BitaTruble
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Joined: 1/12/2006 From: Texas Status: offline
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For all who are perimenopausal, I'd like to recommend The Silent Passage menopause By Gail Sheehy. It's about 15 years old, but chalk full of useful information for those of us who are going through this change. I was especially gratified to learn about the lack of REM sleep on my memory, and knowing this will (probably) be self correcting was a great relief. It also goes into the pros and cons of HRT, things you can do for osteoporosis, heart disease etc. Very informative and I'm very grateful to my girlfriend for lending it to me. To the OP: My cycle is effected by other medical issues because I'm perimenopausal and have endometriosis. Normally, I bleed for 6 - 8 days and my period comes about every 23 - 25 days, so there are months that I'm riding the red beast twice. When possible, I'm in bed with a heating pad for at least one or two days a month and take prescription drugs to stave off the pain from the endo. That's a viable option when Himself is out of town, but not so viable when he requires my active service. When I'm moody, I serve. When I'm tired, I serve. Regardless of how I am feeling, I serve. That's my job. During the one or two days a month when I could give Jeffery Dalhmer a run for his money, I bite my tongue till it bleeds if need be as Himself did not sign up to have a shrew for a slave and the last thing I want to do is cause him grief or stress because of my own biology. I am looking forward to my periods stopping because the chances are about 98% that my endo will no longer be an issue in life. In the meantime, I'll just keep crying for no reason whatsoever, sweating while I'm freezing and all those other symptoms that go hand in hand with the natural aging process because it's what my body is doing at this point in time and I don't have control over my own biology any more than Himself does. Celeste
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"Oh, so it's just like Rock, paper, scissors." He laughed. "You are the wisest woman I know."
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