hormonal imbalance and health

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Thanks Kacey

I had been doing very well and now am experiencing more symptoms

again. I am very sure that hormones are involved as I have just

started having a return of hot flashes. I am getting them several

times an hour and perimenopause is very very hard on anyone having

any kind of autoimmune problem. My mood swings are worse than my

physical problems! It is just almost unbelievable how much hormone

fluctuations can cause depression and severe irritability. I find

myself reduced to tears over everything and the whole experience is

humbling at the compexity of our bodies and how they can bring us to

our knees!(me anyway---makes me feel like a real wussy!).

Seriously, I can't stress enough to women between the ages of 35 and

55 how much havoc perimenopausal hormone imbalance can play with

your emotional and physical health. Of course, it doesn't have to,

some women have very little or no symptoms. But it is nice to know

what could be causing us to suddenly feel like garbage after

thinking we are improving. For those of us in this age range, I

found this on a medical site:

List of COMMON symptoms during perimenopause:

hot flashes, irregular heartbeats, mood swings, sudden tears,

crashing fatigue,feelings of dread, doom, aching, sore joints,

muscles and tendons, increased tension in muscles resultings in

muscle spasms and cramps, headache, nausea, depression, sudden bouts

of bloat, EXABERATION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, hair loss or thinning

of head, pubic or whole body hair, dizziness, electric shock

sensation under the skin and in the head, tingling in the

extremities, gum problems, burning tongue, tinnitus and many many

more. Even women on the antibiotic therapy I am on have said that

they didn't make real progress until their hormones were balanced.

So never minimize the role hormone imbalance can play in our

health.

Hugs, Kathy

-- In , " kaceybu02 " <kaceyalong@h...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Kathy!

>

> It's always great to hear from you! I'm doing better and better!

> There's still problems of course, but I'm managing everything much

> better these days. I have high hopes for 2006, as there should be

> an increase in media attention surrounding breast implant

> complications. There's a project in the works that should help

> educate the public on the risks of plastic surgery. I'm still as

> active as ever (with plenty of breaks for resting as I just

got

> back from taping a new talk show in New York two weeks ago. It

> should be airing this month sometime. I'll definitely keep

everyone

> posted as to any new developments.

>

> I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday and are feeling

> healthier than ever!

> Kacey

>

>

>

>

> > >

> > > Merry Christmas everyone!

> > >

> > > A friend of mine has just landed a great job in local news

(DFW

> > > area)! One of her early projects is to air a story on the

risks

> > > associated with breast augmentation.

> > >

> > > She has interviewed me, but would like to interview 1 or 2

other

> > > women who have suffered a variety of problems (from local to

> > > systemic).

> > >

> > > If you are interested, and live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area,

> > > please send an email to amgonzalez@k...

> > >

> > > This is time sensitive, so please send an email ASAP!

> > >

> > > So far, this station is the only one that has not aired a

piece

> on

> > > the dangers of breast augmentation (at least for the 2 years

or

> so

> > > that I've been talking publically). You never know, it could

> even

> > go

> > > national!

> > >

> > > Hope I see you on tv soon! Merry Christmas all!

> > > Kacey

> > >

> > > the email again is amgonzalez@k...

> > >

> >

>