April 28th, 2008
I did not even know that this site existed. About.com has it’s own Menopause site, with a blog and so many great tips from women, doctors, nurses, experts, and more. I have spent hours reading over everything.
From explanations of menopause, it’s symptoms, treatments, and how to cope, if you are in this phase of your […]
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March 12th, 2008
It may be a menopause moment, or pre-menopause moment - whatever. But I am struggling with the night sweats - ugh.
I have been getting the night sweats for a little over a year now, but only two or three times a month, usually right before that special monthly time. But now, I have been […]
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January 23rd, 2008
I am obsessing about my pre-menopause or peri-menopause state, and I am enthralling myself in to the research of that and menopause. I recently came across this list of best-selling books on the subject of menopause, from Amazon.com. Have you read any of these and agree that they are must-reads, or do you have a […]
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January 3rd, 2008
After I finished writing the post below about Peri-Menopause Symptoms, I decided to click on over to amazon.com to see what books they had on the subject. I ordered three of them:
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About: Premenopause: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life from Thirty to Fifty by John R. Lee, Jesse […]
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January 3rd, 2008
Being that I am 40, I could very well be in the phase of Peri-Menopause. Peri-Menopause is also known as PreMenopause.
While you are not medically in a state of menopause until one year after your very last period, many women, such as myself, begin with symptoms several years before. In doing research, some women in […]
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December 7th, 2007
I get the night sweats now and then. Sometimes it is right before my period, and sometimes it is just plain old unpredictable. I can’t stand it when I wake up with soaked pj’s.
I was doing a bit of searching for a solution and I am so happy to have found Moisture Wicking Pajamas. […]
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October 29th, 2007
Thank goodness I have been blessed with pretty blemish free skin. Aside from the occasional pimple as a teenager that usually came out every month around the same time (which we all know why), I may get a pimple now just once or twice a year. But I realize that I am lucky and that […]
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June 15th, 2007
My Mother (thanks Mom) just sent me this link to a little quiz about Menopause on Third Age. This quiz is designed to not only test your knowledge of menopause, but it helps to debunk some myths that we may believe.
As you answer each question and submit, the answer will be revealed with the explanation.
I […]
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May 15th, 2007
Oy - such controversy in Hormone Replacement Therapy.
I am not ready for this - yet. But I will be soon. My cycles are not what they used to be, and I have an occasional hot flash, and night sweats. But I suppose I will need to make a decision with my doctor was to when […]
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April 16th, 2007
Every year, on our birthdays, we are always reminded that is time to make the yearly Doctor appointments. There is the physical from the primary care Doctor, the annual Pap Smear from the Gynecologist, the Mammogram, and if applicable, the colonoscopy, bone density scans, etc.
This year, we are doing something different in my family. Today […]
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