WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2019

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  • 1948Peachy
    1948Peachy Posts: 1,511 Member
    :)
  • PurpleSparkles85
    PurpleSparkles85 Posts: 44 Member
    Steff,
    ah the joy of peri-menopause, at least, that is what they tell me. I did not behave that way. I was totally regular to the end, and the next month it just never came. But for 14 months after, had the worst migraines. My mom was completely different and at 63 ended up needing several D&Cs to stop. My sister was a whole other story. I guess that the best advice is to see your doctor. Some ladies did well with OTC herbals. Everyone is different.

    Kathy in the KY sunshine (at least for today)
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,269 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    pipcd34 wrote: »
    only ate 262cal (breakfast) added 750 or so to allow me to complete the day. no workout. kirby says i have symptoms of the flu not a cold. had the sweats and shakes and felt like i was going to faint. he had to help me upstairs to bed, couldn't eat

    Sounds like we've got the same thing!

    Any back or kidney pain?

    I wonder if someone from your part of the world travelled here.


    EDIT: Just talked to some of my coworkers, and found that whatever I've got is going around ... it's a "back to school" flu. The kids all went back to school at the beginning of Feb and now it's spreading.

    Sore throat
    Headache - really intense!
    Body/joint aches
    Back/kidney pain
    Extreme fatigue
    Some nausea, dizziness & feeling faint


    M in Oz

    SERIOUS back (lower) pain
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    oh, KJ(Kelly)! Theres a liability issue involved, so stores have to post those signs. Most stores around here do donate boxed and canned goods to the Senior Center and the food pantry, both of which are great at helping folks in need.

    Lisa in AR, the exhaustioncan certainly be prolonged unless you baby yourself a bit by getting those naps. Make sure you get your electrolytes in too, whether by a supplement or a beverage.

    Machka, it's so frustrating getting registered for online classes here! My daughter needs to be on the phone to double-decker check the time they're going to be posted.

    Pip! Please listen to Kirby and go! This is more serious than you think.

    Sharon Near YOU in Seattle
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,712 Member
    Went for my run today. Finished off the Allegri podcast and then had a blast of my old running music. By complete serendipity the first six tracks on shuffle were my favourites. :D Haven't played them in ages as I always listen to the Soul Music podcasts.

    Still waiting to hear from my son about the weekend and our babysitting for their half marathon. I did text him to ask him to call me. I am very ambivalent about doing it as we have never had them here for the night before. Max will have to bring his own duvet and pillow. Plus we still have to silence the panic button. :o I'm also a bit put out as the nanny is leaving this weekend and I was hoping to be able to say goodbye.
    The course runs at the bottom of our road. Don’t even know if my son is fit enough to run. :#:*

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    Thanks PurpleSparkles85! So that is peri-menopause. I do have an appointment in a few weeks with the doctor. Hopefully I can get some relief....
  • noegrand123
    noegrand123 Posts: 166 Member
    Hi everyone!

    Kevrit- I missed it- what is your new eating plan???

    More snow here today!

    One of my high school friends, who 35 years later we both ended up in chemo at the same time....passed last night. I ate 3 frosted sugar cookies without thinking about it. Just mindlessly ate.

    So starting over again today! It helps me to b able to check in and start tracking again!

    Everyone have a good rest of your day!
  • b4leaving
    b4leaving Posts: 90 Member
    edited February 2019
    Hello ladies! We are adopting two cats! It's kinda a sad story as they've been in a shelter for years (never lived in a home). They are litter mates and look almost identical. I'm getting a room ready for them to live in for a little while before we introduce them to our two cats. They are supposed to be quite skittish. We'll see how it goes! I'm happy to give them a home.

    Food & exercise have been good. I am trying to do my minimum 10 minutes earlier in the day and usually end up doing another session (or two, some days) later in the day. I find it improves my mood and I just feel better. I think I can tell the difference, too.. been doing it for about 6 weeks now and the exercises aren't as difficult and I get a little less winded. I've been using YouTube videos for "seated exercise" or "chair exercise" and when I find one I can do, I put it in a beginner playlist so i can go back to it.. if I find it's too challenging I put it in an "advanced" playlist and will try those ones in the future.

    All of you are inspiring. I saw someone talking about perimenopause and I've had such a bad time with periods all my life.. they got really bad in my 30s, and now that I'm in perimenopause they are even worse. Also i have endometrial hyperplasia so they are always doing biopsies to see if it has turned to cancer. They wanted me to just have a hysterectomy but after a lot of thought I'm not doing it unless there is cancer. Anyhow, my gynecologist wanted to do a hysteroscopy and D&C but because of my weight she can't do it in the hospital she's at (it's a small local hospital), so I've been waiting for a referral for months... finally going to see a new gynecologist in March and see what she says. Being a woman is grand! :)

    Sorry to hear about people having such issues with their husbands. My husband and I are both introverts and we've always had our own "space" in the house, and I think that has helped us a lot. I don't think he'll ever retire. I think he'd go mad! :smile:

    Have a great day, everyone!

    Shannon in rural Ontario, Canada
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,321 Member
    noegrand123 wrote: »
    Hi everyone!

    Kevrit- I missed it- what is your new eating plan???

    More snow here today!

    One of my high school friends, who 35 years later we both ended up in chemo at the same time....passed last night. I ate 3 frosted sugar cookies without thinking about it. Just mindlessly ate.

    So starting over again today! It helps me to b able to check in and start tracking again!

    Everyone have a good rest of your day!

    I am doing KETO— high fat low carb. Avoiding all sugars.

    RV Rita (kevrit)
  • noegrand123
    noegrand123 Posts: 166 Member
    Ok! Encouraged to hear that! I am doing the same!
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,712 Member
    edited February 2019
    I had a total hysterectomy and ovaries out at age 48. Best thing I ever did. What a relief! Wish I'd done it earlier. My life was a total misery with flooding. I haven't missed my uterus etc one bit. :D (By the way I am still sexually active and fully functioning at age 69) :p

    Love Heather UK xxxxxxx
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,530 Member
    Went on the treadmill for about 45 minutes then took (for the last time this year) the Power Hour class. I really enjoy that class – challenges me. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Jari Love DVD

    After exercise made two of the grapefruit pies, one to give them for their pot luck even tho I can’t go and one to take with us to Dick’s tomorrow. Then the sun came out (ya) so laid by the pool. Went into the pool but it was warm and the pool is heated, it really didn’t feel refreshing to me. I know they keep it warm for the people who have arthritis.

    In a way I feel bad. If the recycling bins are full they ask that we put it in the garbage because if the lids aren’t closed on the recycling bins, when the wind blows, it blows the recyclables all over the parking lot. Bad part is that they only pick up the recyclables once/week. And with a lot of people, the bins get full fast

    Pip – listen to Kirby. He has every right to be scared

    Rita – what is your way of eating?

    Noegrand – I’m so sorry about your friend

    Shannon – I wish you the best with the cats

    Michele
    Who is going to canasta for the last time this trip
  • b4leaving
    b4leaving Posts: 90 Member
    cityjaneLondon wrote: »
    I had a total hysterectomy and ovaries out at age 48. Best thing I ever did. What a relief! Wish I'd done it earlier. My life was a total misery with flooding. I haven't missed my uterus etc one bit. :D (By the way I am still sexually active and fully functioning at age 69) :p

    That's great! I love to hear good outcomes!

  • grandmallie
    grandmallie Posts: 10,097 Member
    I am in pajamas and tucked in.... long day..but have the condo sort of back in shape...put the furniture back and ran errands.had to take my daughter up to pick up her car..
    Gave my painter who is also a friend 50 bucks extra.. made him some cranberry orange bread and gave him a jar of my strawberry jam.. once I have the lighting put in I will have him come back and paint the ceiling.
  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,321 Member
    Michelle, I’m doing KETO which is low carb high fat. I use Stevia or Zylitol instead of sugar in recipes and repack white flour with Almond, coconut, or ground flaxseed flours (sometimes I combine them all!). I also do an 8/16 fast most days of the week. For example: breakfast at 9 am lunch between 1 and 2 then dinner done by 5 pm. My big meal is at lunch so easy to do. With the way I’m eating, I’m not hungry at all!

    RV Rita
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Perimenopause

    Personal experience

    Mine started in my early 40s with occasional night sweats, hot flashes, and a whole lot of irritability and rage. I was also experiencing dizziness in the 2 or 3 days before my periods started to the point where I sometimes had difficulty walking or focusing on my computer.

    Into my mid-late 40s, my periods started coming all the time. This is one thing they don’t often tell you … that your periods may come heavier, longer and more frequently before the end. I’d have a heavy 2-week period, a few days off and then a lighter 1 week period, a few days off and then a heavy 2-week … and so on. Finally, after a year of that, I went to my doctor and asked if it was normal. “Possibly”. But just in case, she set me up with a gynaecologist.

    Turns out it can be normal, but in my case, I had a large polyp in my uterus that was contributing to it all. The polyp was also pre-cancerous. That started follow-up checks every 6 months. I had it removed in January 2015, and started with MFP in February 2015.

    For a while my periods were somewhat more normal … only every 21 days (instead of my old normal of 28 days) and roughly 10 days long (instead of my old normal of 5 days), and meanwhile I started experiencing a lot more of the perimenopausal symptoms. Nausea was added to my premenstrual dizziness, more hot flashes, acne, and all sorts.

    Then in late 2016 and early 2017, everything went wonky again with my periods, I arranged to get things checked, and in mid-May 2017 I was back in surgery again for another polyp and more pre-cancer stuff.

    I had a blissful 60 days with no period then, but returned to the 21 day cycle, roughly … sometimes 18 days, sometimes 25 days … I never knew. In 2018, I went 105 days without a period, then two periods in quick succession, and then 138 days without a period. I thought I was on a roll … but January 2019 surprised me with one, so the count began again. I’m up to 32 days now. One day, I'll hit the magic 12-month mark!!

    In 2018, I also had massive hot flashes … they can be triggered by stress. Finally they got so bad, I saw my gynaecologic oncologist again and was put on a serotonin-based anti-depressant which has been quite helpful with the hot flashes.

    Oh, I can’t use HRT … so I’ve been doing it all without hormone replacement!!


    Other Info

    This is a great site: https://www.facebook.com/34MenopauseSymptoms/

    And there are heaps more. These are just a couple, but there are pages of sites a person can look at. Back 10 years ago when I was first starting all this, there weren't as many sites, but now there's no reason to be uninformed about what's going on.

    https://www.healthline.com/health/menopause/difference-perimenopause#symptoms

    https://jeanhailes.org.au/news/perimenopause-how-to-manage-the-change-before-the-change




    (BTW - I use FB for 2 things: keeping in touch with family and friends AND information. It’s my newsfeed. So I “like” sites like that one above.)


    Machka in Oz
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Snowflake1968 wrote: »
    Machka- if I were closer I could help you with your tasks. I would love to feel useful again.

    Tracey in Edmonton

    Thanks!! :)

    There have been several times in the last year or so that I've wished I were back in Canada again!!

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    Steff46 wrote: »
    I need an ear :(
    Hello again everyone! I have commented on here a time or two. I am terrible about daily viewing, but I plan to tag this group so I can keep up.
    I'm turning 54 this year and so mad at my body that I can't stand myself. I'm still having "the flow" and it's not on a schedule. Just when I've tracked it and think I'm good it decides to show up. I want it to stop so I can continue with my swimbikerun life. I know that is dramatic but for most of my life I've been able to control it and now I'm not. I have an event coming up in May and I keep telling myself if I start on or at that date I'll have to bail on the event. Sorry to vent, I'm not usually an "excuse" person but this has me stressed out. I know there are women out there who let nothing stop them but I'm in unchartered territory and not happy.

    Is it heavy enough you can't do the events? Mine was heavy but with panadol and padded cycling shorts, I was still able to do some long rides in sort of reasonable comfort.


    M in Oz

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    BTW to whoever is "Woo"-ing posts ...

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
    "In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."

    I suspect you mean well :) ... but it is a little disconcerting when we know what it means.


    M in Oz
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,047 Member
    :)
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    :) Now that the roads are mostly dry and the snow in the fields is melted enough to walk in without boots, my new pair of Yaktrax arrived. I am delighted to have them and even if I don't need them again for a year, I feel much safer.

    :) I went out to lunch today with my line dance friends. We went to a restaurant I like and where I know what to order. Ordering from the ala carte menu allows me to order without sides that I don't want and in a small enough portion to be the right size for my meal. Someone commented that I seemed to be eating a lot, but what they didn't realize that I had ordered only half as much food as any of the rest of them.

    <3 Barbie
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,530 Member
    tracey - I'm so sorry to hear about your cousin.

    Went to canasta tonight. Until next year. Hopefully, since we won't have the commitment of Newcomers we can stay longer

    After canasta went in the backyard and watched SpaceX take off. Unfortunately, it took off from pad 40 so we could only see when it was in the sky. It never ceases to amaze me how long it is until you hear (and feel) the sonic boom. Vince was saying how people were lined up along Route 1. Glad we are in the condo.

    Michele
    who tomorrow just may start the cross-stitch for down here

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