Agape Life

As I was sitting at my desk, listening to my professor lecture, I leaned back in my chair and groaned, “Oh my God”. I began to sweat profusely. My insides felt as if everything was boiling. I could no longer sit still without leaving out the room to go outside to feel some cold air. If I continued to sit and fan would I begin to annoy my classmate next to me? Even though, my doctor had warned me that there would be days like this, due to me having a hysterectomy, I did not imagine it would be so life changing. I was only 37.  What was happening to me? Menopause. But, all I could say is “Please not now”.

Menopause is a natural biological process.  Menopause is the natural decline of reproductive hormones. As you approach your late 30s, your ovaries start making less estrogen and progesterone — the hormones that regulate menstruation — and your fertility declines. Studies estimate that 85 percent of menopausal women experience hot flashes and some suffer from the more than frequently in the middle of the night “night sweats”. Hot flashes are caused by decreased estrogen levels affecting the sensitivity of the hypothalamus. They are unavoidable. Most women do not have to face menopause until their late 40’s or 50’s