kathy_caribe wrote:
xtrpickels wrote:
You know the conversation went like this:
Patient: Doc, I don't feel like I did when I was 30 anymore. I'm tired, I don't recover as well, I have hot flashes.
Doctor: Let me run some tests, oh look, you're low on hormones because of the natural process of aging... take this DHEA and you'll feel better.
Patient: Sign me up!
or maybe like this (honestly i have no dog in the fight but it seems like people don't have a clue how debilitating menopause symptoms can be):
pax: doc, i am getting about 2 hours of sleep per night. once i wake up i can't get back to sleep and i have trouble going to sleep in the first place. i have to bring multiple changes of clothing to work because i literally sweat through them in just 1 hot flash (seriously, i work at home and would change my clothing multiple times a day). i have brain fog where i'm worried i'm going to get fired because i no longer can remember people's names let alone work crap.
doc: ah, let me...
pax: and my heart is driving me insane wtih palpitations. i keep thinking i'm going to have a heart attack but i don't have the insurance/funds for a copay to constantly be told "its just menopause". and my husband is ready to leave me - we haven't had sex for 7 months because it just doesn't occur to me anymore and the dryness is debiltating...
doc: ah, HRT!!! YOU NEED HRT!!!
i'll admit this hits close to teh skin because i'm in the midst of 1 year of these "symptoms" and about ready to do HRT but i worry about breast cancer links to HRT... and i used to get sick as a dog when i used to use BCP so there is that too... after you've been dealing with these symptoms for months to years, you too will grasp at any magic a doctor might wave at you.
i don't want to be like i was 30 again but i would like to sleep. i would like to wear the same clothing for more than 2 hours at a time. i would like to workout and be able to recover. i would like to remember things again...
Getting old sucks.
But, none of this is abnormal or unnatural.
So, its a choice to take the medication.
I get it that its no fun, but it is what it is. Unless someone is willing to alter the natural course... then it is whatever you want it to be.
Personally, I'd like to be able to sleep through the night as well, train as much as I did before kids, be as strong as I was in my 20's, have higher bone density so that I wouldn't have broken a hip, wrist and collarbone in the past few years. We all have things we want... but I'm not going to give my kids away or take testosterone to achieve. I'm going to put my head down everyday and do the work with what I have. Everyone has their afflictions.
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xtrpickels: Dec 31, 14 10:06