So, for about a week now I have been sick…no, not really sick, just OFF. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why… This weird pressure in my head, then headaches, night sweats, sweating out of the blue during the day, nausea, fatigue, sleeplessness, the list goes on and on. And that’s not all…
Then last night I really didn’t feel good and I thought I had a fever, so I took my temperature. The thermometer said 103 degrees. I thought that wasn’t right so I took it again, right away. Then it said I had a temperature of 99.1. I thought that was strange. Buster told me to take some Tylenol and lay down, so I did. I thought I was coming down with something.
About an hour later, exhausted, I went to bed only to not be able to get comfortable and not sleep. Then when I finally did fall asleep for a couple hours, I woke up around 4 drenched with sweat and freezing!! Then I tried and failed to get comfortable some more til I finally fell back to sleep, covering myself up with the sheet and taking it off again as I went from freezing to overheating several times…Then this morning I was laying in bed feeling not very rested and it came to me….MENOPAUSE!!!!! What was happening last night were extreme HOT FLASHES!!!! I have had them before, but never like this!!
I had a radical (they took EVERYTHING) hysterectomy three years ago and I think it’s finally catching up to me. See your body converts fat cells into estrogen so us “big girls” tend to store up estrogen longer than those who are not as “fluffy”. So all the symptoms I have been having…night sweats, extreme hot flashes, pressure in my head, fatigue, sleeplessness (ironic, huh??), headaches, body aches, dizziness, nausea, the whole works is stinking menopause. I should have known. I figured if I hadn’t had much problems by now, I wouldn’t. HA!!!
My next problem is, I don’t want to take anything that isn’t natural, but that’s all my insurance will pay for, is something I can get from my doctor….I have progesterone cream, but it won’t take care of everything, so I’m not sure what to do. Any suggestions??
AND, I just read that this can go on from 1-10 years!!!! UGH!! Pray for me please!!!
Carry On =)
