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[Mumalmighty]

Hi all, does anyone get like a bruised sore feeling in different areas of the skin on body. I feel like I have bruised arms on the outside/back but no bruising there. On the left arm I can feel it without touching it where as the right arm I have to touch it to feel the bruising feeling. Thank you in advance for your responses 

[lollipop]

Hi there yeah I defo have this on arms and shoulders,breastbone etc etc lol I only get it certain times of the month ?? Feel like been hit by a bus,but to be honest just used to it I put it down to ageing as well (53) not old but wear n tear lol I ave said before in posts men have got It great ain't they  :)x

[Mumalmighty]

Ooh lollipop, sparkle that's reassuring I don't know wat I wud do without this forum and why is it every lady i speak to in person regarding menoand having gone they it say they  can only remember the hot flushes!! I know wat u mean about getting used to it thou I've had it for months but thought oh hang on is this really a symptom. No wonder we all think we're going mad. Thanks ladies 

[Mumalmighty]

Sorry I meant having gone thru meno 

[Maryjane]

Very common meno symptom, a type of peripheral neuropathy.

[nearly50]

Ooh lollipop, sparkle that's reassuring I don't know wat I wud do without this forum and why is it every lady i speak to in person regarding menoand having gone they it say they  can only remember the hot flushes!! I know wat u mean about getting used to it thou I've had it for months but thought oh hang on is this really a symptom. No wonder we all think we're going mad. Thanks ladies 

I think a lot of women don't put two and two together. It is only now that I'm going through it that my sister realises some of things which happened to her were due to the menopause. I met a friend at the weekend who is just starting this journey and was ticking off all the random symptoms she was experiencing.

[WCR123]

I get this. I will have an area on my arm that feels bruised and I will think hmm must have hit it. And then a spot on my leg...then a spot on the back of my other arm etc.....very weird....

[Annie0710]

Whenever I bump myself or the dog treads on me (only a small lap dog) just recently everything hurts more than it used to.  Is that meno ?

[Mumalmighty]

Possibly Annie 0710 I get bruised a lot easier now than i did and mainly cos I'm forever bumping into things. I think the skin must become much more delicate i suppose cos it gets thinner as we age 😫. With this thou there is no bruising or redness or anything just soreness and worse wen i touch it just like a bruise. Also my pain threshold has changed I'm like an old lady telling my kids (particularly the teenage ones) to not be so rough with me wen we r horsing around. I hate it being fragile. It's the same with me n hubby wen he wants to play around i can't do it anymore I'm like ooooh ouch!! don't pull there don't grab that ( just wrestling lol!) I feel like my nanna I'm only 48 

[Mumalmighty]

WCR123 it does feel like I've hit it but it doesn't go away 

[Mumalmighty]

Nearly50 yeh I think ur right. I suppose its like trying to remember every detail and feeling wen ur pregnant if it was a long while ago it's hard to remember every little symptom that u had. I'm referring to members of my family who r in their 80s one aunt in particular was looking at me gone out the other day wen I was explaining all my ailments she literally said well I only remember hot flushes made me feel like a weak fraud 

Thanks for that Maryjane I feel better knowing its a common symptom 

[lollipop]

  this is what i say my mom never mentioned anything just fanned herself around the kitchen with a tea towel lol,my friend loves me cuz she is just starting her meno n rings me for everything she comes across cuz she literally is a nervous wreck and thinks she is dying.her doctor as escorted her off the premises lol.and my sister lives next door to me and knocks on my kithcen window constantly ,i tell them to log on to this website but they say why when you got all the answers but i only got them from the the lovely ladies on here nice to to have someone to chat to when feeling crap lolxx

[nearly50]

,my friend loves me cuz she is just starting her meno n rings me for everything she comes across cuz she literally is a nervous wreck and thinks she is dying.her doctor as escorted her off the premises

I've told all my younger friends that my job is to tell them 'no, you're not dying' when they panic. Think it has put the fear of god into them about what's coming, but hopefully they'll remember at the time.

[lollipop]

I know I have told my 3daughters everything I know or I think I know lol,they all laugh at me I say you will see I wished I was prepared for it although I must say I am having a easy ride compared to some poor ladies on here,I hope I am near the end of it all been going on since 2011/12 no period for 3 years fingers crossed ? I am quite a bit of a sod it n get on with it type of person which I think does help and my lovely victor mel drew of a husband wouldn't know any difference in me lol 34years down the line just leaves me to moan on lol  :)xx

[Mumalmighty]

Oh I have a victor Meldrew  my daughter is nearly 10 and knows about meno already as we have discussed starting periods etc. I believe in being as open as possible I wud hate her to get the shock I have had with this peri thing. It's a distressing time and if it weren't for this forum I wud feel very alone. Thanks to all you lovely ladies