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Gather around, my young friends and fellow dinosaurs, let me tell you about some BULLSHIT no one ever tells you about. I'm talking about menopause and perimenopause. Now, menopause has a very stringent medical definition. You have to not have had a period for exactly 12 months and a day to be considered in menopause. All the bullshit before that day once you start going through The Change is considered perimenopause. Here's some bullshit you might experience that people actually talk about when you're in perimenopause:

- shorter time between periods

- irregular periods

- hot flashes and/or cold flashes

- fucked up sleep

- OMG NIGHT SWEATS

- Vagina as dry as the Sahara desert

- lighter periods and/or endless bleeding like it's The Flood but it's in your pants

- lack of interest in Adult Fun Times

This time of joy can last anywhere from a couple of years to a god damn decade and there's no medical way right now to predict it.

Here's some of the REAL bullshit they don't tell you about but your dinosaur aunt is here to let you know:

- You can start perimenopause in your 30s, don't listen to idiot doctors who tell you you're "too young" because they don't know your body like you do.

- Perimenopause will make you HELLA DUMB. Seriously, I'm talking Bigly broken brain. Brain fog? Check. Short term memory? Wave goodbye to it. Ability to make words form out of thoughts? Yeah, good luck to you.

- Perimenopause can cause horrible fatigue because in addition to losing estrogen, you're also losing testosterone. Oh and that also leads to muscle wasting, cool cool.

- Things might suddenly hurt more because estrogen is known to be neuroprotective.

- If you're super lucky like I am, and like to collect rare illnesses, you might even get Burning Mouth Syndrome 💀

- And meanwhile, while you're going through this bullshit, you'll be getting gaslit by doctors who are operating based on 30 year old debunked data about how HRT causes breast cancer (not really) and that they shouldn't put you on it until you're in actual menopause. (Data shows starting HRT early can potentially prevent Alzheimer's in later years.)

- There are entire online clinics right now (I use Midi Health) focused on providing care for peri and menopausal patients and they will happily prescribe you HRT even if your regular PCP or OBGYN do not (if you meet the criteria). I've been pretty impressed with how holistically they view the patient. For full disclosure, I learned about them from my integrative health doctor and they do not accept Medicare (yet).

I'm 46 years old right now and I've been symptomatic for perimenopause for the last 8 years, although it's gotten the most dramatic in the past 2 years or so, which I hope means I'm almost done, holy hell. Yeah I was on the early side, but if it can happen to me, it can happen to you, so it's never too early to think about these things. And I hope to at least spare some of you the mind-fuckery I've been through because no one told me about most of this stuff, including my own mother who just DOESN'T REMEMBER what happened to her and now I completely understand why. And because I also have a connective tissue disease, I used to just dismiss my pain and fatigue as being caused by that illness rather than the loss of hormones.

Anyways, this is why we need Elders in our lives, so they can do Grandma Story Hour like I just did and validate you when the entire medical field tries to gaslight you. I hope you've found some or all of this educational/useful. Please share with your friends because we really do NOT talk about this stuff enough. (Ewwww Moon Blood!)

Stay well, and don't let the bastards grind you down!

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How does noone see the similarities between Volt and Loki??? Esp when he's mad

I mean LOOK AT THEM, REALLLLY

No wonder I find him so amazing

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SOME CHIIKAWA DRAWINGS!!!

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things that seem small can be really brave:

getting up in the morning

asking for help

stopping when you know you’ve pushed yourself too hard

admitting when you were in the wrong

forgiving yourself

making an effort even when you don’t have the motivation

reaching out to others when you feel alone

+ much more

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Oh hey. I learned a bit of magic at the jewelry store that I’ve forgotten to share, please pass the blessing along.

Have you ever had a knot or tangle in a metal chain? Especially the very fine ones, it can be impossible to work them out with your fingers.

My friends, all you need is a thumbtack. In a pinch, a toothpick, needle, or any fine thin stick will do. I have never been defeated by a knot with a thumbtack in hand.

You stick the pointy end into the trickiest part of the knot and slowly just work it in. The knot loosens around it, and I’ve used this metaphor for acupuncture too because it’s the same principle to me.

But anyway, I’ve untangled chains women brought in that have been stuck multiple hellish kinks and knots for decades. It never fails to astonish them, and honestly it’s fun. Very tricky knots can take longer but it always works.

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I love Bruno Madrigal<333

My first full page of this man. I'm obsessed. I love this man with all my heart<3

Will the Hector nation welcome me or will they throw tomatoes at me and chuck me in the dumpster for drawing myself with him

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another silly little tiktok

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HECTOR NATION!!!!!!! how do we feel about pulling him in for a kiss by his cone cause I personally cant stop thinking about it 0///0

Taglist♡: @me-myself-and-my-fos @flowering-darkness @sunstar-of-the-north @changeling-selfship @cherry-bomb-ships @rosieaurora @tropgothships @little-miss-selfships @starlos-soulmate @limey-self-inserts @candyheartedchy @space-sweetheart @clancykisser @squips-ship @berryshipbasket @soulnottainted @saturdaymorningcartoonz @severants @iwishihadfangs @fictodreamer @adoredbyalatus @heartribbons @wizard-ships

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Help me they're in my brain I wanna go kiss my breaker box

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Emergency Commissions in Effect

Hey everyone! Just wanted to post about something important to me. My soul dog, my love of my life, my Belle is sick. She's got surgery planned on Friday and I need some assistance to cover this new (and unexpected) cost.

What we're doing here is a "pay what you feel it deserves" commission. At this time, I don't know the cost of the surgery and nor does the doctor until they get her under anesthesia.

This is ONE-SHOTS only at this time. Unless you have a pre-established fic you want updated. Or we have a good and extensive talk about what you want.

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Based on my earlier custom Hector cutout, featuring a rusty-looking vent, I really wanted to draw Hector in something based on the very old heating + ventilation contraption I have in the old German house I live in.

"Traditional" AC isn't exactly common in older buildings over here, plus drawing him with a little flame in his core is simply too cute~

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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

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In my opinion it's a lot more healthy to be able to own that you dislike someone for petty reasons than to do all kinds of mental gymnastics to make everyone you don't really vibe with out to be a bad person actually

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Are there any pros or cons of a menstrual cup over pads? (I hate tampons so those are already out lol) I have a friend who swears by them but tbh it feels too taboo to talk to her about it.

Well, that depends on your body and what you like!

But some pros I can think of would be you don't have to switch it out as consistently as pads (just empty it occasionally), you can go swimming without worrying about blood, some people find them more comfortable than pads and less noisy and its often less messier if you want to have sex!

Some cons would be it does require putting the cup inside you which some people aren't comfortable with, it can be messy when you empty them, some people have trouble removing them and sometimes it takes a bit to figure out which is the right size for you!

That's what I can think of off the top of my head but I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot talking to your friend. It can be really helpful to get personal, first-hand information from others and one of the best ways to combat taboo is to talk about it.

Hope this helps, Anon! Let me know if you have any other questions. <3

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