*Sigh*
I am always hot. I have been known to wear shorts and a t-shirt around the house in the middle of winter. I like my house to be a balmy 68 degrees. Year round. My kids are always complaining that it is “too cold in here” in their whiniest voices, in the middle of the summer. I don’t care. Have you heard the saying, “If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy”? Trust me. You want me to be happy. Or at least not sweating to death. There are three things that make me really crabby. The biggest one of those three things is being too hot. The only times I don’t get crabby when I am sweating is when I am at the gym, working out or when I am having sex with my husband.
I kinda hope that when I go through menopause, my thermostat reacts the opposite of what most women’s does to the hormones. I hope that I am always cold. I mean, you can always put on more clothes. I think they would frown on it at my job if I tried to work in my bra and underwear because the scrubs that I was wearing were making me too hot. I have a lab jacket that I never use now that I could wear if I ever get cold. I would even buy more lab jackets to coordinate with my different scrub outfits. I just don’t want to be hotter than I am now.
I’m scared. About a week ago, I started getting these “blushes”. They weren’t caused by an embarrassing event and I recognize them from when I was pregnant with my kids, so I know they are hormonal in nature. The “blushing” starts just below my shoulder blades and then travels up my shoulders and neck and then my face gets hot and flushed. Yippy! It’s tolerable and it passes rather quickly, but still.
I have been on menstruation-suppressing hormones for over a year because my migraines were thought to be hormonally related. So I haven’t had a real period in over a yea and so that wouldn’t be an accurate determination of whether this is menopause that thing that we women wish for and dread all at the same time.
It’s not what is happening to me. No way. No how. They are “blushes”, I’m telling you. The first person that mentions the word hot and flashes will be banned permanently from my blog. Oh, okay, I am not mean enough to do that, but I don’t want to hear those words anyway. Can they really be considered that even if they only last about 30 seconds at the most? I am not old. I am not old. I am not old.
Dude. So Sorry To Say : I was 27 when I had to go on medication for the unmentionable word.
So yea…Just Sayin’
The joys of getting older… why can’t they make a pill for that?
I’m hoping by spring I’ll be hot, too.
well, you know, i feel the same as you about heat…and where we ought to experience the sensation! i had a hysterectomy with the early menopause and you know…sorry to say the thermostat is always a little wonky after. the ONLY time it regulates is at the gym and when having sex, so…i suggest that you do both of those things as much as possible.
Truly…regardless of the thermostat, it really only does get BETTER. Not just the gym and the sex, either.
You have a whole army of support sister, and while I make jest, I do know how it feels…the emotions too…argh…so just holler iffen ya need to! xo
Embrace! Embrace your descent into middle age and eventual death!
You’ve heard of power surges, right?
Maybe it isn’t menopause. You could be pregnant!
LMAO @ Barbara!!
My Mom went through “the end of days” without a single symptom. I’m not that lucky. So far it’s little things. I miss my MIL. She had a rough go of it and if I needed advice, that’s where I’d like to get it. :”>:”>:”>
What are you saying? That I am old? :-w
And Guru, they do make a pill for that… and it’s fabulous.
lol @ Fab. He’s such a pessisimist. I can’t even spell that word. Whatever.
How about “flashy hotness”?
i think maybe one of the kids turned the thermostat up. I will be 47 in a month and the “power surges” (love that Barbara) have been going on for about 2 1/2 years.
Not A Grampy usually loves them because I have to sleep nekkid most of the time!:o
Blue–My fingers are in my ears and I am making loud noises to keep from hearing you.
LVRE–Yeah, really!
Uisce–And you will, my friend!
Cindra–Yeah, the emotions. Today they have been all over the place!
Fab–I will run toward eventual death.
Barbara–I have. That I have heard. That’s kinda what they feel like, too.
Lynda–Not THAT! Impossible. Jason and I are both incapable.
MM–Try talking to her anyway. You never know where you might find the answers.
Finn–If I am not old then surely you aren’t since you are younger than I am. Right? What’s that pill? If it is OTC, I don’t know if I can take it because I am not sure if it will react with my other meds. I could ask the pharmacist, though.
Slick–I like Flashy Hotness. Or I can be a Hawty.
Trish–I have been having night sweats for many years. I think those are related to my autoimmune disease (think lupus, rheumatoid arthritis–it just hasn’t been determined which I have yet). There are times when I wake up and the sheets and blankets are soaked and my pillow, too. Yuck!
Are you taking niacin? Could be a flush from that?
It’s called perimenopause
Here’s a link
http://www.womentowomen.com/menopause/perimenopause.asp?id=1&campaignno=perimenopause&adgroup=ag3perimenopause&keywords=perimenopause
It’s just not that bad-Not a joy either but —-I was in it starting in my late thirties
It’s a whole hell of a lot better than a LOT of alternatives–just sayin
:d:d
I think it is those two little dirty words but I think it’s your medication, not your age. Just another thing we have in common!
I’m on Lupron therapy for my endometriosis and this is…let’s see…my 5th month without a period.
And I know EXACTLY what you’re describing. Soy makes it worse, btw, and I’m lactose intolerant so I drink tons of soy because of my Starbucks addiction.
I think I’ve probably had five episodes just as I typed this comment. The nights are the worst (night sweats are another side effect).
Don’t even get me started on the mood swings…oh my gosh! LOL
Hang in there!