| What’s in your Menopause Survival Kit? |
I’m thinking of sending some of my friends Menopause Survival Kits: http://abernook.com/prod/Menopause-Survival-Kit.asp
Maybe I’ll get one for myself too. Except I’ll have to add a few bars of extra dark chocolate to mine…
What’s in your Menopause Survival Kit?
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ReginaLove, that is SO great to hear! As for soy, it may help with menopause symptoms -- it it controversial. The best way to use soy is in the form of whole fermented soy foods (miso, tempeh, tamari and natto). Non-fermented soy foods such as soy mi
Agreed. I never thought I was vain until I had a mastectomy at age 39. I was devastated and told the doc I wanted to wake up with implants. Now at age 60, I am lopsided and wondering if I was just avoiding the inevitable. You get what you get and you
Sounds very interesting.
Spike, you are awesome! Love your perspective, thanks for sharing.I will turn 53 in 6 weeks and still break out.
May I also assume that your skin is still quite oily and shows no or very few wrinkles? If so...
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
1) Your skin doesn't look like beat-up luggage now, and probably never wi
I didn’t know there was one and I guess it is to late for me now I went thru the change early and only had a few hot feet during the night…I don’t know if this helped but our Mother was in her mid fifities when she went thru it….and she said sometimes things get worst when you linger on it is going to be bad….it will….but that is how we lived our lives not lingering on how bad something was going to be ….maybe it is our DNA or it really worked I am the youngest of three girls living and neither of my older sisters complained like I hear other women do. I went thru it in my early thirities. and doctors are always shocked that I don’t have dry skin or any other “dry issues”,I do believe that having a good outlook can’t hurt…..but i will syurly any of my friends eat their chocolates any time (LOL)
The best thing about it for me is one day there was just no more cycle yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Unfortinately, Ihad to go on premarin. My hot flashes were so overwhelming, i stopped sleeping and was irfritable. it works woders bu i’m afraid of the long term effects on my body
Please, please read the book ‘Ageless’ by Suzanne Sommers – Vital info about HRT and the many myths….get OFF synthetic hormones and get on Bio-Identical!!!! I will be on them till I leave this earth !
I found a great product called, Transitions, it is a blend of natural herbs, like black cohash and others, that have a great effect on hot flashes and mood swings, my daughter sent it to me from a health store in Boone, NC, called Bare Essentuals, it has really eased my flashes and irritability!
My menopause survival kit? Flax seed, soy milk and berries whirled in the blender. If the berries are frozen it’s just like ice cream.
And Replens and tons of skin moisturizers.
To be fair, my symptoms weren’t so bad, and soy/flax smoothie did away with the hot flashes completely. The dryness lingers, and I’m now trying Vagifem. The Replens did a lot for the discomfort of super-dryness down there, though.
Here’s my issue: I think I have started menopause, I am 54, I had my last period in April, and before that, it was October 2008. My body still goes through cyclic changes – I will get a pimple or two, my appetite increases, I crave something sweet and salty, one week every month. Last week I was shocked to experience sore, tender breasts, and cramps. I am not sexually active, I haven’t been sexually active for a very long time, so there is no possibility of pregnancy. What is going on with the breast tenderness thing? How can I be going through this and no menstrual period? I started menstruating at age 13. Is this normal?
Does the vaginal super dryness itch? I have tried so many yeast infection products….so maybe it could just be dryness???
Yes, it does. I tried them too, and then Replens did away with it!!