AND I CAN DO IT WITHOUT SWEATING!
I have been taking Amberen for six weeks now and my hot flashes stopped after two.
However, before I started taking it, the paint right here, on the wall in HACK, was starting to blister due to the incendiary hot flashes I was experiencing. Not to mention the state of my bed on any given night. It was awash in sweat, tangled limbs and tossed off clothing.
Hummm, that sounds kinda hawt. It was SO NOT.
And while having your wife sleep neck-ed may sound like a great idea to any husband, all the tossing and turning, huffing and puffing and yelling, “YOU’RE TOUCHING ME!”, anytime he rolled over my direction really did get a little old a little fast. I think I can safely speak for John when I say this.
I am a mere 47 years old, peoples. I have been having hot-flashes, at least some, since I was 45. You have no idea how severe these things got.
I was not allowed into crowded theaters.
I could slip into a cool tub of water and steam up my bathroom.
I seriously considered moving into an apartment by myself so I could run around neck-ed all the time. Except for the guys that deliver takeout, I would have NO visitors. No way was I going to cook. Yeah. Those guys would just have to suck it up and get over it.
I had nightmares about spontaneously combusting only to awaken and find that there was a very real danger of it. If only I weren’t so damp.
The dogs were not allowed to sit on my lap. I was… sticky.
Life sucked and then, after one particularly whiny post about my hot flashes this strange guy, named Adam Hodson (By “strange” I mean unknown, and in no way intend to insinuate that Mr. Hodson is anything more or less than a superhero an upstanding American citizen.), wrote me an email and told me about Amberen. So I went to the website, investigated, googled it and and asked the dogs what they thought. It was unanimous. I got my three months worth and started taking them.
I swear, within two weeks I had stopped having hot flashes. Now my energy level is up there where it was years ago and John would boast that when he rolls over in bed and accidentally brushes against me I don’t shriek in his ear.
Yes. Life is like a dream here at the HalfAsstic House. 🙂
15 comments
Comment by Kristina P. on August 5, 2010 at 6:31 pm
It’s too bad you weren’t cast for Twilight, because you could have warmed little freezing Bella up, in the tent on top of the mountain. Too bad there’s nothing you can do for her personality.
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Comment by noe noe girl on August 6, 2010 at 6:44 am
Well there’s nothing like some good news! Glad it’s working!
Comment by Roger on August 6, 2010 at 9:03 am
I think you need to become a spokeswoman for the company. That’s great news for you and John – that whole getting shrieked at in the middle of the night could not have been fun.
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Comment by momx2 on August 6, 2010 at 9:59 am
YAY! for something that works… or for everything working again? haha Have a great weekend!
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Comment by big hair envy on August 6, 2010 at 11:23 am
You aren’t having hot flashes, and your appliances are working again? YAY!!! Although, I’ll admit that I’m a bit embarassed that you revealed that there was nook(ie) by flashlight with the linemen;) I’ll have to start calling you Miss Scarlet…or, as they say here in VA, “ScAHlet”!
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Comment by Red Hamster on August 6, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Isn’t it a miracle when a product actually works like it’s promised?!
Your power to attract strange men is turning out to be quite useful. 😉
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Comment by Mr. Corvette on August 6, 2010 at 12:03 pm
You had previously asked that I comment on your posts rather than just reading them. Well, here it is: I have absolutely nothing to say about hot flashes. I have never had one and have never lived with a woman who has. However, for John’s sake and anyone else within a city block of you, I am glad yours have stopped.
Comment by Mither on August 6, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Well, Mr. Corvette, I for one, am very happy to hear from you again. I had wondered what on earth had happened to you. I’ve missed you. And believe me when I say you were very lucky not to have been around Krissa for the hot flashes. They were almost as miserable for the people around her as they were for her!!
Comment by Marylin on August 7, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Glad to hear it’s working and you’re feeling much more comfortable! 🙂 x
Comment by Karen on August 9, 2010 at 6:04 pm
I’ll definitely have to remember this. My internal heater kicked in a year or so ago and I dread hot flashes in the next 10 years. I already know that I’m going to die because I don’t do hot at all. I’m glad it’s working for you.
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Comment by Alex on August 10, 2010 at 11:01 pm
How awesome is that!
I can totally relate…I had some weird bug a few weeks back that left me sweating (literally waking up in puddles) during the night. My husband would go to hug me and recoil in horror. Thank goodness it’s gone.
Can’t wait to hit menopause (ha- NOT!)…may have to move to Alaska for that.
🙂
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Comment by Grandmother (Mary) on August 13, 2010 at 6:53 am
Good for you! Good for John! Been there, done that and turned to (plant based) hormones rather than endure them!
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Comment by Eric | Eden Journal on August 16, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Congrats on your normal body temperatures!
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Comment by Chief on August 18, 2010 at 7:41 pm
I am so not looking forward to this. one night a month is all I can take at this point
Comment by gina on August 30, 2011 at 10:28 am
I just started taking Amberen..about a week in now. I tried EVERYTHING else…. Hot flashes…well the began at 8p and lasted till 11a…no flash to it. Those are subsiding..also my sleeping is getting a bit better, don’t ache as bad all over, I’m beginning to be able to hold a thought in my head (ya!)…I do love this stuff.
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