I went to the courthouse the other day to pick up the tag for the boat trailer. While I was there, I stopped in to see if our good friend and customer, the tax assessor, was there. He has the most wonderful sense of humor in the world and we love him dearly. I guess he has to have a good sense of humor though. His job is demanding and no one wants to see him in their business.
I always tell him if he over taxes me, not only will I give him a crew cut, I'll write bad words with my clippers in the back too.
Anyway, he wasn't in his office. A girl in the office across the hall said he was out sick. I asked her what was wrong with him and she said his back was out of sorts.
I picked up the boat trailer tag and my son noticed an ambulance in the parking lot. The EMTs were coming in the door right in front of us so I told Son that we needed to stay out of their way so they could do their work.
Son noticed a woman slumped over in the hall. (Turns out that she had fainted due to a drop in her blood sugar and possibly heat exhaustion and she had forgotten to bring her oxygen with her.) Son told one of the EMTs that was coming in the door that the taxes were so high, she fainted. The woman laughed and said that's almost the truth. It was good to see her smile and I think she felt better too.
Okay.
Here's something.
I'm starting my path down that road that all women must travel sooner or later.
Menopause.
It's been finally diagnosed by my girly bits doctor. I've been to the doctor for the aches and pains in my bones. I've been to the doctor for fatigue. I've been to the doctor for the dizzy spells. I didn't know all these things were connected.
I really didn't know what was going on with me. I kept feeling like I was a rubber band stretched out way too far. I was about to snap. I decided to go get a checkup. My regular doctor couldn't see me that week so I went to see my gynecologist. Thank goodness I went to him.
He asked me a few questions and did a few tests. He told me he thought that I was going through menopause. I felt like I had aged 20 years in an instant. Wow. Menopause. That's what old ladies go through.
Anyway, I guess the diagnosis explains a lot of things that I've been going through the last few years.
I've had hot flashes for almost 2 years. I always thought it was because it was so damned hot here what with the humidity. I never used to sweat like this. Nowadays, my head sweats, my face sweats, my neck sweats. It's awful and I never know when it's going to happen. I experienced a hot flash in front of the doctor. He pointed at me and asked how long I'd been sweating like that.
My cycle? It's always been a little on the wonky side. I've decided to name my cycle Gomer. Surprise Surprise Surpise! I do try to keep up with it by marking on my calendar. February was the last time.
Sleep deprivation. I don't sleep anymore. I nap. Alot. And sweat. Alot.
My bones and muscles ache and it's not from standing up all day. I've stood on my feet for years. It didn't make sense that all of a sudden my bones and muscles hurt all the time.
Memory lapse and brain fog. Last month, I mailed my shop rent check to the hospital. Why? I have no reason except I was planning on visiting someone in the hospital right after I mailed off the monthly bills. I have to admit that I did that more than once.
I forgot to pick my son up from my parent's after work. FORGOT. I went home, started supper, took a shower because I got too hot cooking, and folded the towels that had been in the dryer all day. Hubby came in and asked where Son was. I freaked. I FORGOT to pick him up. It was almost 7 p.m. I felt worthless. That was when I decided I needed to go to the doctor.
Dizziness. It doesn't only happen when I get up too fast. It just happens. It doesn't last a long time but it's scary holding sharp cutting implements next to someone's head when I get a dizzy spell.
Mood swings. Fuckin' A. Zero to bitch in the blink of an eye.
Migraines. I didn't know that was a symptom either. I've had migraines since I was 10 years old. I didn't have a single headache while I was pregnant. My doctor pointed out that my migraines might be hormone related.
Racing heartbeat. You betcha. Especially during mood swings and bouts of depression.
He asked me if I ever got irritable. Hell yes. I asked him if I set his chest on fire and put him on a tilt-a-whirl with a full bladder, would he feel irritable? He laughed and said I was going through menopause. He was absolutely sure of it. He said the only symptom I hadn't talked about was the weepiness.
Oh geez. I cry. All the damned time. I wake during my naps and I get so upset that I'm not getting enough sleep that I cry. I cry myself back to sleep. V1 and I go through crying jags at work. Not frequently, but we do. I told her it was because we work so hard and we're tired. When we're tired, we get emotional. She went through menopause at an early age and had hinted around that I might be going through perimenopause a few years ago. I laughed and decided she was crazy but accepted the chocolate she brought me every 3 or 4 weeks.
We will not talk about weight gain. We just will NOT.
Excuse me while I grab a kleenex.
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