tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post2726126075285259935..comments2023-09-30T07:56:14.482-05:00Comments on StitchinByTheLake: Menopause is a Four Letter WordStitchinByTheLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501479854150315011noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-57521937034341802912008-08-19T01:27:00.000-05:002008-08-19T01:27:00.000-05:00((((((Marlene))))) I have a friend in the midst of...((((((Marlene))))) I have a friend in the midst of this right now and it's not fun. I haven't experienced menopause yet, but I did a bout with postpartum depression after a miscarriage and so I can relate to the crying part. Hang in there and google the natural remedies I know a lot of women who have had good results with them. E-mail me if you want some info :)Ginger Patcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447359526530333305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-90807911166631331312008-08-18T22:06:00.000-05:002008-08-18T22:06:00.000-05:00At 44, I'm headed to the doctor tomorrow for the t...At 44, I'm headed to the doctor tomorrow for the talk on hormone therapy...I love your explanation of what it is..so true..now if I could just make my husband understand what it is.<BR/>DeborahDeborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998499719314681050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-21031115583644913942008-08-15T03:40:00.000-05:002008-08-15T03:40:00.000-05:00Well, I've been right there with you, for a while ...Well, I've been right there with you, for a while now. I've had really bad hot flashes - so much so that they were embarassing to go in public with. And then the crying thing. Oh, and the mood swings. It's like being a teenager, only worse. I hope it goes away soon. So does DH! (Thank God the kids have left home! Too much info for them!)Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498453213057487052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-18738102952679373372008-08-14T07:22:00.000-05:002008-08-14T07:22:00.000-05:00Oh My Goodness - too funny and yet so sad too huh?...Oh My Goodness - too funny and yet so sad too huh?? LOL I call it mentalpause - for the obvious reasons. I am blessed with a mother who tells me through her senile haze that she NEVER had a hot flash or mood swing. Yeah right --- Anyway - I can relate and I am just at the beginnng! <BR/><BR/>You asked about the black paint. I use a satin finish. It gives the look of a patina without being too glossy.Linda - Behind My Red Doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440663909785788611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-86757957708438494152008-08-14T07:15:00.000-05:002008-08-14T07:15:00.000-05:00I'm with you, dear! lol! I'm 51 and officially in ...I'm with you, dear! lol! I'm 51 and officially in menopause having gone through my 40's with every perimenopause symptom in the book. That's 10 years of everything you describe! It's a wonder that my family still loves me and that they are still alive considering they went through adolescence at the same time. What was God thinking combining menopause with adolesence in the same household?Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583817947078375493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-29575358550650860542008-08-12T20:36:00.000-05:002008-08-12T20:36:00.000-05:00Love this post! I can so relate! I just turned 5...Love this post! I can so relate! I just turned 50 and was on low-dose bc pills for most of my 40's, so I think I avoided a lot of the peri-meno symptoms, until last year...I was still on the pill, but last spring I felt so wound up, angry, distressed, teary and the constant sentence 'what is wrong with me?' ran through my head like a tickertape! I didn't feel like myself, I hated everyone and everything, and it was all I could do to not be witchy all the time! After a few months though it let up. I went off the pill a few months ago, and now have the hot flashes. Sometimes they are so annoying I just open the back door at 3am and take the dogs outside in the backyard with me wearing my nightgown just to cool off. Sleep is the worst. If I get three hours in a row, it's a miracle. I am probably awake and up 3 to 4 times a night, then wide awake at 5am! <BR/>I keep telling myself this too shall pass! Thanks for sharing, I can so relate to so much of what you are going through...all prayers sent your way!<BR/>Blessings,<BR/>KellyKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575872158431227773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-53917170951800593762008-08-12T16:23:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:23:00.000-05:00Oh, honey!! This sounds miserable! How long does...Oh, honey!! This sounds miserable! How long does menopause last? <BR/><BR/>I blame Eve...she just HAD to eat that apple and ruin it for all of us. Women are forever cursed. We can't even get excited about not having periods anymore because we become emotional and physical wrecks without them. <BR/><BR/>Great...just, great.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892293258799500751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-13931045402775804392008-08-12T11:43:00.000-05:002008-08-12T11:43:00.000-05:00MarleneI love your blog so much that I've given yo...Marlene<BR/>I love your blog so much that I've given you an award. Accept if you like, or not. You deserve it either way!!Julie in the Barnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18147114606468287519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-13823071983480991042008-08-12T07:47:00.000-05:002008-08-12T07:47:00.000-05:00Sounds like I have a lot to look forward too! The ...Sounds like I have a lot to look forward too! The cold/hot thing-that exactly how my husband and I are too. I freeze all the time and he sweats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-14786568520801942092008-08-11T21:07:00.000-05:002008-08-11T21:07:00.000-05:00So sorry. I can't imagine hot flashes I'm already...So sorry. I can't imagine hot flashes I'm already hot all the time. Probably simular to your hubby. I'm always telling my hubby and kids to put on a sweater I can only take so much off. I hope this passes soon for you. Hugs and Best wishes, Emem's scrapbaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02111534162397777000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-4560647713157683112008-08-11T17:21:00.000-05:002008-08-11T17:21:00.000-05:00I am 20 years younger than you, and you have descr...I am 20 years younger than you, and you have described a lot of what I have been dealing with for a couple of years. Please tell me it will go away! <BR/>Your not alone in this battle! Cry all you want. We will be here for you, possibly crying with you for the same reasons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-16395032722354256032008-08-11T13:19:00.000-05:002008-08-11T13:19:00.000-05:00The visuals you have created for me in the post is...The visuals you have created for me in the post is about more than I can handle! You've made me laugh and ponder the upcoming possibilities. I had a hysterectomy 3 years ago. The dr. nearly killed me (really), but that's another story for another day. I still have my hormones though...boy do I ever.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I'm ready for all of this. I cry so much already. Heavens, the boys will commit me if I get any more emotional.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I do love coming here, and you are serving a great purpose in my life! You are a friend I would like to share some coffee and kleenex with!<BR/><BR/>peace~elaineelaine @ peace for the journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675745465728814736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-78243034511742548472008-08-11T12:44:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:44:00.000-05:00Hi Marlen, I had to go out of town and just now ge...Hi Marlen, I had to go out of town and just now getting caught up on your blog. Oh my how I can relate, I had a hysterctomy about 7 years ago and stop taking my harmones after a year. While I was on them you could have beat me with a stick and I wouldn't have cried. I have always cried at old movies, Hallmark comercials, happy or sad times. Then I got off of them and now I cry a lot and the hot flashes that were really bad lasted about 2 1/2 years. Now I get them, but not near as often. <BR/>I hope things get better, just don't move at night and you want get one. Ha!!!<BR/>Hugs,<BR/>BonnieCalamity Jane's Cottage, Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16465660663695604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-66117894308288431322008-08-11T12:38:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:38:00.000-05:00**HUGS** to you.**HUGS** to you.Alexandra MacVeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317852980496492650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-19831572946463121072008-08-11T12:07:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:07:00.000-05:00HUGS, Marlene!HUGS, Marlene!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-4492505655575688792008-08-11T11:02:00.000-05:002008-08-11T11:02:00.000-05:00Dear Lord:In Sunday School, I learned that all thi...Dear Lord:<BR/><BR/>In Sunday School, I learned that all things you have created serve a purpose.<BR/><BR/>But, exactly WHAT is the biological purpose of menopause? I have pondered this for YEARS, impatiently waiting for the answer, and then it came to me.<BR/><BR/>It is because during menopause, we women become so sweaty and unpleasantly smelly, unhappy, unstable, sleepy, and tearful that NO MAN WOULD CONSIDER COMING NEAR US TO TO EVEN TRY TO GET US PREGNANT!Elaine Adairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664504842156046995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-44903650243018548992008-08-11T10:55:00.000-05:002008-08-11T10:55:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Elaine Adairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664504842156046995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-53307494402933945212008-08-11T08:17:00.000-05:002008-08-11T08:17:00.000-05:00Marlene: I had a hysterectomy at 28. Used hormon...Marlene: I had a hysterectomy at 28. Used hormones for a few years, until all of the bad press started. Went to the doctor and he said, well, If you don't mind being a psycho, go off of them. So I did. I don't have the hot flashes so bad, but the mental thing is what gets me. Emotional rollercoaster. I get irritability mostly. Can hardly stand kids. And the hair loss, I love it on my legs, but hate it on my head! Anyway, praying for you! I now take the lowest dose of Premarin, every other day. Helps a little! I do know that evening primrose capsules help some people, as well as black cohosh. Also- do not heat things in the microwave in plastic or drink bottled water. Much love - Raquel XORaquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926021350441597268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-33704278887679445862008-08-10T22:56:00.000-05:002008-08-10T22:56:00.000-05:00Well, what can I say that has not already been sai...Well, what can I say that has not already been said above, except hang in there! My biggest problem was mood swings, but it still is a problem (and I think it always has been)! I haven't slept through the night since I had my first child, 35 years ago. I seem to cry more when an American flag goes by, or a band playing in a parade (and if there is a flag and a band together, a torrent!). I find that I cry a little more since my mother passed away. But all in all, it gets easier with time. I am sorry you must encounter all symptoms at once.<BR/><BR/>I think all females should have an old car in the backyard. When we feel one of those moments coming on, we can go outside and get the sledge hammer and swing away on that car. Our shoulders and arms might be sore, but our emotional state will be better. I am positive of that!<BR/><BR/>Hugs and kisses to you<BR/>XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOPurple Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614300010193583324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-25524073384371023232008-08-10T21:50:00.000-05:002008-08-10T21:50:00.000-05:00Oh, Marlene, I do feel for you. I am two years ol...Oh, Marlene, I do feel for you. I am two years older than you....I started taking those hormones when I was 40. Took them until three or four years ago. I can tell you they never did a thing for me but make me gain weight. I have had hot flashes for twenty-four years. They don't get better - that I can tell you. I notice all the doctors that tell you hormones add to your life are MALE!! They didn't add a thing to mine. I took myself off them against the advice of my doctor. I don't regret it and truthfully, I can't tell a difference. I'm pretty healthy, just having had a physical. Even my bones are good. I do have a little trouble with my "gasto-intestinal plumbing" which was inherited....thank goodness Metamucil came out with a pill and I don't eat dairy. The hysterectomy I had in '04 was the best thing I ever did. The crying thing I never had, thank goodness, although sometimes I get "blue." I take no meds whatsoever. So.....my philosophy......keep your sense of humor, do the best you can each day and keep quilting. Oh, yeah, it wouldn't hurt to place several of those dreaded fans around the place!!! If the electricity ever goes out...I'm doomed! PatPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-8718978472842881442008-08-10T19:08:00.000-05:002008-08-10T19:08:00.000-05:00I had a complete hysterectomy at 34, I'm now 53. ...I had a complete hysterectomy at 34, I'm now 53. At my last yearly check up, my doctor cut my hormones in half!!! I was not too happy. But, when I went to pick up the pills at the pharmacy, they were the same dosage! I don't know if was the doctor's mistake or the pharmacist, but I just kept quiet. I do feel guilty, kind of like I'm cheating. But, hey, I've got a year before anyone finds out! But trust me, I've feel your pain sister! May you have a restful, uninterupted night of sleep! <BR/><BR/>CyndyCyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271230219997130171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-35324604555014225322008-08-10T18:30:00.000-05:002008-08-10T18:30:00.000-05:00You poor soul! One of those days when you need to...You poor soul! One of those days when you need to be nice to yourself...and do something nice for yourself! People who don't have hormonal problems never really get this... do they?sister sherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825231117150295794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-14028195191606951922008-08-10T18:25:00.000-05:002008-08-10T18:25:00.000-05:00Oh sweetie, I feel for you. I also had a hyster s...Oh sweetie, I feel for you. I also had a hyster seven years ago at age 40 but they left the ovaries. Not sure why as they quit working soon after anyway. My hot flashes and night sweats still go in cycles, so not constant. However, God has a sense of humor, and I always seem to have my spells in the summer instead of in the winter when I could use the heat. I did find relief in Estroven over-the-counter. The bad part is it takes a while to build up in your system, like 3 - 4 weeks. Good Luck and feel free to vent anytime. I am going to have my husband read your post so he realizes I'm not just nuts, that it's a NORMAL occurence. :(Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060722558029419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-3534952735419570322008-08-10T17:13:00.000-05:002008-08-10T17:13:00.000-05:00Oh Dear, my Mom has been warning me. She went off ...Oh Dear, my Mom has been warning me. She went off the hormones for a while then demanded her doctor to give them to her again. I think she might be on a lower dose now. She still has issues, just not quite as bad. <BR/><BR/>I'm already having the occasional hot flash. I feel for you. Hang in there. Maybe it will get better?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995851593213427196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-83661177262863289762008-08-10T16:58:00.000-05:002008-08-10T16:58:00.000-05:00Oh my goodness, we are sharing quite a few things ...Oh my goodness, we are sharing quite a few things going on here...not all of them, but many. I feel your pain ;D<BR/><BR/>(((hugs)))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com