A few things about Menopause~

I’m not a doctor or nurse so I’m writing strictly from my own experiences. A few things I    have noticed about being menopausal:

~Anxiety can be worse than your worst nightmare! There’s such a fine line in the feelings involved in that and the symptoms of a heart attack.
~Energy seems non-existent at times.
~Sleep, what’s that?
~Hot flashes — my sisters have them but I’ve never experienced that.
~I have had night sweats one time and I thought someone stuck hot coals in my bed one second and ice cubes the next! It’s not a feeling I ever want to have again. This was also the first clue I had that I was going into this phase of my life.

I can’t really complain about any of these things but I do admit that the anxiety has been the worst thing for me and with my lack of self-confidence at times, it can really do a number on me. I’ve been told that being me would suck, and it does at times…isn’t it that way for us all at times whether we’re menopausal or not? I love who I am, the woman God has brought me into, but I have feelings of hatred for how I react to things, situations, etc.

I am looking forward to the next phase of my life, if God so chooses for me to have a next one, I’m pretty excited about turning 50 in another year and a half. I want to start my own charter for the Red Hat Society…simply because I love hats! Who knows maybe one of these days I’ll even have a pretty hat and go to Derby day instead of wishing to be there and watching all the events on tv.

Fifty will be a good age to be; my youngest daughter will be finishing high school, my oldest daughter will be 30 and her oldest daughter will be 10…we’ll all be reaching milestones in our lives at the same time and that will be grand! Even though it’s been a very rough morning for me today I look forward to the future and know that all will not be lost because in knowing there’s wisdom and that keeps me hopeful. One more thing…resist the urge to give me advice on taking hormones…thank you but I won’t do it.   I pray you all have a wonderful day.