Category: menopause
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Sweating at 65 Degrees: The Menopause Survival Story Your Family Thought Was a Psychological Breakdown

Pour a glass, grab a fan, and let’s get into it. Pour yourself a double because today we need to talk about the grand, sweaty, unhinged bait-and-switch that is menopause. And specifically, about how the generations of women before us left us completely out to dry on this one. Growing up, my mother and grandmother…
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Hot Flashes are Back with a Vengeance

I think I have been going through menopause for at least 30 years now. It sure feels that way. I thought the symptoms were getting better but then the hot flashes came back. With a vengeance. I’m sweating in places no one should sweat. And it’s no mist either. It’s a full on rain forest…
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Is It Time for Reading Glasses?

When I turned 40 I went to have my eyes checked. I could no longer read the directions on smaller boxes and prescription bottles. I thought I was going blind. This is it! I’m officially losing my eyesight. The doctor did the eye exam then told me I really didn’t need glasses but I should…
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11 Weird Things That Happen During Menopause

Just when you think you know everything there is to know about Menopause, you find out some pretty weird stuff. I put together a little list of weird things I have either experienced or someone I know has. Now I’m no doctor, but if you have questions, you might want to call one. Because my…
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Bad to the Bone. Menopause Sucks, Part Deux.

Had a Doc appointment last week and got the awesome news I have Osteoporosis. I CAN’T EVEN PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT! So I was pretty stunned and as Dr. “very young and beautiful and has no idea her life will suck one day too” started to tell me about the different treatments for this, I zoned…