well, as many of you know, I kinda plunged straight into menopause thanks to chemo in 1998. Most women on my meds got horrible hot flashes. I got none. No mood swings either. What I got, however, was my once-washboard abs went into sludge, and I do mean SLUDGE. I exercise regularly and eat very well but it doesn't help. Plus about 10 lbs. weight gain.

The best part was after an FSH (follicle stimulating hormone? I think...) test, which said I was totally irrevocably in menopause. I went home and finally threw out all that old horrible underwear that I saved for my periods. Okay ladies, I KNOW y'all have (or had) the stuff -- that ratty embarrassing underwear practically hanging from a string, which is "period underwear" cuz if you bleed all over it YOU DON'T CARE, and if you bleed a lot, you can trash it with no regrets. Well, I tossed it all and bought a bunch of nice new ones!