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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 6:04 am
Annie, no I haven't had my thyroid checked. That is a good suggestion. I love the sense of humor everyone is showing in here. It really does help to laugh through all this doesn't it?
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 8:29 am
I loved the Middle Aged Woman and Born To Be Mild!! And Biloxi, I agree, laughing does help. Great thread!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 5:07 pm
I think I'm post menopause now. I'm 50 & haven't had the monthly visit in over 2 yrs. I went through hell with hot flashes/night sweats & wt gain for a couple of yrs. I honestly have no menopause symptems & haven't had any for almost a yr now. I didn't take any kind of hormone replacement & I'm glad I didn't. It's just natures way for me. Of course, my family prob. wanted to do me in a few times lol. My questions - once you realize you're post menopause: 1) how do you get rid of the wt gain? 2) how do you get rid of the few wire like whiskers on the chin? I now color my hair every other month to cover the grey & I really only have the temple & top of head greying right now so it's easy. I sure don't miss the monthly bloating & cramps. I don't miss the mood swings at all! Post Menopause is the greatest - so far!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 5:12 pm
your body tries to store estrogen in fat, especially belly fat. you just have to work harder, unfortunately, to get it off. plucking
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 5:22 pm
Thanks, Texannie 1) maybe I won't worry about it that much. The mid section is where I've got some issues. I prob. need this estrogen storage since I don't take any replacements. I'll think (yah-right) about some exercizes. 2) pluck, pluck - I guess that's me now. Don't you hate it when you realize you have one of those wire whiskers & you are no way able to get it NOW. Drives me crazy.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:35 pm
Thinking about exercise has to burn calories. Wouldn't you think that the extra brain function it requires would do it? They say that fidgeting helps, so thinking must! I'd love to get the laser to zap my face and render it hairless, but I think the hair is too light. Darn it. Was with one of my best friends yesterday and she is having the twice-a-month periods. She had an IUD inserted because they said it would help (she tried birth control pills first, but they caused more problems for her, as they did for me) and she said it has a bit, but still is not good enough and she will probably have them remove during her next physical. We were talking about how there don't seem to be any great options for this peri-menopausal stuff. We need more women medical researchers! Peri-menopause can really mess with the quality of your life and those around you.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:39 pm
TexasDeb, Don't leave home without your tweezers, I don't, lol.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:56 pm
funny Debra, I've supplied my desk drawer @ the office, & one is shifted with purse changes along with the nail file & clipper purse thingy. Do ya'lls wire chin whiskers grow really quick? Man, if my head hair grew as fast, I'd have to get a trim eow lol. Do ya'lls wire chin whiskers seem to be .... well, always the same wire chin whiskers. You know, those stubborn 3 or 4 that no matter what you do you can't kill them. And why do they clump up: I've got 3 of those dang wire things that grow really close together & not at the same pace. I'm always checking that spot on my chin & I always feel something not big enough to pluck. Sucks - almost makes you forget to ck the others until...ahk-it's 1/4" long. I now KNOW where my chin whiskers are & ck eash & every one of them after my daily shower.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:03 pm
I am peri right now. I have one chin hair that showed up about 5 years ago. I watch for it for about two weeks after I find it and then kinda forget about it. It never fails that I am out and about when while rubbing my chin it is there as soon I forget to check for it. I finally put some tweezers in my purse and am much happier for it. It is not like my mustache hair, it is wiry and dark and just comes out of nowhere!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:11 pm
Debra, me and you are 'peri' sisters! LOL luckily my body hair has always been light ( I am natural red head)
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:16 pm
Pamy my peri sister! I am of portugeese and spanish background and have always had to worry about my touche. Everytime I look in the mirror I see my Aunt (god rest her soul) and her almost full stache even though mine is light, lol. eta: all exagerations of hair on my and my aunt's face are firmly imbeded in my mind, lol.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:17 pm
the worst is one of my chin hairs is now coming in GRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:26 pm
I got all of ya - my chin wires are white!
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:26 pm
Gray is much better than a black one, just saying...
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:41 pm
gray..white..same thing! LOL
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 7:44 pm
I'll keep my white ones - gosh, black would not look OK on me.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 2:03 pm
LOL Debra! My mom didnt have any of these problems and stayed beautiful. I know she took premerin and was raging if she a missed a dose! lol
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 2:25 pm
I tried a while ago to go off my ERT. The hot flashes weren't too awful, not fun, but liveable. The thing that had me racing back to my patch was how old I started feeling and looking! My bones hurt, my skin got so dry and dull looking. My waist got thicker. It was amazing.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 2:39 pm
Debra, I'm half Portugese as well. I seem to get a few stubborn hairs on my face, chin and neck and they seem to come in the same places, over and over and over..... I'll be sitting somewhere and feel it and it will just bug the heck out of me until I can get home and pluck it out.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 7:50 pm
just plucked out my 2 "ready" whiskers! Ye-Hah ... whisker free for another couple days!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:10 pm
got all caught up in the chin whiskers & caught myself with some .. ugh upper lip stuff .. it's not those stiff whiskers .. it's brown thin brown hairs ... good gosh, how long has this been going on. I will buy me some of that women's mustash removal crap tomorrow. I am mortified!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 11:50 am
I got one of these... love it! http://www.buytweeze.com/
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:09 pm
Here's an update on the Clinical Study....I'm out before I even started any medication. I went thru all the tests and my FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) test came back low. For a post menopausal woman, it should be a minimum of 40. My first test came back at a 9, so they re-tested and it came back at 15.5. So that eliminated me. Now, I have to go back to my doctor and find out why it is so low and if there is another issue going on. The good thing is I got all these tests done, that my normal doctor wouldn't normally do and it was all free. And my hot flashes have dropped to 1-3 in a 24hr period, which is much better than the 7-10 I was having. And I haven't had any trouble with whiskers, but now y'all got me paranoid and I keep checking..LOL!! I definitely became well informed during this study.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:26 pm
Hello Mamie! My Portuguese Sis! I now have Pamy my Peri Sis and Mamie my Portuguese Sis, yay! FYI - Mamie I am Cape Verdean Portuguese. I am off to Nair myself and to the others, keep checking cuz it you can never leave home without tweezers now. lol!
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, March 14, 2008 - 2:11 pm
back on november 29, 2007, i spoke of not having a period since june of 2007. well for all the people who said "no period for less than a year wasn't menopause" well, doctor did an LH/FSH/TSH/Prolactin lab tests. and i am definitely menopausal not perimenopausal. so the way mine was at 44 1/2 i just stopped. <sigh> oh well
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