OK. So you know I had surgery a few weeks back. One of the things that was done was the repair for bladder leakage. So far, I am really happy with the surgery and am recommending it to anyone I meet over 40. Now there is the other issue. I don't know if it can be called a hot flash but I get so hot! Every night I wake up and I am either really hot or really cold. All night long I am pulling piles of blankets on or have none on me at all. When I took sex ed classes in grade 5 this was not mentioned. In fact, entering puberty was something looked upon as fun and glorious. Fucking lies.
Our other cat,(who was named way before Big Bang Theory) is very lazy. When he goes outside he finds a place to sleep on our sundeck and stays there for hours. The other day he had been asleep for so long he turned yellow because of all the pollen that had settled on him. Will try to get a picture next time.
I am still not sleeping. It seems as if the not sleeping thing is part of peri-menopause. I also wonder if I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome because this tiredness has been going on for a long time.
Sex Ed: entirely useless, and oh my god, me, too! Except for the being too cold thing, I would kill for that right about now because I always feel like I'm about to burst into flames, my body temperature is that high. Incidentally, I wonder if it may still be after-effects of the anesthesia wearing off? It can take a while and if memory serves correct, I think you mentioned that you were sensitive to that sort of thing. And laundry-crating Norbert: ingenious! The Nooge is acting out as well and we have been locking him up in the laundry room lately. Who knew that cats were affected by seasons too?
ReplyDeleteThat is bizarre! My cats would not like that, I don't think...but they're odd boys.
ReplyDeleteHot, hot, hatefully hot. Cold? I wish.
ReplyDeleteI love the laundry basket solution. Don't think it would be a winner here. Though I may have to try.
Still laughing at "golden Sheldon" -- I hope you DO get a photo!
ReplyDeleteSounds like full on menopause. I have all those problems all the time. Except for bursting into flames... passing too close to a church does that, yes passing too close. BWAHAHAHAHAAA!!snort!
ReplyDeleteI used to have night sweats but I half wonder if it was just because I piled so many blankets on - the heat would build up and build up.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I am shamefully missing a lot of womanly horror stories. I am that woman all the other women hate. Maybe that's my horror story. Sorry.
I hope you pass through quickly.
Cats are weird. The one always wants out - she hunts mice but doesn't go far - she's lazy. The other I would expect to want outside yet she hasn't been lately. She is the one who wanders far and wide, kills beautiful birds, chipmunks, mice and gets stranded on the neighbor's roof.
That is odd. This is the first time I've heard of a cat who prefers locking himself out.
ReplyDeleteDo you think it's because you're experiencing the menopausal stage? Hot flashes are normal during that period right?
Hot from the inside out, like a dry fever starting in your heart? Welcome to the good times!! I don't have too much trouble with the peeing thing, just when I jump on a trampoline or sneeze when I'm not ready/have a full bladder. Lol!
ReplyDeletePerimeno symptoms are so vast, you can't even imagine! And some will have a few, some will have none, and some will have all! (I have many. Have for almost ten years now and I'm only 44.) ride it out like a surfer, that's my plan.
Oh god. Menopause. I am dreading it. I have a long way to go I know, but i am already dreading it.
ReplyDeletei am thinking of you!! xoxox
I could write a book about my peri and menopause issues, but it would only infuriate me. Ten years of hot flashes and insomnia, and too many other symptoms to go in to.
ReplyDeleteThe best book I read about all of this mayhem is Menopause...What Nurses Know. It's no nonsense and breaks down all the issues and treatments with no bs.
I know this - lack of sleep will mess you up. It will bring on fibromyalgia symptoms, brain fog and depression. I have found no cure, no sleeping pill that helped more than it hurt, so I trudge along, take my vitamins and especially my vitamin D, eat well and be kind to myself and repeatedly remind my family that I am exhausted, physically and mentally and I'm doing the best I can. I have learned to celebrate a good day, and to appreciate what rest 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep can bring.
Good luck to you, and my best advice is don't let the doctors tell you your symptoms are depression and treat you only with antidepressants. I told mine for years I wouldn't be depressed if I didn't feel so awful. It really helps to have a female doctor who understands. I think HRT would have helped me quite a bit, but the women in my family who have taken it got breast cancer, so I chose hot flash hell instead, the lesser of the evils.
Speaking of celebrating, isn't a functional bladder great? I love my renovated bladder :)