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Reader234

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 02:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hope all goes great tomorrow Ginger!!

Great report Gidg, hope you can give an update!!

Lucy

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger-I'll be thinking about you tomorrow..good luck and don't forget the gum!

Juju2bigdog

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 11:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whew, Lucy said guM. I thought she said something else.

Good luck, Ginger. Be brave.

Gidget

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry Ginger, I've been a little, actually a lot, under the weather for a few days. I have been thinking about you. Hope my good wishes flew through. Hope you flew through your procedure. My doctor called and we have been playing phone tag, but not sensing any urgency from him and if there was a problem, he knows other ways to contact me.

I'm looking forward to moving on to the treatment phase so I can hopefully get back some normalcy. Yeah, what's that?

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Ginger}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Ginger1218

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I was very brave, I am so proud of myself. LOL. It was no walk in the park, but not as bad as I was fearing. She wants me to come back in 2 weeks to discuss the results and where we go from here if anything. I am pretty sure it is not anything serious. (positive thinking). So I will know in 2 weeks. I could find out next week, but can not get time to see her (busy working). So I can wait.
Gidget I hope you are feeling well soon, thank you so much for your support, as well as everyone else here.
Gidget please let me know that the results are ok for you. Thanks.

Texannie

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 05:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WTG!! Good for being a brave girl!!!

Gidget

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 05:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay Ginger!!!

I will let you know.

Lucy

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 06:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay, to Ginger and Gidget!!! Keeping my fingers crossed that the results will be fine for both of you.

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Knew you could do it, Ginger! Yay!!!

Twinkie

Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 01:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You rock, Ginger!!

Ginger1218

Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 07:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
:)

Gidget

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 04:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Saw the doctor today. Happy to report everything is ok. That's a relief. I am going to take Provera for at least the next 6 months to try to get everything back on a regular schedule. Doc assures me there are absolutely no side effects.

Looking forward to an equally good report from Ginger.

Huge hugs to everyone who's support helped me through this scary time.

Reader234

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
{{{HUGS}}}

Lucy

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, That's great news!

Texannie

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 09:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great news Gidget!!!

Kristylovesbb

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 10:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't read the entire thread but have a question for you guys. I have been going through menopause for about 5 years now. Done the hot flashes, sat on the porch many nights naked in 20 degree weather, cried over nothing, bitched about everything and then came the itching. When I lay down at night I start to itch and it feels like bugs are crawling on me and biting me. This is driving me insane. My doctor says it is dry skin due to aging but I don't buy it. This occurs from the waist down. I have to get back up and pace the floors because I cannot stand it. I have lost so much sleep over this and I am wondering if anyone has experienced this.

Reader234

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 10:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
uggg,

well not sure, but my mom has this complaint (and I'm pre btw) I bought her some "Aveeno" skin cream, it seems to help her... I got it at Walgreens, there are 3 kins, I just bought her the cheapest,

best of luck!

Mamie316

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 10:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh Kristy, I am perimenopausal and I have got the itching. It is especially at night. I can have pajamas on or be nude from the waist down and still have the itching. I am starting to think there is no such thing as perimenopausal, that we are just in menopause for years! I definitly have the mood swings but I do have to say that the bitchiness has given me an empowerment. I find that I am not afraid to say things I might have been to say before!

Kristylovesbb

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 11:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well it is 2am here in NC and I am up again. This itching is enough to drive a person mad. I get hardly any sleep anymore and God knows if I were still in the work force I would be fired by now for being excessively absent or for walking around like a zombie!

Egbok

Friday, October 10, 2003 - 11:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kristy, sorry to hear about the itching sensation. I haven't had to deal with that in my perimenopausal symptoms. Have you tried applying on over-the-counter cream like Cortaid (anti-itch stuff)? Also, maybe some Benadryl (antihistamine) might help you. But I'd check with your doctor as well...I'm sure he/she can help you to get a thorough night's sleep once again you poor thing!

Ddr1135

Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 02:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kristy, I've had a few nights of itching, I had no idea that was associated with premen. Oh great.

Had a major night sweat last night. I think I ended up setting the AC at 60 degrees. And I've been up since 3:30 and didn't get to sleep until after 11:30.

Ain't life grand?

Texannie

Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 07:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I had 7 weeks post op from a complete hysterectomy..everything went...so I am in surgical menopause. The itching started for me really badly about 2 weeks ago. Now, I just get it occaisionally. I feels like I have bugs crawling all over me..especially my head! I kept checking for lice!! gross I am taking compounded hormones. From my research, that is a symptom of low estrogen. Taking Benadryl did help me. Thankfully, I am not having hot flashes and am sleeping pretty well...I did all that for years before my surgery!
Here is a really good list of the symptoms for low/high levels of hormone.

http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/hsarticle.php?s=&id=97238

Kristylovesbb

Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Texannie I totally forgot about the head itching. I haven't had that lately but when I did I was looking for head lice to. I was convinced I had bugs living on my head! I would scratch my scalp until it was raw.

Egbok my doctor did put me on something to help me sleep but took me right back off of it due to the highly addictive nature of these drugs, so the consequences were no sleep. I tried tylenol night time and felt like I had been drugged the next day so that was no good either. I will, however, try the Benadryl (antihistamine) you suggested at this point I will try anything. I don't know about you guys but I can certainly see why some women don't make it through this without loosing their minds. Between the hot flashes, mood swings, itching and on and on I sometimes feel like I am already over the edge and my poor husband wonders about that to.

Ginger1218

Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 08:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gidget, I am soooo relieved for you. Hooray!!!!!!

Texannie

Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 08:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kristy, that head itching is the worst! LOL Have you had your levels tested? I used progesterone cream for a while and that helped alot of my symptoms.