hi again ladies,, .. ok, let me just ask you all something here,,,,I know bloatedness and ovarian pain is a symptom of peri, but how much? I know that's a very in general sort of question, and each woman is totally different, but I'd just like to know, for the record, how often you ladies get bloated, for how long, is it before or after your period (or any old time, which is like me), and how about ovarian pains? Now, that's something fairly new to me, i've had that on and off during my life, but not to much....UNTIL this month, right now! This has been a lousy cycle this time, my period came on time, and was basically "ok", but AFTERWARDS, geez, I still, STILL (4 days after my period ended) have that pre period heaviness in the lower abdomen, and it still feels in the uterus that feeling that at any moment, you're going to get your period, but I just finished it....however, tonight, i started to notice actualy ovary "pains", not SEVERE, but there...on and off. I noticed it seemed to shoot over to my left hip too. So, all in all......how bloated do you get? There are times, like this month now, that I look pregnant for pete sake! but then, yesterday, i didnt. I know bloatedness depends on so many things, but this month, for some reason, I seem to be OVERWHELMED with thoughts of ovarian cancer,,,this is nuts, i know. Today, I felt SO detached, it wasn't funny, and i couldn't do anything to help myself "come back" so to speak. It really frightened me. I mean, there were a few times, I felt faint. I had to walk around my house, and talk to myself, and take a xanax....my husband, who is so good about all of this, made me some toast and jam, and coffee, and insisted i eat, bec. i hadn't eaten. It seemed that the combo...of eating, and xanax, brought me "back", but as you can guess.....my first thoughts were ovarian cancer, bec. i felt so darn weak.....and in the meantime, I KNOW, iv'e read over and over and over, how everyone of my symptoms....ARE PERI! well, jsut for my own peace of mind, i've made an appt. for Feb. 4th, I have to know, i'm just that way......

ok, girls, i'd appreciate your input on this................HUGS to all.......MyDarling

I never used to have the bloating thing until about a year ago. It's horrible. I feel like the full uterus thing happens too. I get period cramps after my period. Full uterus. Can go for days. Then it's gone. I too used to obsess about what diseases I have; and still do. But not to the extent I used to. And I think you just need to keep reading everything these wonderful fellow suffering ladies have to say. We're all in the same boat my sweetheart and it's not a nice one. Hardly a relaxing cruise. More like a choppy watered barbed wire canoe. Bloating is just one of the many issues a lot of us have. I know you will get the reassurance you need when you get to the gyno. Until then, enjoy what sounds like a wonderful husband, and your xanax. I know I couldn't cope without my friend Xanax every now and then. Helps me with the insomina, the anxiety, the nervousness, the stress, the inner tremors.

Hi my darling,

I can so empathize with your symptoms!

I will be 56 in April and on HRT. I have never had such bloating in my life. Sometimes my belly feels so distended that I too fear having some dreaded disease. Then it abates. I also spot every day so I am having a pelvic US in about an hour!

As for the detached feeling, it is caused by extreme anxiety. In a nutshell, the brain becomes so overloaded that it kind of disassociates from the rest of us. Once you are able to calm down a little, the detached freeling starts to go away. I have the detached dizzies just about every day.

I find that writing to other women with the same symptoms helps tremendously and lowers my anxiety. Keep posting! I won't be afraid to if you aren't either.

Very best,
Marcy

hi again girls.....well, STILL BLOATED! ..lol.. geez, this stinks! my abdomen feels so "tight", as if I were pregnant. I notice this seems to get worse as the day wears on, it's not as bad when i first wake up, although some days it has been. I'm afraid to eat, for pete sake! Bec. after I eat, things "down there" get worse. I try to eat very bland foods. On one hand this sounds intestinal, such as IBS or whatever...on the other hand, my mind, is making this into some kind of disease, like ovarian cancer! (this being bec. my mother died of it)....ok, I've got to get a hold of myself, this is driving me nuts...then, add the ovarian "feelings" i've been having latley .. shooting pains in the left ovary, digestive problems, gas, constipation (now, that's a new one again, for a while there, my bowel movements were ok, this constipation thing just set in two days ago), on and on......oh, and that constant pre-period full heavy uterus feeling....I also think my lower abdominal muscles are sore as well, and that's something i've had before. That's a weird one, bec. it feels SORE in the lower abdomen, and if you lie flat on your bed, and sort of press in down on the lower abdomen, you get this pressure sensation on the bladder, i don't know.

ok,..marcy, I'm posting again! LOL ..... thank you, guys! Sincerely, MyDarling

Hey Girls. Question? I skipped my first period this year this month- almost 4 weeks over due. I skipped one last year this exact time. I have been flashing for the past 3 weeks!! Also my lower back feels s stiff. This eases up in the day and then comes mack in the afternoon and after I eat. Also I have been blaoted and gassy for 3 weeks too. Are all these symptoms worse when you skip periods and will they go away???
Louisa