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Menopause!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:17 pm
by Millymollymandy
Any of you Ish ladies old enough to be facing the onset of this or have already done through it? As I seem to be starting the pre-menopause
I thought it would be good to be able to chat with others who are facing the same thing or have experience to pass on to us 'newbies'.
I know most of you are young but there must be some late(ish) 40-somethings out there.
Anyway I started getting my periods at 2 week intervals in october although they seem to be more regular again now - but it seems to have set me off getting ruddy spots and pimples - not all the time as they seem to come for a few weeks then go again (so I'm starting to keep a note of dates now) but I can't find anything in any literature which says you can get zits with it. I asked my doctor who just said you don't look spotty (I was covered in foundation to hide the blotches)
but it's really depressing! If my hormones are starting to go wonky it seems to me that spots would be quite a natural thing to happen, wouldn't it?
My skin which is normally dry anyway is ultra dry at the moment.
Aaarrrggggh I'm turning into an old lady!
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:43 pm
by Odsox
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:48 pm
by Millymollymandy
Thanks a bunch Tony!
That'll be you, Oldfella and who else?
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:51 pm
by TheGoodEarth
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:05 pm
by Odsox
Millymollymandy wrote:Thanks a bunch Tony!
That'll be you, Oldfella and who else?
OK, maybe only two, but I'm sure we both have the enthusiasm for more than just our number.
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:29 pm
by Milims
Aww 3M
I thought that I might be heading that way a wee while ago - but it turns out I'm just a psycho nutter loony b**ch from h*ll!! Anyway I did find a rather nice site with a forum where you could ask lots of questions and have lots of support. I think its
http://www.power-surge.com. Good luck and hugs
PS In the meantime have a giggle with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re7yWdK0 ... re=related
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:09 am
by Millymollymandy
aaarrggh, sorry Milims that's my eyes trying to adjust to having read a site which is white writing on a dark screen then back here which is the opposite. I do wish people wouldn't set up sites like that cos it is hell on the eyes!
Anyway I see dry skin, acne and other skin eruptions as well as increase in allergies under a great long list of symptoms.
Oh lovely! Irritability and grumpiness etc I've had all my life so no big deal there.
Thanks for the link and it's good to know that the skin problems are a part of it, rather than something completely different (if that makes sense!).
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:12 am
by Millymollymandy
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:36 am
by invisiblepiper
Haha - wondered that too!
Youtube is hilarious - thankyou Milims!
I SAVED MY YOUTH - I'M GONNA MISSPEND MY MIDDLE AGE
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:12 am
by Odsox
I'm sorry if I intruded, I just thought you needed cheering up
Of course men also go through a type of menopause too you know, but we don't make so much fuss ... cos we are MEN.
I have on occasion visited those other threads but can honestly say that I couldn't make any relevant comments, so kept quiet.
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:37 am
by JulieSherris
Ha, how big do you want that spade, Tony?
MMM - just about everything goes in the run up to the big M - whatever happened at puberty can happen right about now... oh, deep joy!! Plus you have the added benefits of looking forwards to a deeper voice, chin whiskers, hot flushes, mood swings, night sweats and the small fortune spent on appropriate lubrications for those more personal times with your other half...... fun being a woman, huh?
That said, I'm 48 & not quite there yet, but not too long me hopes - I keep seeing the menopause testing kits in Lidl, but I know if mine registered as negative, I'd be really moody!
The best advice I was ever given a few years ago by someone who'd just gone through it was that every time you get the chance, indulge yourself - hot bath with ambience, curling up with a good book & warm fire, you know, the 'feelgood moments'....
And fingers crossed that it will pass quietly & without too much fuss or too many problems.
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:15 pm
by Millymollymandy
Odsox wrote:Of course men also go through a type of menopause too you know,
Ha, yeah I think that's when you dump your wife and run off with a younger model.....
Only joking Tony!
And Julie - deep voice eh - oh joy! Add hair loss and thinning to the whiskers and basically we're gonna turn into blokes!
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:03 pm
by JulieSherris
Millymollymandy wrote:
And Julie - deep voice eh - oh joy! Add hair loss and thinning to the whiskers and basically we're gonna turn into blokes!
But everyone knows that men are just watered down versions of the more favoured sex anyway, MMM
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:52 pm
by TheGoodEarth
JulieSherris wrote:Plus you have the added benefits.... chin whiskers, hot flushes, mood swings
What if these already exists BEFORE the big M
Re: Menopause!
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:55 pm
by Millymollymandy
Speaking about yourself, TGE?