Yup, look like 3rd stage is definitely on it's way.
I got my FHS blood test back. It the one that lower amount of this hormone means you are fertile. I have 59 out 100. 10 to 30 being about where most fertile, prime of age are.I have to do alot more research and talking to health professionals about options. Both nature based and traditional western. I loathe the idea of taking hormones. Scares the
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When I first started showing symptoms, I went on the birth control pill. That seemed to be enough hormone to regulate me. After a while, the study about the ill effects of hormone therapy came into the news, and of course, I talked to the nurse practitioner that I use about this issue. My mother has had 3, maybe 4 heart attacks before she died, all post menopause. This frightened me. The nurse practitioner that I now know for nearly 12 years sat down with me and explained all the pros and cons, including the fact that the press only talked about parts of the study and not others.
Ultimately, I came to the decision, that I was just postponing the inevitable, and decided to quit the hormones. At this stage it looks like my skin is aging a bit faster than I was prepared for. Every month or so I start thinking that I might consider going back on hormones. I haven't bled in 3 years, and most other symptoms are relatively easy for me.
This decision is not going to be an easy one for you. For me, there was so much else going on. My womanhood, who I was as a woman, who I was a mother, who I was as a daughter, all of these things came up for me to be considered. I cried and cried at the impending loss of my moontime. I was afraid that I would become a different woman and with that less attractive.
My acceptance of this stage of my life was gradual. While the symptoms seemly came overnight, incorporating this into my sense of self was a journey that is still ongoing.
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