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Garlic – A Cautionary Tale

King prawns were on special in the supermarket yesterday. Nothing quite beats king prawns in sizzling oil with garlic and chilli served with crusty fresh white bread and that’s exactly what we had yesterday evening, washed down with a nice glass of sauvignon blanc.

To my horror, I woke up this moring feeling slightly dizzy and with a headache sitting right over the bridge of the nose. I wondered if it might have anything to do with the garlic. A quick google this evening shows it just might. Who would have thought?

Enya, I may have to forgive you.

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Menopause Invention Wishlist – Ten Great Ideas for Inventors and Entrepreneurs

The purpose of this list is to make it easy for Internet entrepreneurs to be inspired! Here are my suggestions for the things that we REAL women REALLY need:

  1. The Sleep Bra. This 100% cotton, no wire garment will provide gentle support while we sleep. If you want to get fancy, it will come pre-loaded with a naturally based firming agent so we wake up with lifted and perkier boobs.
  2. The Hot / Cold Nightie. Now I’ve read about the bed fan and about the disposable nightie. But it’s not just night sweats we’re contending with, it’s also night shivers. So what we need here is the thermally adjustable nightie.
  3. The Inflatable Husband. Before you get complacant thinking “That’s easy” – we need one that can clean the gutters, wash the car and put the trash out.
  4. The Commuter Handbag. For a detailed specification, see my earlier blog on the subject.
  5. The Trainer Heels. These fashionable court shoes available in all the latest (and earliest) shades, will help lure us out of our flatties and help us find our way back into high heels. Balance is critical.
  6. The Stabliser Soundtrack. This will fix us if listening to Enya underwater has given us vertigo.
  7. The Manage Your New Young Boss Survival kit. This should contain gin, lemon, tonic and a handy pocket collection of quick and easy flattery prompt cards.
  8. The No-Mess Mineral Makeup Dispenser and Brush.
  9. The Sleep Easy Nightmare Chaser making bad dreams instantly forgettable. If this also works on inappropriate bed fellows that would  be an added bonus.
  10. The Annual World Menopause Day Reminder and Party Kit.

If you have ideas for other items to include on future lists, please leave me a comment and I will be happy to incorporate them  next time! Thanks for reading today. I look forward to trialling your inventions.

STOP PRESS: Just added elsewhere on this blog, The Complimentary Menopause Diary could be another item on this list. Check it out entrepreneurs, check it out!

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Sinus Problems and Menopause

I wonder how many other readers have experienced sinus problems in perimenopause or menopause?

Like the dizziness that I have blogged about previously, this is something I experienced about two years ago and am living with ever since. I hadn’t associated it with menopause until I began reading more widely about the signs and symptoms other women are experiencing. This interesting discussion  seems to suggest it another one of those symptoms that few doctors know about.

Isn’t it extraordinary, given that all women experience menopause, that so few of the general signs and symptoms seem to be well known? Have we lost the wisdom of our grandmothers? Is it our quest for youth that has perhaps made acknowledging aging a taboo subject? I do think that more sharing of information would be helpful to a lot of women.

There is an excellent article on menopause and headaches here.

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