With all the health issues that I have, one thing that I feel like I can count my blessings with is that I “think” I have already gone through “the change”. I say I “think” because I never experienced all the things you hear about when someone my age starts going through it. No hot flashes, I haven’t been terribly hormonal — my periods weren’t irregular. They just stopped. That was several years ago. I know my progesterone levels have something to do with it, but sometimes I often wonder if what I am experiencing (or not experiencing) is a weight issue, not a “getting older” issue, and that if I were to lose some of the weight, the periods would return. Not really something I would look forward to, but there are more dire health issues here at hand that make it important that I try and lose some of the weight.