We have all seen the game show ‘Wheel of Fortune’, someone spins and has no control on where the wheel stops. The life of a peri-menopausal woman is somewhat similar. Some mornings the wheel stops and you have actually slept more than 3 hours and you have no thoughts of killing the first person that looks at you the wrong way. It’s going to be a good day.
Then sometimes you land on that spot where you are itchy, irritable and feel as though all the moisture has been sucked out of your body from your dry eyes down to your vagina. There is even a few places on the wheel that don’t get talked about much – like the heightened sense of smell, headache verging on migraine and does anyone else land on nausea?
Not to say that I don’t get the $5000- days of energy, mental clarity bordering on genius and a sense that I can conquer the world or at least my corner of it. I can only hope that I get to stay there for awhile.
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Hi, I’ve been enjoying your blog and while I know I’m a year late on this, I just wanted to say that I especially like your take on perimenopause. I’m new to all this, but since you employed the game show metaphor, I wanted to pass along an informative Test Your Menopause I.Q. quiz: http://www.womentowomen.com/community/survey/testyourmenopauseiq.aspx
Hi, Jacqueline
Glad that you enjoy the blog. Thanks for the link, it is an interesting site.