I am 36 years old for the record. And, I am going though perimonopause. Which is the period BEFORE menopause. I lived in denial for all most a year that this is wht was happening to me. How you ask. Trust me when you don't want to know something you will do anything to avoid looking at it in the face. All though all the symptoms are diffrent there was one that slapped me in the face so HARD it took me six months to recognize it for what it was.

Perimenopausal Menorrihigia ( I believe I have that spelled correctly). This is where your hormones dive in the toilet and you get harsh periods. So heavy it makes you feel as if you've split open a vein some place. Cramps that feel like a vice ect and so on. How do they treat this do you ask? Birth control! I suppose i'm writing this somewhat vague post to help someone else who might be where I was when I was ignoring my symptoms. Mine are as follows

Cold (after most of my life all ways being hot, I am now cold ALL the time)

Heavy Periods (see above paragraph on what it was)

Attitude (and I do not mean happyness, I mean pin the badge on me b*tch!)

My family was beside themselves. They knew something was wrong but had no idea what to do about it. So, they decided that they were going to send me to the Doctor. Gyno more specifically. And, fighting and clawing and screaming there was nothing wrong with me I went. After tests that included an untra sound (nothing found other than about 3 cups full of fluid for my next cycle *sighs*) I was sent home with birth control. I didn't notice anything for a while. But, my family did except that week when you are on the sugar pills, the mad woman with no hormones sometimes comes out to play. And, when I get brave and go off my birth control.

I actually went off them for a week thinking I could beat this on my own. WRONG! So WRONG, I could not. See it's not my fault that my hormones are off, it's not my fault i'm pissy without them. It's a medical condition. Something that I have to accept. By the way, I haven't accepted it yet totally. I still think that I sould be super woman. That I should be able to handle a little hormone flux. pift! as if, I need the hormones to get along this little issue. Hopefully it will help me to better acclimate myself to menopause when it hits.

How about you?

With all the e-readers out there (such as the kindle) do you posses books anymore?

I do. I enjoy holding a rue book in my hand with all the paper and ink. I think it's a shame that some people will not posses a book anymore. I have looked at the E-Readers out there and while one is on my list for the future, I will not be getting rid of my books anytime soon. I adore my books. For me it's an escape into another world for a time, and I dosen't matter what kind of book it is, fiction, non fiction, ect.

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