Hello Crash Menopause

I am 42 and just had my Ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed. Things I have learned so far;

• I won’t be officially in menopause until 12 months of no periods - so June 2026.

• I need to take utrogestan and Progesterone

• Everyone I have spoken to so far prefers the Gel utrogestan (put on inner thighs in the morning)

• My Progesterone needs to be taken before bed on an empty stomach…goodbye late night snack bowls.

• It is very easy to forget new medication so reminders on Alexa AND my phone telling me to stop eating snacks 9pm and take medicine 11pm etc helps a bit and forcing us to eat dinner at a socially civilised time, or really quickly at 8.55pm

• For the purpose of my blog starting from now the F word will be replaced by the word Glug (dedicated to my awesome Gluggle Juggle who has given me hours of totally unfunny laughing during my ‘post op recovering on good pain meds’ days. I have moments of complete ‘I do not give a glug’. Serious, I give less of a glug than I have ever done before. It is such a beautiful peaceful feeling. Blissfully unphased and clearly eerily giving off ‘do not glugging come near me, do not talk to me, do not breathe me air, but yes I do want snacks’ vibes.

• I have started to firmly believe in telepathy - I meet random women and they just know. Suddenly everyone is super lovely and nice.

• Medical Cannabis has certainly made the experience so far quite pleasant.

• Oh and I am hot - really glugging hot - and it would be wise not to use the phase ‘I am too, it is hot’ around me or in my home or online

• Cooling blanket so far has been welcome, I think, I am undecided. I may just be in the ‘not giving a glug’ stage, it might be fabulous.

Oh final thing that is by far my favourite;

• I can have someone implant an embryo and still have a pregnancy and baby! Not my eggs though, they’ve been disected and probably turned to dust now - I did ask to keep them in a jar but this request was denied.