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So who would knows about perimenopause and menopause then .. and how come we aren't taught / don't discuss in advance

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Twiglett · 30/12/2007 20:25

OK I'm 40 so possibly in reach of the perimenopause which I understand can start 10 years before the menopause

I've had a bug that is also giving me hot sweats, I've also been raging more than normal

I've ordered a book that has been recommended to me but I know nothing

(much as I knew nothing about my cycle 'til I read Toni Weschler's book)

OP posts:
Mercy · 31/12/2007 17:29

My mum looked dreadful from her mid 40s to early 50s. She had a thyroid problem was well though.

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 31/12/2007 17:30

Bit worried about HRT myself.

Tamum · 31/12/2007 17:30

They must still be full of hormones though surely, so that's why I don't think they can count. I need role models who are properly menopausal, older than me and still gorgeous...

Wags · 31/12/2007 17:30

Don't cross em off just yet. My periods never came back after DS was born and a blood test 9 months after he was born showed I was menopausal. They can stay on that list a bit longer I think

Iota · 31/12/2007 17:31

Sharon Stone

she's older than me

as is Madonna

Wags · 31/12/2007 17:31

Helen Mirrum (sp?) how old is she?

MulledWino · 31/12/2007 17:31

God.. that list on the website is most alarming! I seem to have most of the symptoms.. and I am bloody well 35!

WideWebWitch · 31/12/2007 17:32

I will think on Tamum...

I've got to go, dh has cooked an amazing roast beef so off to drink some Champagne and eat it.

Happy New Year everyone!

Should we all be asking our mums how it was for them? Does it follow that our menopauses (what is plural? A flush?) will be similar?

Wags · 31/12/2007 17:33

Victoria Wood, Julie Walters at least they managed to keep a sense of humour if all else was failing

Tamum · 31/12/2007 17:33

Oh yes, Sharon Stone and Helen Mirren, goody. That's more like it.

Mercy, did your mother start to look stunning again in her early fifties then?

JackieNo · 31/12/2007 17:33

Isabella Rossellini? How old is she now?

Iota · 31/12/2007 17:33

and Michelle Pfeiffer

she's older than me too

Tamum · 31/12/2007 17:34

Happy New Year www

JackieNo · 31/12/2007 17:34

Judi Dench?

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 31/12/2007 17:34

Collective noun for menopausal women...

A Flush is good

or a Growl?

Wags · 31/12/2007 17:34

Yes it often does follow WWW. First thing gynae asked me when I went to see him was how old was my Mum when she had her menopause. I am adopted, so no use there!

JackieNo · 31/12/2007 17:34

Happy New Year WWW.

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 31/12/2007 17:35

Happy New Year www

Mercy · 31/12/2007 17:35

Erm, well she looked much healthier.

(and fatter I'm afraid)

MulledWino · 31/12/2007 17:35

My mother Does Not Talk About Such Things! It's a fecking good job some random told me what a period was before I started mine.. somewhat late.. because I'd have thought I was haeommorhaging otherwise!

That's a thought.. is there any truth in the saying that the earlier you start your periods, the earlier you have your menopause?

Iota · 31/12/2007 17:35

Happy New year WWW

I'm not sure we'll be having our roast lamb as I think that it is still in the fridge

Wags · 31/12/2007 17:35

Happy New Year to all, go to go shower for evening out. Would rather stay in and watch TV with a takeaway, must be another symptom.

JackieNo · 31/12/2007 17:36

Isabella Rossellini born in 1952, Judi Dench, born 1934.

Wags · 31/12/2007 17:36

Yup, was almost 16 when I started my periods.

Tamum · 31/12/2007 17:36

What I have always wanted to know, and am embarrassed that I don't, is if you have HRT for, say, 5 years, do all the menopausal symptoms come back as soon as you come off the HRT? Or are they just wearing themselves quietly out in the background while you take it?