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[Selkie]

KNOTTED, YOU WILL NOT LIKE PERIMENOPAUSE. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE. IT WILL REALLY P*** YOU OFF IN MANY WAYS. I personally do not enjoy the feeling, for example, that someone is holding a blowtorch to my face when I have a hot flash. Arrrr.

All sing together "I enjoy being a girl!" Then we'll go find Nancy Kwan and paste her one right in the teeth.

I'm 43 and know that menopause is on my horizon. I've made the decision to stay on the pill until my gyn is sure I'm through it. My mom had a horrific time during menopause and started going through it at age 45.

[Lise]

Knotted, get a grip! Focus and channel all your energy into getting some! Like I'm one to talk.

Remember, on the bike, you are a superhero. Or at least that's what I tell myself. Hang in there, my friend.

[Nanci]

Lise, don't think of this as medical _advice_ , just a sharing of knowledge.

Do you think a person might reasonably expect to have started menopause by 53?

Would a hormonal BC devise have any effect on the onset?

Just curious...

Nanci

(My best friend of all time got pregnant when she was 40, horror of horrors, by accident. When I asked her how this could have possibly happened, she told me she just assumed she was too old to conceive!) (She's had a rough year- her husband turned into a woman after 25 years...) (So she had to get divorced from "Jenna.")

[Nanci]

Hey Fish,

I was reading in New York Times today that your state has "Rent-A-Convict!" You just call the sheriff, tell them how many warm bodies you need, and they drop them off, then pick them up! Some work for free, others for minimum wage, but don't worry- the sheriff takes most of that for expenses anyway. :-) You could have more time to ride with them doing the yardwork for you!

Just an idea...

Nanci

[Lise]

Lise, don't think of this as medical _advice_ , just a sharing of knowledge.

Do you think a person might reasonably expect to have started menopause by 53?

Would a hormonal BC devise have any effect on the onset?

Just curious...

Nanci

(My best friend of all time got pregnant when she was 40, horror of horrors, by accident... (She's had a rough year- her husband turned into a woman after 25 years...)

Good Lord. I'll say no more about the "Jenna" situation. 40 is far from too old to conceive!

53 is definitely in the menopausal range. Most of the symptoms we associate with menopause are from decreasing estrogen, so using a hormonal BC method could blunt the effects

[crazycanuck]

Oh i'm a dork...Lise i was wandering around today thinking about what funky things (besides tim tams) i could send you...DOn't hit me-I thought what about a bottle of wine...Then thought..err no...Lise doesn''t drink..but then i thought i wonder if you'd serve it to company.... hmmm...

Btw..has anyone tried Honeystingers?? I found some on a NSW website & was wondering..


c

[DrBee]

Hey Fish,

I was reading in New York Times today that your state has "Rent-A-Convict!" You just call the sheriff, tell them how many warm bodies you need, and they drop them off, then pick them up! Some work for free, others for minimum wage, but don't worry- the sheriff takes most of that for expenses anyway. :-) You could have more time to ride with them doing the yardwork for you!

Just an idea...

Nanci

I did not know that. Mr. Fish says we have the remnants of a fig tree that they could remove I did see a group of them at the corner on my last ride. The all gave me a big smile...I pedaled a bit faster. I know they wash the sheriff's car regularly...

[DrBee]

Lise, don't think of this as medical _advice_ , just a sharing of knowledge.

Do you think a person might reasonably expect to have started menopause by 53?

Would a hormonal BC devise have any effect on the onset?

Just curious...

Nanci

(My best friend of all time got pregnant when she was 40, horror of horrors, by accident. When I asked her how this could have possibly happened, she told me she just assumed she was too old to conceive!) (She's had a rough year- her husband turned into a woman after 25 years...) (So she had to get divorced from "Jenna.")

Yeesh! I'm not even going to go there. I knew of a famous Evolutionary Biologist that was always very gruff and was known for being rough on people at conferences (even students). Sometime around 1998/1999, in his 50's, turned into a woman and then eventually ran for Mayor of San Francisco (Joan Roughgarden). MP - do you know who this is?

[Nanci]

Fish, the article said they were always polite and helpful. Glad to get out, I guess!!

Crazy- I'll trade, I'll trade!! But yes, I have had Honey Stingers and like them a lot. They come in a lot of flavors!

We have a friend here who was a NASA payload specialist before turning female. EXTREMELY intelligent (duh!) But she's 6'2" with 44DDs and man-hands. Is she really happier now?

Nanci

[maillotpois]

Knotted - thanks for rolling up your sleeves and preparing to go to battle against scheduling trolls for me! Maybe this would be a good outlet for your hormones?

Fish - I do not know that person you referred to who ran for mayor of SF after sex change. Frankly s/he is probably too boring and conservative for SF.

Snap - I loved Twin Peaks, too. That was a pretty creative show.

[Tater]

That turtle in the pic a page or so back looks like he's booking it down the road! Three feet are off the ground!

[Lise]

Oh i'm a dork...Lise i was wandering around today thinking about what funky things (besides tim tams) i could send you...DOn't hit me-I thought what about a bottle of wine...Then thought..err no...Lise doesn''t drink..but then i thought i wonder if you'd serve it to company.... hmmm...

Btw..has anyone tried Honeystingers?? I found some on a NSW website & was wondering..


c

Nope, no wine for me, thanks. Send it to Nanci, and you've made me happy by making my friend happy!

Never tried Honeystingers. I've seen people talking about them on the boards...

[Nanci]

Tater, those Gopher Tortoises can run! I think that pic was taken at Kennedy Space Center. That's exactly what they look like when they're running down a paved bike trail. They get tired pretty fast, and flop down with a big huff, then get up and run again.

(That's what my baby Cracker Chicken will grow into in many years).

[Tater]

Tater, those Gopher Tortoises can run! I think that pic was taken at Kennedy Space Center. That's exactly what they look like when they're running down a paved bike trail. They get tired pretty fast, and flop down with a big huff, then get up and run again.

(That's what my baby Cracker Chicken will grow into in many years).

How cool!!

[DrBee]

MP - I was wrong, she wasn't running for mayor, but for "the half-time, city council-like position of district supervisor for District 6". She lost.

So - what exactly is a Honeystinger?