No problems there, just rip and tear until a rainbow of colored sugar water spouts about the room. Like a lion at the kill, she sucked down what had not been wasted of the juice inside, the same consistency of lukewarm jello. With her mouth hanging open, panting, you could see the childish kool-aid colors inside. Dad and I sat in open-mouthed wonderment at her efficiency in an emergency situation. It was all very humorous, because at the same time I saw her putting herself back together, reclaiming her body.
Hot flashes are another attribute of the lowered levels of estrogen in a woman's body.
Very few of the actual causes of these symptoms are known. They are usually set off by an emotional or stressful situation, or being in a warm environment like a bed. Along with hot flashes often comes insomnia. Often I would go to bed with a basket full of dirty clothes and upon awakening in the morning see every bit of cloth in the house spotlessly clean due to Mum's inability to find slumber. As my mother began to find the things in life that she had always wanted, she found the self-assuredness to actually pull them off.