Hi ladies, just wondered if any of you UK ladies saw the BBC one program Menopause Matters tonight and what you thought of it.
How was it? I was wanting to see this but didn't know if it was showing in the US.
These symptoms (if this IS menopause) are like a bi-polar monkey on crack. They pop up when ever they damn well please, make no sense and are really starting to be irritating.
I am 51. No period for now 12 months.
I have this burning knot like feeling in my right shoulder blade that is relentless (comes and goes). I have also had about 10 head-aches in my entire life and now I am getting them all the time.
Can't get anything done, feel like crap all the time and don't even feel like putting a Xmas tree up this year!
Tired of this crap!
Hi leisa, I am in the US...tried the link...created an account, but said I needed a tv license to view...fee was huge! Hopefully, it will be on you tube or something. Agreed...I feel like crap all the time too!
I was disappointed, dont no what I expected really so thought I would see what others thought of it. yeah I no what you mean I have been suffering with lower back stiffness and aching to the point where I cant put my socks, underwear on in the morning properly. I feel 80 not 50 ☹️
Im so sorry ladies Its called the truth about: The menopause, where did I get menopause matters from, my brains just turning to mush lol. I did miss first 15 mins so will watch again tomorrow.
yes i saw it, it didnt say much i didnt know already - there isnt much i dont know about menopause now! good news if you get hot flushes, there is a cure! some new hormone that they can switch off , though medication wont be for 5 years, also they might be able to reverse the menopause in the future, which is good news for the next generation !
same here with the headaches. never had them before. got the tree up. but i dont put up all my decorations anymore. and shopping well that should be interesting. i just wanna sleep through it if i cant enjoy it
I swear you guys are my sisters from another mister (lol).
Now I have a sore throat on the right side which give ear pain from time to time and still have that ache in my right shoulder blade which has me (with the help of Dr. Google) 100% convinced I have esophogial cancer or some crazy shit.
Do any of you ladies have issues with throat/ear/shoulder blades?
What part of our wrecked bodies does this not reek havoc on??
Hiya yes i did and I thought it was a great start in bringing the issue more public attention. Mariella covered the subject broadly but covered most questions I had so as I said, a good start.
Id been waiting to see this programme before starting HRT myself and my doctor prescribed me exactly what Mariella was taking so I was extra interested. I was concerned of risks/side effects and she certainly helped dispel my worries and I actually applied my first application of estrogel this morning (progesterone tabs tonight).
I did smile at her gynocologist though. She was sat in a flower filled office on a white leather chair looking very glam and looked the totally opposite to when I visit my Doctors surgery!! I Guess it must have been a private appointment?
Anyway I thought it was a great start in bringing the issue some more public attention and she did a great job of covering the topic broadly. A follow up programme with more specific detail would be great too.
Well done Mariella - it certainly helped me and Im hoping others too.
thanks for starting this thread- ill be interested to see what other ladies say. xx
very dissapointed, majored on HRT. Didn't deal with people like me with family history of cancer who cant take it. Most of the do yourself stuff I knew already and does really solve any problems for me. It didn't expand enough on the symptoms and it included Men!Why?!
all those do it yourself stuff does not solve problems for me - dreaded preditive texts took over!
hi Sarah yes i watched it... great someone is actually talking about it but obviously Mariella forstrop doesnt live in most womens world.
she has access to a one to one meno doctor that listens and helps!
the reality for most of us uk women is a bit different.
Although we do have the NHS which is more than our us friends do.
i was going to post about it and ask the same. to be honest...i didnt get much from it as didnt touch off the whole range of symptoms....just the usual hot flushes and anxiety. What about the rest?? the stomach and bowel issues. migraine and neasea which i have badly today... It made light of the subject to be honest for me anyway....it didnt really mention how we feel in this forum... and this whole issue if turning the clock back??? you cannot avoid what our bodies naturally do and who will have the resources to implant tissue from your ovary...???.i understand those who need it like that young lady with cancer...but in world i live in...i would have liked to see how we cope with all the symptoms...sorry for the rant but i feel we are still not really understanding what is happening during menopause. CK
yes I to thought it didnt tell us much we didnt already know, my partner watched it with me and even he said didnt really show anything new apart from the the new treatment to reverse the menopause in the future. I to was hoping she would discuss more symptoms other than hot flushes(I dont get them its the anxiety and pain that effects me most, although I am aware hot flushes can be debilitating ) and was hoping for new treatments other than what we new already like hrt, cbt ,vitamins(tryed them all didnt work for me)
OH MY goodness, YES. I went through that one side of throat ear thing last year. And of course I was convinced of the same devastating illness! ugh. i went through 3 rounds of antibiotics, ear drops, and had the tube ran up my nose and down my throat....crying the whole time (it didn't hurt). k It finally went away. Then, just this morning it started up again! But, i realized it was this same time last year that I had it. I think it has something to do with being outside in the cold air and running the heater in the house. The temperature just really dropped here and I was playing outside with the dog yesterday. I noticed it bothering me when i came inside.
This forum has taught me more about the menopause than any tv program or doctor, my doctors are clueless and have written me off because they dont no what else to do with me as Hrt didnt work and im sensitive to anti depressants the only thing that helped was lorazapam but only in emergencys because of addiction, Cbt didnt help as I didnt gel with my therapist so my doc just acted like im a lost cause so theres still a massive way to go before your taken seriously.
Just weird with the throat , ear thing. Everything seems to be affecting my right side.
How my gum on the rear right is swollen but I do have an upper denture that may be irritating it.
Have any of you had gum issues?
no, no gum issues. i did have some tongue problems and had to do magic mouthwash! ick
hi leisa, i have had strep throat twice this past year...never had it before in my life! My right side throat hurts more then and my right ear killed with strep. My gums are more sensitive...bleed more now when I floss! SO GROSS!
Yes I watched it, it did make me laugh when the private gynocologist advised Mariella do continue taking HRT forever!! Of course she would advise that or she would not be getting paid otherwise. Felt like it was a HRT advertisment programme but maybe thats just me. I would have liked it to show conversations with women discussing their symptoms and how they feel, like we do on this forum. I think menopause would be a different experience if you have access to private doctors, tests, massage, reflexology, expensive supplements but I dont have the money for that. It showed a group of women having CBT but unless you pay for it privately its not available on the NHS.