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<blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 965084" data-attributes="member: 94348"><p>I always had enormous changes every month anyway, expected but not predictable so i was used to just going along with things testing, testing, and more testing - no choice really. So it was not too much of a shock coming into what the docs call the peri-menopause . docs explained that some cycles become anovulatory in some women before menstruation stops. It means even more difficulties re Type one for some women, and can go on for ages but even after that things dont stop! My GP at the time said when i was asking when things would settle re erratic blood glucose variations ( talking about common menopause symptoms, which i was lucky enough not to have many of) that she had patients who still had a sort of a cycle re hot flushes at age 75! ). It seems many women still produce hormones, so blood glucose can remains unpredictable, or take a while to calm down. As to waist fat, metabolism changes mean many of us need a lot less cals than we had when younger! Also best to get thyroid tested regularly as large numbers of older women get hypothyroid disease, and it is common in type one women. Even better get checked for thyroid autoantibodies - these dont mean you will get thyroid disease but you will get regular checks thereafter if positive.</p><p>Hi, Juicy, i have just seen you asked about treatments as well as methods of dealing with erratic control round pre menopause time etc, Methods i used were just more testing, and no treatments, other than more soya, and more variety of veg and fruit, i had read at the time that there was no word for hot flushes in Japanese, and that there was not much written about menopause symptoms in Japan, and that the Japanese diet might account for this. (there may be different information now). My GP warned against HRT, regarding the risks, especially of some cancers, so, though the first month was prescribed in hospital , i never took it. Looking back it was all pretty ok, and would have been absolutely fine had there been available some sort of accurate closed loop system re diabetes control. Perhaps there soon will be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ann34+, post: 965084, member: 94348"] I always had enormous changes every month anyway, expected but not predictable so i was used to just going along with things testing, testing, and more testing - no choice really. So it was not too much of a shock coming into what the docs call the peri-menopause . docs explained that some cycles become anovulatory in some women before menstruation stops. It means even more difficulties re Type one for some women, and can go on for ages but even after that things dont stop! My GP at the time said when i was asking when things would settle re erratic blood glucose variations ( talking about common menopause symptoms, which i was lucky enough not to have many of) that she had patients who still had a sort of a cycle re hot flushes at age 75! ). It seems many women still produce hormones, so blood glucose can remains unpredictable, or take a while to calm down. As to waist fat, metabolism changes mean many of us need a lot less cals than we had when younger! Also best to get thyroid tested regularly as large numbers of older women get hypothyroid disease, and it is common in type one women. Even better get checked for thyroid autoantibodies - these dont mean you will get thyroid disease but you will get regular checks thereafter if positive. Hi, Juicy, i have just seen you asked about treatments as well as methods of dealing with erratic control round pre menopause time etc, Methods i used were just more testing, and no treatments, other than more soya, and more variety of veg and fruit, i had read at the time that there was no word for hot flushes in Japanese, and that there was not much written about menopause symptoms in Japan, and that the Japanese diet might account for this. (there may be different information now). My GP warned against HRT, regarding the risks, especially of some cancers, so, though the first month was prescribed in hospital , i never took it. Looking back it was all pretty ok, and would have been absolutely fine had there been available some sort of accurate closed loop system re diabetes control. Perhaps there soon will be. [/QUOTE]
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