A Discussion for Menopausal and Post-Menopausal Women - I NEED TO VENT!!!!!

Yeah - I know what you mean. I was a late child as well. Mom was in menopause by the time I was in 1st grade, but she never had mood swings or hot flashes or crazy periods. She just stopped having them. I had hoped I'd inherit that from her, but like the cooking gene, I didn't get the easy menopause gene either!!

Thanks for your response!!

Our government is so afraid of anything they consider socialism, yet they fully believe in telling us what to do in our own homes - I don't understand how they can operate in such opposition to themselves. It's like they're walking oxymorons. Anyway, I've got a while before I'm Medicare age and I'm not considered disabled enough to qualify for disability Medicare, so I'm left hanging. There is a procedure my GYN had told me I could do, a removal of the uterine lining, but I lost my job before she could get around to doing it. Makes ya wanna scream sometimes (and I have - several times over the past 36 hours.)

That is one thing that makes me angry with our system also.
If you are an alcholic or drug addict you can get a disability pension, someone who is truly disabled cannot.
where is the fairness in that system. It sucks bigtime worldwide.

They are normal for some - I apparently am among the lucky few. Read my response to Pyewacket for a full history of the fun I've had with this. I had been a year with no period, but never ever let someone tell you there are guarantees to those time limits. There ain't!

Then, on top of it all, I was sick yesterday with something running its course through me, so I was just plain miserable all day. Feel much better today than yesterday, that's for sure, but I'm still dealing with this other cursed thing (they were not kidding when they called it - "the curse").

Thanks Irish for your response!

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Yeah - 'twas loads of fun, believe me. What I ended up using was some incontinence pants (like Pull-ups for adults) that I cut the sides open like diapers. They had been bought for my mother when she was in the hospital and bedridden for about a week - she refused to use them, so we still had them. They worked well with a pair of underwear pulled up over them to hold them in place. Then the adjustment tabs on the sides I used to wrap them up when I changed to make them "neater" in the trash. I was happy to remember that we had them because they are very absorbent and plenty wide so there is no spillage. Yes, gross.

My mother used to make her own back in the 30s, then they'd wash them and hang them out. Yeah - can you see anyone doing that now? They get offended if SHEETS are on the line, let alone something like that. But, I have used towels before - I hate it, but I have used them.

when I get sick I "leak" when I cough - I was both sick and bleeding - those were wonderful - I had just had a few from when I had surgery and my sister suggested them - I now keep some around the house - just in case - and I wear them when I'm sick - I'd rather be dry then pride.