13 Jun
Right, 60 here and postmeno for about four years now. I lurk a lot but I want to say something to the women who are newer to all this, the ones who are still in the thick of it wondering if they'll ever feel like themselves again. You will. Or at least, a version of yourself that you might actually prefer. I won't pretend everything sorted itself out neatly. Sleep is still the thing I manage rather than the thing I enjoy, if I'm honest. But manage it I do. I've got a whole boring little routine around it now that I'd have laughed at ten years ago. Lights down, no phone after a certain point, same rough bedtime even at weekends. Took me ages to stop fighting it. Strength training was the other thing. My daughter talked me into it and I thought it was for younger women, genuinely. I was wrong. I'm not lifting anything impressive but I feel more solid in my body than I did at 50, which still amazes me. Breakfast I've kept simple. Eggs or yoghurt, something with protein, because someone on here mentioned it and I noticed I felt steadier through the mornings. That's all it was. I've still got a GP appointment coming up because the symptoms didn't just stop when the periods did. There are questions I want to ask about bones, about long-term stuff, and I've stopped feeling embarrassed to take a list in with me. You're not being dramatic. It doesn't just end at the last period. But it does get more navigable. Sending you all a lot of love from the other side of the worst of it. x