Comments | ankhorite: Menopause and the Seven Dwarves

ankhorite

Menopause and the Seven Dwarves

Jan 30, 2009 14:48

Oh, Holy Hooves, this is scary: Suzanne Somers showed Oprah's viewers most of her stay-young routine, which includes sixty pills a day, two hormones rubbed onto her inner arms for transcutaneous induction (one of which, progesterone, will kill you if you are susceptible to blood clots-and there's only one way to find out), and vaginal injections ( Read more... )

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stormdog January 30 2009, 20:20:31 UTC

It's kind of creepy to think about going through all that medical mess for something other than a condition that might kill if you if you don't....

Kill You If You Don't ankhorite January 30 2009, 20:29:44 UTC

Well, old age will kill you, but I'm not sure that's what Somers is really fighting.

I think her routine is designed more to ward off the appearance of old age...

Yeah, I'm with you on this.

just_the_ash January 30 2009, 21:28:54 UTC

Actually, there is a way to find out whether hormone supplements will kill you by blood clot: have yourself tested for Factor V Leiden, the clotting disorder my sister has -- and that, luckily, I don't. She had to inject herself with blood thinners every day of her pregnancy, which is why her second child is adopted.

Blood Thinners ankhorite January 31 2009, 04:07:12 UTC

Eeeew! Thanks for the info, though. Heparin? Lovenox?

What a miserable way to spend nine months (or whatever fraction thereof).

No one ever offered to test me for Factor V Leiden, but I don't have a clotting disorder, exactly... I had emboli following thirty years of oral contraceptives.

These days, I try to persuade people who are sure that reproduction isn't their thing to go ahead and get tubal ligations or vasectomies, whatever fits. :(

Re: Blood Thinners boreality January 31 2009, 13:58:23 UTC

I agree! Had horrible hormonal contraceptive experience post babies, The Pill and Mirena IUD.

However, i'm not looking forward to the arid phase of life I enjoy my moist thankyouverymuch :D

Re: Blood Thinners ankhorite February 1 2009, 03:43:32 UTC

LOL! Well, yes. I'm terrified of IUDs, btw... when I was young, women were still getting perforated uteri from them. Eeeee!

Fifty years from now, women will look back on what we're going through, contraceptive-wise, and sigh.

I was thinking of you & Echo when I took Ace to the dog park for the first time this week - we didn't know there was one near us. The bench we used had been donated as a memorial in honor of a well-loved Berner. I didn't have a camera on me - I will next time.

mckennl January 30 2009, 22:24:40 UTC

There is no way to describe "all dried up" that doesn't sound pejorative. I think?

Unless you can think of a pejorative for moist and then say "New! Improved! With less moist!"

I just got one of my increasingly random periods and TMI ALERT the tampon insertion ain't what it used to be, is all I am saying and I shall be displeased about this even if Suzanne Somers is an idiot. NOT FOR WIMPS, I tell ya.

Arid Pejorative, Dry Wit ankhorite January 31 2009, 04:08:58 UTC

Unless you can think of a pejorative for moist and then say "New! Improved! With less moist!"

Slimy. "New! Improved! With less slime!"

There's a story that goes with this, but it goes via e-mail.

singingnettle January 31 2009, 09:03:37 UTC

I should think it would be taxing, being that afraid of aging.

singingnettle January 31 2009, 09:04:42 UTC

Even though I'm not enchanted with it myself.

Not Enchanted With Aging ankhorite February 1 2009, 03:46:30 UTC

Taxing? Yes, but think of it-Suzanne Somers has more reason to fear than people who don't live off their looks.

I didn't think it would be this hard, but in the five years since 45, I'm horrified at the changes in my face. This fair Irish skin is, quite frankly, starting to make me wonder if this is what "raddled" means.

I feel like a hag. And having a younger partner makes that worse, though he has not complained.

Re: Not Enchanted With Aging singingnettle February 1 2009, 05:17:39 UTC

Yes, I can empathize with all of that.

http://menopauseandweight.com anonymous December 19 2009, 13:18:32 UTC

Menopause is the time when women lose fertility. So it is a very difficult period for them. This brings changes to their life. Thus they start to believe that they are getting older very quickly. Due to menopause, they experience some common effects. They also worry about these issues. As a result they suffer from insomnia. Hopefully this problem can be solved. This is also treated as a common side effect of menopause.