[Janet]

Gina...I wish I could help, but I have know advice to give or knowledge to share. Gayle is on vacation I think.

I didn't go through menopause the normal way. They removed a tumor the size of a small watermellon and they took everything else too....ovaries, tubes, uterus and cervix. It threw me into memopause real fast and I still suffer somewhat even though I'm taking a very low dose hormone. The kind of period you're describing were the kind of periods I had all the time..ever since my first one.

I hope someone else here can help answer your questions at least until Gayle comes back.