Perimenopause-it can last for years and years and have any number of symptoms. It's awesome.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
lisah - Sep 02, 2020 3:55:49 pm PDT #7076 of 8208
Punishingly Intricate
DavidS - Sep 02, 2020 3:57:37 pm PDT #7077 of 8208
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's awesome.
[Drops this sentence into the Irony Detector...]
askye - Sep 02, 2020 4:50:27 pm PDT #7078 of 8208
Thrive to spite them
As far as I can tell I've been in perimenopause for all of my 40s. (I honestly really can't believe i'm this age, I live too much like I did in my late 20s ..well actually better, there's less stress and chaos but other than it's still pretty much the same)...That's when my cycle got super regular (after a life time of highly irregular)
Katerina Bee - Sep 02, 2020 7:25:09 pm PDT #7079 of 8208
Herding cats for fun
My reproductive system said, haha bitch, we are going to play all the tricks we used when we were getting started up! Wait until the mood swings and emotions really get going! You are going to love this!
askye - Sep 02, 2020 8:35:54 pm PDT #7080 of 8208
Thrive to spite them
I honestly have spent so much of my life in emotional upheaval, crisis, and mood swings that.. the last few years when I've had the most stability.. I've managed to figure out how to handle a lot of it hopefully that either the skills I've learned will help or it will be familiar enough that it will kind of feel boring.
Toddson - Sep 03, 2020 4:46:34 am PDT #7081 of 8208
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oy ... there are times when boring is a good thing. When I went into menopause, I'd get the cramps (I was usually irritable at that time, so who know) and general discomfort but no menstruation. It was confusing - I'd put in a tampon and it'd come out clean. bah! By the way, I'd heard the story and recently saw a brief song about Sally Ride's first trip to space ... it was for six days and, seemingly, NASA never thought to ask her (1) IF she needed any "feminine hygiene" supplies and (2) IF she did, how many. So ... for a one-week trip, they gave her more than 300 tampons. The mind boggles.
Laura - Sep 03, 2020 5:46:25 am PDT #7082 of 8208
Our wings are not tired.
Ha, the Sally Ride story is funny. My menopause was pretty uneventful. Done by 47. Mostly it was just random for a few years. Had hot flashes, but not as bad as some women.
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2020 6:05:05 am PDT #7083 of 8208
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
God damn, I am 49 and so ready for this nonsense to be done. I don't need a period anymore, sheesh.
askye - Sep 03, 2020 4:54:36 pm PDT #7084 of 8208
Thrive to spite them
last month I got cramps and that heavy bloated feeling and I was like.. oh god this is goign to be bad.. and nothing. last week there was a tiny bit of spotting intermittent days but then that's it.
I did have hot flashes of some kind a year or two ago. I can't ask mom about what hers was like because she doesn't really know. she had a hysterectomy right after my brother was born.
Toddson - Sep 04, 2020 4:24:41 am PDT #7085 of 8208
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yeah, that was kind of like what mine was ... if I remember correctly. It will fade after a while ... I hope, for your sake. I do once in a while seem to have hot flashes (better to have in the winter). I DO remember feeling like I could heat an entire room when one hit.