Flirting With Forty Something

This is a reposting of an old A-Z post I did on the letter F on another blog. Of course being hormonal and menopausal I could have thought of another "F" word, but I chose Flirting With Forty Something which was way better than the other F word I was thinking, don't you think?

So, are any of you ladies in the age group of the “Flirting with forty... something?”  

Oh yes, that was me too a couple of years ago. 

I was that forty-something, not yet ready for fifty and hanging onto whatever I could of my forties.

I had a lot of mixed emotions about that age.

For one thing, I thought these were the years I was waiting on?

The kids are all grown up and out on their own, the hubby and I could act like we were on our honeymoon again. We could start planning out all of those ways to embarrass our children in our later years and then what should happen? 

Mother Nature appeared in my life and boy can she be a real pain in the ass sometimes. She becomes relentless at forty-something with certain signs and symptoms and on some days she will throw a monkey wrench in there just for shits and giggles. 

For instance hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, headaches, insomnia, incontinence, weight gain, memory and cognitive changes, fatigue and depressed libido  which pretty much all of these send out all those WTH signals to us when all we really want to do is hold onto just a piece of youthfulness and a little bit of dignity. 

Seriously Mother Nature, after I have supported you this whole time and this is how it is going to end? Oh you know we will not be BFFs like this honey!

One of the biggest changes I first noticed was the bouts of insomnia, brought on by all of the nighttime hot flashes. If you've had those they are just the best aren't they? 

There are other signals that cause a little craziness and have at times freaked me out a time or two, which probably accounts for the headaches. Certain herbal remedies seem to be helping with some of that. 

Hubby says he's ready though. He feels like a pro because he survived the all of the pregnancy mood swings. He is sure he can survive this menopausal time of my life.

Breakdowns have occurred, especially when walking past a mirror which at this time of life is the biggest reminder. 

I do have a concern though when I see the word incontinence listed among all those things that will eventually happen in my later years. 

Seriously Mother Nature, It's not bad enough that you are laughing down all those other signs and symptoms, I've been your friend and you are going to throw in wet the pants on a girl? 

So, I have decided to face this head on. I am going to have to put my big girl panties on- not the granny panties though- and grab every weapon I can to fight this. Vitamins, some herbal remedies, wine, and definitely chocolate truffles. Which by the way is the answer to everything menopausal!

I am getting adjusted to the new way of life and my motto is: 

"Growing older is a given, growing up- well that is an option. I am fighting it all the way!"

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