Hi everyone WOW there is so much to read here and I have been reading for the last 2 hours and I have read alot of what I have been going through. So instead of reading any further I decided I would like to share. My name is Darleen and I am 50....soon to be 51.

For the last year or so I have have been having irregular periods, up untill then I have been pretty regular. I knew that when my boobs were sore, I would be getting my period within the next week or so, or when I had this sudden burst of energy that would last all day, it would be here within a day or 2. Then the day before I would loose all energy, be sick to my stomach, probably because I could eat anything in sight, I knew it would be here. BUT it started to get so at times I didn't even know it was coming. The real problems started in Nov I had it, but it was very light. Then 2 weeks later I got it again, and once again it was pretty light, but it never really went away I was spotting. Then, and I can remember this well on Dec 22nd we had company and I was standing in my kitchen and all of a sudden I felt this warmth, I thought I had peed my pants. When I went to the bathroom I realized it was blood, out of nowhere! So I thought what the @ was this. I continued to have spotting after that, until about 2 weeks then I was in the grocery store and once again here comes the warmth, and low and behold it came and this time lasted 3 weeks, and the clotting even scared me so much at one time I had to actually take a piece of toilet paper and feel it to make sure it wasn't somehing else. I have never felt so tired and so witchy (with a as I had for those 3 weeks. Through this time I was having hot flashes 24/7. I had decided I needed to call the DR and go...I hate Drs and I am not good at going when I should, well the day before I go it stops. Now I have to go for an ultra sound and sonic gram. It stopped on Feb 9th, the test is scheduled Mar 7th and I just started my period again on Sunday, by Monday it was flowing very heavy in all these years I have never had to change every hour, but I did yesterday, and last night it actually woke me up out of a dead sleep and as soon as I stood up....forget it. This morning was a repeat of yesterday and when I stood up, I was dizzy and I could actually feel it just "pouring out". And now it is almost non-exsistent. God only knows what it will be in the next hour?

Between the hot flashes, the emotions (which are off the wall), the bleeding, the fatigue and the "not knowing" what the heck is going on, that I am not even sure who I am anymore. But I do know this, after reading some here I am not alone! Thank God

Welcome as a Power Surge Sister, Darleen! If you're like me, you'll discover in this site lots of stuff going on with you that you didn't know were menopause-related. Read and learn. And don't be afraid to post to the forums. These ladies are great about answering questions and sharing experiences. Remember, we're all in the same boat and chances are if you have it someone else has experienced it too. Good luck!

Welcome to Power-Surge!
Please post after your doctor appointment and let us know how you are doing.

Hi Darleen:

Welcome to PS!

You will find the best ladies here with lots of information and support!

Hugs to you,
Jeaninne

Darleen,

Welcome to Power Surge. What you have described sounds like perimenopause! We all experience different things, but the wacky cycles is definitely a sign. Good luck with the ultasound, and be sure and let us know how it goes!!

Hi Darleen.

And a warm welcome to PS.. You will find this site so helpful as I did, there is so much information you can gather. Good luck with your ultra sound and sonic gram. keep us posted.

gizzie

Thank you all for the warm welcome. As I was reading everyone's posts it brought tears to my eyes...told you all my emotions were way out wack. I could cry or flip out at the slighlest things. After reading more about all this I have realized I have been on this roller coaster for some time now and I haven't even realized it before now.

So thank You again it is comforting to know that I am not alone and I don't feel so much like a looney tune I will keep you posted on my results.

Welcome Darleen - I know how you feel. When I had been having symptoms for at least a year and thought I was dying, finding this site was like an oasis - so helpful and comforting. I had no idea what was going on, no one ever warns us about any of this. Read, read, read and you will find many ways to deal with this awful time.

Hi Darleen,

Just want to add my warm welcome to Power Surge. This site was recommended to me by a friend who is a clinical psychologist; she and this site literally saved my life.

I hope I will see you here often.

Best,
Marcy

Since I have found this site I have been on everyday, more then once a day, and I just keep reading and reading I am just amazed at all the similarities in all of us. I can to go to just about any topic and find myself somewhere in there. And I have not even seen half this site yet? I have so many questions I am not even sure where to begin.

I do know that since I have found this site I have felt so much better, just knowing that what is going on with me is "normal" I am not crazy, I am not really a bitch (kind of like "I" just play one on TV) it is my hormones or lack of???? Which is my next step, and my first question How the heck do I know what I am lacking? Or have too much off?

I am not real comfortable with this Dr I went to. She didn't even take blood from me, wouldn't you think after bleeding for 3 weeks that would be something they would do? Not even a urine test? I have not been to a GYN for 6 years?????? So now she sends me for an ultra sound and then proceeds to to tell me about then taking a biopsy? WHY? I haven't even gone for the ultra sound yet? In case I have not mentioned I do not do DRS well! And right now this Young Women DR does not even have a clue!

Okay I guess I am done for now my test is tomorrow and so not looking forward to it...don't care who it is, not real fond of something foreign going where it does not belong!