“No one has ever talked with me about this,” I said.Body Blossom Revelations remix 12inch limited edition - 6 tracksġ00 copies max on transparent forest green vinyl. As she talked about grieving the loss and moving forward, I immediately burst into tears, and she hugged me tightly. I had dinner with a friend, Piper, recently and she said another friend of hers was going through the same thing. So there’s all that behind this change I’ve moved into. I know that I could always adopt if I really wanted to have kids, and it’s not like I have ever given up the chance to have children. It’s a lot to deal with – being single, not having any kids and now being pushed beyond that point. I can still get pregnant until that time, she said. The last period that I had was in January of this year, and my nurse practitioner said I’m not officially in menopause until I haven’t had a period in a year. I slept in last weekend one day for the first time … in forever. ![]() It also seems to help when I don’t drink regularly (and that’s a good thing for me, too, I know). I am now able to go back to sleep when I’m so rudely woken up, and that is a relief. I started acupuncture a few weeks ago and it slowly seems to be helping. Earlier this week, when I wasn’t feeling well (summer cold), it was also damp behind my knees. There is often a few drops in the crooks of my arms, too. And there is just a small amount of moisture that I can easily wipe away. I feel a wave of heat come over my face, really, so I’m a little prepared. But thinking back now, something similar was happening last fall when I spent the night at a friend’s house … kicking off the covers for a bit, and then diving back under the blankets. (Thanks for that, Clara S.) Initially, I thought that my bedroom might be too warm. I joked with friends about having Bill Clinton eyes. I had been waking up really early for awhile, couldn’t go back to sleep and wasn’t sure why. One of the worst parts of it for me, really over the last year, is interrupted sleep. How does menopause affect sleep patterns? I’m a few years older than my mother was when she went through menopause (which is how clinicians gauge timing) but even that small triumph is not a big consolation. I haven’t been lingering at the fridge but I am experiencing those same hot flashes and night sweats. He asks her if there’s anything that he can do and she says, “no.” I was intrigued by these exchanges because, as a blogger for Slate penned earlier in the year, you don’t often see scenes about menopause on TV. Claire changes the subject.Ī few episodes later, husband Francis mentions that he has seen her lingering at the fridge. ![]() And they live in D.C., so who doesn’t want some additional cool air, especially if it’s summer time? What happens when a woman goes through menopause?īut the female friend initiates a conversation about hot flashes, and asks Claire if she is also getting night sweats. When I was watching, I thought that she was exhausted because the dinner was work-related and she was hitting this couple up for money to support her company. The female friend follows her into the kitchen, and sees her lean in to absorb the cool air. In one of the episodes that I watched, Claire retreats to the kitchen to get more chardonnay for friends who are over for dinner. Like many, I’ve loved watching her since she appeared in “Princess Bride.” Her character in this show is not exactly a princess. I started watching “ House of Cards” recently, after hearing a lot of positive comments on it and watching a bit of the White House correspondents’ dinner (which included a video with Kevin Spacey, one of the show’s main characters, Congressman Francis Underwood).
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