Have I Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Get a Second Chance in Midlife?

I thought I would take some time to fill you in on my HRT journey, seeing as I have dragged you all through the misery of getting it with me! It’s been six weeks since I started using Oestrogel and I have now been on two rounds of Utrogestan (progesterone tablets), which I take before …

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall is the HRT Working After All?

I was lucky enough to have a counselling session the morning after I ended my last post and I was back in what I like to call my “sane mind.” I could think more clearly and went into the session with the aim of getting some ideas and techniques I could practice to help me stay in …

Chaos, Tears, Self-Imposed ‘Shoulds and The Unwelcome Return of Auntie Flo

Last week, I ended my post by saying I was going to start focusing on what I could control. Someone was definitely having a laugh with me that night. I got a grand total of 2 hours and 1 minute of sleep. At 3:45 a.m., I gave up and went downstairs. I cleaned the kitchen, …

Nausea and New Beginnings: My HRT Journey Finally Starts

Last week, I left you at the point where I had managed to bag a telephone appointment that very morning to talk to my doctor. She called me just after 10 a.m., apologising for the blood pressure machine not working properly. She said she didn’t want to put me on blood pressure medication yet but …

Haircuts and Heart Monitors: My Midlife Crisis Continues

Despite my blood pressure woes, I somehow managed to turn my mood around, which was fortunate as we had a rather sociable weekend. We had a wedding reception on the Friday evening at the stunning Woodhall Manor. It really had the wow factor. It was a friend of the husband, and we had a really …

A Menopause Free Minute to Cat Crisis and a New HRT Hurdles

The clouds of misery seem to have dispersed, for now. I’m too cynical to believe that they have disappeared completely. I’ve spent those days of normality trying to do as much as I possibly can whilst I have the emotional bandwidth, it's nice not to feel like it’s waiting for certain death at any given …

The Never-Ending Journey For The Solution to My Midlife Sorrows

When Wednesday arrived, I took a much-needed day off after all the doctor drama earlier that week. I went to London to meet my friend for lunch, ate and drank what I wanted, and didn't think about all the turmoil I'd been feeling. I wanted to forget everything for just one day, and I did. …

Menopause Mayhem – The Saga Continues

It was 9:30 a.m. on a Saturday, and I had just woken up. Wow! And I didn’t want to cry!!! I grabbed my laptop and sat downstairs with a cup of tea, thankful that we now had milk! I had a productive morning and decided to take a break and see how the husband was …

Back Home to Hormonal Havoc and Riding the Meltdown Merry-Go-Round

Before we leave Tintagel for Padstow we go for breakfast, I really fancied a full English. We find a nice cafe, and order drinks as I eagerly scanned the menu. NO FULL ENGLISH. I actually wanted to cry, my mind went back to my niece’s wedding meltdown, that is exactly what I felt like doing. …