My glass is half full

Three weeks into my 56th year, and I'm bleeding again. I haven't missed
any periods (at least, I think I haven't) and so I'm probably not even in
sight of the end. I may outlast sue mullen. (Are you out there, sue?)

If I think of the women who are missing 6-8 periods in a row only to
start again, I'm a bit envious. I know they're pissed when they start
again, and I understand why, but still.

But then I think of the women who are hemorrhaging for six weeks at a
time, and on balance, I have to say that I'm pretty lucky. Since the UAE
I don't bleed much (hence not being quite sure that I haven't skipped a
period) and these periods aren't particularly inconvenient. In fact, it
took two years after the UAE to use up the supplies I had already laid in
for the next period.

So all in all, I can't complain. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. :-)

Chak

--
A woman who seeks to be equal with men lacks ambition.
--Fortune cookie

"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99389D91D9555chakolatehotmailcom@207.115.3 3.102...
> Three weeks into my 56th year, and I'm bleeding again. I haven't missed
> any periods (at least, I think I haven't) and so I'm probably not even in
> sight of the end. I may outlast sue mullen. (Are you out there, sue?)

You never know, those periods may stop suddenly,unusual but it does
happen.Does late menopause run in the family?

> If I think of the women who are missing 6-8 periods in a row only to
> start again, I'm a bit envious. I know they're pissed when they start
> again, and I understand why, but still.

Yeah, those missing months are a reprieve but when they do come back, boy
does it *#!&#! one off to be so far yet back to square one.

Roseanne

"foggydoggy" <foggydoggy@cogeco.ca> wrote in news:awN4i.221$aX.39
@read1.cgocable.net:

> You never know, those periods may stop suddenly,unusual but it does
> happen.Does late menopause run in the family?
>

Beats me. My mother never spoke of it, my older sister is pretending
she's too young for such things, and my younger sister died at 42.

Not that family history counts for anything anyway, at least as far as
meno is concerned.

Chak

--
A woman who seeks to be equal with men lacks ambition.
--Fortune cookie

Thank you for reminding me to count my blessings -- at least my periods are
rare!

ep

"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99389D91D9555chakolatehotmailcom@207.115.3 3.102...
> Three weeks into my 56th year, and I'm bleeding again. I haven't missed
> any periods (at least, I think I haven't) and so I'm probably not even in
> sight of the end. I may outlast sue mullen. (Are you out there, sue?)
>
> If I think of the women who are missing 6-8 periods in a row only to
> start again, I'm a bit envious. I know they're pissed when they start
> again, and I understand why, but still.
>
> But then I think of the women who are hemorrhaging for six weeks at a
> time, and on balance, I have to say that I'm pretty lucky. Since the UAE
> I don't bleed much (hence not being quite sure that I haven't skipped a
> period) and these periods aren't particularly inconvenient. In fact, it
> took two years after the UAE to use up the supplies I had already laid in
> for the next period.
>
> So all in all, I can't complain. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. :-)
>
> Chak
>
> --
> A woman who seeks to be equal with men lacks ambition.
> --Fortune cookie
>
>
>
>

On May 22, 11:29 pm, Chakolate <chakolateDeathToSpamm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Three weeks into my 56th year, and I'm bleeding again. I haven't missed
> any periods (at least, I think I haven't) and so I'm probably not even in
> sight of the end. I may outlast sue mullen. (Are you out there, sue?)

You're gonna hafta pass me first! 59.5 and going strong....

Well, actually, I've missed a period now. And begun hot flashes
again. :-/

JustGB

JustGB <gettingbttr@gmail.com> wrote in news:1179951853.715500.247730
@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

> Well, actually, I've missed a period now. And begun hot flashes
> again. :-/
>

It's a mixed blessing, innit? You don't want hot flashes, but you know
that they signal the beginning of the end.

Congrats on the skip.

Chak

--
A woman who seeks to be equal with men lacks ambition.
--Fortune cookie