Thread: Think I am going through Menopause

Good luck to you sturdee, been there done that and "IM FREE" 5 years on Im free. I wont say its gone, Im just free. And guess what it changes your life for the better. You dont need to take crap from anyone anymore. When you have been through the pit of "why me" and come out the other side, life is sweeter, you have nothing to prove and no one to cower down to, you have been freed of The rubbish of life, you are just you.

Yes, Sturdee, my best wishes, too. My five years was up in September last, so far so good.
rrobor, hope all remains well with you, too.

Go see your doc and get some blood tests.

I had similar probs, plus some headaches and saw my doc and had heaps of blood tests. My testosterone was basically zero, after more blood tests, ultrasounds and MRI found I had a pituitary microadenoma (small brain tumor). After many specialists, I'm now taking a small pill once a week and hopefully back to normal in 6 months.

I'm not sure that talking to your doctor is always the answer, although it is a very good starting point. Unless you know a particularly involved MD I find a lot of their answers less than satisfactory. From my perspective being an MD is more of an art form than a science. The chance of finding a good artist in the local supermarket style clinic is pretty low.

There seems to be a lot of information out there for what women can expect as they age, but there is a dirth of information for men. My doctor suggested look it up on the internet, but while there are a lot of ads for viagra there seems to be little practical information on what one can expect in terms of 'decline in performance' as we age.

When is it a problem? Why is it a problem? Is it normal? If it is normal why change it with pills? Is there a normal 'load' by age graph? If I still like looking at the pictures is it OK? Is there a frequency by age graph? If SWMBO is not into it much anymore, is there a sympathetic response?

Should I start taking testosterone and viagra and trade the 56 yo model in for 2x 28 year olds, 3 x 19 ?


Should I just start reading the Kinsey report?

I bit the bullet and went of to the doctors, he is having my hormones checked and also I have had an emzine check as I have been getting chest pains and having high blood pressure it seems that I am in some sort of risk group.

What I don't want to do however is have another stint in coronary care, last time they had moved me from the critical care ward into a shared ward, I struck up a conversation with the fellow in the next bed. Had tea together and watched some TV and had a talk, halfway through the night I heard a horrible gasp rang for the nurse and found that the poor bugger had died, sort of put me off staying there. Don't want that experience again.

Originally Posted by Phil Spencer

I bit the bullet and went of to the doctors, he is having my hormones checked and also I have had an emzine check as I have been getting chest pains and having high blood pressure it seems that I am in some sort of risk group.

What I don't want to do however is have another stint in coronary care, last time they had moved me from the critical care ward into a shared ward, I struck up a conversation with the fellow in the next bed. Had tea together and watched some TV and had a talk, halfway through the night I heard a horrible gasp rang for the nurse and found that the poor bugger had died, sort of put me off staying there. Don't want that experience again.

Gee! Understandable you don't want to go there again. Good you are getting checked out.

It's good to hear you're having it all investigated Phil. I've got a set of fleams if you ever feel the need.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

I've got a set of fleams if you ever feel the need.

Fleams? should I ask what they are or not. Or just some strange typo?

Not a typo. Fleams.

Ah the old BP, stick one of these things on my arm and my BP goes up 30 points. Anyways Phil after we pass 50 arnt we are all in some sort of risk group or other, I think the quacks get pleasure in telling us that. Motor on regardless, Last time I was in this old guy said 'Ive had 15 years of them chopping bits out of me, if they were any damn good they would stop me growing them in the first place".

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Not a typo. Fleams.

Thanks for thr thought WW afetr reading Wikepedia think I will pass

Originally Posted by rrobor

...snip.... Anyways Phil after we pass 50 arnt we are all in some sort of risk group or other, I think the quacks get pleasure in telling us that. Motor on regardless, Last time I was in this old guy said .....

Last time I was in the Dr's office talking of such things he said "You're an old man now. 20 years ago, when your life expectancy would have been less, we wouldn't have been concerned with such things"... old man? moi? 55(and 11 months)?

How do you know when you're getting old? When the barber offers to trim your eyebrows?

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

Last time I was in the Dr's office talking of such things he said "You're an old man now. 20 years ago, when your life expectancy would have been less, we wouldn't have been concerned with such things"... old man? moi? 55(and 11 months)?

How do you know when you're getting old? When the barber offers to trim your eyebrows?

Feels like I got old over night, don't know where the time went.

Fuzzie you have just ruined my day, Ive been getting the eye canopies chopped for a year or so now. Just wait till I get in the chair the next time. Just let him ask and oooh he may get the squirel grip, how dare he.