Hot Flashes are Back...UGH!
I am grateful for:
1. Good friends and family that made our Labor Day picnic a wonderful get together.
2. We didn't have any severe damage from Hurriance Irene like so many others did here on the East Coast (we had no electricity or water for 5 days - so like camping...not, LOL!)
3. My dad's health is so much better than last year at this time (he will be 92 years old in Nov.), that his pulmonary doctor doesn't need to see him on a regular basis anymore.
Yes, they are back and I was so hoping they wouldn't reappear. It started out just having them once or twice at night time, but then the past week they have been coming during the day time especially if I get stressed or nervous. I have to say (and I am probably going to say this now and in a couple of days go back on my word) they aren't as bad as they were last year with the heat starting at the back of my neck and going up over my head. Right now, it is just a hot feeling on my upper body and I feel like I am dripping sweat and sometimes it rolls down my back, but not terribly on my face. At least here in my office, we have the AC going all the time that when they do happen, I truly don't think anyone sees me breaking out in a sweat even if I feel like I am. My boss, who is about 10 or more years old than I, is going thru menopause right now and she literally breaks out in a bad sweat that you see run down her face and she gets out a hand fan and then proceeds to take off her suit jacket too. I just keep praying that mine don't get that bad!
I am still taking all the vitamins I mentioned in my last post, plus added Flaxseed Oil (suppose to help with the hot flashes) and got a natural sleep aid as well. I have to say it is hard for me to really say all this is helping because some days are ok and some days are "hell". Some nights I am up 3 times a night and some nights I am up just once...so it varies. So, I am definitely tired lately due to the consistent break in my sleep patterns...makes waking up during the work week tough.
So, now that I have been off the Premphase for an entire month, AF should have come this month on the 2nd, but so far no show and no real signs of her (like breast tenderness or feeling crampy). I can't count moodiness because that is a norm lately with premenopause. My emotions are all over the place most of the time now a days.
I am planning on staying strong as possible with the natural remedies - fighting the good fight as much as I can take without going crazy.
The one thing that keeps popping up in my mind lately is if I had my carried my baby to term - how the hell would I be coping with this and a baby at the same time?
1. Good friends and family that made our Labor Day picnic a wonderful get together.
2. We didn't have any severe damage from Hurriance Irene like so many others did here on the East Coast (we had no electricity or water for 5 days - so like camping...not, LOL!)
3. My dad's health is so much better than last year at this time (he will be 92 years old in Nov.), that his pulmonary doctor doesn't need to see him on a regular basis anymore.
Yes, they are back and I was so hoping they wouldn't reappear. It started out just having them once or twice at night time, but then the past week they have been coming during the day time especially if I get stressed or nervous. I have to say (and I am probably going to say this now and in a couple of days go back on my word) they aren't as bad as they were last year with the heat starting at the back of my neck and going up over my head. Right now, it is just a hot feeling on my upper body and I feel like I am dripping sweat and sometimes it rolls down my back, but not terribly on my face. At least here in my office, we have the AC going all the time that when they do happen, I truly don't think anyone sees me breaking out in a sweat even if I feel like I am. My boss, who is about 10 or more years old than I, is going thru menopause right now and she literally breaks out in a bad sweat that you see run down her face and she gets out a hand fan and then proceeds to take off her suit jacket too. I just keep praying that mine don't get that bad!
I am still taking all the vitamins I mentioned in my last post, plus added Flaxseed Oil (suppose to help with the hot flashes) and got a natural sleep aid as well. I have to say it is hard for me to really say all this is helping because some days are ok and some days are "hell". Some nights I am up 3 times a night and some nights I am up just once...so it varies. So, I am definitely tired lately due to the consistent break in my sleep patterns...makes waking up during the work week tough.
So, now that I have been off the Premphase for an entire month, AF should have come this month on the 2nd, but so far no show and no real signs of her (like breast tenderness or feeling crampy). I can't count moodiness because that is a norm lately with premenopause. My emotions are all over the place most of the time now a days.
I am planning on staying strong as possible with the natural remedies - fighting the good fight as much as I can take without going crazy.
The one thing that keeps popping up in my mind lately is if I had my carried my baby to term - how the hell would I be coping with this and a baby at the same time?
I'm sorry the premenopause is so nasty. I guess it is normal for us to constantly ask ourselves how life would be if our babies had made it to term. I am happy to hear your dad is better and that Irene did not trouble you that much.
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