LOL
DG, it was Limpy's post that mentioned that a lot who visit the site are already at the point of having problems to deal with.
Brightlight is one of the few regular posters that is virtually symptom free.
Very good post Limpy too.
I think her comments about not being able to ravish her husband without some prep work (which would ruin the moment) sums up how a lot of ladies might feel.
I wonder if that would change Brightlight's appreciation of the problems, however small they are, in what we face when further into peri/meno journey?
DG you also make a good point, so many seem to say
"when will I get the old me back".My point is that new research is pointing to
"don't let the old me go in the first place".
I just wish I had not been so hasty to stop the Pill from what I read now. Less worry and better protection thru Peri.
Honorsmum "Taking the view that we'll all suffer because of the menopause, isn't that just like any other part of growing older?"
No, it is not really, Menopause is treated differently by so many. In all other conditions we try to fix the issue, thyroid, diabetes, arthritis etc these are all aging conditions but we try and fix them.
Why should meno be so different.
Should we suffer for 10 years plus when we have the ability and the drugs that help that too?
There are some who seem to think the peri/meno change becomes a "less is more" situation and make do.
However I'd rather not loose even small parts of what defines me.
I certainly will not make do with a lower quality of life.
If that means that HRT is the way I do this then I'm fine with that choice and glad that its there for us.