Tales from the Hormone Front or In The Heat Of The Night

If one must have hot flashes at least they should be interesting ones. One night in March I awoke feeling the heat emanating from my body. It enwrapped me like a super hero’s force field. I tossed off my covers in a failed attempt to cool off.

As I lay in bed with my eyes firmly shut (hormone inducted heat fluctuations may have disturbed my sleep but I was not going to let my heat crazed body disturb my rest) I could sense the cold air seeking a way through my super hero like heat shield. It was a pretty cool experience (pun not intended). The cold air was moving around my body seeking a way to chill me before I could dive back under the covers. The heat emanated off my skin holding back the cold.

Then without warning the heat shield was gone and I was chilled. Back under the covers

….. and miracle of miracles, back to sleep.

Comments

[Lilysgramma]

Oh my do I ever understand that! When I was in menopause (after my hysterectomy), I stood with my head in the freezer ALOT!! It feels like you have a heater in your body working from the inside out!! Hang in there, it gets better... eventually. :)

[Karen]

You are lucky to have been able to throw the covers back. I feel paralyzed when the flashes hit me. It is so awful.