It is hilarious. She must have been talking about menopause. My whole inner heating system has been turned on. At 48 I have been turned into a heat-raving, foggy-brained, emotional, dazed and confused woman. It means that everyone else freezes. Brain fog certainly is a great excuse for spacing out and not being able to answer lengthy emails or really focus on things. It does make you more relaxed. At least it appears that way to the outside world.
Emotionally β well one should wear a warning sign that flare ups may happen. But then again we are that way with estrogen anyway. But all the feminine hygene that I bought on sale in bulk I will be handing out to friends. A friend jokingly said she liked me better without my ovaries β my energy seems to have hit an all time high and I am consistently in a better mood.
I would agree with her. I have to say removing my ovaries was the most painful surgery. As a friend pointed out β well you did have two organs removed. I thought I would be more attached to them, but to my surprise I am not and I saw it as better than having a shot jabbed into me once a month.
It was my solution to not putting a toxic drug inside of me. Everything else is fine due to menopause. Not quite use to the foggy brain β like a smoky veil has been put over my eyes β but even this is getting better. Only time will tell what shall unfold from this. Sounds like you are keeping a positive attitude and a sense of humor, both of those attributes will serve you well!
Hi Dana! I am an oncology nurse with my expertise being breast cancer. First let me say as a nurse I understand everything you are going through. You are not unlike all of your fellow survivors. You are doing an awesome job trying to move forward with this disease.
