warning: Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful and
All-Dried-Up.....One by one they crept into my own private cottage in
the woods and started to take over my life.
The first to arrive was Itchy. I developed this itch on my
right calf that was so irritating, I wanted to scratch the skin right
off my body.
Then Bitchy came to my door. No longer was my PMS contained
to one or two days a month--it felt like constant PMS. Then I would
swing from Bitchy to weepy. For Goodness sake, what was wrong with me?
Ding-dong......It's the middle of the night and Sweaty has
crawled into bed with me. Oh, yes, Sweaty brought embarrassing hot
flashes and introduced me to night sweats where it seemed as if a faucet
had been attached between my breasts.
Of ! course Sweaty brought about Sleepy because I was tired
all the time. I would wake up so many times in the night and not be able
to get back to sleep.
Bloated crept in slowly. My once-svelte figure got thick
through the middle section, even though I was following my weight-loss
program that had worked so well for so many years!
I can't quite remember when Forgetful arrived, but one day
my brain stopped working. I considered myself a pretty focused woman
until Forgetful came and I could not keep a coherent thought in my
brain. Am I getting Alzheimer's? I wondered.
Last, All-Dried-Up slowly encroached upon my happy marriage.
This was probably the most unpleasant of the dwarf family. Sex was no
longer on the top of my list.....or on my list at all. My husband would
give me that knowing look, and I would think,........ "Frankly, I'd
rather have a smoothie"!!!!!!!
But thanks!! LOL
