Doer's Profile: Michelle King Robson

It’s My Ovaries, Stupid!) Robson, a philanthropist and community activist, managed to finagle an appointment with the popular doctor. Vliet weaned Robson off her many of her medications and instead prescribed Estrogel (a topical estradiol) and  400 mg. of magnesium. "Within four to five days of being on the Estrogel, I felt better, but I didn't feel like my old self until Dr. Vliet introduced a small dose of testosterone creme," Robson recalls. 

And then she got angry about how long it had taken to find relief. “Women do a lot of suffering in silence,” she says. To remedy that situation, Robson decided to create a place where women can share health information and experiences.

A Web Site that Empowers Women
“I thought that because I’ve done so many things in my life, I could do a web site.” But her first three attempts had serious technical glitches, and Robson learned the value of finding the right people   .

And so she hired a seasoned technical team, and with her husband, Ed, a developer and philanthropist, pledged funds to a Web site called EmpowHer.com. The site features a medical video encyclopedia and a feed of women’s health news, and the ability to either ask a personal health question or share a health story. One woman, in fact, credits Robson with saving her life (www.empowher.com/community/herstory/video-herstory-gina-shares-her-gratitude-toward-empowhers-founder). “I’m telling women you can take control. We arm them with questions they can ask their doctors,” Robson says. Robson’s life has changed, too. Today the woman who once could barely get out of bed says, “Everyday I wake up and it’s like Christmas morning. I wonder what the gifts will be.”


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