Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Elizabethrose]

Hi ladies,

Sorry for my delayed response, just back from France. 🇫🇷

Did anything come of your surge Machair, is it continuing? How are you feeling now?

22 days since last bleed and still no signs of oestrogen surge, and flushes and night sweats have started building so I'm definitely on a low. I've found the flushes tend to morph as time goes by, they are certainly not too bad and too frequent at the moment. Let's see what tomorrow brings!

Thanks for the pillow info Sparkle, I'll check it out for him. How are you feeling, is the ranitidine helping? xx

[Elizabethrose]

Oh Sparkle, I had everything crossed for you. Is it the GP trying to manage it or are you seeing a specialist? I'm not surprised you're fed up! Poor you, it's just so uncomfortable. What time do you eat at night? I read another of your posts somewhere today and you were talking about a pain you get where it is uncomfortable to breathe. Could it be Precordial Catch/ Texidor's Twinge? I've had this all of my life, though very infrequently now. Google it and if it sounds as if it is, when it next happens, breathe in until you feel your lungs are going to explode and it usually makes it pop. If it doesn't work the first time then try again. A friend of my parents gave me that hot tip years ago and it always always works. Most GPs have never heard of it, this chap was a thoracic wizard!

We had a lovely time thank you. It was quite hard work as my daughter has recently moved in to a new unfurnished flat with her boyfriend and they had virtually no furniture! We did an Ikea run with them (yep they are just as grim over there!!) and bought two massive double Pax wardrobe systems and various other stuff, then schlepped it all around France and then had to build the wretched things!! It was lovely to get it all done and they were much more comfortable when we left. We met b/f's family a number of times so it was very social with very little time for rest. We arrived home absolutely shattered and a good amount heavier!!  Oh my, who can resist the breads, pastries and cheeses in France: his mother is such a good cook and so welcoming, you just can't refuse! 👀

Pesky decorators are still here and the noise, constant chatter and smell of paint have triggered a nasty mig today, so I've taken meds and am holed up in a bedroom. Such a pain! I only had one bad day there so was really lucky!  xx

[Elizabethrose]

Oh I feel really sorry for you, the disappointment of the pesky drug not working will have pulled you down. Go see the head honcho, accept the  sedation (in fact insist upon it!) and see if they can come up with a solution for you. So many digestive system problems can be affected by anxiety so the worry of all of this can't be helping you! Give yourself a little treat, do something special for yourself, try find something that will put a smile on your face. 👠👗💄 (Sorry I didn't want to tempt you with cake or alcohol!!)

Pesky decorators are driving me to drink. Supposed to be finishing today but I'm not so sure. Clear off already!!

I send you one of these     x

[Elizabethrose]

It must be about a week now already, though maybe it will take longer to start working some magic. Are you still taking any antacids alongside it?

Docs told my husband that he has to have his evening meal before 6pm, though that's just not possible and never happens. What he has found has worked is if we have a full lunch and then just a snack in the evening, though this can only ever happen on the occasional weekend and holiday.

Oh Sparkle, I wish you well xx

[Elizabethrose]

Always around... you rant away!!!! It's good to share!  xx

[Machair]

So glad to have you back ER and Paris sounded wonderful. Sparkle hope all is ok.
High oestrogen continues for me- feel ok in a way but still expecting a sort of period to arrive but no flushes or night sweats yet.

[Elizabethrose]

Hi Machair

Well at least the oestrogen surge is keeping your joints well oiled!! It's a bonus each time you have a surge and don't get a bleed so here's hoping for you, just one step closer. Both you and Sparkle are doing really well: I hope you'll still keep me company when I'm still here awaiting meno in five years time! 

Still infrequent flushes today, more like pins and needles creeping up my face with increased heat but I know of course they can start building again very quickly.

Have a lovely day! x

[Elizabethrose]

Hah Sparkle, many a true word spoken in jest!

Hope the pesky tummy improves and that you have a lovely day x

[Elizabethrose]

Any changes Machair, still having an oestrogen high? How are you feeling?

I'm in some sort of static limbo at the moment, obviously on a low. Occasional flushes and night sweats but nothing compared to what I have experienced earlier this year. Of course they may build! Migs are just bubbling in the background: sometimes I need to medicate but sometimes I can get by. I haven't experienced this before. x

[Machair]

Hello ER and so lovely to hear from you! I am not as full of oestrogen as before- no copious mucus for the last two days- but no flushes either, so I am also in a sort of static limbo. Do you have any secretions when you are not on a oestrogen high? I only ask as I never seem to be completely dry, and expect that when this happens things will have finally levelled off.

I wonder if any ladies not on HRT could chirp in here, are we too expect total dryness down below like the Sahara post meno, or could we have the opposite as I have heard some ladies have a more watery discharge? It might help us to know where we are with all this, as so far I am certainly not dry even on lower oestrogen days. 

[Elizabethrose]

Nope, dry as a bone! In fact, slightly uncomfortably dry, which is a new one for me as I've always got oestrogen oozing out of my pores and therefore masses of cervical mucus! All the talk about VA on here has made me wary, so I will watch it like a hawk. Last couple of days, I've been out and about with lots of walking and used a blob of Sylk that DG recommended I buy. It's not a problem but I've just been aware of it.

Aside from the egg white type cervical mucus when on an oestrogen high, I've had nothing else for years. Are you still having the normal ever changing discharge that you get through a normal cycle?

[Machair]

No ER I would say not ever changing like a normal cycle, but definitely not dry yet, but I think it may be round the corner -maybe I should buy some Sylk too to be prepared!

[Elizabethrose]

Sparkle, ooooh, is that the next thing to look forward to? Well I'll cross that bridge when I come to it! My big problem is that I'm really reactive to added oestrogen, Lordy knows I'm bad enough with my own. Like you I will keep a watchful eye!

How are you Sparkle, has the acid reflux eased at all? Are you feeling perkier? x

Machair, you always have the spectre of your darling Granny looming over you, who was exceptionally fertile. Be warned or be very surprised!!  There was a brilliant Vaginal lube and moist study posted on the site this week that Nick Panay was co author on. Did you see it? I think Yes came out tops. Check it out! x

[Machair]

Haha yes be prepared that is the motto! How many days are you now into this cycle ER?
Are you counting the one day period you had in June Sparkle? I am counting mine so I think I am now at about 3 1/2 months.

[Elizabethrose]

28 days.......(KILL ME!)