I am waiting the results of blood tests and urine and getting a mammogram and ultrasound. I am getting worse and worried. I smoke and am trying to quit. when I breath deep, my right rib cage feels like deep inside a pain, the pain I feel is generated on my right side, pale stools, I felt nauseated and almost puked but nothing happened, exhaustion, and since I had a hernia operation it feels like that is prickly, crampy no period for at least 6 months, small heat flashes then cold, shakey off and on, restless sleep, headache occationally never had headaches much, no appetite only eat so I can work, no sex drive, I feel good at work at first then within a few hours tired and eat mortin 800 every 6 hrs, feel stomach acid pain starting and been on prilisc for 5 years. what I am worried about is all the tests may be directed towards thyroid and estrogen levels, if all these tests come back negitive and I die what should I do before I die sounds crazy but I am not well and am very worried I am only 46 and just had a new grandson and a 6 yr old grandson and they love me so much and I am so tired and don't want to die yet.
A. Sounds like you are having a tough time, what ever the cause. Menopause is certainly able to cause the very problems you are describing. But other conditions like anemia and thyroid problems, particularly low or hypothyroid are common other conditions with similar symptoms and depression and low adrenal problems can also be to blame. Even if you are going though menopause, that doesn