General Chat

Christine I forgot you mentioned a towel on the pillow.I will give it a go .The back of my hair on the neck gets so wet and under the boobs too,I'm surprised I don't slide out of bed sometimes lol
I have lost my specs in the weeds!!!!!! I had them hooked over the front of my top.I have looked ,and poked around with a stick,and have started to look through the big bucket on wheels that I put all the weeds in.Its all that sticky weed and ivy!!.I also need to and check that my watch is upstairs,'cos if it isn't that has fallen off too .

Hi Pam,nice to see you again.Sciatica!!!! Oooh so painful.I hope it doesn't last for too long.
Lizzie I hope you have recovered form your migrane now.Luckily I have never had one.
I'm still a bit of a sweaty Betty at night lol

Hi everyone, glad to see this thread is still going. I've not been about for a while I know, had computer problems and generally been a bit busy. I'm still getting the odd hot flush and have recently been suffering from really bad sciatica!! Been taking ibuprofen like they're smarties!

Hope that you're all coping with the change...be back again sooner this time!!

Pam.☺

Just noticed this has taken us to 3,000 posts!

thanks everyone for your advice it is greatly appreciated i have just ordered
one of those Jean so will see how i get on with it
PP xx

I have a lotion applicator for the back which I got from Kl.......ze. You open the back and pour in your own lotion or cream. There ia a face with lots of little plastic balls let in, where the cream comes out and the balls help to massage it in. I find it a godsend, because OH is a bit heavy handed!

omg CC
You mean this goes on forever :(
or does it ease up over time dont think i can put up with itching forever the sweats seem to have eased up which is great now its just the itching
PPxx

Hi Everyone
Thankyou for all your advice I will try it all lol
Im glad to know im not alone its made me feel so much better :)
i think its hormonal the reason that we scratch and get itchy
Be glad when it stops and im through all this
PP xx

This is really interesting ............itchy back thing.There must be a reason.

Another thing I find helps is to have one of those scratchy mitts in the shower.Gets rid of all the dead skin.
Christine I wasn't having a go lolol.I often miss posts,and then spot them later.
I am finding at the moment my night flushes are quite bad ,but the daytime ones are much improved.I do find though I am getting more succeptable (sp) to smells that really irritate my throat and bring me out in a sweat.Onions,anything spicy,my perfume even.I never used to have this problem.Also the pollen in the air is a problem .

Am I invisible Christine lolol.I forgive you.

lol CC
It seems to come and go with me some days worse than others seems better when had a shower and put on moistuiser relieves it for a while
PPxx

its awful Jane what we have to go through isnt it will be glad when its all over lol

I often find myself with my hand up the back of my top having a scratch.I do it without realising .

thank goodness i thought something was wrong with me
yes it drives me mad sometimes does anyone know how long it will last for i will try E45 see if it helps
PP xx

I always have an itchy back PP lol.I don't know why.Just in the middle low down.I use a cream like E45 for itchy skin and find it does help.In fact I itch a lot at night and I think it because I get sweaty.There's nothing better than having a good scratch either lolol

Hi everyone
Just wondered if anyone suffered from an itchy back

Dizzie, my OH has been having that trouble for some time.
I.m sure it was on this thread that I read about rubbing your feet with Vick, to help a cold Well, I tried it last night. The cold is a lot better, but during the night I was wakened by my feet tingling and quite warm. This morning my feet feel really light and flexible. As a diabetic I suffer from feet that often feel like lumps of lead, so it has been really nice today to feel the response in them. Maybe try it on my back pain tonight! Then my favourite perfume will be Vick!!

HI Mary,I have friends who were fortunate like you.Isn't it strange ,the variation from woman to woman.I hope my daughter doesnt go through what I have when the time comes.
Paula

I'm really sympathetic to all of you who have or are suffering these effects. My mother had a terrible time and my sister did too, and is still not quite out of the horrors.

I pretty much sailed through the whole thing. Expecting me to be like them, my doctor started me on HRT which I took for less than 2 months as it made me feel so bad. As soon as I stopped I was fine and still am.

Please do not think I am gloating, cause I'm absolutely not! I saw what Mum and big sister went through and counted my lucky stars every day (always waking up expecting it to really hit me like them).

Morning everyone.I hope all is well with you ladies.Just wizzing through,on this lovely but chilly morning.
I had acupuncture done on my big toe joint (performed by my OH).It did make a difference .