Menopause Mindful Gifts

'Let me get this straight- you went to a GUY-ne-cologist, to discuss MEN-o-pause?'

"Now, Mrs. Jones, repeat after me..."

"The third little pig is now a menopausal porker. I hate these hairs on my chinny chin chin."

"It's time we discuss menopause and climax change."

"My once perky chicken breasts hang like flapjacks, I don't lay eggs anymore, I'm burning up with hot flashes, I'm...."

Groups of menopausal women in clinic.

Flash Cuisine

'No Dear, the Tooth Fairy is long gone. I'm the Hot-Flash Fairy.'

The post-menopause luncheon's unintentional comedy act.

Clair regretted having her husband sit in while her doctor described possible side effects of menopause.

Middle Age: When the four letter word you use most is 'What?'

"Everything started when I became a stay-at-home-mom of three little monsters."

'I know you don't want to admit you're old enough to be menopausal, but blaming your hot flashes on global warming...'

'You think irritable fowl syndrome is bad? Just wait until you hit menopause.'

'Not to worry. Water retention is a common symptom of menopause.'

"Still getting those hot flashes, Margaret?"

Middle age anxiety about leaving the house.

"You boys who have to take your medications with food, now's the time."

'It's my biological clock.'

'Life was moving along at a nice, steady pace, then I hit middle age and my life hot-flashed before my eyes!'

Many women report sleep disturbances associated with the post-menopausal period.

"We can go with the hormone-replacement therapy or skip straight to the husband replacement."

Flo's kids had a harder time adjusting to their mother's hot flashes than she did.

'This isn't any comparison to my going through menopause!'

"I'd better go -- I think my wife's menopause has arrived."

Internal Clock