Maybe I just need to accept it: I am about to go through menopause.
My blood sugar numbers are fairly regular, so that is a good thing. However, these personal "heat waves" I experience are really dragging me. I feel tired a lot of the time, but I also attribute that to the pain killers and dealing with the back pain.
Next, I sweat. I sweat so much so that when I attempted to dry my hair yesterday, it just would not dry. The back of my head remained soaking wet, so I just pulled my hair back into a pony tail. I hate to do that because it gives off a rather harsh, run-down look to me. Furthermore, you can forget wearing any make-up. Nothing more frustrating than putting on make-up and having it just melt off your face.
My period was already pretty irregular, but now, I am completely off schedule. I got something that resembled a period two weeks off schedule, but was so light, I worried that something else was wrong. This past period crept up on me without much warning, but it only lasted 3 days. Normally, it would be 5-7 days.
I came back into my apartment about 45 minutes ago from walking the dogs. I was sweating and the apartment felt really warm. However, the temperature in the apartment is 69-70 degrees. Good grief...
My face still feels really warm and man, the ice water tastes really good. I figure, maybe the best way to cool off is to drink ice water.
I am not sure what else could be the issue with my body, but I do realize that I am now a woman of a "certain age." This is going to happen no matter what. Times like these, I just wish my mother was alive to ask her questions about all of this.
The piece I really hate and the main reason I see a counselor is that I snap fairly quickly. When things/plans to do not go as planned, I snap. I just want things to go perfectly - I have major issues dealing with stuff that just happens - as I know it will do - it always does.
At some point, all of this will settle down. I just wonder how else I can survive the internal weather changes?
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