My Menopause Blog: 3 Minutes With Sue

Thank you for watching, caring and sharing.

Helping Friends

Sue Richards

Filed under: Life Stages and PDRecovery
 
My [post] Menopause Blog: Peace
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Sue Richards

 
My Menopause Blog: Happy Thanks Giving and Receiving!

It’s the Canadian Turkeyfest this weekend.

May people from coast to coast generously give without attachment and gracefully receive with gratitude.

Sue Richards

Filed under: Fun and Freedom
 
My Menopause Blog: Equality!

Male Menopause

The table turns in the equality department.

Sue Richards

Filed under: Photos and Cartoons
 
My Menopause Blog: Pause for Dinner?

Chicken Talk

Be thankful.

Sue Richards

 
My Menopause Blog: Merry - Peri

This is an older post that needs repeating….for those of you just starting out!

Perimenopause: Sometimes written as peri-menopause.

If you look closely at the peri part of the word, you will notice that it almost spells period.

PERI-OD.

Coincidentally, the stage of peri-menopause includes your period, sort of, almost, sometimes not at all, other times just like old times. Another words your period, as monthly punctuation, takes on a new and varied style. More of a rogue semi-colon.

Indeed, if you love surprises, peri-menopause will be right up your alley.

Peri-menopause marks the somewhat official beginning of menopause. That said, there is no official start date. Loose and free spirited, Peri (we’re on a first name basis now) tends to show up around your mid to late 40’s…maybe early 50’s. This of course depending on if, when and how many ankle biters you had, when you started your period in the first place, your mother’s side of the family menopausal tree and how you’ve been treating your body.

There are other factors like breast and ovarian cancer and their treatment that instantly shift your hormonal balance and plunge you into menopause. But if you’ve been spared this legacy, then the onset will be slow and gradual.

I try to think of perimenopause as a season…like Fall….beautiful one day, grey, windy and cold the next.

Sue Richards

 
My [post] Menopause Blog: Memories?


Thanks to my FB friend Gar for sharing this unforgettable ditty for the memory challenged.

Sue Richards

Filed under: Fun and Freedom
 
My [post] Menopause Blog: Note to Self!
“Your task is not to seek love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers
within yourself
that you have built against it.
~Rumi~
Filed under: Mindfulness
 
My [post] Menopause Blog: Menopaws Woes
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From “Today’s Cartoon by Randy Glasbergen”, displayed with special permission. For many more cartoons, please visit Randy’s site @ www.glasbergen.com

Sue Richards

 
My [post] Menopause Blog: Melt Down
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From “Today’s Cartoon by Randy Glasbergen”, displayed with special permission. For many more cartoons, please visit Randy’s site @ www.glasbergen.com

Sue Richards

 
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