You know how Mother Nature brings in Spring? Cold one day and Hot the next and you don’t know how to dress? Well think of that every day. Hot flashes during the day Night sweats at night and chilled by damp clothes or too light of clothes when not having a flash and you have one of the most common side effects of menopause.What you say, I am too young for menopause! Think again. Here is the long and the short of it; Menopause happens to every woman. The side effects are the variable. Do you remember puberty? Hormones raging, bad skin, mood swings, crying jags, greasy hair? Menopause symptoms are similar but due to estrogen decreasing. Mood swings, crying jags, thinning hair, dry skin, hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and CRS. (Can’t Remember Shit).
If you ever experienced after a pregnancy some of the side effects I listed for menopause that is just a taste of what can go on for years. Starting around 35-45, little changes are happening. Your menstrual cycle may change in frequency and intensity. This period has a name, ‘Peri-menopause’. You can take replacement hormones but they are linked to cancer. The medical protocol is if side effects of menopause are ruining your quality of life the smallest dose for the shortest amount of time of hormones can be prescribed. Bottom line; talk with your doctor, your friends, your family and find what can work for you!
Many women will not admit they are menopausal because they equate menopause with being old. I ask would you rather be old or dead?
6 comments:
Haralee - this post made me laugh! Just yesterday the temperature rose to 75 degrees and the house was sooo hot last night. I woke up so annoyed and I thought - "this is what menopause is going to be like"
I am not looking forward, but yes - I would rather be alive, hot, and moody than dead. Rachel
Rachel, Yes spring is tough but you have the right attitude!
Great post. It reminds me of the Golden Girls episode where Blanche goes through "the change". I'm with you and Rachel - I want to be alive and all the stuff that goes with it!
Nicole, 'The Change' was the name just a few decades ago women talked about in quiet undertones to other women. Now Menopause is talked about everywhere from the ladies on "The View" to "Sex in the City 2"! Unfortunately we can talk openly about menopause until we are blue in the face and still get the same side effects as our grandmothers!
I can definitely get a feel of what its going to be like since I have experienced some of these symptoms after having my girls. Not really looking forward to since I'm already spending most of my life trying to feel normal again. But oh well that's life gotta roll with the punches.I'm alive and healthy- that's what matters.
Denisse, Most likely by the time you experience menopause symptoms your memories after your girls births will have successfully faded!
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