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Because stumbling blindly through menopause is less fun than it sounds

Don’t hate me because I manage to avoid holiday shopping

December10

Okay, go ahead and hate me if you want – I would!

It helps not to have kids. Let’s face it – that’s probably where the majority of you spend your holiday shopping time. And having a very small family helps as well. Don’t get me wrong I have a great family – there just aren’t many of them – and there are no young kids anymore.

With the little family that we do have living half a country away, a lot of our holiday gifts are in the form of things that can be shipped like wine and floral arrangements. My husband and I have agreed to share something for the household – and he will schedule it and get it done.

During the year, when I check out various craft fairs, etc. I purchase trinkets I like that could easily serve as holiday gifts for any of the few women that are in my family.

So all things considered I really only shop for my Mom. And she’s so tough to buy for I do that year round as I find things I think/hope would appeal to her.

The holidays are so crazed. Business is demanding, holiday parties are grueling (whether I attend them or throw them) that perhaps the best present I give myself – is to avoid holiday shopping.

And from a menopausal point-of-view, the thought of traipsing through a department store, or in and out of stores at an outdoor mall sends a shiver of terror up my spine equal to none. Have you ever – in the years since menopause has descended – been on an epic shopping expedition without major hot flash, sweaty, tear your jacket off and fan yourself with your gloves moments? I haven’t.

 

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Have You Had This Hormone Conversation With Your Doctor? Aaaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!

October28

Your doctor asks “What seems to be the problem?”

And you respond “Well doctor, over the last quarter I’ve been experiencing heat waves or hot flashes. I have observed that they are the worst after my morning shower. I have adjusted my shower temperature and my room thermostat to no avail. I have begun washing my hair at night to reduce the amount of heat applied to my head from hot water, the hair dryer and the flat iron, with no discernible improvement.

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