Have you reached for the lube, ladies!

Blimey! When I saw the thread title I thought we were all supposed to be reaching for a tea tray with which to hurtle down a slope of frozen ice at terrifying speed.

Don't mind me. I pay no attention to adverts.

Crikey - I must have missed this advert! What channel is it in
The one that’s making my toes curl at the moment is the one for Tena Lady with the women in their bras and pants rolling around on their beds and stroking themselves. Just why?? And don’t even get me started on their normalising of incontinence ?

Merlot gran. Is that not a luge?!

In all seriousness: for older ladies, lube can be very important. If you're finding that lube is not enough and/or you're having a lot of urinary tract infections, your best bet is to see your provider. Many postmenopausal women have atrophic vaginitis, a condition caused by a lack of estrogen to the tissues. The vaginal tissue becomes thinner and drier, and it can increase the risk for urinary infections and pain during intercourse. Your provider can determine whether you might be a candidate for vaginal estrogen therapy. This is a cream that's applied internally and provides estrogen locally to the tissues. It's not really absorbed systemically, so it can often be used even in women who can't or don't wish to take oral estrogen.

Your provider can help to determine whether additional lubricants are needed and whether vaginal estrogen is a good choice for you.

Merlot gran. Is that not a luge?!

Thank you.

Getting worried there.

I'm 73 and I still, quite definitely, have "a cycle".

Not all the pre-menstrual symptoms of course but it's still a factor.

When I questioned my doctor about higher levels of joint pain during certain times of the month (as in pre-mense times) she gave a little laugh and said, 'Oh yes, we never really get rid of it because for years after menopause your ovaries are shrinking and your hormone levels are still changing.'
'At 73?!'
'Yes, I'm afraid so.'

It's testosterone for instance, which causes hairiness where no hair has dared to go before and lack of oestrogen which thins hair and causes dryness in important places - crazy!

It's no wonder people say God is a man, a Goddess would never have created us with so many curses.

I must be watching the wrong TV channels

merlotgran

...but some lube on the luge would be a fun thing, yes?

DH watches this and other ads eg Tena Ladies and invariably says "You women have no shame" He finds them intensely embarrassing, which I guess is why there are no adverts for male incontinence etc

Has he missed the dancing man on the Viagra ads?

Good post agnurse

Bradfordlass73 Totally agree. Have been post-menopausal for maybe 17 (?) years now. Still get flashes of heat, migraines, and moodiness during the same times each month. Then, and on top of that I deal with those stupid chin hairs, a thinning pate, etc. Where's a Goddess when you need one?

Beware vaginal oestrogen cream - I was once given some and every oestrogen-sensitive cell reacted and swelled up - I finished up with something the size of a cauliflower in my knickers - what a nightmare that was - and after only one application!!!!!

I thought this thread was going to be about putting KY Jelly into home made hot cross buns.

What the heck Lucky?! That made me wince and cross my legs! You poor thing

Omg. The Tena lady advert is so cringeworthy , the last thing I want to see is women rolling about on the bed whilst touching themselves

Yes..luge, a sport.

I've yet to see an ad for diarrhoea cures, featuring males. Scaredy cats.

They do however appear to suffer from heartburn and indigestion - but only if they’re brothers, it seems

I also hate those ads, and the one with the young mother saying a little bit of wee, ;;etc and the older women saying thy gush, as if all women are incontinent.
Do we really need these,and so embarrassing for men to watch, also Jenny Eclair with Vagisan, as if that will cure everything,all these make me cringe

TG I have no flashes, no shrinkage no hairiness or loss and no desire = no lube.
That ad sounds dreadfully embarassing. ??

SueDonim

...and no franglais spoken here! Those Hot Cross Buns were mighty fine.