April 11th
Boonton
Darress Theatre
615 Main Street
Boonton, New Jersey 07005
(973) 334-9292
www.darresstheater.com
March 29th, 30th, April 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
300 seat capacity / 600 with balcony
New York
Bronx
American Theatre
1450 East Ave.
Bronx, NY 10462
(718) 863-4900
April 8th and April 11th
North Carolina
Durham
Southpoint 17 + IMAX
8030 Renaissance Parkway
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 572-9966
April 8th and April 11th
Ohio
Columbus
Polaris 18
1071 Gemini Place
Columbus, OH 43240
(614) 781-8228
April 8th and April 11th
Grove City
Grove City 14 + Xtreme
4218 Buckeye Parkway
Grove City, OH 43123
(614) 801-9130
April 8th and April 11th
Milford
Milford 16
500 Rivers Edge Dr.
Milford, OH 45150
(513) 576-9126
April 8th and April 11th
Perrysburg
Levis Commons 12
2005 Hollenbeck Dr.
Perrysburg, OH 43551
(419) 874-2154
April 8th and April 11th
Toledo
Franklin Park 16
5001 Monroe street
Toledo, OH 43623
(419) 472-2324
April 8th and April 11th
West Carrollton
Dayton South 16
195 Mall Woods Dr.
West Carrollton, OH 45449
(937) 435-1806
April 8th and April 11th
West Chester
Westchester 18
9415 Civic Center Blvd.
West Chester, OH 45069
(513) 463-2324
April 8th and April 11th
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
University City Penn 6
4012 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 386-9800
April 8th and April 11th
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh North 11
9700 McKnight Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
(724) 935-5770
April 8th and April 11th
Tennessee
Chattanooga
East Ridge 18 + IMAX
5080 S. Terrace
Chattanooga, TN 37412
(432) 855-9652
April 8th and April 11th
Texas
Dallas
Studio Movie Grill - Royal
11170 N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75243
(214) 361-2966
March 28th and April 4th
100 seat capacity
Hickory Creek
Hickory Creek 16
8380 South Stemmons
Hickory Creek, TX 75065
(940) 321-2836
April 8th and April 11th
Houston
Studio Movie Grill - City Centre
805 Town and Country Lane
Houston TX 77024
(713) 461-4449
March 28th and April 4th
100 seat capacity
Houston
Yorktown 15
15900 Yorktown Crossing Dr.
Houston, TX 77084
(832) 427-1540
April 8th and April 11th
Hurst
North East Mall 18
1101 Melbourne Rd.
Hurst, TX 76053
(817) 591-8540
April 8th and April 11th
Virginia
Fairfax (15 miles outside of Washington, DC)
Fairfax Corner 14 + Xtreme
11900 Palace Way
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 378-6550
April 8th and April 11th
Richmond
Movieland at Boulevard Square 17
1301 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23230
(804) 354-6099
April 8th and April 11th |
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