Flaming Hot! A journey with menopause🔥

One woman's hot flash experience

sweating middle age woman

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I put this post out originally Sept 24, 2022 to embrace my moments of self emulation. The hot spikes don’t change my daily life but they are a thing. Totally unpredictable. Weeks without them and then splash! Typically at night. A sudden burst of heat followed by beads of perspiration. I don’t know if my face turns red because I am usually in bed when they happen and I don’t really care if my face turns red.

What about you?

Do you have hot flashes that led you to go on HRT? Yesterday, I sent a note with questions to

Deborah Copaken

who did an important interview recently with Dr. Avrum Bluming about the link between menopause and heart disease and the benefits of HRT.

I have a great convo about menopause, its symptoms and solutions with Dr Heather Bartos coming out soon!

Menopause and the heart

So sit back and enjoy a sashay down hot flash alley….But first….in case you’re in Boston, please come to my opening at Ouimillie! remember to RSVP..

IS IT HOT IN HERE?

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When did I become Jack-Jack? I don’t know. Pretty recently. At first I thought it was because I’d had a lot of salt. Then I thought it was the alcohol. Or, maybe I needed to take a run. But, after a week or so of this affliction, it hit me: I am Jack-Jack. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love a good sweat. Show me a sauna and I am in it. Sweat cures all sorts of evils. Leads to all sorts of pleasure. A “healthy glow” is just a bit o’ sweat. “Dewy” is, too. “Glistening,” slightly sweaty. Rosy cheeked, flushed, gleaming, shimmering. All have a damp quality to them. 

But, this is not that.

What I have started to experience at night is kind of like being doused in gasoline and lit with a match. A sudden, violent heat. A freight train on fire. Jack-Jack the baby from the incredibles. Funny that when I saw the movie way back in my “dewy, healthy glow” time of life I thought the baby Jack Jack’s super powers were so funny, and useful! 

But as I sit here feeling the pre-heated-to-450-oven-heat exploding from my forehead, blowing my hair upwards, emanating from my clavicles up my neck, to my chin, rolling over my jaw bone and full cat tongue licking my cheeks with red, I can say turning to fire is not that neat. 

I mean, first of all, what the hell? Out of the blue I go from being a normal person (of sorts) to a science experiment. How has this been a thing women are forced to go through for so many millennia? Not everyone experiences the sweats, but for those of us that do, someone owes us an apology for god’s sake.

I’ve done some reading about the big M…menopause. I can’t say there is much written that is surprising (but plenty that’s helpful). This is yet another reason why I want to hear what other people are experiencing.

And Men out there! You also have a point of view. If your little lady has turned into a flamethrower, let's hear about it! It’s still a personal subject, of course. You can send stories to me and I can erase emails.

As if women weren’t mystical (witch) enough to men from a physical (and mental) standpoint. We bleed every month and survive (witch). We grow people and carry them around inside of us (witch). We can actually feed them too (double witch). It’s kind of like being a superhero. Isn’t it? But, without the fanfare or cape. Does Wonder Woman really need special powers? Aren’t her natural gifts impressive enough? Just saying.

What’s coming up?

October 21st at 7pm EST! Link to follow!

We had such a nice time last week! Here we are minus a Zoomer or two. We covered all sorts of things including health issues that seem to effect many women but no one talks about. We happen to have a few medical people present and ideas for relief abounded! Love the repeat visitors!

-Coming! An update with Rose Prieto and her new book!

-Interview with menopause specialist Dr Heather Bartos! Please submit any questions to yours truly for our chat:)

-Fall edit of your wardrobe with me and Cai Cai and The Copper Shed LLC