Re: “MENOPOSITIVE”?

THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes · ‎06-29-2016

"Just not a real thing.....:

Wow!

Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

"it's just not a Real Thing to worry about or look for "Advice". Good grief. "

It's exactly this mentality that keeps women from seeking help. SMH!

To think such a selfish, apathetic thought is one thing. To actually proudly write it is such a sad commentary.

My mother went through it with terrible symptoms. I was in middle school at the time. No one in my family discussed it; it was not something anyone talked about in the early 80's. I remember being scared daily that my mother had some sort of awful disease. Imagine her living with that silence and societal indifference.

I think I had very mild symptoms, I think. Unless I'm still in for a shocker, which is possible, I hardly recognized any symptoms.

I would never discount any woman needing help in any way to get the expert resources she truly needs. Would I start with QVC? Heck no! But that's my personal choice.

"The people focusing on this are trying to scare us into the Dr. office (like men know anything!) "

So there are only male doctors to talk to about menopause???? Close-minded is an understatement.

THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes · ‎06-29-2016

Misogynistic and a little dash of man bashing from the OP in a single post!

Cover all your bases.

Bookplate · ‎08-19-2011

Obviosly menopause can be accompanied by physical and emotional conditions that can vary from irritating to devastating, and can be brief or long lasting. If one is unlucky enough to be saddled with years of discomfort, is a shopping channel labelling some products as "menopositive" really going to be of any comfort? Or it is just another crass marketing ploy?

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

Menopause is a huge thing for some, not so huge for others. I'm surprised people don't realize this.

My hot flashes would drench me. I still have hot flashes and it's been 20 years since I was fully in meno.

I kept wet paper towels in my office for years. The coolness felt good.

My face turns bright red when I get a hot flash. It became a joke at work and with family.

I can't tell you how many times I stood outside in winter weather to cool off. Still do.

This year I heard about a medication that helps reduce sweating - no hormones. It doesn't stop hot flashes but reduces the heavy sweating and makes them more tolerable. It's a life saver.

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

@CalminHeart wrote:

Menopause is a huge thing for some, not so huge for others. I'm surprised people don't realize this.

My hot flashes would drench me. I still have hot flashes and it's been 20 years since I was fully in meno.

I kept wet paper towels in my office for years. The coolness felt good.

My face turns bright red when I get a hot flash. It became a joke at work and with family.

I can't tell you how many times I stood outside in winter weather to cool off. Still do.

This year I heard about a medication that helps reduce sweating - no hormones. It doesn't stop hot flashes but reduces the heavy sweating and makes them more tolerable. It's a life saver.

I can't edit these so here goes.

I find the whole age of possiblity, menopause shows, and the whole marketing thing to be a gimmick to make sales. Corporations want sales, nothing else. They'll say and do anything to make a sale.

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes wrote:
Misogynistic and a little dash of man bashing from the OP in a single post!

Cover all your bases.

Cry me a river.

Junebug54 · ‎03-09-2010

I would think we should talk to our doctor rather than listen to a QVC host

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

I suffered so much from menstrual cramps as a young girl and teen. It was so bad that my mother had to pick me up from school several times and when she took me to the doctor about it he just said it was "all in my head". This was in the 1960s.

When my daughter got her period, she also got cramps but I don't think they were as bad as mine. However she actually fainted a few times in school and I had to pick her up. The doctor at the time suggested that she take birth control pills to alleviate her pain and stop her from fainting. We gave that a try and it helped a lot (not all birth control medication is just for birth control!).

Once I entered menopause, I got lucky with very few side effects and almost no hot flashes. I figured that I paid my dues as awful as that sounds when I was younger.

I would have hoped that by now women who suffer from severe menopause would get relief from medication. I'm sorry for those who continue to suffer so much.