Well cuties I have to tell you that I have discovered that the hardest part of quilting is all the ironing. This is usually no big deal but lately I have started experiencing the dreaded menospause (they have been telling me I am in this for the last 10 years) and I can tell you I spend more time dressing and undressing than I do embroidering or quilting. I have

You need to take Agnus Casters from health food stores just ask, IT WORKS
Will take about 3 months to kick in...

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

thanks I will check into it.

This is not one of the clubs we intentionally sign up for!!!!
When I found out my eyelids perspire, I was so surprised.
You described it all so well! Ha!
Remember that you are not alone and talking about it with women helps!
Hang in there.

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

This club is the pits, I guess that's why membership in free LOL

I so wear shorts and tank tops all year long if I am inside. I even have the heat turned down. My family sits with fleece sweats on and blankets and I just shake my head at them. (At least this way I know what I can make them for Christmas.) :)
I didn't want to take any hormones so my doctor had me take evening primrose (you can get over the counter). I have tried it at night and in the morning. I find night works best for me. Just have to see when it works best for you. Good-luck. Remember you are not alone in this - but you may feel like it when your family runs and hides. :)

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

another option, I will look into, thanks Mylinda

Yep,

Dear Michelle,

Have you tried Sage, Meg says it helps her a lot. Love Chris

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

I have heard of it but thanks for reminding me because it
slipped my mind, (it that part of the menopause as well)
thanks Chris,
hugs
Michelle

I hate those power surges too! I can get them if I use a hot towel straight from the dryer, which used to be a favorite of mine - LOL. If I kind of iron as I go on quilts, then it isn't such a big deal later at the end. You are such a crazy cutie, Michelle! - hang in there, you'll survive - or maybe not! Hugs, Jan

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

Hi Jan, nice to hear from you, I haven't seen you on lately.
Oh I know I will survive, I may come out a little more wrinkled at the end but I will make it.
hugs
Michelle

They are not hot flushes.....they are power surges!!

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by hightechgrammy 29 Oct 2012

I could charge batteries!

by michemb 31 Oct 2012

Charge batteries, run a generator, imagine what global warming is doing to our planet. We experience a tiny bit of what the whole world is producing.
Something to think about with all the crazy weather we are having, Hey maybe mother nature is in menopause.

Find a good Dr. I did. I we.t crazy for about 6 months, till I went to the doctors. Now hot flaahes area thing of the past. There is help out there don't suffer. Hugs, Susan

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

I see mine again next week, she hasn't not wanted to give me hormones because I was still having the cycle but that has changed so I hope she can do something,
hugs Michelle

I hear you Michelle, I've been there so I can sympathize. Hang in there/Lillian

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

thanks Lillian

Just think of all the heating you will save this winter...lol!

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

LOL I can relate, just hubby and I at home now but when the kids come to visit they (the girls mostly) kinda look like this

Been there done that ,and i still get the odd hot day.I used to ware my shorts over my pants and when it was-40 i sat outside in my lawn chair till i cooled off.Had the neighbors in wonder lol .But it will pass .tell hubby he is now learning patience OK hugs Carolyn

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by michemb 31 Oct 2012

Thanks Carolyn
Oh hubby has learned patience a long long time ago.
I guess I can look on the bright side, I can where summer clothes all seasons so I save money (that I can spend on embroidery). Hey no so bad after all.
Hugs
Michelle

My heart goes out to you having suffered the most terrible hot flushes for over 20 years. At long last at the tender age of 68 I seem to be over it. It will pass - I promise. :)) Hugs Sarah.

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by michemb 25 Oct 2012

OMG, not 20 years of this, I will go insane for sure.
I better start trying to loose those extra pounds (another benefit of menopause) because if this keep up, I will be wearing swimwear all four seasons LOL
Thanks Sarah
P.S. Have a good trip
hugs
Michelle

I am so sorry. It is torture to be sure. My husband and I are also wondering where the term Golden Years came from. It is certainly not golden for us.

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by michemb 25 Oct 2012

Sorry to hear things are not as you hoped, hot flashes are a pain but life in general is pretty good,

Oh i feel your pain as well, ironing and cooking are the worst just that little bit of heat starts it up then it is jumper on jumper off jumper on jumper off,and then sometime you get soo frustrated you dont know which one you are hot or cold, my kids just shake thier heads and walk away because they know i am about to loose it. lol no monthly cycle is the ONLY good thing about this

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by michemb 25 Oct 2012

yep cooking, that is the other one and now that BBQ season is over (DH does most of the cooking in the summer) I will have to take over again. This weekend my sister (she is also in the flash cycle) and I are making our traditional meat pies (usually between 80 and 100 pies) and I am guessing our DH's will have a hooting fun time with us. Just hope our flashes are timed together so it is less painful (for them) lol

Well Michelle you are not alone, I keep saying the same thing, I dress and undress so much it is ridiculous!!! I keep wondering what is so great about it!!! Just to let you know I feel your pain,

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by michemb 25 Oct 2012

This they say shall pass and I thought it had. Started the flashes a few years back but hadn't had anything for more than a year and I was doing the happy dance. Then 2 months ago they started up again and now they are much worse than before, quess it is time to get the hormone levels checked again. I will think of you on my next flash
(about 20 minutes from now LOL)
hugs
Michelle

by hightechgrammy 29 Oct 2012

You know there are a few different kind of medications that can take the flashes away. If I wasn't on the meds, I would be melting down all the time. At least i only get a hot flash about once a week now. If I were not on the meds, I think I would have several per day....

I had to smile when you talked about ranting and raving. How well I remember those days!! Hugs, Mary

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by michemb 25 Oct 2012

I tell you when they start I just don't know what to do with myself, they come on so quickly. I predict I will be wearing my summer clothes all winter LOL,
hugs
Michelle