(after many, many months of relief, Peri is back…sigh…ah, the joys of being a girl…)
Wide awake at two a.m.
Wondering, “What the heck?”
It feels as if a heating pad
Is wrapped around my neck.
Steam is pouring from my head
Sweat is dripping down
Heat radiates through all my bones
Time to change the wet night gown.
My forehead is perspiring
I try to fan myself
But the heat is radiating
And the fanning doesn’t help.
Do I have a raging fever?
Are flu symptoms the cause?
No, much worse than all of that
It’s peri-menopause!
