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Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:35 pm
by janet88
i thought as i age, menses will be less heavy...but i still have to change another pad around midnight before sleeping.

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:16 pm
by MyPillow
janet88 wrote:i thought as i age, menses will be less heavy...but i still have to change another pad around midnight before sleeping.
I heard before or during menopause kick in ,flow is heavy .(?) or some women I knew had fibroids that caused the v heavy flow

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:20 am
by slmkhoo
janet88 wrote:i thought as i age, menses will be less heavy...but i still have to change another pad around midnight before sleeping.
That happened to me too. Very heavy for a few years (can't remember how many) before it started tailing off.

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:03 am
by janet88
MyPillow wrote:
janet88 wrote:i thought as i age, menses will be less heavy...but i still have to change another pad around midnight before sleeping.
I heard before or during menopause kick in ,flow is heavy .(?) or some women I knew had fibroids that caused the v heavy flow
i have heavy menses every month.

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:04 am
by janet88
slmkhoo wrote:
janet88 wrote:i thought as i age, menses will be less heavy...but i still have to change another pad around midnight before sleeping.
That happened to me too. Very heavy for a few years (can't remember how many) before it started tailing off.
still as heavy every month but duration is shorter.

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:24 am
by vinegar
Me too. Sign of early menopause

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:35 am
by janet88
vinegar wrote:Me too. Sign of early menopause
think so...although the idea of not having to wear a pad monthly sounds great, a certain hormone will be missing and the bones will be more brittle.

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:37 am
by vinegar
janet88 wrote:
vinegar wrote:Me too. Sign of early menopause
think so...although the idea of not having to wear a pad monthly sounds great, a certain hormone will be missing and the bones will be more brittle.
True. Other than osteoporosis, My frd has pigmentation on her face ever since menopause

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:18 am
by Jennifer
vinegar wrote:Me too. Sign of early menopause
You did a blood test to confirm menopause is setting in?

Re: All About Growing Old and Ageing

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:08 am
by vinegar
Jennifer wrote:
vinegar wrote:Me too. Sign of early menopause
You did a blood test to confirm menopause is setting in?
Nope. Need to? Hw? I suspect it could be hypothyroidism kicks in. I done radioiodine last yr fr my hyperthyroidism. Dr said my condition will stabilise fr few mths but side effect is hypothyroidism :scared: