Perimenopause Power

Perimenopause Power: From Hormone Hell to Harmony | Maisie Hill

#WDNCW #WeDoNotCareWednesday
@dabbe

1. We do not care that we deleted our Facebook account. We do not want to support Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook is not necessary to existence.

2. We do not care about the upcoming holiday in the U.S. We think celebrating independence this year is ironic when so many are suffering.

3. We do not care how our friends react to the above two points. We are an old curmudgeon. "Get off our lawn!"

AmyG Yep 1d

Aims42 I also can‘t bring myself to get excited for the Fourth. Pretty sure our forefathers are rolling in their graves seeing the mess that‘s been made 😒 1d

ncsufoxes Celebrating our forefathers (that came from immigrant families, last I checked no Indigenous Americans were signers of the Declaration of Independence) to establish a country made by immigrants while deporting immigrants. No thanks 1d

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Deblovestoread 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 1d

Aims42 @ncsufoxes 💯💯💯💯💯 1d

Amiable 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💙💙🔥 1d

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 Could not agree more. 1d

lil1inblue @Aims42 I mean, our forefathers were hardly saints, themselves. 1d

Aims42 @lil1inblue Very true! 🫣 1d

dabbe P😍WERFUL #wdnd here! We're thinking of still flying the flag but upside down to clearly send our message in the 'hood. 💙✊🏻💙 1d

Amiable My son is active duty in the Marines right now and we won‘t be flying the flag until he gets a new (i.e. better/less insane) Commander-in-Chief. 23h

Suet624 👏🏻💋👏🏻👏🏻 23h

TheBookHippie 💯💯💯💯💯💯♥️ 23h

TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes exactly this. 23h

TheBookHippie We have a morning protest here… on the 4th. 23h

CBee 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 22h

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Our group has a float in the parade. I'm skipping out on this one because I need some recharge time, but I think it's fantastic. 22h

Chrissyreadit YES!!!!!! I thought i was the only one not celebrating!!! 20h

Chrissyreadit This post and responses are perfect! 20h

AnnCrystal We Stand United against the oppressors ✊🏼👸👏🏼✊🏼🥳👌🏼💝.

We have our Native American flag, which we usually fly for all the Patriotic holidays. This year, and for the next three years, we are only going to fly for Memorial Day ✌🏼🦅🙏🏼. 18h

Lesliereadsalot 👍👍👍 17h

GingerAntics I am feeling all three of those! 1h

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Nicki_K

Perimenopause Power: From Hormone Hell to Harmony | Maisie Hill

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An interesting and informative read. I enjoyed how humour was interjected throughout this book. It's good to know that we are not alone when we are going through this stage of life and books written like this help us to get through this stage, not only with some more knowledge as to what and why things are happening the way they are but also to see some humour in what can be a very rocky, emotional time for us.⭐⭐⭐

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CBee

Perimenopause Power: From Hormone Hell to Harmony | Maisie Hill

Where are my fellow perimenopause peeps?? Let me tell you, this crap is NO joke. So, if you‘re experiencing this along with me, here‘s a pic of a card I found. I see you, and I get it 😂🤪😓🥱 This needs to be discussed more, I never knew about it until I started dealing with it.
Visit this website for this card plus lots of awesome other stuff: www.emandfriends.com.

suvata lol 😂 4y

CBee @suvata gotta laugh to keep from crying, I always say 😂😂 4y

suvata @CBee Ain‘t that the truth 4y

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Crazeedi I look at it like transforming into wise women 4y

AmyG I am post but pre sucked. I felt like I went through it for years! 4y

DGRachel This perimenopause crap is for the birds. I hate it so much. Can‘t I just instantly transition to Crone/wise woman without all this nonsense?😭😭 4y

CBee @Crazeedi I‘m all for that, but I could do with it speeding up a little 😂 4y

CBee @AmyG I started having all of these issues and I‘m like, what the heck? Then I looked it up and there just isn‘t a wealth of info, which is so dumb. Last night my face was beet red. BEET! And burning hot. Then I get cold within five minutes 😂😂 4y

CBee @DGRachel GIRL. You are singing my song. Bring on the crone! I just want it to hurry up at this point. 4y

Kimbono It‘s the worst! 🥵 🥶 4y

CBee @Kimbono isn‘t it? My hands are freezing and I‘m in long sleeves. It‘s 71° here ?? Guarantee you I‘ll be hot shortly though ?? 4y

sblbooks Yep, this sounds familiar. 4y

AmyG Hot flashes are the worst. I didn‘t get too many but when I did…holy cow. I used to get so hot at night I would step outside on the deck (in winter) to cool off. 4y

CBee @sblbooks solidarity 🤪 4y

CBee @AmyG I remember when my mom started having them. She literally radiated heat. 4y

jdiehr 👊🏻 4y

Crazeedi @CBee I've had all the symptoms and more, like clockwork now I'm cold when I go to bed, the 1 am I'm ready to strip and throw all the covers off, then 4 am I'm freezing again, that's basically every night 4y

CarolynM I feel you. I'm hoping I'm almost through perimeopause, it hasn't been fun but I feel lucky not to have had the experiences some people have. What I do wish, though, is that I'd realised what was going on earlier in the process. 4y

CBee @CarolynM yes! It isn‘t talked about much. I never knew there was a “peri” phase, not until someone mentioned it and I googled it. It was a eureka moment! Luckily there are a lot of great women out there who are putting it out there and trying to reduce the stigma. 😊 4y

CBee @Crazeedi that is the pits!! I‘m sorry 😓 4y

tracey38 Yeah, I think I'm starting the peri phase. Ugh. Glad we're not alone! Love the card. 4y

CBee @tracey38 ugh indeed. But you‘re right, we‘ve got support and others who understand! 4y

Crazeedi @CBee the thing is I'm way past period menopause, it's just a fact of crone age! The heat explodes from the belly at night! Most of my other symptoms faded long ago. This one has stayed... 4y

Crazeedi @CBee peri! Duh autocorrect!! 4y

CBee @Crazeedi 😂 I knew what you meant 😁 4y

mjdowens Oh sweet mercy! This crap is so real. Exactly why I am on Litsy at midnight instead of sleeping right now 😫 4y

CBee @mjdowens I feel you. I slept better last night than I have in two weeks. But I‘m still tired 😭😭😭 Sweet mercy is right 😂😂 4y

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IuliaC

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This is a very useful guide; I wish it existed in my teens as it is crucial to handle and address potential hormone-related issues correctly from the very beginning. But it's never too late to understand how to improve health and with it, the overall quality of life.

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rockpools

Perimenopause Power: From Hormone Hell to Harmony | Maisie Hill

Started this on NetGalley the other day, and so far i‘m not sure. The author refers to herself as a women‘s health practitioner, and I have no clue if that means specialist doctor or something more woo-woo.

It‘s walking an interesting line between light-hearted (Hormones are named after celebrities, even if I‘ve only heard of half of them) and informative. I‘ve learnt

rockpools that aromatase is an enzyme than converts testosterone etc to oestrogen. (This is a bizarrely helpful thing for me to understand). And I appreciate that one of the symptoms of perimenopause is listed, as standard, as ALL THE RAGE. So yes, not sure We‘ll see. 4y

wanderinglynn She is not a doctor. She is a doula. 4y

rockpools @wanderinglynn Ah, ok. Thank you. 4y

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rockpools @Velvetfur I wondered if you have any recommendations for similar books, cos I know you‘ve read lots. And half of them just make me cross!! I‘m looking for practical stuff that‘s not-too-out-there, but also not too ‘HRT is the answer to all your problems‘ (not an option because breast cancer). Hope you‘re doing well at the moment Vikki 😘 4y

Velvetfur @rockpools Aw thank you Rachel 💜 To be honest most of what I've read is online - Liz Earle is a fantastic source, especially for advice on what exactly you can do about it all; her books are 'Healthy Menopause' (older book) and 'The Good Menopause Guide' (more recent, I've read a lot of that one). If you're on Instagram, follow themenopauseroom as all the members are really helpful and supportive, and menopause_doctor who is Dr Louise Newson ⬇️ 4y

Velvetfur ⬆️ Who worked with Liz Earle on her books and regularly contributes to Liz's Insta/Facebook Live as well as posts (I'm sure both accounts are on Facebook too if you have that instead of Insta). I'm also obsessed with Caroline Hirons, she has loads on her Insta page about meno and a saved Insta Live session about it - find it and watch it, it's fantastic. Caroline's 1st book came out in singer just gone, it's called 'Skincare' and I know it has ⬇️ 4y

Velvetfur ⬆️ a chapter on meno; I only just got the ebook the other day so I'll be digging into that as soon as I can. I also recently got the ebook of 'Confessions of A Menopausal Woman' by Andrea McLean which looks like good support & I'll probably find out even more about what meno does to the body; and just before new year I got the paperback 'The M Word' by Dr Philippa Kaye - that looks wonderful, can't wait to get stuck into that one as well. ⬇️ 4y

Velvetfur ⬆️ And just to go back to Caroline Hirons, she brought in a meno specialist Dr on the Insta Live that's saved on her account, and they were both upset that so many women are told they can't have HRT due to breast cancer - they argue that you certainly can! If the doc says no, get another doc! And then another one if still no! It will of course be a different type to HRT for non-bc people but there will be that needle in the haystack that ⬇️ 4y

Velvetfur ⬆️ will be the one for you. But you have to preservere and argue your case, unfortunately. Oh and I also read the little British Medical Institute 'guide to menopause' but I wouldn't recommend that as it's not v in-depth & goes on about HRT too much. Liz Earle is your best bet for managing symptoms naturally although she does that in tandem with HRT, but there will be some non-HRT help in her books for you too. I'm gonna get some links for you... 4y

Velvetfur This Caroline Hirons video is amazing: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAGG2hjgGqF/?igshid=1i55mzwrqch7c This was my starting point for getting serious with the doc about my health. 4y

Velvetfur Here's Liz Earle talking to Dr Louise Newson: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_msLbllam0/?igshid=1anff6y4fsorv This is super interesting, also the Liz Earle Wellbeing website has loads of great meno info to read, I got loads of great advice from there 👍🏻 4y

Velvetfur I'm now onto my third month of HRT but it's only eased the symptoms and there's not much change in my heart symptoms which were my main concern. Also wasn't any change in the night-waking but the doc has recently given me antidepressants so now I'm sleeping at night, hehe 🙂 I hope all this info ends up helping you though! 4y

rockpools @Velvetfur Oh wow, Vikki - this is amazing- thank you so much!! I think I‘m going to have to sign up to Instagram 😁. I‘m going to spend the afternoon exploring these, and see where we end up. And I honestly thought that HRT was completely out - I‘m not sure it‘s the route I want to go down, but I definitely want to know what my options are, so I‘ll look that up. I‘m sorry you‘re having such a grim time with it all... (edited) 4y

rockpools @Velvetfur Sleep is a great starting point! Heart symptoms just sounds scary - I hope you find a way to get that sorted. I was having palpitations at the start of lockdown 1, which they put down to anxiety and depression & packed me off to CBT for. I was very surprised thst seemed to reduce everything- I‘d gone in v skeptical! Thank you SO much for all your information- I really appreciate it. 🥰 4y

rockpools @Velvetfur Well! I‘ve started with the Louise Newson one and it‘s spectacularly relevant (I also have history of blood clots and my mum was up most of last night with a migraine...). Thanks Vikki! 4y

Velvetfur You're so welcome lovely, and I'm glad you've already found some specific help/info. I was like you, not wanting to go on HRT, but it turned out to be the best way to deal with my symptoms. I'm glad to hear your heart symptoms were dealt with too and it's not ongoing. Your poor Mum though! I hope she gets the migraines sorted xx 4y

rockpools UPDATE: I bailed at 30%. Found it overwhelming and stressful. Sent a DNF message to NetGalley. Haven‘t read enough to formally review, but not the right book for me. 4y

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