Re: body temperature/Gwen

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Gwen wrote: " If I have known before I apologize but how old are you? I am 53

but

have already gone thorugh menopause!

Depends on the meds but ten to one you are in the middle of menopause!

Sure sounds like it to me! The meds you take can certainly send you

into it early and make the symptoms exactly like you are describing.

Is there a reason you do not want to take med for it? "

Hi Gwen,

I'm 49, and I've been in perimenopause for about two years now. As I said,

though, this just feels different--although I suppose it could just be a new

phase of menopause. As you say, ahhhhhh the joys of being female! The " pause "

part I'm looking forward to; the horror leading up to it is getting real old,

real fast.

I have to stay away from estrogen because I have a precancerous breast. I also

had a bad Pap smear a few years back, some abnormal cells that the gyn froze

off. He monitored me every 3 months for 2 years after that, then every 6 months

for another 2 years, so I guess that's over with--at least for now. Anyway, my

gyn said that not only should I not take estrogen/progesterone, but I shouldn't

even take soy tablets! (But it's okay for me to eat foods containing soy.)

That's why I'm pretty much stuck with the evening primrose and black cohosh, not

to mention warm robes, skimpy jammies, and lots of cool, wet cloths to run over

my face and neck! LOL

If pain doc tells me tomorrow that this inability to regulate my body temp

isn't related to my meds, then I may just have to put a call in to my gyn.

Arghhhhh!

Hugs,

a

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