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taking care
Jan. 12th, 2023 10:32 pmI'm so shocked by the death of Lisa Marie Presley. Sort of shocked, but then I remember she lost her son two years ago, so maybe not so shocking I guess. Grief is the worst kind of stress.
TMI but I have been having massive hot flashes since literally my 50th birthday (this coincides with no period since right before my birthday, which YAY, but!) but the hot flashes are misery. At first I was getting like, 20 a day. I saw the OBGYN and she was like "Sorry hon I know it's awful" because she went through it too, but you can't take estrogen until you're 12 months without your period and I'm not. She recommended all these different supplements and I'm trying some, and SOMEthing is working because now I get like, maybe 5 a day.
But the thing is, the hot flashes come with a heart palpitation so fierce that it made me call my regular doctor because I'm like, well what if it's not just menopause heart palpitations, what if it's not actually menopause at all but a heart problem? (Even though it lines up with not getting my period.) So my regular doc is referring me to the cardiologist and I will gladly go there and wear the haulter monitor and such. You really can't be too careful with things like this. It's worth it to go.
I've been to the cardiologist before anyway, the time a few years ago when I blew out my knee again and the City MD doc was like "OMG your ligaments are falling apart, you have marFAN'S SYNDROME YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CARDIOLOGIST" so, off I went. When I told him why I was there he told me "That sounds fake but okay" and he did a bunch of tests, echo and all of that.
But that was about 3 years ago, so why not go again.
I really WAS trying to get some lighthearted stuff in here these days, but my god it's hard sometimes.
TMI but I have been having massive hot flashes since literally my 50th birthday (this coincides with no period since right before my birthday, which YAY, but!) but the hot flashes are misery. At first I was getting like, 20 a day. I saw the OBGYN and she was like "Sorry hon I know it's awful" because she went through it too, but you can't take estrogen until you're 12 months without your period and I'm not. She recommended all these different supplements and I'm trying some, and SOMEthing is working because now I get like, maybe 5 a day.
But the thing is, the hot flashes come with a heart palpitation so fierce that it made me call my regular doctor because I'm like, well what if it's not just menopause heart palpitations, what if it's not actually menopause at all but a heart problem? (Even though it lines up with not getting my period.) So my regular doc is referring me to the cardiologist and I will gladly go there and wear the haulter monitor and such. You really can't be too careful with things like this. It's worth it to go.
I've been to the cardiologist before anyway, the time a few years ago when I blew out my knee again and the City MD doc was like "OMG your ligaments are falling apart, you have marFAN'S SYNDROME YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CARDIOLOGIST" so, off I went. When I told him why I was there he told me "That sounds fake but okay" and he did a bunch of tests, echo and all of that.
But that was about 3 years ago, so why not go again.
I really WAS trying to get some lighthearted stuff in here these days, but my god it's hard sometimes.
