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[nearly50]

I've decided to just eat everything that's left before the bells on Saturday and then get a grip of myself!

After a month of quiet, apart from stomach issues, I had pretty bad night sweats last night. So something is brewing somewhere, lol. It is so confusing waking up thinking you must be swimming.

[nearly50]

sparkle, that's exactly what it was like until I weighed myself this morning and the eating junk came to a screeching halt, haha. Now everything's packed up for the food bank and I'm off to buy some salad. I have been greedier than I ever have been before - I seem to have no stop mechanism anymore. Always been really tiny so a bulging stomach just looks ridiculous - why can fat not be distributed evenly?

I'm 80 days since my last period now and I think I will cry when it inevitably starts again. Just praying I've at least got past the flooding horrors, but the least said about that the better.

[Elizabethrose]

Hi ladies, just returned and catching up! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Sparkle I was sorry to read about your 'period'. I'm sure you had some breast discomfort a couple of weeks ago which may well have meant that you were ovulating, I remember thinking that at the time. (Check back on this thread) The fact that these bleeds are not real bleeds surely shows that you have few viable eggs and that the FSH is attempting to crank up any old follicle!! The year before last I had a real mixture of ovulatory and anovulatory cycles. They seemed to dip and dive around each other, the only way I could see a pattern was by keeping my notes of what was happening. How are you feeling in yourself now? You felt terrible the week before Christmas, could that have been normal PMT which seems for all of us to be intensified in peri? Over the past year I've found that my back and other joint problems were certainly intensified when the oestrogen crashed: maybe this happened to you this month. If you don't have notes, this thread records all of our ups and downs, just check back. Haha we could donate this info to medical science. My hubby constantly reminds me that I'll end up pickled on some scientist's shelf, especially as they will have rejected my donor card!!

nearly50, your post made me laugh. I have put weight on too. It is such an alien thing for me as I've always been a skinny bird. The only time I've put on weight in my entire life was with pregnancy, Pizotifen and HRT, and with each the gain was tremendous, quite unnatural! I'd noticed over the last year that the raging oestrogen peaks and troughs seemed to affect my weight and with this latest 'trough' the gain is noticeable. I too will have to be brutal after the New Year. My husband meanwhile remains totally trim whilst consuming biblical quantities of chocolate and any other rubbish he can lay his mitts on! 

116 days today...........but who is counting?!! xx

[Elizabethrose]

Thank you Sparkle, we had a lovely time, so weird but really quite wonderful! Certainly very much less stressful! How was yours?

Whilst the beginning of Dec and the previous 2-3 months were tricky migraine wise, the last couple of weeks have been much improved. Weirdly exactly the same thing happened at the beginning of this year: the first three months of no-period was accompanied by horrible constant migraines but then all began to noticeably improve. I'm hoping that this is happening now. However, woke with a nasty one this morning, took meds at about 5 and whilst it's improved dramatically, I'm still in bed. Supposed to be going to a big party tonight so I'm really hoping I can calm it down. I rarely take a second Triptan or suppository but I will today if nec. I know I shouldn't complain but it's sods-law that I'm struck down when there's an important jolly happening!!

I hope our husbands never meet, can you imagine the content of that conversation if they did?!!

Whilst I'm sure it doesn't feel like it to you, you should be encouraged by the way you react to these hormone swings. It surely indicates that all will much improve when this roller coaster ride is over. After your June debacle you had a really good run, before the weird little bleeds started again. I bet if they did an FSH check it would be through the roof, not that it would be of any benefit to you, especially as all is so ever changing. Lack of sleep will definitely affect you: is your hubby snoring badly? I dreamt of a train going past my house last night and also that someone was opening an old creaky door: it was me snoring!!    Husband could hear me two rooms away!!  Can you squeeze a sofa bed into your office?!!    xx

[nearly50]

Hope you make it to the party Elizabethrose, sounds like you're determined I'm not venturing out again until 2017 as it is the Old Firm game up here today and so the drinking has already begun in earnest out there. Hoping next door don't have a party as last year it went on until 10am and then started up again the following evening.

116 days is quite impressive, 1/3 of the way to the all important number!

Can I ask how long ago the first 90 day gap was? Found research stating that it 'normally' (whatever that is) takes 1.5 - 2.3 years from the first 90 day gap to the final menstrual period.

Have a lovely Hogmanay

[Elizabethrose]

Hi nearly50, I had no idea what the Old Firm game was - just looked it up! (Clearly know nothing about football!!)

I've read something similar over the years in my search for clues as to when this may all end. I think there was a huge US study done about it. This darned body of mine has bucked all the trends, I've never seemed to fit the 'norm'. I haven't ovulated since Oct 2015 but had a 6 wk oestrogen high resulting in an anovulatory bleed in Dec 2015, then nothing for over 6 months. Then after another oestrogen high, another anovulatory bleed end of June 2016. Then had two more anovulatory bleeds, July and August following oestrogen highs though these two were clearly not at the levels I'd previously reached as the side effects weren't so pronounced. I really think we all react differently and it seems impossible to work it all out, clearly the medics can't. I was told by two separate hormone specialists that I'd almost certainly be through  meno within 2 years, more than 10 years ago. Such a bore!! I know exactly how you feel, I've spent the past 16 years or so chasing answers.

I sincerely hope your neighbours do not repeat last years performance tonight: there is nothing worse than living next to a party. If they do, pull on your posh frock and gatecrash!! It's really not looking good for me so far. I really don't want to have to cancel tonight, hubby will be majorly naffed off I think but I'll just have to see how it goes. It's not over till the fat lady sings!!

Happy New Year to you! xx

[nearly50]

Nothing worse than willing yourself to feel well when you don't Good luck.

You are very lucky not to know what an Old Firm match is, sadly it impacts on everyone whether they like football or not. Having it today is insane.

What a shame you've had to go through this for so long, no wonder you're a complete expert. Shame there isn't more research as it really is pretty fascinating.

[Elizabethrose]

I feel for you, New Year's Eve does seem a bit crazy! I remember being trapped in a phone box in Leicester Square about 38 years ago by a bunch of very inebriated Scottish fans after a London match. Haha, it was quite an experience: I was in there for over half an hour until a passing Bobby insisted they free me!

Oh blimey, I'm no expert on this by any means, just read a lot, seen a lot of people and asked far too many questions!! The only conclusion seems to be that it is impossible to tell how a woman will react and to conclude when she'll finally reach meno. Yep there is the average but also many variations to the average too as this site clearly proves. We are all so very different.

You're doing well, don't worry about how you'll feel if you do have another period. After the initial knock you'll just start counting again. We've all been there. The funny thing is when we read back our old comments, "Oh I definitely feel this is it now, I've had my last period". Haha, I've done that too many times 

I hope all those supporters behave themselves, no doubt you'll be seeing the New Year in with Jules Holland tonight: at this rate so will I! xx

[Elizabethrose]

Nah, it ain't happening Sparkle!!!!

Just had the conversation with hubby, I've persuaded him to go, I see no reason why he should sit here alone whilst I'm in bed. Second lot of meds haven't resolved it so having to hunker down now. Pain reduced to about a 5 but sitting in silence in very dim light - there's no way on earth I'd cope with even climbing into the shower much less hit a riotous party, and it will be full on.

Never mind, it's not the end of the world. I always feel guilty though, which I know is utterly ridiculous, just hate letting people down. I might venture down when hubby's gone as sitting in bed is a nightmare for my back. Full day planned tomorrow so hopefully this'll calm before morning.

Do you do Jules's Hootenanny? What will you be up to? xx

[nearly50]

What a shame but I bet you feel a little bit better having made the decision and don't feel you have to put pressure on yourself

I'll be in bed before the bells I expect, going to watch 'Wha's like us' which might only be on Scottish tv. Next door are mad drug users so not the kind of party I'd want to go to, even if I had been invited, lol. I don't understand them as they stay in all the time which would've killed me when I was their age.

[Elizabethrose]

Haha, thanks Sparkle, you've made me laugh! Haha, still laughing!

Yep tomorrow is another day! xxx

[Elizabethrose]

Thanks Sparkle. Happy New Year to you   

[Machair]

Just wanted to wish you a very happy 2017.  I am still in Hawaii where we are 10 hours behind. Sparkle I hope you are ok after your period attempt.I had the same on 26/27th December following a massive oestrogen surge and fall just before Christmas. Mine was watery brown very light staining panty liner only. Was this the same for you? Thinking of you too ER and hope your migraines stay away.x

[Elizabethrose]

Thanks Machair, lovely to hear from you. Wishing you lots of good health and happiness in 2017 too! x

[nearly50]

Ho hum, back to day 1 for me. Had spent ages looking up fibroid pain, and had a doh! moment when I realised it was period pain. Just hope it isn't going to be really heavy and it'd be great if I got another 14 week gap again soon.

I was really warm with burning neck and face all day but am now shivering with freezing feet, does that happen when estrogen falls? Still can't get my head around how you tell if it is going up or down.

Hope you are all well, last day of holidays for me tomorrow.

I would love to go to Hawaii, so jealous.