tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post3718878535041080615..comments2023-12-31T08:43:00.853+00:00Comments on Wife in the North: The last 100 dayswife in the northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-15743387455293463162011-06-09T19:08:00.893+01:002011-06-09T19:08:00.893+01:00Well what else could I say,I think just about ever...Well what else could I say,I think just about everything has been covered from strange herbal remedy's,Alzheimer's,witches coven's being skint,hot flashes & flushes mood swings and '''HEARRRS JOHHHNNYY ''' axe swinging moments well not quite that bad ha ha <br /><br />But on said subject of The Guinea Pig,I hope you realise that these creatures like to nibble and chew,as I found out in 1979 when my father decided to let our so cute Abyssinian guinea pig run free in our living room (I know you don't have to say anything)WELL It decided to chew the cables of the music centre (remember them) I now know where Spielberg got the Idea for Jaws !! he must have had a guinea pig too ,the smell and the frazzled little body still remains with me today. So for goodness sake if you get a guinea pig DON'T LET IT GO NEAR WIRES !!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407629121962352430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-77890122673396954612010-04-14T21:38:28.660+01:002010-04-14T21:38:28.660+01:00is the hair on your face growing, do you start to ...is the hair on your face growing, do you start to need reading glasses, you can`t colour your hair as fast as the grays are coming back????????<br />Well, there you have it. Menopause is around the corner... or maybe just already comfortably sitting at your table. Don`t worry, it will get the best of us. I`m dealing with it, but I`m happy to be alive and healthy. Never felt better in my body.blossomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-616566247568133202009-05-22T13:02:51.181+01:002009-05-22T13:02:51.181+01:00.You always give me a smile. I'm the same age as y....You always give me a smile. I'm the same age as you and I've been declared that I'm going through the peri menopause. My GP says she keeps seeing women younger and younger. Also seeing very young women starting their periods early. My friend's daughter has just started at ten. I seriously wonder if all the parabens have something to do with our bodies going so haywire hormonally? I don't have the flashes or memory loss but very heavy bleeding, weight-gain etc. I did get my hormone levels checked and I'm very high on oestrogen and low on progesterone. I've started a course of bioidentical hormones and I wish I could tell you they've really helped but no luck so far. They do taste yummy if you get the chocolate flavoured ones. I'm way too scared to try anything stronger however just because of the breast cancer linksJosephine Tale Peddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431330956687490112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-50317249851062826072009-05-07T14:32:00.000+01:002009-05-07T14:32:00.000+01:00I sympathise....you may be broke and feel headed t...I sympathise....you may be broke and feel headed toward menopause (a fate that awaits all creatures (un?)fortunate enough to be born sans penis.<br /><br />My last 100 days have seen me also 'broke' and now toothless. I resemble a hag if you look closely enough so have taken to covering my mouth like dear anorexic 'Posh' before she had her teeth done.<br /><br />Saying that, I'm on a liquid diet, so I shall be skinny at some point i imagine. Toothless and skinny. Actually I'm going to resemble a hag even more (sigh)"Moaning Mum"https://www.blogger.com/profile/11703637188468340871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-5566664256462284652009-05-06T16:46:00.000+01:002009-05-06T16:46:00.000+01:00thanks for all the advice
re swearing mother: I lo...thanks for all the advice<br />re swearing mother: I love the idea of wandering round a shop muttering "menopause, menopause" . I may try it myself next time I want to clear a shop and get straight to the front of a queue.<br />re Black Cohosh: I'm going to go into the health food shop and say "Umm what was it again? I want the one that sounds like a movie with Russsell Crow in it...????" and see what I come out with.wife in the northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-3419315568777499192009-05-06T10:51:00.000+01:002009-05-06T10:51:00.000+01:00Surely you can't wait to get off at menopause city...Surely you can't wait to get off at menopause city? It always sounds lots of fun- you can do anything (anything!) and blame it on hormones. I suggest you start a list of all the irrational and unreasonable things you're going to do over the next few years, excellent fun. MHMillennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-64340687708319493192009-05-06T03:37:00.000+01:002009-05-06T03:37:00.000+01:00What a delightful presentation, Judith. Well done!...What a delightful presentation, Judith. Well done! Great to see you in action.<br /><br />Glad that Yvonne caught part of it, so we can see what you're doing. Thanks, Yvonne.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-87635791424545172912009-05-05T22:54:00.000+01:002009-05-05T22:54:00.000+01:00http://www.youtube.com/user/clik365
This is the l...http://www.youtube.com/user/clik365<br /><br />This is the link for the video clip, I`ll delete it if it`s not any good. xYvonne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873321999543311944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-40892268000385048092009-05-05T22:53:00.000+01:002009-05-05T22:53:00.000+01:00The reading at the Laing was brilliant, everyone e...The reading at the Laing was brilliant, everyone enjoyed it. The link to the video clip is<br />http://www.youtube.com/user/clik365<br />I can delete it if it`s not very good quality.Yvonne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873321999543311944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-73025511143286524322009-05-04T19:39:00.000+01:002009-05-04T19:39:00.000+01:00Do you have a naturopath in your area?
my...Do you have a naturopath in your area?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />my pregnancy blog: www.beanma.comBeanMahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176064784713530088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-63190480910753449862009-05-04T18:40:00.000+01:002009-05-04T18:40:00.000+01:00nice. the guinea pig can be your surrogate baby, s...nice. the guinea pig can be your surrogate baby, so you can sort of feel like Sarah Jessica Parker for a while, all glam (and I bet she's peri-menopausal too)and skinny.<br /><br />i might get a guinea pig as well.<br /><br />altho i think a dog is enough. especially one that eats the rubber trim off the windows of your husband's classic car. but that's another story altogether.<br /><br />pigxPig in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631525119816074013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-32865749311961418022009-05-03T21:00:00.000+01:002009-05-03T21:00:00.000+01:00Over-active mind sounds right to me too. It's you...Over-active mind sounds right to me too. It's your body's sign to warn you to slow/calm down before you make yourself ill. I do it under stress too, I also misjudge distances and walk into doorways and through them, and that's when I make a conscious decision to relax. I suppose I'm peri-menopausal, but with no apparent symptoms yet, and I'm more than a decade older than you, so don't assume anything.<br /><br />I rather love Sunshine's comment and hope she starts writing on her blog.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-5283130758638309192009-05-03T09:27:00.000+01:002009-05-03T09:27:00.000+01:00Oh ... to be able to write like you, and make even...Oh ... to be able to write like you, and make even the down times sound up!debra@dustjackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397055465607649038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-44604588719158137802009-05-03T08:54:00.001+01:002009-05-03T08:54:00.001+01:00I think, given your obvious writing talents, you s...I think, given your obvious writing talents, you should write a series of humorous books. You would make a fortune. This posting was very funny and made me laugh. In fact, my wife had a go at me because I was unable to contain my mirth. I am a compulsive "laugh out louder" and find it almost impossible to internalize my amusement. I also think you should post more frequently, as we don't hear so much from you these days, although I suppose your life was turned upside down with the publication of the book. Good luck with the Guinea Pig! They are wonderful animals and hard not to love. I might be wrong, but something tells me they get along well with rabbits??Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17505047139214585344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-52325195933897102692009-05-03T08:54:00.000+01:002009-05-03T08:54:00.000+01:00First, it's great to see you back. I kept wonderin...First, it's great to see you back. I kept wondering (and worrying a bit) about what had happened to you.<br /><br />OH, for heaven's sakes. <br /><br />Menopause is not the end of the world. It is not "mental-pause"; we all go through that same thing at some stage. (The gray inside my head is changing from brain into silly-putty, unfortunately.) And, contrary to the thinking of "family affairs," they are neither hot flushes or flashes; they are "<I><B>power surges</B></I>." (Oh, I see "sunshine" beat me to that one.) HRT can be helpful, unless you have a personal or family history of breast cancer -- in which case you need to proceed with extreme caution. (Women in our family do.)<br /><br />Why does it take a male bear to explain these things?<br /><br />I also thought of trying to re-start my flagging journalistic career. The flag I ended up waving was white. <br /><br />And by all means, a dog is a good thing. Takes you for walks (fresh air, sunshine, etc.) and gives unconditional love.<br /><br />The one thing which puzzled me was that "friends and former colleagues have been made redundant." Strange. Why?Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-62775846227263444332009-05-02T21:50:00.000+01:002009-05-02T21:50:00.000+01:00Squeezed for cash? Maybe Frustrated Stay At Home M...Squeezed for cash? Maybe Frustrated Stay At Home Mum can help you with my "Credit Crunch Tips for the Cashflow Challenged!" www.frustratedstay-at-homemum.blogspot.com<br />... can't help you with the hot flushes, though...hot water bottle filled with ice-cubes perhaps?Natasha Reddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07674631824066307543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-78459619208625964822009-05-02T16:42:00.000+01:002009-05-02T16:42:00.000+01:00You've made me feel a whole lot better about mixin...You've made me feel a whole lot better about mixing up words, thought it was just me who had gone mad!!<br /><br />CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-46288072361385553942009-05-02T06:00:00.000+01:002009-05-02T06:00:00.000+01:00I agree with Frankofile - get the dog now. It the...I agree with Frankofile - get the dog now. It then becomes the perfect excuse for not buying any more pets which it might eat.occasional northernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937407254161207915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-74944161493486352292009-05-01T22:37:00.000+01:002009-05-01T22:37:00.000+01:00http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=32962
...http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=32962<br /><br />http://www.beautifulonraw.com/raw-food-blog/raw-food-lifestyle/raw-foods-and-menopause/<br /><br />Fionagoodnessgrawcious!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13471860827464563396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-81354339792550449052009-05-01T20:15:00.000+01:002009-05-01T20:15:00.000+01:00All things considered, your last 100 days have pro...All things considered, your last 100 days have probably been harder than Barack Obama's. Mind you, he's possibly had a couple of hot flushes too.Wifeoverseashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09792111761664103330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-68287929640323304252009-05-01T20:00:00.000+01:002009-05-01T20:00:00.000+01:00Lovely to see you back in the land of blogging. I ...Lovely to see you back in the land of blogging. I was beginning to get a bit worried about you.<br /><br />Now about this word mixing up thing - it's nothing to do with your pre menopausal state. I have done it for some years (and I'm a male!) I just take comfort in the fact that the human brain is like a water filled sponge and if you add more water to it, some has to drop out!<br /><br />Last week we attended the wedding of a relative and my wife decided to wear a fascinator. I commented on the fact that her new "terminator" looked good on her!<br /><br />Now to get over all the worries of the worlds present economic state/menopause/lack of funds/inability to knit or make jam, what you need to do is get a chocolate Labrador dog. Our youngest daughter bought us one for our Ruby Wedding Anniversary.(Incedentally she was called "Ruby") She gives total and unconditional love and affection no matter what. Just to look into her soft appealing brown eyes and all the cares of the world disappear! She is super with children, and in the 20 months we have owned her she has become a much loved member of the family. They don't cost a fortune - try your local dog rescue servic. - Oh, by the way, a good brisk daily walk with your labrador is bound to help your hot flashes!!!!billatbingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113169986528999181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-34400436258706811242009-05-01T19:27:00.000+01:002009-05-01T19:27:00.000+01:00"Over here" we call them "power surges"! I cannot..."Over here" we call them "power surges"! I cannot be very encouraging about the length of time you may suffer with them, as I am almost 68 and still have them. On the 10th and 25th of the month (I can only assume that is when I had my period or ovulated), I am hot, bloated, very irritable -- they may never disappear. Tell hubby for me, that the window will be open for the next several years, and flannel jammies and extra blankets will help him!<br /><br />Re: drugs ----- I strongly recommend Xanax for every other member of your family. Then when you are acting irrational, they can just smile benignly and pat you and say "we love you anyway"!<br /><br />The jury is very much still out on low-dose HRT, but compared to being sent to prison for the murder of your entire family (including the guinea pig), a little breast cancer isn't so bad. Just get checked regularly so it's a "light case" as mine was. It can be removed if it comes back a second go-round, but murder and insanity are forever!!sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577409248867401730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-3044536613074717352009-05-01T17:06:00.000+01:002009-05-01T17:06:00.000+01:00I check your blog every day hoping that you have b...I check your blog every day hoping that you have been given the time to share with the rest of us the goings on in your head. Your way with words inspires me and I have missed hearing about your wacky world in the North of England. What a fun life it would be if we could be neighbors! Feel better. Oh, did you kown that guinea pigs are a delicacy in Peru?~elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825454726693303559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-54421960737697922332009-05-01T15:37:00.000+01:002009-05-01T15:37:00.000+01:00I think a bona fide support group is forming!I think a bona fide support group is forming!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-21076498561672972682009-05-01T14:34:00.000+01:002009-05-01T14:34:00.000+01:00Except for the random hairs that I tweeze from my ...Except for the random hairs that I tweeze from my chin, menopause rocks. I finally have an excuse for my less than perfect self.<br /><br />"I'm getting old - what do you want from me?"<br /><br />But perhaps that's because my eyesight's shot as well, so I don't scare myself as sufficiently as I otherwise might.<br /><br />But never in my young life did I ever imagine myself huddled over a magnifying mirror in the glaring sunlight in the bathroom, hunting for stray hairs.<br /><br />It's humbling.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350532214928944088noreply@blogger.com