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My good friend Nadine hit me with a sobering thought this morning. We were headed to our local gym to meet Laura, Robyn, Tina and few other friends for our regular "We're -not- getting- older -we're - getting- better " workouts when she decided to fill me in on the mornings news.
"I read in the paper today that between the year 2005 and 2030 there will be 1 billion women going through menopause … all at the same time," she said almost innocently. I wasn't quite sure if she thought this was a good thing or a bad thing. But I know what I thought: That's waaay too many of us having hot flashes and mood swings all at the exact same moment. Talk about your weapons of mass destruction . . . .
The funny part is though, that despite what we have all been conditioned to believe or expect, it's not really this thing called menopause that's going to change our lives in any kind of dramatic way. Because - and I'm speaking strictly in medical terms here - menopause is now clinically defined as not having had a menstrual period for 12 months or more.
It is considered the official end to your reproductive years - and for many women that also means an end to some of the most troubling symptoms associated with this time of life - including hot flashes, night sweats, moods swings and those "touch me and I'll kill you " temper outbursts. And, in fact, as lots of women who have already passed through this transition will likely tell you, reaching menopause can seem more like a beginning than an end anyway - the start of the second phase of your life. If you look at gals who have already opened the door for us - incredible, talented, and yes gorgeus women like Diane Sawyer , Oprah Winfrey, Diane Keaton, Tina Turner, Cher, Suzanne Somers, Hillary Clinton - then you know that what's on the other side can be pretty spectacular.
But the getting there - ahhh, now that's a different story. Doctors use the word "perimenopause", which technically means "the years leading up" to menopause - a period than can begin as young as 35 or as late as 50, be as short as one year or as long as ten or more. My friends and I - well we have coined entirely different term to describe this time zone. And if you're just rounded the bend past 40 - and particularly if you are heading towards age 50 - it's likely you've got a few terms of your own to describe this particular time of life. (Does the word "YIKES" come to mind?) As you no doubt already know, it's the perimenopause years that can leave you wondering if anything about life is ever going to seem normal again.
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You pick up the phone to call a client - and while it's ringing, you've completely forgotten whom you've called.
You pick up the phone to call a client - and while it's ringing, you've completely forgotten whom you've called. ·You wake up in the middle of the night warm and flushed and breathing heavy - and sex is the furthest thing from you mind.
You wake up in the middle of the night warm and flushed and breathing heavy - and sex is the furthest thing from you mind. ·The bakery is out of rye bread - and you cry for 40 minutes. In the store.
The bakery is out of rye bread - and you cry for 40 minutes. In the store.·You begin to wonder if it's possible to have PMS for 47 days in a row.
You begin to wonder if it's possible to have PMS for 47 days in a row. ·You are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that global warming has arrived - and it's hovering over your house 24/7.
You are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that global warming has arrived - and it's hovering over your house 24/7. ·You go on vacation and without warning your period arrives - ten days early and heavier than you've ever experienced before.
You go on vacation and without warning your period arrives - ten days early and heavier than you've ever experienced before. If this all sounds a bit too familiar, then you also probably know this can surely be a time that tries a woman's soul, tests her patience, challenges her resolve and in many instances leaves her wondering why, after going through labor, giving birth, raising a family - and breaking through a glass ceiling or two along the way - we now have to put up with THIS! Not to mention a partner whose testosterone levels have been dropping since he hit 35!
But before you get too discouraged, remember, there is an upside. With just a little bit of knowledge - and some patience and resolve - you can discover how to put that "kick" back in your engine, pick up speed, and land feet first in the second half of your life - raring to go! Where do you begin? For me, the best place to start was in discovering my new body - what's changed, what's different, and overall, what I can come to expect from myself and my own slightly used biology, now, and in the years to come.
Although each of us is a totally unique and different woman, in many ways, I have also come to see that the basic blueprint of our lives is cut from the same cloth. In that respect, understanding just a little bit about how that cloth is woven, as well as learning a little something about how to repair those slightly fraying edges, you can make the best of what can be the very best years of your life.
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