So, She Doesn't Have Hot Flashes!!

Friday evening I was at my hairdressers and the temperature in the salon was very comfortable. We started lamenting about getting older and how "hot" we were in our thirties. We got on to the subject of menopause and she said she was in her early 50's and no sign of hot flashes. "Good for you", I said, "mine were miserable for at least five years". About ten minutes later she went rushing to the front door and flung it open letting in a freezing cold draught of artic air. As she proceeded to wedge the door open I commented on the cold air. "Oh no, she said, it's boiling hot in here."

Doesn't have hot flashes - not much. 

Can't quite decide if she was in denial, or really wasn't sure what a hot flash is. I just remember everyone in my office complaining bitterly every time I turned the thermostat to zero. As they sat there shivering I was like, "It's not cold in here, put a sweater on or something!"

Pay back's a bitch! 

Hot Flash: The Menopause Superhero!

Don't mess with me, Menopause. Personally, I think any women going through menopause is a superhero!

As if Menopause Wasn't Bad Enough, now HRT Shrinks Your Brain!

I just read this article in the Washington Post and I am telling you, it is scary! Hormone Replacement Therapy, or HRT, has been found to shrink your brain. While the article said it didn't bring on disease, it is a shame that some women have to risk these side effects when there are plenty of alternative treatments out there.

Look, treating menopause is a personal decision, but please be well informed before you do anything. I was told over and over again I needed a hysterectomy, only to find that different, all natural treatments could help me. But that took alot of research and a lot of time. But it was well worth it.

Read the article and tell me what YOU think about it!

They're Baaaack!

Well just when you think they have gone for good those pesky hot flashes come back again. It's been about a year and a half and now just when I thought it was all over, back they come. Not as often and not as severe, but even so... any one elese have this happening to them? Thinking cool thoughts.

What Menopause Should Look Like

Now, these women look happy, healthy and ready to live life. This is what menopause should look like!

Welcome to Change Menopause!

Welcome to a site just for you. Your visit to Change Menopause!, a menopause web blog site, has opened the door to a community of women ready to talk about and learn from the experiences and knowledge that your female peers can impart-making this, a time of your life you can share, rather than suffer in silence.

ChangeMenopause! is your space to protest, lament, let off steam and, quite frankly, bitch about 'the Change'!