Cooling it down

I noticed that there has been one or two lovely folks visiting this space, and I am aware that I have not posted for such a long while. In fact, the gaps between posts have become a bit like the length of my cycles - longer and longer between each one.
As I write, I can say that it has been 4 month since my last bleed.  It was in April - a time of great stress for me, as we were moving house, and my husband had injured his back.  We got there - and he is better, so all is well.  The body is a wonderful creation though.  It knew that I needed to nurture myself and slow down.  The exhaustion and long drawn out cold I had when we did arrive at our new home was typical of a flight and crash response.

The last period I had before that was in the previous August.  Against my inner wisdom, I duly attended for the cervical smear test, after the summons from my GP.  I don't know why I ignored the uneasy feeling, and succumbed to  the Medical Man.  Sure enough, my body reacted to the violation of it's sacred space by beginning to bleed. A lesson learned then...

Nonetheless, I am feeling so well!  I have had no big symptoms - or particularly small ones throughout this change.  In accepting it, I think I have barely noticed it.  Some days I look in the mirror and see my Mother, and some days I see my 13 year old self.  Most days it is just me - the result of all I have ever been and will be.   I have started to lose some of the excess weight I was carrying and I am so much more physically active.  Life in this clean sea air is certainly agreeing with me.

Ooh - do I sound a bit smug?  I hope not - I certainly don't mean to be.  I may be exceptionally lucky - I know I am, but I only want to reassure folks that The Menopause is not something to be feared, or medicated away.  Embrace it and live it - you deserve it.

If you have dropped in either from my main blog, or if the universe has brought you here - Welcome - and feel free to read through my other posts - there are only 14 in total, so it won't take too long :)  I hope you might find something that you find useful in your journey.  I find that I am too taken up with the rest of life to maintain this space on a regular basis. I am not closing it down - I may feel like curling up here now and again, but the posts will be few and far between.  I will still respond to comments and I am happy to continue the discussion there, but you can follow the bigger picture here - everyday life, menopause included - how radical!