My Menopause Blog

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Return of the Blogger, originally uploaded by Sue Richards.
Despite being home, My Menopause has decided that lingering in vacation mode for a few more days is in order. After all, we did have an unexpected […]

For those of you interested in my Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement experiment please allow me to give you an update.
After much initial excitement that included visions of a future with renewed energy, level headed coolness and a feel real good sensation, I have little to report. Mostly this is due to the arrival of my old […]

Punctuation has never been my strong suit. There are just too many rules with pesky ‘if then’ conditions to remember for my dancing brain. Why not just let the periods fall where they may. Cast commas kindly and inclusively. Free the semi colon!
With such a rogue, almost feral attutude, it is a bit funny strange […]

Continuing on the subject, ‘Badder Bladders’ my meno-pal Ellie offered a lovely example of ‘peeing ones pants’ in her latest blog post.

Ellie and I are of the Peri-Tribe, perhaps separated at birth and only now finding each other through the blogosphere. The joys of menopause have brought us together. Our bladders are cementing the deal.

Extreme questions seem to dog the peri-menopausal women I know. The move from pre to peri is more than the shift and addition of a letter. After scooting along the post puberty trail of premenopause for over 25 years, suffering through predictable PMS or sailing through monthly trips to the red tent becomes routine. Once peri arrives, silently, sneaking in to our hair follicles, sleep patterns and memory bank like a highly trained thief, serious questions replace previous knowing.

Earlier this week, I attended a workshop titled: Let’s Talk About Hormones. I have scads of notes to digest and handouts to read which of course I’ll get right on. But before I dive in, I wanted to offer up this information…mostly due to it’s application to my life. And perhaps yours.

My period is playing Chicken Little with me. Since Friday, I have been on Red Alert expecting to be attacked in the rear….er….lower regions by my missing menses. Last night when I used the public washroom at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery and found a brand spanking new OB, perfectly wrapped in its cello […]

I will admit that I know squat about progesterone. How ironic that I get interested in getting acquainted with one of my main hormone squeezes as we are about to break up.
Progesterone never really figured high on my list of needs. Known to be responsible for preparing the uterus for pregnancy, which I wasn’t interested […]