Coping with Someone with Menopause
01/28/2008
My husband was at “witts end” when I announced I thought I was very very ill with a serious condition.
I told him I could have any number of serious diseases that seemed to fit the diagnosis from my researching.
After visiting my physician and having several major tests run and seeking out having the second series of all these tests run, my husband was convinced that I needed a second opinion before I ran around crazy scheduling a second round of major tests like MRI’s and CT Scans and Neurological counseling.
As I grew more stressed out, it seemed that more symptoms appeared and they mulitplied into what seemed like severness.
So, one evening my husband ran out to the bookstore and picked up these books for me:
Everything You Need To Know About The Menopause: A Comprehensive Guide To Surviving – And Thriving! – During This Turbulent Life Sage
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About PreMenopause, Balance Your Hormones and Your life from Thirty to Fifty by John R. Lee, M.D., Jesse Hanley, M.D., and Virginia Hopkins.
What Your Doctor May Not Tell you about Menopause, The breakthrough Book on Natural Hormone Balance by John R. Lee, M.D. and Virginia Hopkins
We sat down together when he came home and looked the books over. My my, what a relief to find out that my body was acting this way due to the changes happening in it.
If you are concerned with a loved one going through some dramatic illness symptoms please check out these awesome books as soon as possible.
You can get some really good reference points.
Of course contact your physician also.
You do not have to go forward with all the information, such as I am not using any hormone replacement therapy, but I have been taking a great multivitamin
My question to everyone is, why do our trusted physicians not tell us about this havoc happening? After all, they ask us at every appointment when our “last period” was?
Is healthcare today really as impersonal as I am beginning to assume it is?
My providers are wonderful, but for a woman my age, I would of hoped a physician would have at least told me to read up on some books or share a morsel of menopause information with me.
Different women breeze through menopause with practically no symptoms, others have some crazy other issues, like imbalance, headaches, phobias, low key attitudes, light headed-ness, concentration issues, clumsyness, dental implications. If your loved one is experiencing any of these symptoms, please think about getting the publications I mentioned above or going to the library and getting other helpful information or doing an on line search for more information.
It’s possible you will want your physician to order a battery of tests as well – to rule out a certain diagnosis.
Whatever you do, do your own research too. We are all different, but the same in many ways. You can benefit from medical professionals and the research you do on your own. You will eventually feel better when you know more, and your stress will calm quite a bit and that will help you immensly with your menopause moments. Develop your own mindset for coping positively.
Why not pamper your loved one going through menopause with a wonderful Starbucks Eye Opener Gift Basket
My gift basket was unusually terrific! My husband surprised me with it last spring. I’m sure your loved one will be delighted and will share it with you. I actually want my husband to buy me another one someday soon.
Show your support for your loved one going through this incredible life changing even as best you can.
Love, laugh, cry, joke, but get through it together!
