By Mary Cuffy

I was think­ing I was just 40,

Why should I be get­ting lash­es from hot flash­es???

Feel­ing the sting of mood swings,

Count­ing sheep, be­cause I can­not sleep,

Where are the syn­er­gies to bring my en­er­gy?

Let’s keep it sim­ple this is all about my cy­cle.

Ir­ri­tabil­i­ty, mood swings and mild de­pres­sion,

Why you caus­ing all this com­mo­tion?

Why you are in­ter­fer­ing with my hor­mon­al lev­el?

I feel the heat, this is not neat, lash­es from my hot flash­es.

A red flush face, how to em­brace this case?

Hor­mone fluc­tu­a­tions that is my cur­rent sit­u­a­tion,

Is this the meta­mor­pho­sis or is this just a cri­sis?

My body is chang­ing and re­ar­rang­ing,

I need my men­tal health that is my wealth,

There is on­ly dry­ness no sweet­ness,

What’s the cause for this seis­mic shift?

OB-GYN please be my sav­iour,

I was told I can find you at the lunch time hour,

At ‘Ask the Doc­tor’ please share your su­per pow­er,

Please share the an­swers to the cause of this great pause,

Why my es­tro­gen lev­el drop and every­thing flop?

With con­stant lash­es from my hot flash­es.

So, be­cause es­tro­gen lev­els de­crease you mak­ing me over heat,

That’s why I be get­ting lash­es from my hot flash­es?

This why my brain go­ing in­sane?

High amounts of oth­er kinds of hor­mones,

Af­fect the ther­mo­stat in meh brain,

So, I’m not go­ing to de­bate that’s why, my body tem­per­a­ture fluc­tu­ates,

Doc, you do ed­u­cate and trans­late so, we can re­late.

How can I move from this junc­tion of dys­func­tion?

A healthy lifestyle saves the day,

Move out the way drugs, gels and less carbs are my way,

I need to keep my symp­toms at bay.

Menopause you’re an ex­haust­ing ride!