http://better-menopause.com The Musings of Ms Menopause.... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:41:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What's with this sore breasts & menopause? Why hasn't anyone mentioned this before? Women & their breasts- they might give pleasure to men but they are often a “pain” to us! Who would have thought they would still be causing discomfort long after the periods have stopped? Breast pain & sore nipples ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/22/ They tell me my fall in Peru was caused by altitude sickness but I know better than all those (non-English speaking!!) doctors. I believe it was caused by menopause vagueness and sweaty feet! Haven’t got time to tell that story on my blog. Though I might just give you some ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/menopause-vagueness-and-sweaty-feet/ To HRT, or not to HRT: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of menopause, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To HRT; to HRT…. Couldn’t resist plagiarizing a bit of Shakespeare & doesn’t he put it in ... http://better-menopause.com/natural-relief/to-hrt-or-not-to-hrt-that-is-the-question/ Is it a season of Light? I have reread my first few blogs and realised I have been extremely negative about this whole experience. Sorry about that but, hang on, I am negative about the whole experience! So a change in attitude is called for- there are lots of positive things ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/some-good-things-about-menopause/ As usual I am feeling confused. But this time it’s not just because of the muddled state that I often get into with menopause; its because I am being bombarded with information that I as a layperson find hard to decipher. As they say, just when you thought it was ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/black-cohosh/ Apparently there is a parallel universe inhabited by menopausal women that I neither knew nor cared about…..until I became one. Who knew there was such a market out there for menopausal products? Particularly natural menopause relief products that give natural relief to menopause symptoms.  I guess I shouldn’t be surprised ... http://better-menopause.com/natural-relief/natural-menopause-relief/ It’s hard to find anything worthwhile to read about menopause. Some books take the clinical approach, as if the menopause symptoms and you as a person are two separate things!! Hang on, there is a person here who is feelings these things- I am not a robot! Others are too ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/you-go-girl/ You've probably read enough about hot sweats in my previous posts – its making me feel hot and sweaty just writing about them! Let’s look at some of the other menopause symptoms we are already, or could in the future suffer. You go to a book or web site on menopause and whoa, ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/its-just-menopause/ Talking of sweats I was describing hot flashes to my friends the other day what it is like to have them and be a high school teacher with a class of 30 fifteen year olds while going through menopause. You know kids are pretty adaptable- they soon get used to ... http://better-menopause.com/hot-flashes/hot-flashes/ "Is it hot in here or is it just me?" If I had a dollar for every time I heard that question in the last couple of years! The mantra of the 50’s friendship group! Think of all those songs about hot summer nights - they weren’t written about love & ... http://better-menopause.com/menopause-symptoms/menopause-hot-flash/