…my knarly tango with menopause that is! Just when I have those menopausal symptoms licked and I’m feelin’ back to me again, I discover that I am aimlessly wandering the aisles of Safeway or some other potential place of public humiliation talking to myself and in addition, extremely irritated and angry with anyone that comes within 25 feet of me. Or pretty much anyone within my hormonally challenged eye line.
I think we need to learn to laugh when experiencing these uncomfortable menopause signs and symptoms and if you haven’t seen our music video yet, get a giggle and watch the following video after the break:
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Jan
Menopause, Mid Life Madness
Welcome to Part One of the Why’s and How’s of Menopause Symptoms by Dr. Tori Hudson. I think you will find it intriguing and interesting as well. I’ve also included a bit about Dr. Hudson as a FYI. And now Part One…
There’s kind of a short list of symptoms, and a long list. And the short list, the most common thing really would be hot flashes. That’s the thing that probably brings women most to the doctor’s. Whether they are day time or night time we call them hot flashes, although some people say night sweats. If we are in the peri-menopause, of course there are changes in the menstrual cycle, but once one has stopped bleeding, then you don’t have a period anymore.
-Hot flashes
-Insomnia
-Mood swings, including: weepy, irritable, anxious, very snappy sometimes, not being able to tolerate the world so well
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Jan
Menopause
As my daughter recently celebrated her 28th birthday, I was recalling the day of her 11th birthday and the ‘This is my how I got out of a speeding ticket story’.
I had been on the road performing in several states for a month or so leaving my two daughters behind with a nanny. The ‘guilty mom complex’ was incessantly nibbling at my gray matter and trying to invade my already weighty heart.
I was home for one day and fortunately right on my eldest daughter’s birthday! Just coming in from the East Coast, I was to leave the next day for LA. I just had enough time to pick up a cake and make it to my daughter’s classroom for a little birthday celebration.
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Jan
Musings
I believed those words spoken to me by my high school guidance counselor were the truth. An older woman, squishy and donning hues of gray on her bean-head, she had just asked me which career field I had planned for myself.
I want to be a fashion designer. And with all my heart I did. I had for years been cutting patterns out of old drapes, designing interesting ensembles and sewing rather magnificently with my mothers old Singer knee press sewing machine. From bright paisley puff sleeved A-line dresses to herringbone jumpers and nothing blouses, I created and I sewed.
I also sketched and painted pictures of girls in a variety of stylish outfits and hairdo’s. This is how I passed much of my time as a young teen.
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Jan
Menopause
