menopause

Bubby and the Menopausal Meltdown

01.09.2012

Don’t you love it when men say that kind of thing? “It’s OK, dear, you can’t help yourself, you’re just insane. I love you even though you’re a raving lunatic.”

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What To Do With That Stuff We No Longer Need…

10.03.2011

But for the life of me, now that I’m finished with periods, I can’t decide what to do with my leftover tampons.

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Giving Voice to the Menoblahs

02.01.2011

I was one of those women who actually looked forward to menopause. I could not wait for the freedom and the neatness, for clear skin, and a steady weight.

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MidLife Sex: How Often Do You Have It?

06.07.2010

I roll over much later, gasping and think, “Oh my god! Why on earth didn’t we do this a few days ago.”

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A MidLifeBloggers Contest: Win a copy of Hormone Harmony

01.15.2010

I have had an unwilling absence from the internet.  My cable went out.  Yesterday.  Or maybe the night before while I slept.  Of course I didn’t know that when, perky as could be, I took my coffee into my office yesterday morning to read the papers on-line.  My perk faded pretty damned quick when I kept getting [...]

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What is it about the libido and midlife?

04.27.2009

When I was young and juicy and single, I was really hot….Yet, here I am at 57, in pretty good shape for an old broad, menopausal to be sure, and yet I almost never even think of SEX. I can’t believe it.

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MidLife and Mammograms

04.17.2009

About two months ago, while showering I found a lump on my left breast. I ran my fingers across it as I was taught to do. Yes, it is there, it’s not my imagination.

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AARP: Do You Know Where Your Membership Card Is ???

02.20.2009

The envelope came this week. To be honest, it came as a bit of a surprise. I really thought the mailman made a mistake…..till I saw my name on it. Wait a minute here, I’m not 50 yet. I haven’t wrapped my head around the fact yet…. that I’ll be 50 in September. WOW! It’s not that I don’t KNOW I’ll be 50 this year and in some ways I’ve been preparing for what I want to do for my birthday. But there is a difference between planning a getaway to a spa and a boozy filled weekend with the girls and shoving a “Hey yo, yeah you, you’re old” card in my face.

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Your VaJayJay Says: Happy Valentine’s Day

02.13.2009

“My vagina is dying,” my friend told me on the phone yesterday.
“Come on!” I replied as I put down my tea and instantly started doing kegels.
“No, really. My vagina is literally wasting away. My doctor says I have vaginal atrophy.”
“No, shit!” I said as I pictured gravity having it’s way with my friend’s once taut pelvic muscles. “What’s it from?”
“No estrogen. Fucking menopause…sucks.”

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In the Heat of Midlife

09.03.2008

by Karen Batchelor of MidLife’s A Trip Peri-menopause was the first stop on my midlife trip.  It rolled in when I was about 45.  I remember visiting my doctor because I was having night sweats.  I told him I was in menopause. Knowing me as he does (I’m a doctor’s daughter), he took my astute [...]

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