Re: Postmenopausal... Ladies?
Originally Posted by
Katbax
Hi I'm just being nosey lol
Those of you that are postmenopausal... How many of you still getting symptoms after a few years with no periods?
I keep reading that after a year of no periods they stop! Well hay hoo I'm 3rd of 4th year I think and still getting hot flushes, night sweats that come and go, virginal dryness and breast tenderness 路*♀️ just interested about others? X
One in ten women can have menopausal symptoms for up to twelve years after their last period but generally it's about 5 years.
In my case, I have fibromyalgia and I had my last period in 2009, so I've no idea what's what. Actually, that's not right because my meno-flushes used to happen from my chest up and fibro heat affects my entire body.
Re vaginal dryness: that delightful perk of the menopause is here to stay unless you use an oestrogen cream and then you'll only get relief for as long as you're using it. I can't take HRT, so I have to use alternative methods to keep the ol' fadgeroo lubricated, you get me?
I advocate using natural products (like Yes, Olive and Bee etc) and staying sexually active *manic laughter* or using dilators to keep the vagina from closing up like a Venus FlyTrap!
See, the skin inside the vagina (and surrounding areas) thins after the menopause because collagen (that what makes the vagina nice and fleshy) goes into retirement, same as the ovaries..
Women can also develop a charming condition of the vagina known as Vaginal Atrophy and truth be told I wasn't expecting this one..
Doctor: Mrs Batty, you have Vaginal Atrophy.
Me: A trophy? (I wondered if I'd won an award for the best (or worst) vagina in Manchester)
If you're having sex and you suddenly wonder why you can feel your hub's/partner/significant other's dinky-donk tickling your cervix after it not touching the sides for years - it's because the vagina can shorten after the menopause.
Now, this is good news for the owner of the dinky-donk. It's Christmas and birthdays all rolled into one because 'bucket fanny' has tightened up (Hurrah!) but for us, this means pain because there is dryness involved too. Tight dry hole and lots of friction? You could start a fire down there!
(and it certainly feels like it when you go for a post-sexy times wee)
I tell you, when I get to heaven, I am going to give my mother some serious shit because she had an early menopause too and she never warned me about how crap it can be!
Then again, when I started my periods at 11 years of age, ( I thought I was dying) she opened the bathroom door, thrust a mattress sized sanitary towel at me, and told me to stick it in my knickers.
I can't end a post without some positivity, so, here goes...
The two things the menopause has blessed me with is no more horrible periods and I can finally wear white leggings risk-free. (front end, anyway)
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