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<blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 812521" data-attributes="member: 148713"><p>My experience is not straightforward because I had a hysterectomy, but didn't have my ovaries removed so it is not clear when exactly I went through or whether I am going through the menopause phase. I have had a rise in my hb - quite a big one from 7-ish to 9-ish but I don't think that was all attributable to hormonal changes - I have been much more sedentary and gone through a big family crisis too. </p><p></p><p>So I was having more difficulty controlling my blood sugar but the reasons for that are not clear. After years of diabetes, my injection sites were shot too. Now I have a pump, I can control my blood sugars but my muscle to fat ratio is still much worse and I put weight on much quicker than I used to.</p><p></p><p>Another difference I can definitely vouch for is the loss of a waist line. That sounds trivial but it isn't really. Visceral fat is really bad for you into terms of cardio-vascular disease etc. I am still a reasonable weight - I just squeeze into the top end of my "correct" BMI, but it is much harder to lose weight and when I put it on it definitely goes to the belly and not the bum now.</p><p></p><p>When I were a lass (from Manchester, when it was still in Lancashire), I was very fit and energetic, and I found that exercise controlled most of my "period problems", including blood sugar. So I can't say that "women's problems" have been a big issue for me until I got fibroids in my forties. That was why I had the hysterectomy. But if I am having or have had a menopause, can't say I have noticed it, frankly. None of the nightmarish symptoms some women describe so just the flipping belly fat for me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuthW, post: 812521, member: 148713"] My experience is not straightforward because I had a hysterectomy, but didn't have my ovaries removed so it is not clear when exactly I went through or whether I am going through the menopause phase. I have had a rise in my hb - quite a big one from 7-ish to 9-ish but I don't think that was all attributable to hormonal changes - I have been much more sedentary and gone through a big family crisis too. So I was having more difficulty controlling my blood sugar but the reasons for that are not clear. After years of diabetes, my injection sites were shot too. Now I have a pump, I can control my blood sugars but my muscle to fat ratio is still much worse and I put weight on much quicker than I used to. Another difference I can definitely vouch for is the loss of a waist line. That sounds trivial but it isn't really. Visceral fat is really bad for you into terms of cardio-vascular disease etc. I am still a reasonable weight - I just squeeze into the top end of my "correct" BMI, but it is much harder to lose weight and when I put it on it definitely goes to the belly and not the bum now. When I were a lass (from Manchester, when it was still in Lancashire), I was very fit and energetic, and I found that exercise controlled most of my "period problems", including blood sugar. So I can't say that "women's problems" have been a big issue for me until I got fibroids in my forties. That was why I had the hysterectomy. But if I am having or have had a menopause, can't say I have noticed it, frankly. None of the nightmarish symptoms some women describe so just the flipping belly fat for me! [/QUOTE]
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