Yay us, right ladies?! I thought I finally hit the full blown menopause as I had not had a period in 212 days!! I thought yes!! I had suffered from the hot flashes and mood swings from hell. I felt a twinge in my abdomen and thought thats a feeling I had not felt in so many months. Well hello blood. 212 days back to zero.
I also learned of some very weird side effects of menopause. Did you know that it is not uncommon for many women to lose parts of their anatomy? Yes the outer Labia can just disappear, that's right- gone. Also the clit can shrink and become less sensitive. Cold shoulder, smelling odd scents, the flushing of the body not sure if I will be cold or super hot, the odd tingling sensations
Crazy how our body works, I feel as if I am in some type of sexual awakening during perimenopause and menopause. I am easily aroused and very excited. I am comfortable in my body and feel more sexy now at the age of 50 than I was in my 20’s.
This is just one more step in my life. I was never taught anything about “the Change” . My paternal grandmother had a hysterectomy as did my mother and my only female cousin. I had no one to ask, and this is just something that is not talked about, as it should be, its 2025 for goodness sake. We are so far behind in women's health, for fucks sake they just recently started testing pads and tampons with blood instead of water.
Just because I am 50 and going through these changes, I am not alone and I am not the first nor that last who will do so. It's just another step in my wonderful life. I love being free to express myself, and I don't have to compare myself to the younger ladies, they have their own shit to go through.
So to the ladies over 50 we are stunning and amazing and can make huge changes in our lives. We can go back to college, we can become authors, we can be the crazy cat lady, or become the lady who plants too many zucchini plants and people run from us so they don't have to take a bag of them.