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agirl -> RE: Tell the truth.. (8/7/2006 10:22:31 AM)
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Hello themischievous1,
The menopause crept up on me at around 37 yrs...it took a while before I realised what it was, as I'd not long had my 5 th baby and had just finished breast feeding.
I chose the wrong day to go to the Doctors with my queries, as they were very rushed and I was handed a video to watch at home.....which was about a silver-haired couple coping with all these seemingly horrific symptoms.
I remember being curled up in an armchair watching it and sobbing with a houseful of children and babies.
To cut a boring story short......... I took the video back and was advised to take HRT, which I did.......and life went on pretty much as normal.
The positive things.....the hot flashes stopped, the night-sweats stopped. Annoyingly, my periods returned....I became a little more forgetful than normal, but as I've always been a scatty person, it didn't make a great deal of noticable difference.....lol.
I read somewhere, around that time, as my libido lessened, that having orgasms was quite important to keeping libido alive and well...........I took that extremely seriously and looked after that side of things in the best ways I could........LOL
I don't know if my moods were affected to a huge degree.....it was a busy, time with four children anyway, so at that time I didn't attribute any rattiness to the menopause, just to being run ragged by a large family etc.
I remember as the eldest sprogs hit their teens that we decided that if Mama couldn't behave badly because of HER hormones, then nor could they. So *hormones* weren't allowed to be used as an excuse for bad or stroppy behaviour....lol.
Anyhow, I've been on HRT for around 9 yrs........I'm healthy, active and nothing too shocking or traumatic occured through it.
My Mum had an early menopause, but so far, I'm the only one of her three daughters that has been affected. My sisters are 41 and 46 yrs and there's no sign of it for either of them as yet.
Regards, agirl
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