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m 52 and for the last 6 weeks, my life has centered around my period. I have an appointment with my doc on Monday, but I wanted to thank everyone for all your informative posts. I was freaking out until I read some of the posts here. I had a round of hot flashes about 5 years ago during the summer, but they went away (mercifully). Since then, my periods were a tad heavier at times, but ...