October 22, 2007 01:12 PM
Baby Got Back (Pain)
The other day, I was in bed watching Oprah. Oh to some people, it sounds like a normal enough way to spend a weekday afternoon when you're off work, but not to me. I almost never (like once every few years) watch Oprah, and I almost never lie in bed between 4 and 5 p.m. But I'd thrown out my back about an hour before, and I was in bed on a heating bed, writhing in pain.
As luck would have it, Oprah's show that day was about women's health, and her guest was Christiane Northrup, author of The Wisdom of Menopause. I listened as they covered most of the aches, pains, and maladies I face (well, not this back stuff, but the other stuff, like headaches) and realized that all things considered, I am very much like many women my age. And the common factor that ties us all together is menopause--that looming-in-the-distance, inescapable part of life that is creeping up on me pretty quickly these days.
Is there hope? Once I can straighten up and not look like a troll from under the bridge, is all I have to look forward to simply mood swings, headaches, and weight gain? Apparently, there is hope, and it may lie in relatively simple things like a little exercise, eating right, and supplements such as Omega 3s and flax seed.
Before the end of the show, I called down to my son to bring me my laptop (I still couldn't walk--thank goodness I have children) so I could order the book from Amazon.com. I thought I'd go ahead and grab that menopause bull by the horns. Knowledge is power, ladies : )
Comments
great blog. I am turning 40 next weekend & I enjoyed that book. Lots of valuable info on hormones & hyst.
Posted by: mom2layna at January 6, 2008 04:15 PM
