General Chat

Oh Lorraine,thats a shame.Maybe you can just pop in once and a while to say hello.You make sure you sort your builders out!!!!!!.Kick ar** as they say lol
Bye Bye ,we will miss you.xx

hot flushes don't seem to be quite as bad lately just every couple of hours now lol....with a bit of luck they are burning themselves out.
I have put such a lot of weight on in the past year so am trying hard to lose some but it's a hard battle.Spending time on the wii fit and keeping off the sweets and biccies.Hope to see some improvement.
Shame that Lorraine is going,hope she will change her mind.
Paula xx

My flushes ,maybe not so often,but BOY when they arrive ,they are steamers lol
I wear my reading glasses on the top of my head ,and very often when I bring them down to wear properly they are steamed up.LOL I'm not Kidding it is true.That is how hot my flushes are !!!!!!

I believe you Helen,sometimes the sweat drips off my nose lol
another strange phenomenon....the arm I wrenched when I fell on the stairs gets pins and needles with each hot flush!!!!

Hi
Night times are still the worst time for me for hot flushes I can't remember who said on this thread to use a hot water bottle filled with freezing cold water , but it is a brilliant idea, mind you OH complains when he sometimes touches the bottle with his feet.
I sometimes get them when I'm in the car if the sun is coming through the window, and I then have to open the window to cool of, OH puts on a/c for me but I then start to freeze.
Does anyone know anyone else who has got through them and is hot flush free yet?

I'll say goodnight off for a bath & then to bed
XXXXX

Hello Ladies, take care Lorraine and thankyou for your imput to the thread, we wouldn't have got this far without you that's for sure.

Im having terrible night sleep of late, achey and just generally too hot, talk about a fidget...hope this soon passes as it's getting me down a bit.

Back is slightly better, have not taken any brufen for a while but may need one today!!


Speak soon,

Pam.

Poor you Pam,not sleeping properly really does get you down after a while.I do have the odd sleeping tablet to give me a good nights sleep ,and I find it a godsend.Are you able to work or are you still off?

Hi ladies
Just got back from the doctors and she said I do not have to try anymore medication for my High Cholestral, seeing that the third lot of pills was giving me headaches and continually making me feel tired. all I can do now is just to cut down on red meat to once a week , eat more fish and do more exercise if possible, and eat pro active foods,so thats good news
of to Morri**** to do the weekly shopping now.

Evening ladies,

Yes Helen I still do the occasional shift at the residential home a few miles away from me..(about 4 miles) I don't sleep so good and so nights suit me fine and I quite like it there. I find if I keep a bit active my avhes aren't so bad...seriously thinking of going in to the spare room, more for hubby's sake than mine...I'm sucha fidget and he never complains! Feel bad for moaning about his snorring now!!

AB, that's s agood tip re the whit wine vinegar!


Speak soon,

Pam.

Hi
AB I'll try that tip about the cider vinegar in blueberry fruit juice, trying anything is better than nothing , It's really a pain this medication problem as my chol is 9 which is high, and it would have been better if I could have taken some form of medication along with watching my diet & exercise, The doctor said at least I don't over do the alcohol and I don't smoke and am not over weight , so hopefully changing my life style a bit will help.

Just popped in to say goodnight early as I am going to catch up replying to some e-mails,

Weather forcast for scotland for the weekend
tomorrow is to be sunny with heavy shower's and Sunday I am thinking of staying in bed with a good book as It's to be heavy rain all day!!!
where's the summer gone.!!!!
I hope where ever you all are the weather is better than here.
Night night
XXX

I get two types of flushes .The first one of the day is as soon as I wake up and move lol
The other I get is when my face just burns up and I sweat really badly under my eyes,just at the top of the cheek bones.I look as though I have the slapped cheek thing.(red).It can last for a few hours,and I find it exhausting lol
Chat again tomorrow xx

I think we are running out of fuel here lol.Hope everyone has had the lovely weather today.It's been a scorcher here.
Off now so Night Night x

Hi Jane
Been busy on my family tree tonight, looks like we are the only ones around.
Night night
XX

Morning ladies, yes I know what you mean Jane, but I do hope not. I think what has happenned is it was all going very well, lots of posts every day, but to be realistic we can't do that every day. When you look on other threads they don't post every day, so even if we go a day or two without posting anything that''s ok. We can just come on here as and when we want really.

Talking of which, oh these past couple of weeks have been terrible for me, I tend to go to bed fairly late thinking that I'll sleep better and still wake about 6am, which is very unlike me! I'll be glad when I've got through this, the achey joints are the worst too. I've not had a period since last Christmas...so maybe I'm getting through it now...maybe there's the light at the end of the tunnel that I can see...bloody hope so!

Going off to Google menopause symptons again...haven't done it for a while...

afternoon Pam
It's wet & cold today pretty miserable , I hope we can keep this thread going , If it's a really nice day I am not sat at the computer I am usually out in the garden or out with family, we don't get much summer in Britain so you have to make the best of it while it's here

Having problems this afternoon with typing my messages here on GR letters keep flickering .
Achey joints was one of the first symptoms I had when I first started the menopause was hard work getting out of bed in the morning , my lower back was the worst & the knees, we changed our mattress as it was old anyway and since I have been walking up to dad's house every morning to get him ready for daycare, they are much improved. mind you when walking up any slopes the top of my thighs ache .

Pam ,if you have not seen anything since Xmas it sounds like they have finished.My sister keeps saying " I haven't had a period for 2 or 3 months " and then woosh the flood gates open lol.Always be prepared!!!!
Is that what we were taught in Brownies?????

Hello ladies, oh Fiona the mornings are the worst for me with the achey joints! Honestly I look a bloody wreck. Yes the back seems to be the worst for me and the lower back as you say. Also around the neck and shoulders but that could be tension i guess.

Yes Jane I always have a night time towel in my bag and a tampon. I've noticed my libido had totally dropped...i used to laugh hen I heard peoplke say they'd sooner have a cup of tea and a slice of cake...how true with me of late!!! ha ha.

Pam.

PS. Yes Jane I was in the brownies, i was in the "Fairies!" my kids laughed when i told them, don't think they have that name now...we're all to PC correct!

Just wanted to say but forgot before...another symptom of the change!!

i think we'll keep this thread going as we've all made friends on here, so even if it's just to say "Hi how are you?" it's nice to do that and disciuss any problems or ask another opinion on something...after all that's what friends are for...Oh I feel a song coming on!!

I'm working a night shift tonight, so won't be about tomorrow.

Pam.