Menopause Or Aging, Which Is More Frightening ? Part 1.

Well, I do not know about you, but for me I guess it comes hand in hand. The moment, menopause started it mechanism, it might be like the deadly computer virus, once it enter your system, it will kick off the circle of programs to attack. In this case, the cell started it downward aging a little faster than usual and it very much depend on which part of your body feel the effect earlier than the rest of the section.

  Maybe I am one of the few who is not so lucky with menopause issue and I think it will be very much different from one to another. Well what happened to me? Hot, hot and hot probably is bearable as we in Malaysian are kind of use to the hot and humid environment. Or we just opt to stay indoor with cool air-conditioning offices, home, shopping and restaurant. Sweating ? Ya, sometimes, I thought I had a bad frightening dream, waking up all sweating in a 18 degree air-con bedroom. Oh what a night.  Or sometimes, maybe in the middle of a conversation, you feel like kind of sweaty, that also not too bad, blame it on an exciting topic of discussion.

Ooo….. you forgotten that the gas stove is on and you suddenly realizes it when you are putting on your lipstick while waiting for the traffic light to turn green? Or you simple don’t understand why your purse keep on missing itself? I guess again, we can work on this and be more vigilant. But wait a minute, why suddenly I feel and think differently. How come I feel down when there is nothing happened to my life lately? How come I feel so hyper and think the Mount Everest is a piece of cake ? And I think it is OK, to just move to another exotic, harsh climate, language bearer country by justifying it as a change environment? Am going crazy ? I think part of it; Yes. I am really going crazy and part of it; I truly wanted something different

 

So how should we have control rather than being controlled by menopause ? For me I quickly say hello to my dear doctor. She suggested many ideas, with herbal remedies, exercise and of course the hormone therapy. I tried 1 and 2 ; it not working at all, or I think is getting worst, I can’t sleep well, my thought are getting more ridiculous and my emotion is like a roller coaster. So at the end. Let’s go for it… Hormone Therapy … replacing estrogen for myself and to some it might need both estrogen and progesterone. This is already my second year and it not getting the whole system back to normal but at least it help bit by bit, here and there.

Even though with constant replenishing of hormone, I guess our natural hormone system is going down faster than what we can replenish. As time goes by, you might experience teary eyes and friends might asked you why are you crying? Which I am not and then maybe you are like me, the bone trying to tell you, that they have help you too much and now they are trying to tell you, it their chance to take revenge against you. So my hand pain, my back pain, my leg pain, my neck pain and come to think of it, not one part of my body do not experience pain.

 

Well, you must be asking me, if I took my supplement? Of course, from I my age 20’s, I started on calcium lah, vitamin C lah, B complex lah, you name it I have it, until one day, my maid came and ask me …. “Mam, you sick eh?” “No lah” came my replied…. “then why eat so many medicine?” Well after 30 years of extra nutrient, we still cannot beat the most intelligent creature on earth, the “human body”. It has it function and it timing for each part for each of us.

Menopause I guess is the nicer words for aging. Now you find that suddenly, your hair is getting greyer. Not a problem, now you either like me dye it any color of your choice, since as we get older we might be getting more daring with our taste too or simply go for organic hair color therapy which according to the salon, it won’t hurt your thinning hairline and fragile root.

Then, everyday when you were in your bathroom looking through the mirror, you notice your neck has more creases and you eyes look droopier. That is why the skincare company nowadays, anti aging range with the female model of flawless luminous face are forever staring at you. Maybe you are like me, not being bother so much but we apply more cream, now from face to neck and all the way to the breast. Our body, oh, I am actually drinking body lotion. I mean, I can’t help it as I was born with dry skin. How now you may ask me? Of course is getting worst. Me looking at my hand, it no longer the long slender smooth and soft to the touch type anymore. So how? No choice but apply heavier material, like natural oil. You know; Argan Oil, the most talk about, super anti oxidant oil that supposedly nourish and make the skin supple and soft. Where? Hand, body and feet. Finger cross, it least it keep the aging cell of the skin at bay for a bit longer.

Try it, fight it. What to do we are women. You know our species never said die! I come back for more in the next episode. See you around.