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Nobody likes to talk about the things we go through. Maybe it's too embarrassing. Maybe nobody wants to go first. So I'll go first. I'm going to be that friend you need: the one who won't judge you, won't tell you you're imagining it, and won't change the subject when it gets weird. Menopause, life, Finn, the stuff worth buying. Nothing is off the table.
more entries coming… Finn says hurry up.
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entry 01 · Menopause
I wanted relief from menopause. A modest request, I thought. Nothing extravagant. Just a little help from estrogen.
Enter the patch. Small. Unassuming. An impressive amount of emotional investment in something that looks like it should prevent a blister.
Mine was Mylan’s estradiol transdermal system, delivering 0.025 mg per day, with the patch changed twice weekly. A little adhesive square with a surprisingly large role in my quality of life.
Keep reading → 2verdict: still itchy.
entry 02 · Menopause
Nobody told me I might spend this chapter of my life wondering whether I was allergic to my entire existence.
Yet there I was. Itching. Not a little “oh, something tickled my arm” itching. I’m talking head to fricken toe.
And when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere. Arms and legs were merely participating locations.
Keep reading → 4Finn has reviewed this journal.
★★★★★
“would chew again.”
to be continued…
New entries land here as I live them.♥ Toni