Originally Posted by ptquilts
Originally Posted by kathymarie
I get a stiff one on my chin that I have to pluck every week or so....my whole face is fuzzier...peach fuzz...yuck! My eyebrows seems to be getting thinner though....so glad not to have a period but why all these other changes. Now that doctors are saying hot flashes are good for women our age I can't complain about them....well...maybe just a little bit....
OK, now tell me why hot flashes are good for us?? :!: I have skipped two periods in a row and am hoping to become the first woman in history to do menopause by quitting cold turkey. My doc is always asking me about it as I am in "peri-menopause"
and I would love to be able to tell her, Yep, I just quit having periods. It's all over now.
Just to let you know. I went through menopause cold turkey, nary a pill, shot, or anything. I didn't have bad night sweats, except that I can't wear a nightgown anymore. Have to wear pajamas (can cut them to below the knees). I told my neighbor to watch and see if I have any personality change and I didn't (thank God for that). I went nine months without a period, and got it, so I had to start all over again. But the next year I was done. I guess my youth just wanted to hang on for one more year and then could fall apart!!!! That was 20 years ago. Time goes fast when you're having fun, I always say! However, I did do the plucking at a place where it wasn't electrolysis, but they did kill the roots. I still have some on my chin, but I have those little buggers under my chin. They are driving me up the wall. They are blond and soft and I can't stand them. Also, I was told that you shouldn't pluck - cut with a cuticle scissors or even an embroidery scissors work. Then they don't grow in like an oak tree! Did you also notice that the hair on your legs stopped growing also? Go figure! I would so much rather shave or cut my legs than my face! Underarms also. You know, it has been said that men look so distinguished when they get older. It's true. Sometimes I look at my husband and just swoon and then I look in the mirror and all I see is a prune!
Edie