The "FLAME DOLLS" (Menopause Support Group)
juliapurpletoes
Posts: 951 Member
A Warm Welcome to all you beautiful “Flame Dolls”!!
This is a new support group following up on a great topic that was entitled Menopause and Metabolism.
To view that go here, it is full of great wisdom:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/195185-can-anyone-speak-to-menopause-and-metabolism-and-how-that-af
So many women jumped in with their personal stories, thoughts, ideas, frustrations, questions, beliefs and strategies for menopause and fitness, that a few us wanted to start a group! A place where we women of menopause could come as often as we wanted and continue sharing and meeting others llike us!!
We each experience our menopause differently and this is where to talk, cry, laugh, ask questions, get support and love one another through the process of health, fitness and menopause.
You can ask questions, seek advice or share a joke – just ask for what you need and come back regularly.
My friend TangoTerry and I will be watching and bumping the topic up each day so it can be found easily. As soon as you post something to it, it will then be available easily under “MY Topics” on your Community tab.
So, I suggest when you post, tell a little bit about you - your fitness goals, and what you want to gain and enhance now that you are a “Flame Doll”!!
This is a new support group following up on a great topic that was entitled Menopause and Metabolism.
To view that go here, it is full of great wisdom:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/195185-can-anyone-speak-to-menopause-and-metabolism-and-how-that-af
So many women jumped in with their personal stories, thoughts, ideas, frustrations, questions, beliefs and strategies for menopause and fitness, that a few us wanted to start a group! A place where we women of menopause could come as often as we wanted and continue sharing and meeting others llike us!!
We each experience our menopause differently and this is where to talk, cry, laugh, ask questions, get support and love one another through the process of health, fitness and menopause.
You can ask questions, seek advice or share a joke – just ask for what you need and come back regularly.
My friend TangoTerry and I will be watching and bumping the topic up each day so it can be found easily. As soon as you post something to it, it will then be available easily under “MY Topics” on your Community tab.
So, I suggest when you post, tell a little bit about you - your fitness goals, and what you want to gain and enhance now that you are a “Flame Doll”!!
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:flowerforyou: HI! I guess I’ll go first!
I am Julia and I am 52. I live in the southern California Desert area and I’m “still hot”!
Actually, I haven’t had periods in a few years and I transitioned fairly easily with just some night sweats. I sort of thought they were “funny” (insert sense of humor – good quality to have) and I decided to just embrace them as well………. a cleansing of sorts.
Well my husband may tell you a different story but that’s mine and I’m sticking to it!
I, like so many others, started to inexplicably put on weight especially in the tummy and hips, I developed a little arthritis in one knee – oh God I cried!! Why? Why? Why? I had danced, worked out all my life….. Even had taught classes in health and fitness, I knew everything! I thought NOPE it won’t happen to me……..
So here I am, a small time loser fortunately, working on losing about 15 pounds and gaining more muscle.
AND, just as important - gaining a connection to a better me, a wiser me, a more patient and grounded me.
I was unable to use most hormone replacement therapies due to a blood clot during one of my pregnancies. So I decided to do this menopause naturally. Some herbs, although great nutrition and exercise are working the best of all!
Now I’d love support from my friends of the “pause” and I’d like to lend support too and help where I can.
I pass the torch to YOU!
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im am so grateful to read this im also very self aware of my body in the past i have kicked boxed did spin clases snd have never had a weight issue i could not attack and have always lost the weight im 50yrs old and have not had a period in 2 yrs up until last year i havnt had a problem this past year has been a nightmare the belly the hips and the thighs i prided myself in staying fit even for a having 5 children i dont get night sweats however i do feel sudden mood changes in me uncontrolable ones if there is a supplement that works i would love to know about it or any other tips i did find zumba i fell good about it i just want to lose the weight help anyone help0
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What a great post..
Here is my story..
My name is Gina and I am 45... I had a partial hysterectomy in my mid 30's and had a short stint with the hot flashes, but they quickly went away.. at that time I was able to loose about 20 pounds....I was very happy, I was able to keep it off for several years but with work....
Then at 42 I had to have my last working ovary taken out, well than is when my body went all crazy on me....The hot flashes, mood swings, and sleepless nights. Than went on for about a year and half....I was not taking anything ..... I finally started taking estroven an over the counter vitamin to help with the hot flashes and give me some energy. I continue to take those every day.Then I started putting on weight it seemed like a pound a week....next thing I know I am at the heaviest weight I have ever been. I do not like it....i tried to loose..I would be really good only to loose 1 lb then get very frustrated and give up and then gain 3 lbs....
I am so glad I found this sight.... I am very determined to do this.....I know my body is never going to be a size 8 and I am ok with that...I just want to get to a comfortable weight that my body is good with...With the extra weight I carry now, I have knee and back trouble......
I have been going strong for a couple of weeks now with the help of my new friends here.....together we can support one another to get through this.....I realize I am not alone in this battle.....0 -
Hi, I'm Mandy, I'm 47 and going through menopause for the second time!
I had a hysterectomy when I was 31, and at 34 was experiencing erratic mood swings, severe depressive bouts, and at night it was as if I'd wet the bed! So went to the doctor who put me on HRT which suited me perfectly and put everything on hold.
I came off these about 2 1/2 years ago, and am now going through a nice gentle menopause, no moods swings and just an occasional night sweat and hot flush
I have to admit my weight had crept up over the last few years, but I now have a bad back injury, have had to sit through the last 3 months and have been "comfort eating", hence I have 50lbs to lose, having lost 5 already over the last 10 days :-)
I'm hoping to be able to start a little swimming soon to help tone up, but can hardly walk at the moment, so any other form of exercise is out until I'm much improved, so I'm having to do lose my weight through pure willpower.
It would be lovely to be in touch with ladies of that certain time of life who are determined to make the most of the youth we have left :-)0 -
Hey everyone! I am 48 years old....still have regular periods, no hot flashes yet
but I have begun to lose hair. It's very disturbing to me....as I used to have a very thick head of hair, and now it's considerably thinner. I have very thin spots in the front of my head just about my forehead. I read that menopause may cause you to lose hair because of the fluctuating estrogen levels. I was tested for lupus, and thankfully it came back negative. Is there anything that can be done??? Has any one had any success with any natural remedies? I am going for my yearly GYN checkup soon, and am thinking about asking to be put on a low dose of HRT. I'd love to hear from anyone who is seeing this same thing happening. :bigsmile:0 -
Hi, my name is Brenda and I was told I was post-menopausal at 36. It took some convincing to have my doctor do the blood work to prove it. I had been on Norplant for 10 years, the pill after that. Well, the pill caused a blood clot in my leg, so I decided I was done having children and had my tubes tied. I know there's not supposed to be any correlation between tubal ligation and menopause, but within 6 months my mood swings were insane as well as the night sweats and hot flashes. I mean, I was 36, this isn't supposed to happen yet! I am unable to take the hormone replacement therapy due to the history of blood clot, so I've had to try anything I can that's over the counter. Black Cohash seems to have helped with the hot flashes. It's been 6 years and I've still got them! My weight has steadily gone up over those 6 years, and in the past I've been able to get it to come right off. Once I turned 40, my body apparently has different ideas! It's been a struggle, that's for sure. But this time around I have mixed in weight training with my cardio and I'm hoping once I get that lean muscle built, something will start to happen!
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Just tripped across this in today's news feed: http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/03/18/defining-perimenopause-what-it-is-and-how-to-deal0
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I am 54 and was late to end. Over the last year I have had no periods but for the 2 years before I had one every 6 months. It was doing this time that my doctor said I should do a hysterectomy due to severe fibroids.....I'm like why?? I feel better than I ever have!
I have always gotten hot at night so I don't think that is any worse but I have had a handful of daytime hot flashes. I am thinking that my increased insomnia might be associated with menopause but overall I feel blessed to have had an easy transition with out any hormone replacement.
Weight has always been an issue and as we all know it gets harder as we get older. Arthritis limits what I can do for exercise but MFP really helps me control intake.0 -
Hey everyone! I am 48 years old....still have regular periods, no hot flashes yet
but I have begun to lose hair. It's very disturbing to me....as I used to have a very thick head of hair, and now it's considerably thinner. I have very thin spots in the front of my head just about my forehead. I read that menopause may cause you to lose hair because of the fluctuating estrogen levels. I was tested for lupus, and thankfully it came back negative. Is there anything that can be done??? Has any one had any success with any natural remedies? I am going for my yearly GYN checkup soon, and am thinking about asking to be put on a low dose of HRT. I'd love to hear from anyone who is seeing this same thing happening. :bigsmile:
Your thyroid has alos been tested?? It is a frequently overlooked but simple test to run. My hair was horrible when mine went out...0 -
I'm Rose and I am 58. I was going through menopause in my early 50's, about the time my younger daughter hit puberty. I mostly had hot flashes and some night sweats, but in the past year those have really tapered off.
I have been overweight since my children were born, but was staying reasonably fit and strong caring for and riding horses and cleaning stalls daily. Then, the horse exercise stopped, and the weight started piling on and my muscles turned to mush. Around the same time, I developed some arthritis in my back and knees, which made exercise even less attractive. I'd "watch what I ate" for varying periods of time, but never got serious about calorie counting or exercising regularly until this spring when I found MFP. As it turns out, I'm getting my horse back within a month, so I'll again have some daily pleasurable and useful exercise to help keep the weight off. I have a hard time just exercising for the sake of exercising, so I need something like riding, horse chores, and yard work to keep fit and strong. I have been walking 30-45 minutes most days this past month or so.
I changed my eating habits recently to eat more whole foods, fewer carbs, less sodium, adequate protein and fats, and that seems to be making a difference. I'm losing weight, enjoying my food, and I'm not hungry.0 -
My thyroid was tested about 2-3 years ago...and was normal. I think I may get it tested again, just to be sure! Thanks for the suggestion! Fortunately my daughter is a hair stylist and she has been able to recommend products to make my hair appear thicker! Thanks!!!! :-)0
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Rose!
So glad you are getting your horses back! I know what you mean about exercise just for the sake of it...I've gotta enjoy it, really love whatever it is I am doing. It lifts my spirits and makes it fun.
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Hi! Julia, thank you so much, what a GREAT idea to have a menopause support group, and I love the name!
My name is Nancy, and I am almost 51. I have had a fairly easy time in regards to most symptoms of menopause--no mood swings to speak of, I sleep well, and the hot flashes aren't too bad (yet!!). I still get a period every 4 months or so. But the place I really feel it is in my weight--I am heavier than I have ever been in my life! And for the past several years, up until recently, I have never been so inactive--and have the flabby former muscles to prove it! I used to lift heavy weights (I have a full set of free weights, squat racks, etc. in my basement that have been gathering dust) and loved it. But going into menopause, and chronic pain and stress, etc. have sapped me of energy to workout. In addition, I got a bunch of bloodwork done by my gynecologist and I am apparently deficient in a number of hormones in addition to estrogen--like testosterone and DHEA! Apparently, we need these hormones to boost our metabolism and find energy for workouts, and also build muscle.
So I have been feeling much better since I have been taking the right supplements, and eating much better than I had been. I have only lost 3 lbs. thus far (in 5 weeks), so I think this is my opportunity to learn lots and lots of patience and positivity towards myself and my body.
Oh, by the way--I HIGHLY recommend Jillian Michaels book "Master your Metabolism". She talks about all the things we are dealing with in our metabolisms from a hormonal perspective--very eye-opening!!0 -
Hi All, My name is Venetia and boy am I glad to have found this group! I'm 54 and I've been going through peri-menopause for over 10 years so I am ready for this to be over! As for the weight loss, I'm actually having an easier time losing weight now than when I was in my 30's and 40's. Part of the reason it's been easier this time is because I think I'm finally doing it right. I have changed my diet to focus on a healthier diet with lots of fruits and vegetables and almost no processed food. I've lost 103 pounds since 3/29/10 and because of the improved diet and exercise I've never felt better in my life. I also think it has been easier now because I've been more willing to relax and take it slow. I went into this thinking that if it took me a year or two to get to my goal, that's okay. Another advantage that I've discovered is that since I often go 3 or 4 months without a period, I'm not fighting the fluctuation on the scales from that time of the month as often. See, there are some up-sides to this getting older stuff!:happy:0
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It's been 6 years and I've still got them!
Me too, not hot flashes but night sweats....I thought it would just be for a short while but I think I had them all throughout my 40's off and on, then seemed like a ton of them, then now nothing for awhile.......
(don't want to jinx it)
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Just tripped across this in today's news feed: http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/03/18/defining-perimenopause-what-it-is-and-how-to-deal0
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Hi All, My name is Venetia and boy am I glad to have found this group! I'm 54 and I've been going through peri-menopause for over 10 years so I am ready for this to be over! As for the weight loss, I'm actually having an easier time losing weight now than when I was in my 30's and 40's. Part of the reason it's been easier this time is because I think I'm finally doing it right. I have changed my diet to focus on a healthier diet with lots of fruits and vegetables and almost no processed food. I've lost 103 pounds since 3/29/10 and because of the improved diet and exercise I've never felt better in my life. I also think it has been easier now because I've been more willing to relax and take it slow. I went into this thinking that if it took me a year or two to get to my goal, that's okay. Another advantage that I've discovered is that since I often go 3 or 4 months without a period, I'm not fighting the fluctuation on the scales from that time of the month as often. See, there are some up-sides to this getting older stuff!:happy:
Venetia - I know what you mean about cleaning up the diet and relaxing with it al, a positive attitude does seem to help me too. I also experienced about a 10 year peri-menopause I totally get it that you are ready for it to be over!!!
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It would be lovely to be in touch with ladies of that certain time of life who are determined to make the most of the youth we have left :-)
Hi Mandy! I love your statement about losing weight through sheer will power! Me too! Had so much inner strength when I was younger , guess I gotta find it again :blushing:
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Hi, I'm Kris andI am 51 years old. My body knew when I turned 50 - because it all started acting weird on me right after my birthday! My period would come and go as it pleases.My periods used to be regular, until I went off the pill. I have been off of the pill since I was 45 years old, because I had a heart attack in 2005 and my doctor took me off of the pill (cold turkey) while I was in hospital recovering. I was shocked, that he took me off. But I am a good patient andlisten to the doctor. . I am happy to say that this April I hit the 6 year mark of good health and a healthy heart/low cholestrol/low blood pressure and feel pretty good. I need to lose a few (alot really) pounds and with the onset of menopause, it seems so much harder. My heart doctor thinks I look fine and it was not the cause of my heart attack (it was stress) , my boyfriend thinks I look great (which I love about him) --so it is all up to me to lose this weight and I am ready!! I really don't ike the night hot flashes - that wake me up. I usually just get up and wash my face, the mood swings have been terrible.I am so jealous and havesudden feelings of insecurites and sadness for no reason at all. The symptons have decreased-thanksgoodness- since I started taking "Remifenin" over the counter, no estrogen and safe for my heart. I found it at Walmart for $12 a box, the box will last about a month...taking two a day. Walking also helps the night hot flashes a lot! This is an extra incentive to walk and good old fashion positive self-talk does wonders for your soul and spirit.
I appreciate the idea of this website - thanks for the invite and support. Work week is coming quick...
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Kris!
wow! what a story...I for one am so GLAD you are still here and that heart attack was just a serious ...ummm "wake up call"?? HUG!
I totally get the jealous and insecure feelings stuff......(.my hubbs works in professional theatre and boy those young girls look lo pretty and vibrant! I try not to obsess on that).....
I love this... I'm gonna quate you! :
--so it is all up to me to lose this weight and I am ready!!
together, we'll all do it
LOVE
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Hi Julia and all you Flame Dolls!
I'm proud to be a Flame Doll too. I am 53 in a month's time. I am still having regular periods but I am starting to miss the odd one. I am experiencing night sweats, not too often but when it happens I am drenched. I wonder sometimes whether I would be more comfortable in a separate bed, one minute I'm too hot and throwing off the duvet and the next I'm shivering. Being next to me during this time isn't a particularly restful experience! I haven't had any hot flushes during the day yet but I am experiencing mood swings. Sometimes I feel so mournful I just want to sit and weep for no particular reason! I'm glad to read the collective experience of all you ladies because sadly I lost my Mother a few years ago and never got to talk to her about all this stuff. I wonder now how it was for her.
My weight gain I can trace back to having my children and I've carried it around for far too long. About 3/4 years ago when I was going through a particularly difficult time I shook myself up and decided to get fit. I hired a personal trainer for a time and then about 3 years ago I bought a rowing machine. Since then I have trained on the rower, competed at events and done some weight training too. I got fit, really fit! It has taken a while though for the weight loss to follow. Over this time I lost 35lbs with about the same to go. I am making a real effort to lose it this year. By all accounts it's not going to get easier!
If any of you ladies want to add me then please do.
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First of all, hats off to Julia for originally starting the thread on peri/postmenopause! I feel fortunate to be able to find "friends" to reap support from and lend support to and am looking forward to reading everyone's personal stories, triumps and stumbles along the way to being the best we can all be. Just think when our mothers went through menopause they didn't have the technology like we do at our fingertips to connect with others, the world wasn't as open to talking about things as now, a healthy diet wasn't a priority like now or it wasn't in my household, we had cozy comfort food 7 days a week. We've Come a Long Way Baby!
So, here I sit one year postmenopause at the highest weight I've ever been. I weigh more now than I did with any of my 5 full-term pregnancies. I could sit here and despair and do like I have in the past and say, "Okay, I'll just eat this and then I'll start tomorrow." I've made that promise to myself so many times I can't even count. The 40 pounds didn't happen slowly, it has crept on over an 8 year span where I was a divorced single parent with 5 active kids in sports, a lot of late night games, late night dinners coupled with a father's long term illness and I think that is when I really starting doing the comfort eating. I have always loved food, but I read labels like no other and really watched my diet and then I just stopped. I have no excuse because there are none.
They say sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you make a change. I've hit mine. I'm tired of feeling sluggish, hating to clothes shop, cringing at the thought of putting on a swimsuit. You get the picture and many of you have probably felt/thought the same things. I may have hit rock bottom but if I tilt my face up I can see the light, the light of a healthy new me. I had gestational diabetes with my last pregnancy at 36. I was told I would have a 10 year window after the pregnancy with a pretty high incidence of developing diabetes. Thank God I haven't had any problems with my blood sugar, but I have family members who are diabetic, I am now over 50 and I am now 40 pounds overnight. Even more the reason to make the changes I need to.
I have been remarried now 4 years to the greatest guy in the world. We may not make it to a Golden Wedding Anniversary but it won't be because I had some health catastrophe. I"m in this for the long haul and long haul doesn't mean lose it and put it back on. The long haul is for the remaining days that I walk this Earth!
We can all do this together!
My goal for the week:
Set myself mini-loss goal rewards.
When the last 2-liter diet soda bottle goes in the trash, DO NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE. Learn to LIKE water.
May Monday be the kickoff to a wonderful week to each and everyone of you!
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Julia thanks for starting this and LOVE the name! My name is Jeannine and I'm 48 years old. I had a hysterectomy a few years ago because of horrble periods and fibroids. I felt instantly better afterwards and lost about 20 pounds. After that time I was diagnosed with a rare spinal chord condition where I'm in chronic pain and no cure.(it could actually get drastically worse like Paralysis). so I dwelled on that for a while and ate my way to the heaviest I've been. If I lost some weight I knew I'd feel better and exercise will not hurt my condition. So I finally decided to get off my pitty pot and start something. I thing the problem I've had in the past is I do some sort of program and when I reach my goal I figure it's over and go back to no exercise and eating poorly. So this time I'm trying to make it a lifestyle change and not really worrying about how long it takes me. The night sweats are what's worse for me and also my metabolism. Love the support here on MFP and with the women I've already become friends with. We can do this!!0
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Hello All, Im Deena, 44 years old now.
- Had 2 ectopic pregnancies and the last one resulted in losing an ovary.
- Ever since then (about 7 years ago) Ive gotten my period every 2 weeks (oh joy) and believe me they werent typical.
- On top of that I found out I had Hypothyroidism. The medication made everything taste like copper pennies.
- Then about 2 years ago I ended up with Bells Palsy, but thankfully most of the side effects went away.
- Last year I finally ended up having a hysterectomy and BAM!! started putting on weight (different size jeans almost every 2 weeks, UNBELIEVABLE).
- In a blink of an eye I gained 30 lbs, hair falling out (sucks to clean the shower drain every shower).
- Back started hurting because my boobs were getting bigger than they already are.
- Son moved to Georgia and now I live by myself (dont tell my cats I said that).
I was so good at helping everyone else with their problems and being the "shoulder" or the "ear" that I never paid attention to myself. I finally had to come to grips with making changes in my life. I had to give credit to my mood swings and weight gain and ignore the useless "comments".
Finding MFP and everyone here (especially women going through my same issues) has given me validation and a goal. I hope to be an inspiration to myself and others as well.
Thank you so much for listening (er um reading)
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Julia - thank you, thank you, thank you for starting this post! I wish I'd had a group like this to talk to when I first started into peri-menopause three years ago!!
My name is Michelle and I'm 48. The hot flashes and night sweats started for me three years ago. The night sweats were the worst - I got no sleep and felt like the walking dead half of the time! I also had bouts of mood swings - some days if you just looked at me funny, I'd have been likely to burst into tears and believe me, I'm not the crying type so I found that particularly disturbing! My cycles are now irregular - some months I'll have one, some months I won't. I've also always been very light during my cycles, but in the beginning, there some days that were outright gushers - so bad that I had to call in to work because I couldn't make it through the day without requiring several clothing changes.
I did put on some weight, though not enough that I went up any clothing sizes (mainly because I would never let it go that far - I'm too cheap to buy new clothes just because my waistline expanded!) and as I mentioned in Julia's original thread, once I picked back up with strength training and re-built some of my muscle, along with moving onto a clean diet, my weight returned to normal. I have noticed however, that if I drop off the strength training that my metabolism will also drop fairly quickly, so now I lift weights three times per week religiously! If I have to travel, I take along some resistance bands so I can strength train away from home. How well has this worked? Well, I rocked a bikini at the water park last summer and just bought a new one for this summer! My grandmother used to go to aerobics classes with me when I was in college - and she kept up her fitness classes well into her late 80's, just a few years ago, until her heart problems slowed her down - and I intend to stay just as fit and active for as long as possible!
I had to laugh when I read that another poster started into peri-menopause around the same time her daughter hit puberty - that was the same for me and my daughter!! Two hormonal, mood-swinging females under one roof at the same time - you never knew what to expect at my house!!0 -
Hi Dolls!
I've spent some time since I woke up this morning reading and re-reading everyone's posts. And, it makes me very happy that we all found this place - MFP, and that we can open up and share!
I am moved beyond words reading about the health struggles many of us have gone through: surgeries, out of control periods, heart attacks, sudden weight gain, back issues, crazy emotions, sleepless drenched nights, and a huge feeling of helplessness.
I feel grateful that we've met and I wish we could all talk in person - what a great time we would have!! :happy:
I am really inspired with everyone's determination and strength, I am feeding on that right now and i'm so proud to know you. I come back regularly and look for more wisdoms because I think you are all very smart ladies.
:flowerforyou: So, let me give some credit where credit is due!! TangoTerry gave me a huge push to start this group with "Flame Dolls" as a perfect title- tehe!!! Everyone I tell that too laughs and says its great! Thanks Terry
My goals this week are to keep exercising. I have been rehabbing the bad knee and can now dance again and it is thrilling because I didn't think I'd ever be able to plie again. And, I'd like to see another pound fly off my body, but I will learn patience if it kills me!!
Happy Monday!! and Good Health to you all!!
Julia0 -
So glad to find this posting. I too am menopausal. Periods about every 4 months, and are different every time. And this from a started @ the same Time of they day, clockwork periods. Mood swings, night sweats, insomnia, insatiable appetite @ times, all of it. Plan to keep in touch, for this long journey with friends. Thank you for this forum.
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Love the name!!
I have to say the whole experience has been relatively easy for me. Over time my periods just got futher and futher apart: from 4 weeks like clockwork..to 5 or 6.....then to 7 or 8 with an occasional skipped one. I have never used so many pregnancy tests in my life!!
I went about 3 or 4 months without one then got one or 2 random last ones. That was about a year ago now. The only issues that I continue to have are some hot flashes, but they haven't been too terribly bad. I refuse to even consider HRT. While I get that it has helped many people, I considered my symptoms relatively mild. Instead I did a little homeowrk on my own. My doctor had already recommended that I take Calcium and D supplements. When I realized I was having hot flashes, I did a little homework and started on supplemental E, which my doctor concurred with.
Quite frankly my biggest complaint is sleep habits....and those issues started long before any of this. But that's another thread entirely ;-) We have black out curtains, took the TV out of the bedroom, stick to a regular schedule, etc. But it's a good night if I sleep more than 4 hours without waking up. At least I don't have any trouble going back to sleep anymore: I did for awhile. But is it too much to ask for 7-8 hours of solid sleep?
My name is Regina, and I am post menopausal. I think!0 -
I have to say the whole experience has been relatively easy for me. Over time my periods just got futher and futher apart: from 4 weeks like clockwork..to 5 or 6.....then to 7 or 8 with an occasional skipped one. I have never used so many pregnancy tests in my life!!
My name is Regina, and I am post menopausal. I think!
Regina ~~~ I laughed out loud when I read your post!!!!! Ya, you're still hot!0 -
Hi all,
I'm Steph, and I'm 45. Just getting to that point where I'm like, OK Is it coming this month or not???? Seem to have them whenever, every couple of months or not...Total hot flashes and night sweats, mood swings the whole bit.
My funny story....I was dating my husband to be and kind of in the throws of my own sexual awakening or mid life crisis (whatever!), so when I started having hot flashes I had no idea what they were (like a huge energy rush through my whole body, not really hot at first), but they always seemed to coincide with the times I was seriously thinking about him. I thought man, I can't believe how he makes me feel!!!! I was talking to a girlfriend and she laughed at me and told me what was going on, then I felt oh soo stupid! But I still married him! He knows I'm partially crazy and puts up with my changing clothes every 5 minutes, and turning the fan on and off at night, so I think I found a keeper!
I started the pill cause my DR said it would help, but it just made me put on weight and I didn't need help there. So I started an herbal remedy and it seems to be kicking in finally and I am getting back to normal except my vision is crappy, and my memory appears to be shot! Glad there are others out there with similar aches and pains!0
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