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Default Jun 09, 2019 at 04:07 PM
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Welp, I haven't had a period since last October and I went to the doctor this week and had my FSH done again, and, it was high. So my doctor thinks that is probably it and I won't have another period.

I can't tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Of course... never having a period again is an AMAZING thing. And I know this may put me at better odds of not having estrogen related cancers. Apparently the number of periods you have is related to risk of cancer. Under 415 puts you at the least risk and I got my period late. Almost 15 and got my last period at 48.

But it also doesn't seem great for all the other things that estrogen has a protective effect for... such as bone health and heart risk. I did just by a total gym to try to keep bone and muscle health strong.

I suppose the good news is that the only possible symptom I noticed was anxiety and some night sweats. But if this is it... it was blessedly easy.

Anyone have any thoughts on it?
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Default Jun 10, 2019 at 08:35 AM
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Menopause was a breeze for me. In fact I didn't even really notice it was happening. My periods were really irregular anyway due to one of my meds, and so when they stopped I didn't really notice. It wasn't until I went into my Dr. for a physical and the nurse asked when my last period was, and I was "um, sometime last year" that I realized they'd stopped. I was done with it,by 43. I had no symptoms, no hot flashes, no night sweats, nothing. The only thing, I've had post menopause that really bugs me, is a dramatic increase in facial hair. I'm constantly having to pluck.
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Default Jun 10, 2019 at 01:24 PM
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Emily Fox, if all you had is a bit of anxiety and some night sweats, you are BLESSED. It could be so much worse.

And never having to deal with menses again definitely, as they say, ROCKS.
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Default Jun 11, 2019 at 10:40 AM
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Menopause was a breeze for me too. I was doing dance classes 4-5 nights a week plus I drink/ eat a lot of soya which is supposed to help hormonally. I didn't get any sweats. Only nuisance that I find as I become older is that my body takes longer to recover from strenuous physical activity. Young person rests one hour, I need to rest for 3 or 4!

When I was young I had one friend who performed acrobatics all the way through her pregnancy - without disclosing to her doctors. She said her body was accustomed to acrobatics just as much as most women are accustomed to walking. So I figure... my body keeps doing what it has always done, but more slowly.

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Default Jun 18, 2019 at 05:48 PM
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Ha ha... my doctor said "Emily looks like you will never have another period again."

Emily's body said "oh yah"

Today I got my first period since October 2018. Almost 9 months.

Funny, it seems my entire life the only way to motivate me is to tell me I can't do something, apparently my body is like "oh yah"
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Default Jun 26, 2019 at 07:58 PM
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I had EVERY symptom of menopause. It was pure Hades. I went to my primary care doc and told him I wanted to go on HRT before I murdered someone. I was only on HRT for about a year, then went off. Everything's been fine since.

I started menopause early. I was only 38. Had a horrid scare when it started. Hubby had a vasectomy and I hadn't had a period in two months. We were afraid the surgery had failed. I did the happy dance when my period started.
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Emily, please get yourself checked out. Not to scare you, but I'd be concerned if I'm bleeding after nine months. I'm thinking it might not be your period returning. Probably nothing to worry about. A cervical polyp caused bleeding for me at one point. But I encourage you to check with your doc about it, dear one. Okay?
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Default Jul 20, 2019 at 08:17 AM
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I’m going through surgical menopause after a cancer related hysterectomy (I’m 31) and surgical menopause is apparently quite brutal in comparison to the natural kind as it’s a bit of a 0-100 type thing rather than a gradual one. It’s only been a few weeks for me and I’m now on hormone replacement which is helping but not solving the problem. During the time I wasn’t on the hormone replacement I was fine for the first few days, and then I became a
seething monster from the depths of hell ready to wreak my fuming hatred upon anyone who breathed within a 5km radius of me. I also was getting hot flushes that got so bad I nearly passed out at the doctor. And I was dealing with being plunged into a huge depression.

So I’m now at risk of the same things you are concerned about, and, I might be able to offer a bit of input. Definitely keep up the calcium, but also remember to have vitamin D, as this helps with the body processing the calcium. I think magnesium helps the vitamin D work better too. Some supplements have a mixture of these vitamins. There are also different types of calcium (citrate, carbonate, etc.) which absorb differently. But you should mainly rely on it from food sources. And the exercise is definitely going to be helpful. You could also consider bone density testing to see if there is any noticeable change you need to be concerned about before things become a problem.

I hope that helps.
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I'm Peri-Menopausal so I'm still having periods basically (erratic as they may be)... Hot flushes and night sweats, I can tick those boxes. I tend to spend my time in the mornings trying to cool down and then again late in the evening and just for fun though-out the night too. My memory is shot to bits from meds and menopause (doomed) and I have lots of swelling in my ankles and feet So far these are my only complaints. I did notice them first last winter when it was snowing and I was at the back door dressed for summer in my summer pjs hoping to feel a cold breeze! Because of being Bipolar my doc will not give me any treatments and has said basically I just have to deal with it.

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I did notice them first last winter when it was snowing and I was at the back door dressed for summer in my summer pjs hoping to feel a cold breeze! Because of being Bipolar my doc will not give me any treatments and has said basically I just have to deal with it.
Mostly, I have very few symptoms. I have now gone a few more months without a period but technically I am not in menopause because I had one (a short one) in june.

For traveling lady, I did talk to my doctor but she said she was not concerned it was anything other than a period... which she said can be very rare at the end. In the last few years (probably due to menopause symptoms that I didn't know were menopause) I had several vaginal ultrasounds. And a regular exam.

My biggest symptom seems to be a weird sort of body temp instability. I get very hot throw off the covers and then, get very cold. Put the covers back on again, get hot, then throw them off, get cold.
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