how much longer , just wondering how many years until the change of life hits ?

its good that you and your sister are close, i often envy other girls or women who have a great brother relationship i have older brother and older sister and we use to be close growing up but after i got bi polar and they both move way , they ddi try to be there for awhile but back them it was very hard on all my family and even me.. so now me and my sister never talk, and she trys very hard to keep my brotehr turned against me as well they talk but i dont talk to either one... so im hoping that o now have control of my life and in not going to keep going backwards and im trying hard to do better every day, and it shows, and in time we can all be a happy family again.. so when martha comes to visit me lol i will hide until she's gone , hopefully it wont be as bad this time, and i can get lots of rest and fluids .. along with my iron and folic acid pills.. plus may have to take another b-12 shot this week.. yikes.. be glad men dont have martha's in there life as its not a pleasant thing to deal with.. but im gonna make the most of it and one day maybe get a hysterectomy if is keeps being so bad.. thanks for responding as well.. take care of your sis..

Lol... Yep luckily guys dont suffer from that, However we do also go thru what some researchers have started calling "Manipause"... When our testosterone production cuts way back we get lethargic, depressed and lack of desire and many of us dont know why... Its confusing and dissapointing as well... Diet, Exercise and supplements can help especially with a doctors consultation...

I am sure the doctor will have some great ideas for you. There are soy products you can get at the pharmacy that help also. Some with natural ingredients.

thanks for the link at wikipedia i figured i had awhile to go, but some of my family members cousins and aunts all went thur it at an early age and i have a friend who did as well and she is just a couple years older then me.. so i was hopeful and wanting it to be over so bad.. i have a terrible time :( im suposed to go to the dr about it but have not yet..

im glad that martha has left your home for good.. and i hope she gets lost next mont on the way to my home and never finds her way back again lol.. she is still hanging around after a week,and still causing trouble, for me, not pain but kinda heavy flow at times.. i hate it and will love the day she's gone for good.. i need to set up na appt at the gyno.. and get checked out..

lol my friend is 48 and she has alread went thur the change, and i had a cousin who went thru it in her fourtys she is in her fiftys now.. and had no problems she was very lucky and so is my friend.. im so tired of marhta, i get all bloated, and just feel yucky, and have to deal with heavy flow, kinda krabby and have lots of cravings and tired and with low blood anyhow.. marhta came at the wrong time. so hopefully within a week she will be gone.. thank God i have my great schedule at work and only have to be on my feet 4 hours a day... but ive been taking all my vitamins as well..

all my family went thru it at an early age even my cousin but my lost a baby after me and had to have a hyst i think she was in her fourties..or early fourties at that.. so i dont know . my sister in law is a couple year older them me she had bad periods and she went and got a hyst, and she says it helped her so much she was so happy about it, i know so do well and others dont. but i will give it a try when i get time im going to dr for it and see.. i have terrible time with martha and am tired of it..

well today makes 2 days, and im doing ok just feel a little bloated and cant wait for her to leave, feel kinda yucky, but a good hot bath tongiht will help out alot just relax and let the warm water sooth my belly.. i plan to tkae it easy today and get rest take a nap later, and bed early tongiht i have to work thur-sun so i will rest up today. lucky i dont have alot of housework to do all caught up and dishes are done, just got a couple loads of laundry to do.. and hope by next week martha is gone... good thing i got the b-12 shot..

Sounds good, I never tried if hot bath helps with it though. It's great that you have enough free time today, just take enough rest and take good care of yourself

you are really luck there, i have horrible time with mine every month, with heavy flow and usualy last like a week , and i get grumpy and i feel yucky and just miserable the whole time, im so happy when its over.. my mom lost a baby that would have been her last child my baby brother or sister and after that they did a hysterectomy on her.. my dr want me to see a gynecologist.. so i will prob make an appt.. i am considering a hysterectomy as well..