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[Elizabethrose]

Thanks Sparkle, I just try to look forward now, I don't want to waste the 'good' days when I get them!

So ladies, it looks as if we're all at a similar stage, about a month each. I don't know anything about betting but let's have a wager on who'll win this pesky meno race....and then we'll party! x

[Elizabethrose]

Brilliant, made me laugh! x

[Machair]

It made me laugh too and I can honestly say to you Elizabethrose and Sparkle that I have no idea what I would have done without you both, you are absolutely amazing and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I would also like to thank so many on here who give up their time to help us and to those who run the forum, it is appreciated so much.x

[Elizabethrose]

Aw thanks Machair, and you're right, what a great forum! x

[Machair]

How are we doing Elizabethrose or Sparkle? Things have been quiet for me for a while but then yesterday my temp spiked to 36.5 and by the afternoon a little brown spotting- so far blink and you would miss it. Very hot at night- boiling in fact, headache, breasts a bit sore and generally feel hormonal. Bit disappointed- thought maybe this was it but had a few days of fertile mucus two weeks ago. The journey continues!

[Elizabethrose]

Hello girls

What a pain Machair, but you know, we've been there before, just start counting again! Sounds as if you ovulated this time (Whoa, be careful, you may give your granny a run for her money!!).

Sparkle, you sound as if you are leading our race/wager, what good news! It sounds as if things have levelled out with you and what brilliant news that your mood has improved. It just shows what you've ultimately got to look forward to!! If your sleep has been awful that will trigger headaches and it has been hellishly hot and humid as well, which doesn't help. Peri seems to bring upset tummies with it, for me that's always happened with no progesterone. I've had the odd ovary type twinge on occasions over the past few years away from ovulation times, again from what I read this is perfectly normal at this stage.

All looney tunes here for me! Hot flushes suddenly stopped on the 27th July and cervical mucus started on the 28th so the oestrogen obviously soared BUT the cerv mucus is not copious just constant and has been for the past 11 days. No breast pain, no bloating which usually indicate very high oestrogen levels. I can only think that the levels have raised but not to the extremes they usually do. A good sign?
The migraines have been a complete pain this last week, 4 days out of the last 7. I can't complain though as I only had to stay in bed for one the rest I was able to reduce with my meds but it's always a worry when I start a month using up so many of my migraine med allowance days! Hopefully all will calm from now.

On a really cheery note, I've read this week about late menopausers looking younger for longer (in a number of different studies), so though we may still be menstruating at the age of 82 we'll still be drop dead gorgeous! Hah, take that, pesky ovaries!! 

Stay smiling girls! xx

[Elizabethrose]

Hah, forgot to say....40 days today!

[Elizabethrose]

You're very welcome Sparkle, you know what they say, if you don't laugh.............! No mig today so feel like doing the fandango!

I can honestly say I think the hormone upheaval in peri causes chaos for our digestive systems. Virtually all of my pals found their usual routines/patterns go haywire. Things can settle for a few days, weeks, or months only to start causing problems again. I have never had a period without diarrhoea, never. Progesterone has always affected my bowels. When pregnant and progesterone was high I was constantly constipated needing to drink that hellish fybogel which did not help my morning sickness at all!. Follicular phases were normal, luteal phases constipated, period diarrhoea.

Have you added any supplements into your diet, not been drinking as much, changed your diet even slightly? Peri made me very allergic and reactive, could you just be reacting differently to food stuffs? Again it seems quite common that peri women and indeed older men too, often start reacting to foods that have never caused problems throughout their younger lives. We all of us eat slightly differently in the summer compared to winter months too, that could affect your gut.

I don't worry about the changes now, I've had massive digestive changes over the past 3-4 years. I decided to speak to the GP about it last year and they did a physical exam and a stool sample and everything came back fine. I've just now accepted that my body is changing and whilst I always remain vigilant I don't worry about things now.

If you're constipated/sluggish, that will cause bloating and crampy feelings so probably not cysts.

Fingers crossed that all continues just like this for you with no pesky periods slipping in. It really sounds as if you've levelled out for a while, long may it last!! x

[Elizabethrose]

Oh dear Sparkle, what an absolute bore for you! You're an old hand then but I'm sure the reflux will calm after the hormone turmoil eases. You're right these pesky hormones do have a lot to answer for.

I wish you well x

[Elizabethrose]

Sparkle, did you ever notice whether your d and c occurring ever related to stages in your cycle, i.e. what I was describing with my reactivity to progesterone? I'm wondering if this is another thing that may calm once your hormones start to flatline especially as you mentioned that it started in your teens. So many things are affected by these surges and drops that we experience and we certainly do seem to be acutely reactive to these changes taking place. I have friends who had absolutely no idea what their bodies were doing, there were no obvious signals. My mother never had a period pain in her life, and her sole experience of peri/meno were two hot flushes. Her experience could not be more different to mine.
x

[Machair]

The hormone patterns you mention have affected me all my life since my periods began. Even now I am going through periods of C and D as if the cycles were continuing as before, but of course they are all messed up so it is harder to track.

[Machair]

I think that is a good sign Sparkle- you may be entering calm waters. My worst time for IBS was a couple of years ago but it does seem less severe now.

[Elizabethrose]

Girls our similarities are quite frankly a bit spooky! I have never been diagnosed with IBS but at different stages in my life I've certainly suffered similar symptoms, though mine have always been dictated by my hormones.

Like you Machair, mine have been worse over the past few years, much calmer now, and whilst I was not unduly concerned because I knew my progesterone levels were low, common sense made me get it checked out. The GP I saw has a specialism in menopause/hormones and she felt too that I'd concluded correctly.

Sparkle, your situation sounds really promising to me. Maybe your bowels are slow because you're not producing any/enough progesterone because the follicles are not viable (or fewer are at least). If you are plateauing at the moment then this will surely be a sign that this is how your body will behave after meno and things have calmed. If too anxiety, which once caused you problems with d, is also not causing a problem now, maybe the anxiety levels are not as high as they once were or they are simply not going to continue affecting your bowels in the same way. Wow, that has to be a good thing, a positive beacon at the end of the tunnel!!!!

Something is going on with me today, I don't feel quite right. I don't know whether the oestrogen has dropped but one thing's for sure, I'll find out really quickly! Oh the joys!! I was going to do a gallery today but I can feel another mig nagging and I think I'd best take it easy. xx

[Elizabethrose]

Oh blast, if I believed in all that tomfoolery I'd say we tempted fate. HOWEVER, ride the storm, it could be a hike in oestrogen or a bleed coming but whatever the heck it is you'll cope, we have plenty of experience of this. What a complete bummer!

I just realised the cerv mucus has stopped today so I was right, the oestrogen has dived and I'm possibly in the same boat as you. Loads of prodrome symptoms have kicked in so I know what's in store!

Sparkle, close your eyes and conjure up the image of yourself at 82, still menstruating but looking like a 21 year old. We'll be quids in! 

Keep smiling!! x

[Elizabethrose]

Just a thought Sparkle, has your husband tried any snoring remedies? I snore terribly with migraine as it swells my sinuses and along with very frequent night sweats on occasions, my husband has given up and moved into another room! He said he's never slept so well! It must be terrible for you and definitely causes problems if your sleep is constantly disturbed. One thing that 'helped' stop or reduce my snoring was a spray I bought from Boots. I can't for the life of me remember what it was (I've just looked to see if I could find it), but it was a combination of natural oils, I think it included lavender, which lubricate the throat and either reduce or stop the vibrations when your throat relaxes when you're sleeping. My husband thought it helped a lot and he wasn't so disturbed.

You may have exhausted every avenue already but I thought it may be worth mentioning. I think it's like anything, it may work for some and not for others. x