tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post7947098958281390291..comments2023-12-31T17:47:27.217-08:00Comments on Taj MuttHall Dog Diary: Things They Don't Tell You #57: Cold FlashesElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-87925107987997759582007-06-30T19:23:00.000-07:002007-06-30T19:23:00.000-07:00Wait until you start getting them at 3 and 5 am ev...Wait until you start getting them at 3 and 5 am every freekin' morning. It's so regular I could set my watch by them (if I had a watch, that is). They don't seem to happen to me during the day, though.<BR/>Isn't it grand being a woman?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-74165702265017098282007-06-29T13:55:00.000-07:002007-06-29T13:55:00.000-07:00Historically, I've been too cold more often than m...Historically, I've been too cold more often than many people--seems to run in my family. But in the last half dozen years or so, I've felt much more comfortable much more often. I've attributed it to being much more physically active and therefore my metabolism has evened out. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. Maybe it was perimenopause--when, best as I can tell, random things change that you don't have other explanations for-- But I sure notice these cold flashes! And the hot ones, too.<BR/><BR/>I haven't (so far that *I've* noticed) become any more or less cranky or irritable or otherwise any more unstable than my usual self. But I don't know that I'd be the first one to notice. I mean, it's taken me at least a couple of months to figure out that "cold flashes" weren't just a joke of my own, ha ha?<BR/><BR/>They do have drugs. And since they've just come out with yet another study on the effects of hormones in "post-menopausal women" (how did I get old enough to work my way in there?), this one saying that there is in fact NOT a problem with taking hormone replaement therapy to relieve these symptoms as long as you take them only as long as you need them, whatever THAT means. I'll tell ya, I'm about ready to go check it out with my doc.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-46805289497803219032007-06-29T11:34:00.000-07:002007-06-29T11:34:00.000-07:00Ugh, is this what I have to look forward too? I'm...Ugh, is this what I have to look forward too? I'm already cold all the time. Hopefully in a few years they'll come up with some good drugs.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-69679332729121237242007-06-29T06:00:00.000-07:002007-06-29T06:00:00.000-07:00I always thought the cold flash was just relative ...I always thought the cold flash was just relative to the hot flash. At least that is how I seemed to have experienced them. I don't know that I ever had one that wasn't followed or following a hot flash. Anyway, there is light at the other end of the tunnel. I am close to being done with all the hot flashesa nd cold flashes and sleepless nights and all the other miseries of being female and getting old and I hope it brings a new burst of energy with it, cause I am sick of being tired. <BR/><BR/>Sorry for the big whine. I woke up cranky. Ray got out during last night's thunderstorm and while retrieved quickly by a neighbor and returned, I have to figure out how he's getting out of the fence. <BR/><BR/>/amyAmy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-31186708149549118762007-06-28T20:17:00.000-07:002007-06-28T20:17:00.000-07:00Haven't experienced the joy of a cold flash yet......Haven't experienced the joy of a cold flash yet...I'm always cold, so I doubt that I'll notice them when and if they come. Definitely have had my hot flashes tho...boy are those a sh*)load of fun!!!<BR/><BR/>And, don't forget mine started in the mid-30's when I began experiencing perimenopause..."the change before the change"...so it's not enough all the other crap we women go through from age 11 on, we now have "perimenopause" thrown in for good measure!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com