Sorry you are going through this Sandi - I am here if you want to talk. Take care, Cori

Isn't this fun? Just think, someday, we won't be going through it. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, right??

I can't stand the headache - nothing bothers me more. It gets to wear you want to bury your head under your bed covers and not come out!!!

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I haven't had a period for more than 5 months, and while I could do without the other symptoms, this one makes me VERY happy.

I wanted to just stay in the bed where I was comfortable and warm but forced myself to get up and get ready for work. I'm wishing I had gone ahead and took the day off, because I feel so very yucky.

Hi ya! Isn't this perimeno thing just a fine mess that Mother Nature created? The Emperor has no clothes and Mother Nature must be a ditzy peroxide blonde!ha. I had missed last months (I think) or it was early...gotta start jotting it down, tho it seems to have no pattern or reason or rhyme.....So....I got double doozied and it's making up for lost time. I'm using those big ole pads (good thing baggie pants are still in!)because with tampons...don't think it's too good to be plugging up the hoo hoo for so long. I'd be afraid of toxic shock syndrome. Although I have had a nagging headache goin' on for too many fort nights...whatever that is!...I know it's just another perimeno yukky.I swear, it feels like when I was a teen and had those "bad ones" and just like back in the Stone Age, every time I get up it's drip, drip, drip! Gross, I know. And everytime I pee (since I've already ooked you guys out) it looks like I massacred a small creature in the toilet. When menopause finally (if ever) arrives, I'm gonna buy a whole drawer full of white undies!!!!! Hugs to you kiddo!

Aww you poor thing, I know just what it is like, the headaches are the worst thing as they affect your whole body, its not bad enough that the cramps near cause you to commit grievous bodily harm to those around you, the headaches make you want to kill anything that makes a noise... I had one that was so bad I ended up banging my head on the wall TRUTH, of course it did nothing for my head at all.

There is light at the end of the tunnel, I have not had a period for 5 yrs now, the headaches are not so bad, and I dont have them as often, thehy are managable.
Be kind to yourself, rest if you feel the need, dont try and do everything yourself.
HUgs huni.
Anne

My headache is gone this morning, which is a big relief, but you put it just right, Sagey, every time I pee, toilet looks like I have severed a major artery. And, oh yes, pads are a must. What is it with the worrying about death? I, too, think I will get toxic shock syndrome. I used to use only tampons and now won't put one in at all scared it will kill me and the coroner will have to pull the plug after I'm gone. What a glorious time in our lives.

Actually, one inserted tampon might just go flying across the room with one good cough anyway! Yeah, I know...kegal, kegal, kegal......