Oh joy

[beelikej]

So it seems my body has indeed entered the early stages of menopause (apparently you're not supposed to actually call it that until the 'm' has paused for over a year;). Last year my cycle skipped two months which gave me the misguided hope that the whole thing was over with. This delightful feeling was crashed in December, when it was party-time as usual. *pouts*
Since a couple of weeks my body is completely confused and I have no idea what my monthly timeline is. The past few days I experienced all the usually spread out festivities at once: headache and nausea from pms, cramps from ovulation and -woohoo- a bloody mess that doesn't fit the normal schedule.

Seeing as I've been as regular as clockwork since the beginning (oh my, has it been thirty years already?) I made a doctor's appointment to rule out other issues. Physical examination didn't show any problems, so that at least eased my mind. I still have to wait two weeks for the result of the additional test, but I expect that to be alright as well.

Looks like I have no other option than to go with the flow (so to speak, heh). *angrily starts singing You make me feel like a natural woman.

Hrmpf.

Comments

[trishabooms.livejournal.com]

Menopause has nothing to recommend it. I went for over a year with nothing at all then was hit from out of the blue by my bodies version of Armageddon, which then vanished again for about 18 months. I think I might well be free and clear now but who knows?

I keep thinking I've done with the hot flushes too. After having them every morning at about 6.50 for over a year I thought they were over after a flush free summer but I'm still having the odd one.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, so far no one has said it'll simply be over in a couple of months, that's not good, grrr. Hot flushes are horrid; I had them during pms in the last couple of years, can't imagine having to suffer from that every day!

Thanks for sharing *smishes*