Over 60 and still in peri?

Is anyone else over 60 and still dealing with perimenopause? I thought I was done 2 or 3 times since my late 50's only to have a random period just as I was about to hit the 1 year mark. Other times I'd have only spotting occasionally. The past 3 years I've gone for months with nothing then suddenly have what I assume is a period. Except I don't get the horrible cramps like I did when I was young, just a mild cramp or none at all. I save all of my old calendars and I used to only mark when my period started, but since it's gotten so weird I've been marking the color of any spotting or discharge and how long it lasts so I can really keep track. Sometimes I have random spotting, sometimes a pink or light brown discharge. Sometimes a full blown period but they haven't been that bad until recently. I had one that lasted about 7 or 8 days and sort of heavy, then nothing for 2 months, no spotting or anything. Then I had spotting that was bad enough I thought I was starting another period, then it stopped for a few days then I had a period from hell, super heavy, lots of clots. Ran out of super plus tampons (which they discontinued so I have trouble finding the only ones that ever worked for me). So I had to use the super ones and I had to change them every 3 hours or so. Then it seemed like it was slowing down, then I had a massive flooding episode that lasted all night, a few times I'd put a super tampon in and by the time I got back to bed it was leaking through. Then in the morning that stopped, so I just stayed laying down the next two days, afraid to get up and move around for fear it would start again. I have no insurance and the roads were bad and the hospital ER is overrun with covid patients, did not feel like sitting there for hours like that. Then it slowed down for 2 days to almost nothing. But then I changed the tampon and it didn't have much on it, thought it was about over and put a new one in and blood was running down my hand. That made no sense since the one I just took out was only half covered. So I took that one back out and the bleeding was bad then all of the sudden (sorry too much info) a big glob came out. I thought my insides were falling out, totally freaked me out so bad. But after that it totally stopped. So I don't know what is going on but I had nothing after that which was almost 2 weeks, then started having pink discharge again. Which I've had in the past but after the last period it freaked me out. Then tonight the pad had blood on it when I went up to the bathroom. So I don't know if that's just spotting again or if the whole mess is starting again. When I was young I had super bad cramps and pms but I was very regular, every 28-30 days never sooner and never later than that. Like clockwork, but now it's all over the place, sometimes months and months with nothing, other times spotting all month, it's all so random and never the same. I really thought I was done with this several times. Then it starts up again and I totally freak out. I know there's a thread here with women over 65, but it's several years old so I thought I'd ask again to see if anyone else is over 60 and still going through this. I'm 63, some of my friends think something is horribly wrong since they all stopped with no problems in their 50's.

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