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louise44105
louise44105

Is there a reason why us ladies don't seem to be properly educated in all things menopausal? I remember having lessons early on in comprehensive school with regards to periods and having babies, so why aren't we pre warned about this? I naively thought that being menopausal meant you had to start carrying a small fan around with you!!! Surely if we were told what to expect it wouldn't be such a shock and not half as terrifying?

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  • Lallydye1
    Lallydye1 louise44105

    Posted

    I totally agree.  I have found it mystifying that the real deal about the menapause has been a great big secret.  My mum or my mums friends never said boo about this to me and I feel as if I am being overly edgy about it.  But I know I'm not the symptoms are real and they are not good.  Hopefully they will abate with time. :-(

     

  • natalie86711
    natalie86711 louise44105

    Posted

    I completely agree with you!!!!!! There are many, many, more symptoms that comes with Premanpause.
  • ImagineOneDay
    ImagineOneDay louise44105

    Posted

    I absolutely agree Louise. I thought it just me and your periods stops that's all. Perhaps they think it is too soon for us to know about menapause at that age but they could at least briefly mentioned . Also you see pregnancy support groups, over 59''s this that. Why there isn't peri-meno support groups in health clinic's and GPS! ? Sad really.
    • louise44105
      louise44105 ImagineOneDay

      Posted

      Also, when you mention it to older lady friends, they say, 'oh yes, I went through that', and it makes me feel like screaming at them, 'well, why didn't you warn me?'!!!!!!!
    • debbie75601
      debbie75601 ImagineOneDay

      Posted

      I was just talking about this on one of my FB forums! There are no local support groups that I can find! I don't understand this! Why is it so taboo? There has to be better communication to us ladies about this, there are just so many of us suffering!
  • deidra40034
    deidra40034 louise44105

    Posted

    Hi Louise,  A very good question indeed!!!  A warning earlier on sure would be helpful!!!!  I've been on HRT since I was 33, I honesty thought when I reached 61 I should have been able to get off of them with no problem.  I had NO idea what hell I was in for...I am back on them, and will stay on them from now on!!!  It's crazy!!!
  • kim34388
    kim34388 louise44105

    Posted

    I was wondering if anyone's husbands or boyfriends help or don't help. I have been separated and going through a divorce for a year. I have also recently meant someone a couple of months ago. How do i explain all this without sounding crazy?
    • debbie75601
      debbie75601 kim34388

      Posted

      My hubby is helpful in a lot of ways....cooking, shopping, helping around the house, but isn't at all good at the sympathetic or understanding part of it. I'm not going to complain though, I don't know how I would have made it without him! I also have medical crap going on, so there is no way I would be able to work right now. 
  • sharcerv52408
    sharcerv52408 louise44105

    Posted

    I totally agree! I think this should definitely have been a part of the human reproduction and development classes in high school or at least in college. I thought menopause was just heat flashes, mood swings and missed periods too! What a complete misrepresentation we've all been given!
  • shelagh00488
    shelagh00488 louise44105

    Posted

    Well I'm 48, went to a menopause clinic yesterday and saw a female gynae consultant. Confirmed I am in perimenopause

    I'm now on hrt, put first patch on yesterday. It's Evorel Sequi 50.

    Fingers n toes crossed my symptoms will get better soonsmile

    Anyone else had any success stories with this?

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