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Jane commented on Jane's blog post 'I am going against the grain'
Thanks Holly,a lovely photo btw. Yes the tiredness is frustrating, especially if like me you have too much energy at times.It is the chicken and egg though.You know exercise helps,I love to swim,but when you get so fatigued it is difficult to get g…
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Holly commented on Jane's blog post 'I am going against the grain'
I can relate to the tired part. It seems that no matter how much sleep I get, there are days where I just feel completely exhausted. Of course, I need to exercise more regularly and there are episodes when my diet is seriously lacking nutritional va…
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Jane added a blog post
Well girls,here I am with my first blog and boy am I in the menopause. The only difference is,I am sure my symptoms,although similar to others in many respects,are also very different to many. I am 51 and people mistake me for up to 15 years younger…
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JML replied to JML's discussion 'When Are you done?'
I don't think you are alone. Not a day goes by without thinking of my mom in some capacity...either events I wish she was here for, or how she felt and thought when she was my age. When she was my age now, I was 25 and young and pretty unaware of he…
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Andrea Duran commented on ritafay browning's blog post 'menopause/maladies'
The cramping in the vaginal area is not a symptom I have heard from my hormone ladies, but I wonder if it could be referred pain from uterine cramping. Pain is the body's way of telling you something is off, and in perimenopause, the hormones can go…
yesterday
ritafay browning replied to JML's discussion 'When Are you done?'
I too am lost without my mother and i feel i need her for all these thing's i am going through i fine myself lost without her. I have alway's went to her for answer's ... miss my mom , better than that i need her more than ever,''lost....ritafay
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ritafay browning commented on Andrea Duran's blog post 'Grrr, stuff like this makes me so mad------'
I need my mommy for lot's of thing's ''NOW would be great ,she passed away in 2007,all women have such different things to say about what's going on but i know '' my mommy>>>>>needs to be here. I feel so uncomfortable all the time and worried and my…
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When Are you done? 3 Replies

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'Cool' Imagery Lowers Hot Flashes Through Hypnotherapy 3 Replies

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Jane

I am going against the grain

Well girls,here I am with my first blog and boy am I in the menopause. The only difference is,I am sure my symptoms,although similar to others in many respects,are also very different to many. I am 51 and people mistake me for up to 15 years younger at times. No,I am not stick thin,just happen to look that way,in a kind of LULU type way without trying! Why am I saying this,I hear you ask......purely to give people an idea of my type,when I explain my ups and downs with menopausal symptoms,als

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Posted by Jane on September 7, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

ritafay browning

menopause/maladies

I have been aching in my vaginal area,''a cramping never stopping feeling .Is this normal for perimenopause? It's been 4-mths no period i go to doc every month and blood work comes out - for perimenopause,I want to know what to expect>>>i feel i am in it.....something is wrong i am emotionaly wrecked....i mispell''forget things and say things backwards and i even dream most awful thus ........i feel swollen in stomach and my thyroids are under active now i recently gained 38 pds in a mo… Continue

Posted by ritafay browning on September 6, 2010 at 12:15pm — 1 Comment

Andrea Duran

International Academy of Compounding Pharmacies

Hi everyone----hope you are enjoying this last week of summer (I mean real summer, not your personal summer).



Many of you who have asked me for resources know that I recommend the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacies as a great source to find a compounding pharmacy in your area. Right now their search feature is limited to the US and Canada. I occasionally get someone from overseas who asks for my resources (I even had one from Afghani

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Posted by Andrea Duran on September 2, 2010 at 3:31pm

Andrea Duran

I always know when Dr. Dach writes an article because the term "monster hormones" comes up on my new…

I always know when Dr. Dach writes an article because the term "monster hormones" comes up on my newsfeed. This article is an excellent overview of bioidentical hormones, click here to check it out! Continue

Posted by Andrea Duran on August 16, 2010 at 11:15am

Menopause Chat

Hot Flashes, Heart Palpitations, and Sting: It's Not What You Think

On one of my numerous Google adventures, I came across the lyrics to the Sting song Be Still My Beating Heart. What in the world does this have to do with menopause? Let me tell you. It's his words. If I didn't know any better you'd think the song was written about a woman in menopause.

Seriously.

The first couple of lines grabbed me. "Be still my beating heart. It would be better to be cool." After experiencing a recent hot flash---along with what I think were heart palpitations---I couldn't agree more. So I read on.

"My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion." Can anyone relate? I could, because when the mood swings hit, logic flies out the window. A normally-rational human being can be turned into a sobbing, illogical, emotional mess.

Okay, so this might not be his biggest hit, but the lyrics seemed so relevant to me today. I wonder if I can find some meaning in the latest Lady Gaga song. Probably not.
 
 
 

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