Quote Originally Posted by Biciclista View Post
If you're lucky, as you age, you will become wiser. You will learn to appreciate the good things of life and accept the things you can not change. I love the perspective I have gained for being this age. how about that.

Thanks Mimi - I don't mean to imply that I resist getting older. I love the wisdom I'm gaining. And I love that I look silly in lycra and don't give a hoot (at 20 I wouldn't have worn it). I'm okay with the chin hairs that need to be plucked and all the rest. I get that there are benefits that come with aging, don't get me wrong. I like my life.

It's the symptoms that are frightening. It takes a bit of time to adjust to the fact that there may be 5 years of ups and downs yet to adapt to. And from what I'm reading, it's all about what's happening in my ovaries and adrenals - it's not about me suddently turning into a crazy b*%tch. I'm not saying I won't adapt - I was just looking for support from those who've gotten through it that there's a light at the end of the symptom-tunnel. All I need to do is hold steady for a bit.

That's the kind of support we women are often so good at providing for one another.