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General Discussion => New Members => Topic started by: 7dwarfs on July 03, 2019, 02:24:31 PM

Title: Hello!
Post by: 7dwarfs on July 03, 2019, 02:24:31 PM: I just wanted to say hello before I start asking random questions :)
I've just started on HRT and although classed as in perimenopause I seem to have every symptom going and am in need of advice🙄
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Post by: jaypo on July 03, 2019, 02:48:12 PM: Hi 7dwarfs,welcome to the forum,ask away about literally ANYTHING,no topic taboo here 😊
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Post by: Lanzalover on July 03, 2019, 02:58:19 PM: Hi 7dwarfs

:welcomemm:

Lanzalover x
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Post by: Ladybt28 on July 03, 2019, 03:02:38 PM: How di do di! Welcome 7dwafs.
Happy to talk about anything you want...ask away!
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Post by: Rosie77 on July 03, 2019, 06:32:05 PM: Hi there! I started HRT recently too. Still holding out for a miracle ;)
Tell us about your symptoms...
:welcomemm:
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Post by: 7dwarfs on July 03, 2019, 10:25:59 PM: Thanks for the welcome😊
Mood swings, no energy , horrible periods , not feeling like me anymore, zero sex drive or ability to enjoy it which is extremely distressing for me, hot flushes, bloating, sore boobs I could go on... I'm kinda hoping for a miracle with my HRT tbh😐 but being realistic I think it's going to take a while....all this and in my head I'm still far too young ( I've just turned 46) but symptoms started 2/3 years ago.
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Post by: pants46 on July 03, 2019, 10:30:03 PM: Hey 7dwarfs. Welcome to the 46 club !!
In my head I'm still 26. My body ... well 76, at a push. Sense of humour of a 12 year old boy !!
If you can laugh at this sh*t, even if it's through tears. Then you'll fit in here.
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Post by: 7dwarfs on July 03, 2019, 10:43:01 PM: If I didn't have a sense of humour I think I may have completely lost the plot already... I did nearly loose the cat biscuits yesterday trying to put them in the fridge 🤣
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Post by: pants46 on July 03, 2019, 11:02:30 PM: Ah yes. The 'mis-filing' of things. If in doubt ...
Your glasses are either on your head or in your other hand
The washing up liquid is in the freezer and so is the cling film
You left your handbag in the car
The car keys are in the bathroom cabinet
And the cat isn't lost, he's just moved in with the neighbours ;D
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Post by: jaypo on July 04, 2019, 06:32:28 AM: You must look at our thread in the funny side of menopause,there's a strange woman in my house,the things some of us have done beggers belief but as the years roll on,we have to try and laugh at ourselves,albeit very hard some days, I mean we laugh at pants's name every day😆
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Post by: Libs on July 04, 2019, 06:49:31 AM: Hi I joined yesterday pretty much have the same symptoms as you i am nearly 45 x
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Post by: Ladybt28 on July 04, 2019, 10:36:16 AM: I think you summed it up in 2 posts Pants... :lol:

Don't hope for a miracle from your hrt 7dwarfs, it just doesn't work like that. Stick with and you will get there eventually is probably a better approach - I hope you are one of the ladies for whom it works real quick but they are few and far between...whatever way it goes....keep posting and joining in with our "distraught, quirky, mental, hysterical, downright daft and sometimes fleetingly happy" band and all I can say is you may feel "s**t" but you wont be alone!! :)
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Post by: 7dwarfs on July 04, 2019, 04:04:57 PM: Thanks ladies... at least I know I'm not alone and trust me I've felt it lately but I guess that's all part of the whole thing . One thing I have decided is that I'm going to try being more honest and open with my husband. We've only been married 3 years and I've been so busy trying to pretend everything's ok I think I've made matters worse. Holding stuff in is my biggest fault and I know I'm not going to get through this without admitting that actually I'm not always the bubbly easy going, fun , self confident positive person he married! He's a good man but not a mind reader lol!
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Post by: Wrennie on July 04, 2019, 05:04:35 PM: Our cat has moved in with the neighbours. We share him now .....
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Post by: Ladybt28 on July 04, 2019, 05:12:51 PM: honesty with husbands is a good thing...it's impossible to hide this stuff away 7dwarfs - he'll think he's married a closet schizophrenic ;D (which would probably be easier to deal with, if my own mood swings and behaviour were anything to go by!!)

Out in the open - he will probably surprise you xx
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Post by: jillydoll on July 04, 2019, 05:14:08 PM: I wish the dog next door would move in with someone up the road! ;D

Hi 7 dwarfs,
Most of us are mad as hatters here, but never mind, laughter gets us through.

:welcomemm:

Jd xx
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Post by: Ladybt28 on July 04, 2019, 05:23:10 PM: some of us are madder than others huh JD ;D ;D xx
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Post by: jaypo on July 04, 2019, 05:29:42 PM: Yes Jill they are are aren't they 😆
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Post by: jillydoll on July 04, 2019, 05:29:58 PM: True....so very true..... :whist:
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Post by: Ladybt28 on July 04, 2019, 05:33:06 PM: She's just being smug now, Jay cos she thinks she's madder than us. ;) ;)
Now, now girlies, musn't hijack 7dwafs post! xx
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Post by: jillydoll on July 04, 2019, 05:39:40 PM: Sorry 7 dwarves...... :peace:
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Post by: jaypo on July 04, 2019, 05:41:56 PM: Sorry :-X ladybt,suitability chastised 😆
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Post by: Ladybt28 on July 04, 2019, 05:59:03 PM: :lol: jeez what a pair! xx
Over to you 7dwarfs xx
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Post by: jaypo on July 04, 2019, 06:12:47 PM: Why thank you ladybt 😆😂🤣 Sorry Sorry
Ok 7dwarfs on you go ,😊 you'll get used to us
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Post by: Foxylady on July 04, 2019, 06:29:07 PM: Hi 7dwarf, they may be crazy but they are all very welcoming & very knowledgable & happy to share their experiences which is great when you are desperate to learn as much as you can about what is going on with your body/mind!! ;)
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Post by: 7dwarfs on July 04, 2019, 06:57:20 PM: Quote from: Foxylady on July 04, 2019, 06:29:07 PM
Hi 7dwarf, they may be crazy but they are all very welcoming & very knowledgable & happy to share their experiences which is great when you are desperate to learn as much as you can about what is going on with your body/mind!! ;)
Yay just figured out the quote thingy... I've been sat here giggling to myself poking around in other sections and reading random posts. Already it's helping me see I'm not at all unusual ;D ::)
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Post by: Foxylady on July 04, 2019, 06:58:54 PM: what are you crazy to??? :rofl: welcome!!
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Post by: jaypo on July 04, 2019, 07:01:37 PM: You're with friends here 7dwarfs,we might be a bit loopy but all here for you whenever you need us 😊💗
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Post by: jillydoll on July 04, 2019, 07:42:03 PM: I'll second that, what Jaypo said, not that we're all mad, well, we are, but anything you want to know, or need advise on, we're here....and we'll help if we can....💐
Foxys just as mad too, don't know if she was mad to start with, or we've sent her mad!
The jury's out on that one! 😂
Xxxxxxx
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Post by: jaypo on July 04, 2019, 08:01:19 PM: If they're weak Jill,we've got them,foxy is one of us now mwahaha 😆
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Post by: Foxylady on July 05, 2019, 05:32:37 PM: Thanks jillydoll & jaypo...the jury def out on that one!!! ;D A sense of humour can see you through a miserable time!!
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Post by: MicheleMaBelle on July 05, 2019, 05:35:00 PM: Pants 46- :lol:
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Post by: CLKD on July 05, 2019, 07:19:40 PM: It helps to be mad to work here ;)

:welcomemm: browse round, make notes.

We have a doing stupid things thread as well as Bware of that strange woman in the house :D