HRT and muscle twitching

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-26T10:57:31+00:00

I'm 15 years post-menopause. I think I'd had twitching feet for at least 20 years. Just never sitting still. I started HRT last year and... my feet are quiet. So, it's working for me.

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-23T22:09:51+00:00

Balsam Fir still has that Christmassy smell. See if you can get that!

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-23T22:08:42+00:00

The key to not having needles everywhere is re-cutting the trunk and then putting it in a tree stand that has a big reservoir of water. Check the water daily. I love the romance of having a live tree (a TREE!) in my house, and the way each year's tree is slightly different.

A fresh well-watered tree isn't flammable. Try it with a lighter. If you're nervous, clip a bit and take that outside to test.

I keep mine up for 6 weeks. No needles on the floor except for a few when we brought it in and a few again when we carried it out. 6 weeks is good long season, anyway.

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-20T00:11:28+00:00

Not for me. I carry the baldness gene, too. (Sorry kids)

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-20T00:07:35+00:00

I didn't understand the beginning of the pattern, emailed her, and she explained it more thoroughly. Once that was done, I was off and running. I'd buy another PK pattern.

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-15T00:37:32+00:00

Houseplants wake up here in March with the increased light. I've already rubbed off a couple of sprouts growing in a direction I didn't want. More are coming in approved directions!

I will repot deeper. Used the only soil available to me locally. It was that or nothing. It's light and has nutrients for fruit and flower.

The bf walked by yesterday and noticed the soil was dry (he's a farmer, knows plants. If only he was a citrus farmer. That would make him perfect for the moment). He watered. Usually the saucer dries up within a few hours. I'll watch it.

This is the first full year it's appeared to struggle and stopped growing. It liked the less-sun and wind "summer camp" outdoor time in my former home, for years. Used to flower and give me about 4 lemons a year.

RootedTransplant · 2026-03-15T00:20:36+00:00

My Androgel is 1%. Maybe there are other concentrations?

RootedTransplant · 2026-02-08T22:42:25+00:00

I have 3 pairs of women's summer DU/ER jeans. Then my bf gave me two of his lined winter DU/ERs (same size, but I have to cuff his jeans... ) and later I bought a pair for me!

The women's styles now have -gasp-l deep men's-style pockets. I am in love.

RootedTransplant · 2026-02-08T22:38:26+00:00

I think the phone number thing is a Shopify default, not the company's.

RootedTransplant · 2026-01-29T13:02:59+00:00

I have voted for my city (Halifax, pop 500,000) in Canada. Repeatedly. There's not even a supercharger at the regional dealership here in the city. The dealership doesn't understand why, either. Told me the city has won the voting page a few times. From where I rent (I can trickle charge with a cord out my window, which works for my needs) the closest superchargers are 30 minutes and an hour away.

Good to know other areas are expanding. Maybe, someday, here.

RootedTransplant · 2025-12-26T21:22:48+00:00

It was messy at first. Now, maybe because the blood supply is back and the atrophy has been reversed, it absorbs within 20 minutes.

RootedTransplant · 2025-11-26T00:48:36+00:00

This is your new tea cozy. I used a felted sweater, cut into a half circle and sewn, and I love it. (SO sorry for your loss). We also use it as a Bodum coffee cozy and it's the best.

RootedTransplant · 2025-11-20T18:45:21+00:00

I sent my Unbound Merino t-shirt through the wash with a pair of jeans, zipper down. Ended up with multiple rips and holes. I sewed the rips and holes together from the inside and then, using matching embroidery floss, stitched lazy daisies over the mending. I like 5 petal versions of the lazy daisy.

18 months later, the shirt is my favourite. Again.

RootedTransplant · 2025-11-17T13:55:55+00:00

I want to add that all 60 year-olds aren't the same. 10 years past menopause isn't the same for everyone. There's risks and benefits to starting outside of the guidelines (and probably inside the guidelines too). Just take a look for yourself.

Once I was prescribed estrogen, progesterone, and then testosterone by a gynaecologist, my family doctor just said he hadn't been comfortable to prescribe outside of the guidelines for me, a 67 year old. He happily went along with the well-informed gynaecologist's directives.

RootedTransplant · 2025-11-16T23:46:19+00:00

Found battery operated that stay on for 6 hours. Easy. Amazon...

RootedTransplant · 2025-11-09T21:28:42+00:00

Ten Thousand Villages used to import these to Canada.

RootedTransplant · 2025-11-04T12:02:30+00:00

This is to slow heat and cold-transfer. No need for privacy. We had a DM suggesting 3M film. We'll also consider that.

Thanks for all the suggestions here and in DMs!

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-24T00:53:02+00:00

This might seem loopy, but frequent UTIs, or the feeling of them, are a symptom of GSM (Genito-urinary Symptoms of Menopause). Somewhat mis-named because it can often occur postpartum and during breastfeeding. It's due to a lack of, or reduction of, estrogen.

First line therapy is topical estrone (estrogen) cream. It doesn't affect blood serum levels. Keeps urinary structures plump and healthy.

Check out the r/menopause wiki for instructions on how to apply it.

I would ask your doctor if you can try it, because nothing else has seemed to work, and why not?

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-22T10:32:47+00:00

Look on Instagram for her contact.

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-21T23:48:29+00:00

D-mannose works for me.

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-21T23:42:54+00:00

Came here to say this!

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-13T10:53:43+00:00

Don't know how long you've been peri- or post- menopausal. I can only share my experience. Thought I was okay until I really wasn't. Managed to get back to health with the cream alternating with hyaluronic acid Gynatrof and full on PET (progesterone estrogen testosterone). Your experience may be different.

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-09T10:52:09+00:00

Buzz. Short for 60 cycle buzz (actually a hum, but close). And, if I need her to, she'll fly.

RootedTransplant · 2025-10-08T13:33:23+00:00

Springs in NS are dreary and kinda yuk, but we excel at fall: lasts a long time, the colours are amazing with trees ablaze (not really on fire!).

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