Writer, podcaster, and comedian Courtney Kocak talks about her period pain history, her Hashimoto's diagnosis, and the longevity drug she's currently taking to try to delay menopause and preserve her ovarian reserve. They also get into why perimenopause is basically puberty in reverse, what happens inside your body when an ovarian cyst ruptures in a Taco Bell, and why birth control gave them both a skin discoloration called melasma.

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PEARL Study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12074816/

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Courtney's podcast Parts Unknown: https://pod.link/1154304419?view=apps&sort=popularity

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