Monday, November 7, 2016

Is it Hot in Here?


 

I'm old. I was already under the spell of menopause, and had been enjoying my physician-sanctioned max dose of hormone replacement for a long time. It seemed so easy. "Better living through chemistry" right?

But that's all over now. Estrogen, if you recall, feeds cancer. Sigh....so it's off the table.

And, as a result, the fiery gates of Hell have opened, in the form of the infamous "hot flashes." About every 2 hours or so, it feels as if I have a Grade A sunburn and have just opened the oven door in my face. It lasts about 10 minutes, then, poof, I'm back to my version of normal. My peers have been known to experience a variation which includes sweating like a porcine she-devil, but luckily I've been spared that aspect. And anyway, ladies never sweat, they "glow."

I try to remain focused that in the big picture of things, I'm alive, healing well, and soon will have the tits of a 19-year-old. It could always be worse. But I really miss my estrogen...and sleeping.



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