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[greeneyes]

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I raise my glass oops I mean hand for Dr. Northrop! I started out with my own research, herbs and all kinds of tricks up my sleeve. It workied for a while but then it just wasn't enough. One day at the gyn office I looked in my file and saw a handwritten fax I had sent. O-M-G!!! I was psychotic. Oh wait, maybe I was drunk. Maybe both! Anyway, I was horrified. I finally agreed to tri-est, a vegetable based hormone that was compounded especially for me. The compounding pharmacy tweaked it based on our conversations of how I was feeling. I was very happy with it.

[Ringing Cedars]

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Three cheers to all you women who are celebrating this time of life and not letting it dictate how you should feel or behave.

[KateH1]

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Besides ladies, who wants the company of men who want silicone breasts and plastic surgery, while all the while they have no balls and their brains have been gone since they were teenagers!!
:H:H:H

Especially when there are REAL men that celebrate us as we evolve and change!!

[rubywillow]

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Amen!

[Cinders]

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SOBS,

I hope you are getting the idea from some of us post-menis out there that life can be wonderful during and after menopause.

It sounds like you have been given some wonderful advice on reading and learning to help you deal with the emotions you are going through. But, as Kate, Ruby and others have said, it is a part of life.

Embrace it as a good thing, if a bit uncomfortable right now. That will pass.

Like Kate, in many ways my life is so much better now than when I was younger. I wouldn't trade this for anything. Getting and staying sober is my focus right now so that I can enjoy them.

I hope you can stay sober, too, so you can go through this with open eyes and an open heart. You will be glad you did. I wish I had.

Love,
Cindi

[Ringing Cedars]

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KateH1;886980 wrote: Besides ladies, who wants the company of men who want silicone breasts and plastic surgery, while all the while they have no balls and their brains have been gone since they were teenagers!!
:H:H:H

Especially when there are REAL men that celebrate us as we evolve and change!!

Go Katie!! And all of us!!

[sick of being sick]

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OMG, I never expected so many posts on this subject. Thank you all so much for your encouragement, wisdom, recommendations and the beautiful video that made me cry. I have already ordered the book and can't wait to read it so thank you, thank you. You all mean so much to me! Love, Vicki

[tlrgs]

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hey there vicky well i do know alittle about it and well sue is going thur it and the doc said no to hormones and prescrip black cohosh .. it works well for sue..she takes one a day and get rid of the hot flashes and >>>>>>maybe improve sex drive .. were hoping ..lol.. give it a try and talk to your doc ..

[fennel]

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Hey Vicki...
I feel your pain. I'm 49, too. Herbal stuff didn't do squat for me. I was having hot flashes, night sweats, etc. I'm on bio-identical hormones as of last October, and I now feel great.

[Stargazerlily]

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I just read Suzanne Somer's book, Breakthrough, and she talked about bioidentical hormones. What are they and where do you get them?

[greeneyes]

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I don't know but doggy girl does. PM her maybe?

[rubywillow]

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I've talked to my daughter about them, we're looking into how her practice could do them for me. She's a CNW/CNP at a woman's health center.

[greeneyes]

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Another thing you may want to consider is progesterone cream. Have a browse at Emerita's website - owned by women. EMERITA: About Emerita You can call them with questions. I like that.

[lucky 2.0]

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Bring it on! I can't wait! Seriously! Wish I could have had menopause in my 20's! What is so flipping great about having a period? NOTHING!

I agree with checking out Dr. Northrup.

Good luck!