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[Elizabethrose]

Oh I have no idea if I have thrush, it certainly doesn't seem to fit the symptoms everybody describes. Everyone speaks of the terrible itching which I don't have nor the discharge. Maybe this has something to do with the dryness that developed. Wouldn't it be so much easier if we were all the same; the reality is what suits one person may not suit the next. When I read on here about how super dooper fantastic HRT is, how your bones will break and your heart will fail if you don't start taking it immediately it makes me wince. It was an unmitigated nightmarish disaster for me and made me very ill. We are all so different.

Sorry Jenna, I'm rambling now. I've had a wildly busy day and I can feel a mig building so now I've got to sit!

Thank you so much for your advice, if the migs continue I'll return to docs and discuss the next step. x

[Machair]

Thank you for asking Sparkle- no I think the ME is not really connected with the hormone, as it is more about the problems I have remaining upright with BP and other autonomic functions like digestion and temperature.

I wonder who will reach the post first you me or ER? We both seem to have mucus from time to time Sparkle so maybe we still have some of our own oestrogen as I haven't noticed the dryness ER has been treating.

What day are you on now? I think I am on day 35 but that last period really was a non event.

[Elizabethrose]

Me!!                                                                                                     

[Elizabethrose]

But in the real world, with my record, it'll be one of you girls!

                                                                                                                   

[Machair]

Haha I love that ER!

[nearly50]

I'm on day 60 now if I don't count the tiniest amount of brown tinged discharge.  Longest I've went without a proper period.  Fantastic to get a break from it.

[Elizabethrose]

This is for you nearly50, you go girl!  x

[nearly50]

Woohoo,  only the second time I've skipped periods so know I've a way to go yet. Wouldn't it be great if we  knew when we had our last one, how I would celebrate 🎉

[Elizabethrose]

Haha, I've been there so many times, it's a wonderful feeling. There's nothing wrong in celebrating every missed period, it makes the heart glad! x

[Elizabethrose]

Nobody had better mess with my crutches!!

                                                                                     


Join the back pain club Sparkle (wish I wasn't a fully paid up member!), how are you dealing with it? Whoa, it never rains but it pours!! Feel better soon xx

[Elizabethrose]

Decrepitude?

I have three bulging discs in my lower back that cause problems when I garden etc but won't settle at the moment. Even lifting Le Creuset casseroles is enough to set the pesky thing off. I'm doing daily exercises that the physio gave me to try to calm it. Trouble is, it's the frequent in bed all day routines that aggravate it. This week, I pulled the blinds and curtains in the sitting room and sat in a high back chair instead of taking to my bed. It's easier when I'm on the go!

What's set yours off? x

[Elizabethrose]

Oh I'm sorry but what are we like?! Haha, we're falling to pieces! My husband would be cracking up if he were reading this!

But seriously, I don't take anything, I just do my exercises and put a heated wheat bag on the area. Bucket seats and slouchy chairs are my absolute nemeses. I've just treated myself to a brilliant high back armchair from JL. Typical though, the turnaround time is an age because it's Christmas. The back may we better by the time it's delivered.

I recognised months ago that the extreme oestrogen plunges were definitely aggravating the achiness. As soon as things settled the achy joints would ease. Maybe you've had a bit of a fall in levels. Oohh look out, the next thing that will hit are the flushes (she says as another one strikes).   

I really hope it calms for the weekend for you. Try a hot water bottle or wheat bag on it: if you want me to email my exercises let me know x

[Elizabethrose]

Funny you should say that.......... I'll find the sheets and get them over to you x

[Machair]

How are we doing Sparkle and ER?
Do you think you are finished with periods yet?

I keep thinking I must be going to bleed again as I have had 3 high oestrogen symptoms days with mucus so far this month and three last month. I am wondering ER do you think no discharge means oestrogen is low, or at least not high, and that you have to see that dryness appearing before you are on your way to the end?

It is all a mystery but I will see 57 in the New Year in March, so it is a long haul for me. Still at least things seem to be getting less all be it as a snail pace. Looking at my records I had 12 days of high oestrogen symptoms in October and in September so a lot more was happening then.

[Elizabethrose]

Hi Machair, it's like a guessing game isn't it?!

Without a shadow of a doubt, this years mucus pattern has changed. Massive oestrogen highs have caused copious egg white fertile type mucus for weeks and weeks at a time BUT with the oestrogen lows there's been nothing, nada, dry as a bone! It really hasn't caused me a problem though as I suspect I've been 'oestrogened up' by the highs and the levels have carried me over. This last 3 months though all has changed. Very suddenly the dryness is sore and I'm now trying to deal with this hopefully to prevent VA getting the upper hand. This is completely new.

I wouldn't put money on it as you well know my history BUT I sincerely wonder whether this is the end this time (haha I know, how many times have you heard that before!!  ) Who truly knows, even my specialists and GP are scratching their heads! I've had four anovulatory bleeds since the October before last, three of them since June so I know that I haven't ovulated in over a year.

One thing I would say is that we three seem remarkably similar in so many ways, DO NOT ignore any soreness with dryness, I don't think this symptom is one to be ignored and put up with. I'm really not one to make a fuss and tend to just find a way to deal with and manage most of the stuff I've experienced to date but a very sore burning fanny is nobody's friend!!

Keep on plotting your cycles, it could be that none of the eggs are viable and the levels not as high as they have been. How are you feeling in yourself? x

How are you Sparkle and you other ladies? xxx